magic view

How great is Derren Brown? I think he is amazing so my thoughtful fella bought me his book, Confessions of a Conjuror, for Christmas.

It's one of those books you read next to your laptop as he's constantly mentioning interesting things you simply have to Google. I haven't finished yet but just read a bit where he mentioned his love for a trick called The Miser's Dream. Here is the video, it is mind-blowing

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my mom ♡

It's my mother's birthday today! My mom is one of the loveliest women you'll ever meet; her happiness and enthusiasm is totally contagious, as is her insane + loud laughter, and her ridiculous catch-phrases. We share a deep love and appreciation of clothes, our favourite lunch is popcorn + jelly tots, and together we are an extremely excitable pair and can often be seen shaking our fists about in excitement.

As well as being fun, kind and able to get along with just about anyone, she is also cursed with the burden of being terribly beautiful. She was scouted just after she left high school and spent many years travelling the world as a model. One time she hung out with Guns 'n Roses, so she's pretty cool.

(taken by my dad)

Often my parents would let me take the days off school to be my mom's child in shoots (clearly they had their priorities in order). Here are just a few of us in action :

Happy birthday Mama, you are so beautiful inside and out and I love you a lot!

blue flowers

IT'S SO HOT. I am dying/feeling motivated to make summer-y dresses in an air-conditioned room. Here's one I made a while ago that my lovely friend bought from me. I love the floral print so much and was so excited to find a pair of high heels made of the same fabric, they looked like this

I returned to Zoom with money to buy them for myself but they were gone. Now I am left with an extreme feeling of remorse. I get this feeling often; it is all-consuming. My life is so meaningful.

don't wear this: Halterneck Dress

I am writing this for the lady I saw in Spar earlier today wearing a dress that made her appear to be carrying 2 extra grocery packets, on her chest. 

Although there is always an exception or two I generally do not entertain halternecks. This dress-style in particular is the worst offender:

I know, I know: Iconic! Marilyn Monroe! But whatever, I truly hate this dress, surely I'm not alone on this one? I can't look at the boob section and not think "two full grocery bags". 

 I didn't even have to tweak the bags in this photo, they fitted perfectly! I hope you see this image the next time you pull out that thick-strapped-halter-number and you tell yourself "DON'T WEAR THIS" ♥ thank you in advance