Tuesday Tabs #28

Howdy, I hope you're having as an amazing Tuesday as I am. It's been a year and almost a full month since I graduated and I've struggled and muddled my way through life ever since, with semi-exploitative but invaluable internships to my current, confidence-boosting not-what-I-want-to-be-doing-but-will-do-for-now minimum wage job. All that aside, I've grown as a person and am stronger than I've ever been, not that I have to worry about any of that now, because I finally have a really grown-up job!

It was coming to the point where I was on the verge of tears at the beginning of every other shift and I just didn't know what I was doing or where I wanted my life to go. Now I have an escape route and I can see the end, I'm going to be an 'Online Merchandiser' for a company in Reading. Not 100% on discretion right now, but I'll tell you this, I'm bloody excited. I had the interview and was rung while still on the way home, I actually hung up on the MD thanks to my silly touchscreen phone, but this is the best news I've had all year. Pizza tonight to celebrate!

Back to business, here are my favourite things from around the Internet this week. I was going to try and tie this into a 'birthday wishlist' kind of dealio as it's only 9 days until I'm the grand old age of 23, but there's too much going on and I never really know what I want anyway.

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(via It's Nice That)

Michael Cho's comic-inspired artwork is awesome, I wish he did prints. His other art is pretty cool too, you can check out his Blogspot here.


Wire House Envelope Rack, Invotis Orange
Kind of hard to resist now these are on Fab.com with £4.50 off. I've been searching for the perfect envelope rack for a while as Moon just plonks his post everywhere and I'm almost just as bad, this would look so cute on our kitchen counter.


Beach High Waist Skirt, Love Ur Look
How cute is this skirt? Now I have an little excuse for a slight wardrobe expansion, I'm tempted. Love the simple waist detail!


Anorak Twin Rabbit Duvet Cover, Urban Outfitters
I wish Urban Outfitters weren't so stingey with their bed linen, I can't work out if this comes with pillow slips, as well as not having the cash, but this is one of my favourite patterns and I'd be all over it if the description wasn't so vague and if I was a single duvet kind of girl.


Turquoise Brimfield Bookcase, Urban Outfitters
Urban Outfitters announced their furniture range last week, and you should know by now I'm smitten for pretty interiors and these came as I'm looking for something in this kind of area. It's a little big for the flat but we are in need of more storage, I wish this came half the size, the colour is so nice.


Nearly forgot how good Tom The Lion is.


Paper Dress Necklaces, Hug A Porcupine via The Little Dröm Store
So adorable! I like the blue one best. ♥


Marathon La Sardina, Fototo
I've been using Charlotte's La Sardina for a couple of days and although I'm still making a decision, this is definitely the La Sardina I would want should I decide to get one. The images will definitely be the deciding factor but I'm not even halfway through my first roll yet.

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Link Love: ♥

Summer on Film on The Dainty Squid — Summer is always the perfect time to get back into film, I think I'll be taking 35mm to Reading to spare getting robbed. The quality of these images is great too, I definitely want to spend some more time working with film even more after seeing this.

White Layer Cake with Lemon Curd — This will be great for making those multi-coloured 'Pinterest/Tumblr' cakes, thanks to Wrapped Up In Rainbows for sharing.

Dinosaur Bunting from Sass & Belle — Super cute!

Home Sketchbook — This post from Goodnight Little Spoon on the sketchbook about her home she made for a class is really neat. An idea I might be stealing to fill up my own sketchbook, I need a little boost.

Eames Pens & Pencils Mug from Urban Outfitters — I already have so many mugs, but I keep seeing so many pretty ones around. I might start coyly smashing the ones we already have just to pick up beauts like this one.

The Pronunciation Manual — Hours of procrastinating fun to be had.

Spring Mint.

Apparently the football is on, so I thought I'd take some time to give you a quick update.

I have an interview for a Media Researcher position with BSkyB tomorrow, which I think is a pretty big deal. It is a little bit daunting thinking of all the people who must have applied for the role but it's great to have even been considered for an interview. I'm still going to go in faking confidence though, as I feel like it's similar to the kind of role I've taken on as an intern so I should be able to do it.

I'm posting today to share with you an outfit I wore the other day, I think it really sums up how the weather has been at the moment, how amazing was it today? Saying that, I did make the mistake of not bringing a cardigan down to Moon's for this evening and am currently slobbing it up in one of his massive man hoodies. Hopefully you'll see this as a slightly more flattering outfit.


Cardigan: H&M
Dress: TK Maxx
Necklaces: Primark, H&M
Tights: Dorothy Perkins
Socks: New Look
Boots: River Island


These a little bit worse for wear at the moment as I haven't cleaned them since Moon and I went to Richmond Park a few weeks ago. They're still really comfortable, but much less structured than they were, I'm going to go on a hunt for tips on how to fix this/see if I can even fix it.


