in a miniature world

 

These illustrations by John Thornqvist reminded me of a very famous Swedish storybook author and illustrator Sven Nordqvist. Each page has an incredible amount of detail which as a child (and equally now as an adult) I could not stop eyeballing. He took me and millions of little Scando's into his wonderland and now Johan is doing the same.

http://www.snarlik.se/

you do

Courtesy of dieyoungstaypretty

It's nice to be told. Also don't forget to tell.

in, like....

neon yellow

Courtesy of theyallhateus, cestvogue, etuimaison, jenniferfarner, cambridgesatchel, ellenclaesson

It's everywhere! More difficult to pull off in the Australian winter, but I'm definitely hanging out for another 6 months... Although yet to find a good neon yellow nail polish.

These amazing Cambridge Saatchels come in an array of colours and sizes. Need one in cobalt blue! 

las palmas

Simply genius. I think we've all seen this look before at 1:05.

The short film (totalling 15 minutes) will be available soon. 

By Swedish film director Johannes Nyholm.

divided

There are too many times when I am tempted to buy a big gorgeous fur jacket, but I inevitably put it back on the rack due to a flash of a bloody, skinned animal in front of eyes. But why?

I wear leather, I eat meat, animal skin rugs don't bother me, cockroaches deserve to die BUT I find it hard to watch the horse/dog races, I become more upset if an animal is killed in movie than a human, and anything less than cuddling your house pet is cruel...

I'm torn!! What are your thoughts?

la esquina

Courtesy of jesshart

This is one of my all time fav bars in NYC.

Completely deceitful from the outside, when you enter you'll see a guy in black standing next to any old door. No one else is there. If you flutter your eyelashes enough he'll let you go downstairs and you'll walk through the stainless steel kitchen with slip proof tiles, out through another door, eventually finding yourself in a dark, bare-brick room. Kind of like a huge old deserted-then-converted wine cellar. The drinks and food are to die for. And when I went there, for dinner we sat next to Natalie Portman no less!

for all book lovers

Courtesy of inspiredmrsstevens, porhomme, straightenupnow, designsponge

I am a huge book worm and a stubborn one at that because I refuse to read a second-hand book, I must buy my own. I know some of you lovely earth people might be scrunching up your eyebrows but I can assure you that I read each book at least twice or three times over, others more. This is why I don't like to give them back to the owner!

Hence I have quite a collection...

I was looking for a way to creatively stack my books, and found the above. Books should be openly celebrated. Which shall I do?

in, like....

pastel

Courtesy of cestvogue, theyallhateus, modelsoffduty

when parents text

Small keypad, old hands.

www.whenparentstext.com

upping my leathers

So nearly everyone in my family has a motorbike or a collection of motorbikes as my uncle in Sweden does, (although my Dad wants a scooter), and now I'm getting the two-wheel itch. 

But first I want a bikie outfit like this. Which I know probably illustrates more my immaturity towards road safety but jeez, wouldn't I look good.

bringing back the blues

My elder brother Verner sent my folks Eric Bibb's album 'Home to Me' back in 2000 and I remember my Mum dancing to it in the kitchen while she was cooking up a storm. And last Monday I saw an advertisement in the paper to see Eric live at the Enmore Theatre and immediately bought tickets. Ruthie Foster was the supporting act, and bloody hell! I threw my shoulders on beats 1 and 3 like nothin' else.

That's the great thing about the Blues. It is incredibly uplifting but also moves you to tears to a song like 'Flood Waters' about the devastating Mississippi floods back in 1927.

I have a small confession though, I almost think Ruthie Foster upstaged Eric. Go listen to her on YouTube and you'll see why she's now one of my favourite musicians.

a few places where I'd rather be right now...

Courtesy of thecoolhunter, jessiehaberman, fringeoffashion

The last time I was overseas was when I visited 10 countries during 2009-2010 and I am really getting the adventure itch again. Nothing like a good bit of inspiration to help put more pennies in the savings account. 

convincing him you're not worth leaving

Unfortunately we put on weight, lose our libido, act like the exorcist on crack once a month, our boobs drop and our butts sag. Men's libidos pretty much stay the same and their salt and pepper hair and power statuses that increase with age, make them sexier.

Without being superficial, it's our job as females to work at our bodies and how we present ourselves. It's our job to want to have sex on a regular basis. It's our job to wear nice lingerie under no matter what we are wearing on top. To remember to do our hair nicely and cook him a damn fine roast dinner every now and then.

Men say they cheat on their partners because we don't pay them attention, don't look after ourselves and don't want to have sex. So don't give them this ammunition!!!

These are YOUR responsibilities to the relationship. (He probably has more responsibility but that's another story).

Pay attention to yourself and work at making him proud that you're his. He'll notice.


You can also probably afford to have some of the personality attributes I listed here.