quiet girl postcards

Artwork by Valerie Chua

It's always exciting when I unexpectedly stumble upon amazing talent, which is what happened when I  found myself at the blog Quiet Girl, and discovered these lovely Japanese-style illustrations by Valerie Chua. Pretty pretty!

seeing double

Camera: wide lens SuperHeadz. Film: Kodak Colorplus 200.

My first attempts at intentional double exposures (remember the accidental ones?). Particularly happy with the first photo, where the sun somehow fits right into the building's entrance and the flares burst out. It's a hit and miss, but I definitely want to experiment with double exposures even more.

get up and go

Photography by Moriah Freed.

I've been having one of those restless feelings of wanting to go away somewhere, anywhere, just for the sake of being in another place. Possibly due to the fact that I had to decline a friend's invitation to go away to Brisbane this week. All it did was make me miss all my old friends there (I used to live in Brisbane during Uni a few years ago) more than ever, and wishing that I could be there right now. Or at least somewhere else exciting enough to justify my decision to not go and take my mind off things.

So, here's a question:
If you could revisit any place right now, where do you want to go?  
(note the word REvisit!)

much love monday [list]

photo taken by my brother, of me, edited by me

things I'm loving:
♥ Getting a text from an old friend who I hadn't heard from in years and was just thinking about.
♥ Finding my old Michelle Branch and Madonna CD. Ah, memories in pop songs...
♥ Lists of the "places you've lived" at Yes and Yes
♥ My new favourite TV show: Parenthood (although I still see Lauren Graham as Lorelai Gilmore... she even dated the English teacher? Hello Gilmore Girls flashback)
♥ Spinach. Yeah, as in the vegetable. Not kidding.

So, tell me, what are you loving today?


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shadow shot sunday

Looking at these pictures, I did think of combining this week's Shadow Shot Sunday with tomorrow's Much Love Monday, but I eventually decided against being that lazy ;) In case it's not obvious, it's a paper heart which I put in between some dry tree branches. Not sure what I was trying to achieve really, but I guess I got some interesting shadow patterns "painted" on the paper heart.

Go to Hey Harriet to see more shadow shots today.

P.S. Anyone interested in sponsoring my blog? I have a few spots open at very reasonable rates. Great for small business owners looking to pick up traffic & sales, especially with Christmas being only 3 months away! Email me for full details :)

the owl and the robot

This is easily the most adorable wedding invitation I've ever seen. I mean, come on, it's a delightfully illustrated pop-up!

The bride and groom are friends of a friend. Each wedding guest were also given this wonderful little art book as a gift/souvenir. It's filled with sweet illustrations by the couple themselves and contributions from their friends (so much talent!!). Honestly, I was so impressed when my friend showed me this book, I wished I were friends with them too!
She loves owls. He loves robots. Hence, the owl and robot theme everywhere. CUTE.





Many thanks to embunmuda (her blog is in Indonesian) for allowing me to share these images here, and thank you Rizky for showing me the invitation and book in the first place :)

light reading

dress - Duchess, cardi - Sportsgirl, belt - thrifted, tights - a clearance outlet
fabric hair clip - made by me (so proud, I had to take a close up shot... haha!), but with much guidance and help from my friend Jennifer.
book - The Best of David Hamilton

Sorry for my sudden absence for the past few days, but didn't the guest bloggers do an AMAZING job? So much so that I hope you're not too disappointed to have me back already! ;)

If you're wondering what book I'm holding, it's the David Hamilton book I blogged about before. SO gorgeous, I still can't get enough of it. Speaking of books, if you're a member of the Slow Readers book club like me, you may have noticed that the new book has just been announced (yay!). This time, it's Richard Brautigan's "The Abortion", and I've been able to get it from my library already (which only seems right after finding out that the story is set in a public library). I'm still half way through, but so far it's been quirky, funny, and pleasantly easy to read, so I imagine it won't take me much longer to finish. That's saying something for me, someone who has started reading way too many books that she never actually finished *sigh* the shame..

P.S. I'm sponsoring a giveaway over at Yes and Yes! Go there to win my Dahliaville buttons and pocket mirror!

Kodachrome Film

Hello, I'm Diana of our.city.lights, and so happy Anna asked me to guest post. I know Anna is a film enthusiast, so I thought I'd share my love for my favorite film, Kodachrome.

In June 2009, Kodak stopped Kodachrome production. I've used slide film for my 35mm cameras but Kodachrome tops for quality over any. Slide film, when cross processed as 35mm, produces the most ridiculous bright colors. On my trip to Santa Cruz last year, I found a little photo shop, and I bought the last three rolls carried. I took the photos with a vintage Olympus Trip, and oh my, these came out beautifully loud, no?



I'm savoring what I have left, but it's such a sad production to close down, next to the Polaroid.

Kodachrome film is also used for filming, not just photographic film. Check out this charming vintage movie filmed in Disneyland.

Thanks so much for having me, Anna!

Francesca Tallone

Guest Post by Daydream Lily



I discovered the work of Brooklyn based photographer Francesca Tallone via the Lomography website. Lomography have been doing a top #10 photographer series and Francesca was #10.

I particularly love these Diana photos of hers, they also appeared in Antler Magazine!

Thanks for having me here Anna.

Daydream Lily

Photography Inspiration

Hey guys it's Amanda from Here Comes the Sun. So lovely to be back here again. This week Anna is having a few guest bloggers and I am so happy to be one of them!

I thought I would share with you guys today some pictures that have been inspiring me, so I hope you enjoy these lovely images from Ricor. I'm finding photography more interesting at the moment as I recently bought my first ever camera, a Diana Mini (in white, so cute!) and I am getting really excited to start snapping away!

Hope you enjoy these pictures as much as I do, and enjoy all the guest posts this week

Amanda Thomas
Here Comes the Sun

much love monday

photos by Celeste. Taken with her Holga, on Ilford black and white film.

I love: these photos!
Oh how I would love a Holga (btw, I would also love it if you could click on the Holga camera on my side bar! It helps my chances of actually winning one ;) ).

So, what are you loving today?
♥

To join in Much Love Monday, simply do a blog post that includes a picture of a heart and mention something you love. Then leave a link of your blog post in the Linky space below, and put it in the thing you love as the title. A link back would be much appreciated. You can also add your Much Love Monday photos to the Much Love Monday Flickr pool.




P.S. The winner of the little love giveaway is #19: Alice. Congratulations! I'll be emailing you soon.

this week's finds

This week's thrifted finds from the opshops: a sweet basket for 50 cents, spotty tights in its package for $1.99, and a $4.99 foldable chair. Not bad at all.



*adding this to Her Library Adventures' Flea market Finds.