Some Aussie fun !

A few weeks ago I packed my over night bag and jumped on that oh so familiar train to Manchester. As always my Ipod was NOT fully charged, I had forgot my book and I had a heavy bag. As always I decided to stay out of peoples way by not taking a seat ! I really need to learn to sometimes take a seat on the train ... especially as it takes 40 mins to get to Manchester !

I arrived ready for a little shopping spree before heading to the second Aussie event which was to take place at the fantastic David Rozman salon !

Me and my non blogging friend Gemma found the salon and sat waiting for 7:00 on a bench deciding if the other three girls on the bench across were also bloggers awaiting the Aussie Pamper night !

Gues what ! They were... and it was:
Daisy - Cupcakes and Cherries
Phoebe - Peluxe
As the lovely Girl With The Golden Touch does not keep her name on her blog I was not sure if I should put it on here ! So you can know her as the Girl With The Golden Touch !

Glasses of champagne were ready to meet us at the door... anytime a glass was empty the lovely and very pretty Lauren was ready to hop over and top up the glass ! Oh she also ran around with her camera taking snaps of everyone ! Now I am sure many of you know that I love to take photos of others...but that is the side of the lens that I like to stay ! But here you go...

Me with the yummy ( Yes yummy ) Volume Aussie shampoo. It smelt amazing, I have used Aussie products on and off ov er the past year or so but never seen or used the Volume stuff ! But.. I have found out that it is new ! Maybe that was why!

Just so you know while I remember that at the moment Aussie products are on two for £6.00 at ASDA and Boots ! I have stcked up on the scrummy Volume shampoo and conditioner. My hair is really enjoying its new lease of life with Aussie products ! I wash my hair most days....which I know is not good ! But now I am using Aussie I find my hair is a lot less dry and I am noticing a little more volume flying around !


My non blogging friend ( who says she shall be blogging soon ) also loved the smell of Aussie products and her hair looked lovely and pretty after it had been washed !

Lots of pretty books to look at whilst we waited for our turn and after we had been pampered we flicked through them again sipped champagne and tucked into the nibbles !

Evidence of the pretty nibbles and snacks..

This makes me hungry! At the moment I am trying to avoid some of the foods on this table ! Except for the strawberries ...which are yummmy for breakfast !

Two images of inside David Rozman's Salon ! I will be visiting there again next time I need my hair done in Manchester!

David is on the far right of this photo ! He joined us in The Living Room for some yummy cocktails ! I of course stuck to my usual fave of a Mojito !

Which I have alo ben avoiding for a while whilst I keep the exercise up and the naughty food on he low!

Do check out these girls and their fab blogs
Girl With The Golden Touch
Peluxe
Cupcakes and Cherries

Thankyou for a lovely night Aussie !

xxx

Do you remember....

The 21st Century Statement Campaign

Do you remember the Juliette Lewis and Carl Barat campaign for J.Lindeberg??

The photographer who shot the campaign was Steven Klein
- Who I MUST give a whole post to... his photography is so very interesting and fantastic !


I remember reading that they were very successful !

These are the best photos I could find online... The ones I was looking for did not seem to be around ! Which is quite annoying !


There was so much I liked and still do like about the ads !

The denim, black, hidden eyes and scruffy rock and roll that screams from the images is what pulls me right into the photos !
Cant forget the waistcoats (vests ) and boots !
I am craving it all right now!

http://www.jlindeberg.com/

The rest of the photos are of Dirty Pretty Things dressed in J.Lindeberg













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They made me do it....

Click images to make them bigger !

I took these photos a few years back after watching Donnie Darko once again ! If I was to do these photos again I tinkI would do them a little different. If I have some time maybe I will get round to doing them again!

I have watched Donnie Darko many times and each time I watch it again I figure out somehting new, come to a different conclusion or just fall in love all over again with this film.

This is a clip I found on youtube which sums up the film !

Photos by me.
Video clip from youtube
Words: Donnie Darko.


Oh did anyone see Donnie Darko 2? I am not keen on follow up films and have not seen it ...but I am quite interested to hear about what anyone thought of it !

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Polly Put The Kettle On

Click the image to make it bigger ! Its worth it!