Topshop


I picked up that dress in TK Maxx a couple of weeks ago, while in a 'it needs to be Spring now' kind of mood. I love it but was given a challenge by Moon who claimed I would be unable to pull it off. It's a slightly different length to the dresses that I usually wear but I love how floaty and girly it makes me feel, was an instant mood-lifter after the lame-fest that was attending the Job Centre on Monday.

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I've been wearing the Lancôme mascara that I got in my Glossybox instead of my usual, and I actually can't say that I really notice that much difference. In the picture below I even have one on one eye and the other on the other. I mean it's a nice mascara, don't get me wrong, but I'm pretty high-street and I couldn't justify it being almost 4 times the price of my usual when I don't feel that it's that amazing. I guess I did catch my Rimmel mascara on a good day, but I don't mind waiting for a good day, especially when 'bad days' aren't actually that bad.

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So, I mentioned that I had a bit of an Etsy-fest last week, I did restrain myself, but also picked up a couple of things, one I'm still waiting for, but these delights popped through the letterbox this morning, amazing. I'm not sure why I got them but they're so adorable and different from anything I've ever really seen before. I got them from Flapper Girl and they arrived pretty quickly, I can't wait to try them out.

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Here is how my nails look today, I was inspired by Kaylah over at The Dainty Squid when she modelled her robin's egg polka dot nails. I basically worked with what I had, putting my trusty eBay nail-art pen to work, I think it makes a bit of a change from my standard flowers and leopard print.

Base: Models Own, Jade Stone
Glitter: Rimmel, Disco Ball
Top coat: BeautyUK Matte Top Coat

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I finally caved today and picked up a new perfume, despite what I said when I reviewed my Glossbybox. Most perfume is currently 10% off at Superdrug and I've been lusting after Lacoste 'Touch of Pink' since forever. It's a bit fruity but also so fresh, I usually get bought perfume so it was quite liberating to be able to make my own choice over how I should smell (lolz).

You mug!

I'm really ill, which is a total bummer because I had planned on doing a few important things, ironically one of them being registering with the local GP, but I'm too sick to leave the house, so things are on hold. I only hope that I'm a bit less snotty and achey for my driving lesson tomorrow as my test is in less than a month, don't ask me why I booked it, I don't know either.

I'm placing full blame for this lurgy on my sister and Moon's brother, I can't blame one or the other as they seem to both have the same thing and have been ill for the same amount of time, and I've been near both of them, my immune system was doing so well until about 11pm last night, unacceptable.

In slightly more fun news, I finally got around to taking part in the 'Yours & Theirs' project this week and my image is up on both their Facebook and blog, so I'm pretty chuffed.
The theme was 'Your Favourite Mug', and this is the photo I entered.

This is neither my mug, or even a mug I use, it belongs to my Gran and it's the one I give to Moon whenever we're there for a cup of coffee. It's so funny and difficult to hold, as well as being ridiculously tacky, but it's definitely one of the best mugs I've seen.
I'd love to take part in similar projects as it was so easy, perhaps a downside being that 'Yours & Theirs' is Australian; it would be great to be part of something a bit more local, for no other reason other than to have another, more focussed outlet to share my work.

I'm going to give this week's theme a shot too, it's 'A Place You Like to Go', and if you're a long-time reader of this blog you'll know there are quite a few places that I like to go, a lot, so I'm sure I'll be able to get around to capturing something.
Here are a few of my favourites from the 'Your Favourite Mug' entries.

Lucy White


Candice Wilde


Alana Dimou
Why not give it a go yourself? It's so much fun to see people's different takes on such simple subject matter. If you know about any similar UK projects I'd also love to hear about them.

Echo.

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(via Tumblr)

Current mantra.
How great has the weather been for the last few days? What a weird month, snow and now this, crazy. It's nice to not have to be in a scarf and coat at all times, but I'm on edge, knowing how indecisive British weather has a tendency to be, particularly as Spring makes it's way in. Still, a good excuse to wear some different clothes and have a clear out.

These are some photos that I don't think will fit anywhere at the moment but that I like.

Yep, Dolly has got a taste for outdoors and managed to get out of my bedroom window. She wasn't able to figure out how to get back in either so ended up running up and down the neighbouring houses. It was kind of fun, and I do eventually want her to go outside and be a hunter, but as we plan on letting her have kittens, she's still just too young and although it makes her a bit sad for a while, I think it will be easier in the long run to be responsible for a bit.


This was my outfit on Thursday, I was in jeans but promptly changed into something a bit more summery. The jacket will be on eBay tomorrow as I've come to the conclusion that it's just too big, and that's not really what I'm going for at the moment, seems a bit silly given that I wore just the other day, the colours are great, but look at how boxy I am. :(
Jacket: eBay
Necklace: Primark
Dress: Primark
Belt: Primark
Tights: Dorothy Perkins
Socks: New Look
Shoes: Dorothy Perkins


Gratuitous sunset photo from Thursday, it was a cracking sunset though.
So here is me letting you know that I'll be listing a few things on eBay tomorrow, generally to get rid of them, but also to get rid of the guilt I have over buying them and never wearing them. A link to my eBay can be found here. It's such a drudge to list things but £0 insertion fees are pretty nice. Here's a quick preview of some of the items I'll be listing.




eBay photography is so strange, it becomes a bit odd when you begin to realise how structured the whole process is, despite the difference of ability between users. I'm sure there's a University Photography project in that somewhere.

