Happy new year!

This was the best photo of this dress, $30 from Glassons and very very pretty! The wooden rosary necklace was a Christmas gift.

Thrifted floral dress (one of my favourites, it has batwing-y sleeves!), Le Specs sunglasses and wish bracelets from Gipzys.

For new years I travelled down to a little cove just out of Queenstown with my boyfriend's band (most of my friends) and sang with them at an Australian millionaires holiday home. Being the photographer instead of the photographed usually means zero decent photos of what I wore, unfortunately.

I received the best Christmas present ever from my wonderful boyfriend! A t-shirt with Stevie Nicks on it would not qualify as anything less. I'm in love.

From the riverside

Christmas was a lovely day! After a morning of eating excessive amounts of food and drinking, I headed out to Logan's place to enjoy a lovely sunny day by the river.





Because of the amazing hot days we've been having lately, the water level was so low! But it was still a lovely way to cool off.

This dress is one of my favourite recent additions to my wardrobe. I spied it behind the counter at Tete-a-Tete Vintage, where Vanessa was lovingly repairing it. I instantly decided it had to be mine, and told her I'd be back the next day to make it so. She kindly put it in the window for me, turning away dozens of pleas to try it on or buy it! I am so glad she hung onto it for me, because I feel so strongly about it! I love the Venice-esque print, depicting one of my favourite places I've visited, and the bow in the back is so sweet. I've actually worn it backwards too! I saved it up for months before Christmas to make its debut outing a special one, and it didn't disappoint.

Amongst my Christmas haul from my loved ones was an adjustable dress form from Logan! As I have no spatial reasoning so cannot follow a sewing pattern, making a dress for me usually involves haphazardly cutting and pinning and sewing directly onto my own body, usually a painful event. I can't wait to be able to make clothes and know that I'll come out of it unscathed! He also gave me some amazing vintage fabric, and I received a pile of fashion magazines (Frankie, Oyster and Russh!) from my brother, so I can't wait to get started making wonderful things! My parents gave me money for my camera (months ago), and Logan's parents gave me some amazing vintage-inspired bakeware too.

So many exclamation marks in this post. What can I say, I guess I'm just excited about everything right now!

Happy holidays!

Because my family don't really celebrate Christmas, I don't have many festive photos to share lately! So I'll leave you with these- the latest in my collection of things shaped like ducks (I love ducks so much oh man), and a sneak peek of my amazing Christmas dress that I've been saving up for months.


I can't wait to wake up tomorrow and be able to drink champagne instead of going to work! Merry Christmas, happy holidays, Hannukah, Summer or Winter Solstice, Saturnalia, or whatever else you may be celebrating this week!

Swansea

Today, my boyfriend gave me an ultimatum: take his car, and use as much petrol in my car as possible. His boss planned to shout him a full tank as a Christmas present, so he had to get it down as low as possible within the evening to take full advantage of his generosity. Always up for a challenge, especially if it involves free reign to cavort about the city, I willingly accepted.

And so, my brother Will and I went forth to Sumner beach, across the other side of town from us, for a stroll in the muggy and windy evening. It was lovely.

(Wearing a vintage thrifted dress, a thrifted cardigan that was 50 cents, my stolen costume cupboard satchel, shoes from Emporium Vintage, and my usual quartz crystal bracelet)


I picked this 80s-does-the-50s dress up thrifting on the weekend. It was $10 which is a lot more that my average second hand find, but I think it was worth it. My 1960s t-bar shoes were highly inappropriate for rock climbing, but I managed to make it out alive with only minor injuries.

We ended up at the Volcano Cafe for an obscenely large and delicious late-night sundae. I frequently complain about New Zealand, but all it takes is a walk along the beach or a swim in the river at my Logan's to remind me that I am pretty lucky to live here.

Oh, and, the winner of a copy of Tilde Journal is Miss Kennedy Holmes! Thanks to everyone who entered.

chiffon dreams

window shutters, slanted ceilings, park views, tiny doors everywhere

boyfriend, new bedroom

i am very in love with my chiffon cape, handmade by my grandmother. the dress, socks and shoes were all gifts. my hair is getting lighter, the sun has just come out!

images via moonsiren, vintage-hippie and crossfirehurricane