One of my new find in Manchster is Mr.Scruffs cafe ( I cat remember the name, but I am in Mancester this weekend and will ake a little visit so I can letyou know !
For those of you who do not know who Mr.Scruff is :
"DJ, Producer, Cartoonist & Tea Drinker"

He has his own tea company http://www.makeusabrew.com/ ! That is one thing I must achieve in my life..my own tea line ... being such a fan of tea of all kinds I think it make sense !

The tea i organic and ethically produced ! Well that is very good in my books and I can confirm it tastes fab and the box looks fantastic !




Find out more about Mr.Scruff here !

The above and below photos are from inside the tea shop!

Last night I made some fairy caks.. they were meant to be of the haloeen variety however I got the colouring a litte wrong so they are pinky fairy cakes ... with american icing!

I have started my temp job for over christmas ! It is in a toy shop .. so its quite fun ! So far.. Iguess.....


Oh , and here is some music for you...



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The Life and Death of a Pumpkin

I have a really bad habit of giving almost everything a personality !
After seeing this short film I know I am right.. everything has a personality ! :)



This makes me not want to carve to two pumpkins I got today !

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Everywhere is walking distance if you have the time.

The title quote was by : Steven Wright

Today I went walking at Cannon Hall , it was raining most of the time I was there but this did not stop it bein so very pretty!

Lovely running man...No..not like the film !
but he has lost his head !

How very lovely !
Such a perfect view through his door... maybe one of the best I have seen.. I know I may have posted photos of a trip to Cannon Hall before but these were lovely so I could not miss putting them on here for you to see!

I love little broken walls.. it always makes me wonder how the place used to look, what people used to walk there and what magic used to go on !

I thought that these leaves and lilies looked so pretty!

Just a quick post of some of todays photos ! More of a full update in the morning !

One more thing before I go........

I really miss London.. I am in the process of applying to lots of jobs there ! I hope someone wants me !

Click the photos to make them bigger !
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Keep Those Pretty Eyes Wide Open

Hello all !
You will have heard her name many times and seen her work ..
If not then feat your eyes upon the work of
Jillian Edelstein !

Simon Pegg is one funny man ! So I think anyway !
He was a face I kept seeing popping up all over the place and after seeing him in Hot Fuzz I took some time to research him a little and found out he has been in or written a lot of my most loved shows and films !

If you have not seen Hot Fuzz I really think you should take some time to watch it .. its very funny !

Jillian has teamed up with Sony Ericsson to bring you
"Eyes Wide Open"

To celebrate the launch of the new Sony Ericsson Satio handset on Vodafone, photographer to the stars Jillian Edelstein has been commissioned to embark on a unique mission to capture the undeniable beauty and individuality of 121 eyes in only 12.1 hours.

As soon as Julie emailed me this I was excited to share this with you all ! I do think that I will be sending in a photograph ( and I think you all should too) to be in with the chance of having my eyes captured by the wondrous Jillian !

Click here to find out more and enter for your chance to be one of 61 participants picked by Jillian Edelstein herself to take part in Eyes Wide Open !
You will be invited to a Satio Studio photoshoot !

How exciting !!!

Remember it will be based in London during the first week of December at the central London Vodafone store !

The Satio studio photoshoot will be streamed live at http://www.eyeswideopen.uk.net/.

You (we) have till the 20th of November !!

I love finding out about new photographers and always try to note down the name of any I like the work of or just want to find out more ! Here is a few sneaky peaks into my notebooks - some with lists of photogrpahers and some with my scrapbook collections!

Let me know if you decide to sign up for the competition ... I am trying to pick a photo of myself to send in ! You know im not so crazy about being photographed but this is one opportunity I really dont want to miss out on!

I always have one of my many notebooks close to hand when I am checking up on your blogs, this way I can note down any interesting films, ideas or music so I dont forget!

In the evening I love nothing more than sitting by the fire (as its coming to winter time now) with my scrap book and a pile of old magazines !


Thank you for all your comments over the past few weeks, they all mean so much and I am glad there are many of you who are revisiting my blog. I hope I can provide you with some interesting posts over the next few weeks !


If there is anything you would like to know or would like to see more of then let me know !


I try my best to keep up to date with everyones blogs...This has been easy as I have been an unemployed graduate for some time now...but a Christmas temp job starting next week will be taking up more of my time !


I must go and revise my Italian now !
oooh guess what ! My camera is on its way back to me ! So happy about this !



xx