I hope that you had a nice Saturday and that you enjoy the rest of your weekend. I went to the Vintage Flea Market at Spitalfields this afternoon, but I think I'll save that for tomorrow to save an ultra-long, muddled post. I think for my photo-taking it's kind of imperative that I have a change of scenery soon...

Tuesday Tabs. #2

I was getting mega worried that after deciding to make this 'a thing' that I then wouldn't have anything to show you this week, but then a ton of stuff made it to the hoarding list within the last couple of days.

Before I begin, exciting news! Yesterday I photographed with an organisation called Body Gossip while they went on an anti-diet march put together by Any Body. It was all about challenging the idea of 'the perfect body' and the importance of self-esteem whatever you look like, pretty empowering stuff. I found out about it thanks to one of the guys I met back in October on the Ready 4 Work walk, Jake. It was really nice of him to think of me, and I hope that he likes the photos I ended up taking, even if my camera committed suicide before the march even began! Photos will follow either later today or some time tomorrow, I've suddenly become super-busy and it's only the beginning of the week!

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SLR camera bag, Pixbag, €54.90

So Moon sent me to this great online German store which sells the cutest SLR bags. They're a bit pricey and my handbag doubles up as the perfect camera bag but this polka-dot case is pretty tempting. I've actually noticed there are a lot more padded standalone casing coming out for SLRs recently, particularly ones with pretty patterns, like the burrito lens cover Petapixel posted yesterday.

(via Goodnight Little Spoon)

This is so much fun! Yours and Theirs is an amazing photography project carried out each week sharing different people's ideas on the same topic. It's really interesting and pretty neat because there aren't so many people involved yet so it's easy to get your head around. This weeks assignment is a toughy as I've never truly believed in luck and am very much a circumstance, 'everything happens for a reason' kind of girl... Check out the Facebook group and blog.

Guest towels, H&M, £6.99

Who knew H&M had such bangin' homewares. I only came across these by chance in the catalogue, definitely something for the Someday Home wishlist, and they come in so many colours.

Shower Mat, H&M, £6.99

The only real question left is what colour scheme I would want...

Lemon duvet set, H&M, £14.99

I really, really, really wish this came in a double size, who even has single duvets when they're an adult? I assume that's who H&M market their homewares for? Why so stingy on you duvet sizes, H&M?

(via 52 Teapots, © Luke Avery, 2012)

Following up his 2010 Sheffield 365 project, Luke Avery has come up with another ritualistic challenge for himself, a teapot a week, photographed differently, for the whole year. He's uploading them every Thursday, I think it will be interesting to see how this turns out.
Follow Luke on Twitter

Beginners, 2010

I would highly recommend this movie, it has everything; Ewan McGregor, a love story, a cute dog, sadness. It's beautiful.

Gemma Correll 'Pug on a Bike' temporary tattoo, Tattly, $5 for two.

(via My Modern Met)

I know it's quite old now but I'd never seen it before and I think it's bloody impressive stuff, so there you go. To promote Dry the River's single 'No Rest', Xavier Barrade of creative agency, Foam came up with this amazing 3D horse poster to mimic both the artwork for the single. I only wish I'd seen one in real life, a great and beautiful piece of advertising.

Diana F+ Camera Mens T-shirt, Cotton Spaceship, £16.07

Not even that into Dianas but this is a sweet tee.

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Link love:

Goodnight Little Spoon — An amazing blog i found at the weekend though The Dainty Squid's Friday Favourites. Bianca is Australian and posts the best crafts, design ideas and collaborations I've seen in ages, she's given me so many projects to think about doing, I can tell that she's going to become a favourite, I'm already a little bit in love with her January Photo Challenge.

Keri Smith's 100 Ideas — Another neat collective project. Keri Smith, creator of the popular 'Wreck this Journal' has listed 100 fun things to do involving drawing, photography and even general collecting. I'm thinking of giving a few of them a go once I've done this 30 day challenge (not that it's going very well), it sounds like a lovely way to de-stress and keep occupied.

Gemma Correll's Flickr — Re-discovering her again, some of her illustrations don't half make me giggle.

Marchand & Meffre — Parisian photographers documenting abandoned spaces within bustling urban and suburban areas. An image from their 'Abandoned Detroit Houses' selection part of their 'The Ruins of Detroit' series was used as the cover for Dry the River's New Ceremony, and the band have since used additional images by them on additional artwork.

Closet Overflow — Ugly jumper overload, and great vintage finds for great prices.