Art Takes Miami

I've just entered the Art Takes Miami Competition. It's an opportunity to have you work showcased in America (not to mention a paid trip TO Miami!) which is pretty exciting! There's the Grand Prize Award and The People's Choice Award, for which anyone can vote by rating the work entered.

I would be massively appreciative if you would consider rating my portfolio, to do so just click here. (You can also vote every 24 hours, should you be that bored and desire too!)

Also, if you have the time, please check out the following portfolio:

Charlie Goldblatt

Thank you :)

x

Little Fille

Little Fille is the brain child of the rather lovely Mari Santos, a freelance fashion writer/designer from Toronto. (Mari was kind enough to model for Wallpaper Rose on her blog a little while back.) She creates beautiful and unique headpieces, that more often than not can be worn in more than one way, just increasing their loveliness. Sophie of Crown and Glory introduced me to the Little Fille site earlier this year and I've been avidly following ever since. Each piece is lovingly hand crafted which just adds to their quirky appeal.

Rather shamefully I've been meaning to share this wonderful site with you for so long, that I have images saved from their previous collection, which is no longer available (as far as I'm aware). I believe Mari was creating a different piece for every day of that particular month, which is not only an epic undertaking but also such a unique and rather lovely idea! (see below) The above images are from the impending Autumn/Winter collection which is just perfect for bringing a little elegance to cosy knits and autumnal colours that are big right now.

If you love Little Fille as much as I do, Mari has her own blog which is a great read, mixing the personal with Little Fille. If you have the opportunity, check out her Halloween costumes - they're brilliant! Never have I seen such a great Princess Leia! x

 

Goodbye Yellow Brick Road

 

 

Heli

Imogen

Pearla

Sumi

A few new pieces, all four already online - I know, there's a first for everything x

Nixie and Tea

 

 

 

Crown and Glory Nixie Clips - No longer available

Crown and Glory Time for Tea Bobby Pin Set - £6

Wallpaper Rose Babushka Necklace - £10

Crown and Glory Review

I know I rave about Crown and Glory on a regular basis, but technically I've been a little slack! A little while we did another product swap - C&G's Nixie clips for WRJ's Babushka necklace. I'm afraid I'm somewhat late in telling you about this lovely purple floral set as they've since been discontinued! I adore the dark pinky-purple flower and it works really well with the paler lilac bloom - what I particularly enjoy about the Crown and Glory clips are their versatility. (I'm sure I've told you about my hair band big head issue! - so clips are just perfect) They can be worn singularly or in groups and  I really enjoy wearing them when I pile my hair up. (I'm not big on photos of me, but Sophie asked for a photo for Crown and Glory's facebook page, so I apologise for spazzy face-ness)

I was particularly delighted on friday to come home and discover that the lovely Sophie had also sent me the cute Time for Tea Bobby Pin set! (isn't she wonderful?) I haven't had the chance to wear them yet, but I'm currently working in a Tea Shop, so I don't think they could be any more perfect!

I've also included a photo of all my floral Crown and Glory pieces - mainly because they're just so gosh darn pretty. If you have the chance do take a look at their website, not only do they have some seriously pretty new pieces (The Golden Dewdrops are fueling my current enjoyment of Autumn)

but Crown and Glory are offering Wallpaper Rose readers an exclusive 15% discount! 

Just enter 'WALLPAPERROSE' at the checkout! (Valid until 31st October 2010) x

All my love was down in a frozen ground

 

 

At the beginning of July I went on a road trip around Scotland. I scanned in the negs ages ago, but I've only just got around to editing a couple - mainly because I wanted to enter a few into We Are Disposable Yeah - It seemed worth a try! (I entered two of my umbrella photos, and the first three in this post.) I know they're nothing spectacular, but I'm quite pleased with them. I really like the colours produced by the holga (and the depth of field with my bronica on the second photo). It's made me realise that sadly, I am going to have to lug three cameras with me when I head to Paris in November!

I hope you like them x

Lavina's Tea party

 

A friend of mine, the lovely Lavinia has just set up a rather wonderful business - Lavina's Tea Party.

Trust me.

It's as exciting as it sounds!

Essentially she's running a vintage china hire online shop for all your tea party needs! Despite the early on set of Winter (eg rain) I'm still in love with the romantic notion of tea parties and have an undying attraction to all things floral. Situated in the Cotswolds, Lavinia will also cater for local areas (see website for details), and having lived with the lady in question I know she makes some of the best cakes in town!

Personally I'm particularly coveting her cake stands - I've wanted one for ages to photograph my jewellery on. Sadly I don't currently have the finances to warrant buying one, however since I started writing this post a few days ago (things got hectic...) Lavina has releases a Trio Range - a tea cup, saucer and plate - for a mere £8 I'm mentally debating whether I can afford one (they're so pretty!) 

These are my current favourites:

(I apologise for the strange colours of the photos - I used picnik, which is great for the rounded corners, but I should have messed around with the colours in photoshop instead!)

ANYWAY Lavinia's Tea Party can also be found on facebook here.

I know I showed you these recently, but they seem rather appropriate...

x

C-C-C-C-Changes

I've been pretty dissatisfied with the look of my blog for quite a while now, it's seems pretty disjointed and a bit squashed, so I've spent most of today playing around with it and doing a little research into other blogs that I feel are really visually successful.

I want to say a massive thank you to the lovely Jazmine from Jazzabelle's Diary who took the time to share with me a great site which meant I could finally expand my column size so I don't always have to have square/ small photographs. From that I discovered the wonder of three columns and well the rest is history! I hope you like it, it sounds pretty sad, but I'm now really fond of the layout and look of the blog - little things and little minds I guess! I think I might go say good night to my lovely kittens (the novelty hasn't worn off) and get an early night. I hope everyone has something grand planned for the weekend! x