742 Evergreen Terrace, The Simpsons address. It’s REAL! It’s in Nevada and was won by a contestant in 1997. I can’t really explain how cool I think this is. The creators of The Simpsons must’ve been spinning out upon seeing the house in real scale; real life. I like that the house still looks cartoon-ish. There are more pics where I got these at fun-hunter.com.
Her name is Tavi and she keeps fashion blog, Style Rookie. She’s only 12 years old, but her writing is so funny, and witty and smart – even her vocab, to me, is impressive. I love her self-created photoshoots and the styles she has fun with in her outfits. She’s just so frikking adorable and charming, but also ridiculously, almost intimidatingly cool. I’m a really big fan.
This girl seems to know a lot about fashion brands, Comme Des Garcon, Vivienne Westwood; I hadn’t heard of them ’til.. I don’t even know, but it wasn’t that long ago. Beyond the cuteness though is also a girl with substance. It kind of catches you off guard when you read about her blog philosophies and idolizing Kurt Cobain and Twiggy, but that’s all the more reason to love her.
“We want the record contract more than the satisfaction of making music. The highest prize we can receive for creative work is the joy of being creative. Creative effort spent for any other reason than the joy of being in that light-filled place, love, God, whatever we want to call it, is lacking in integrity.” – Marianne Williamson
This hit me where it hurt.
I just had a thought.
Christmas is coming up and it reminded me of the Secret Santa/Kris Kringle present-swap we used to do at school. I’m not sure how often people read this & I’m kind of making this up now as I go along, but it could be something fun to do w/ the artsy blogging community. The idea is to write a message to your KK in a handmade Christmas card then send it to me. Once I’ve got them all, I’ll randomly pick a card made by someone else and send that to you by Christmas. I really love getting snail mail and thought that’d be a nice, but not too difficult, thing to do with blogland :O)
Ok so if u like the idea and want to get involved, please leave a comment! Thanks!
These drawings are really cool – the bold, solid colours, the Sydney setting. What’s impressive is the fact that they were all done by an 11-year old. And what’s even more impressive than that? He donates a percentage of his sales every month to the International Animal Rescue charity! Makes me wonder what I’ve been doing with my life haha.
coogee x
sunlight city
field trip
the opera house
These are my faves from the Moofus etsy shop. I found his link thanks to Studio Home Creative.
Yayy!! I got my two books in the mail today – Michi Girl’s Like I Give a Frock and The Cocktail by Jane Rocca, both illustrated by my fave Kat Mcleod!
This pic was stolen from Design*Sponge where I also found an interview! I love her imperfectly perfect collage illustrations. There’s a drawing of owls and deers in Like I Give a Frock that just.. did something to me, it was so pretty. Didn’t take a picture of it though.
Now I’m on my next hunt for more Kat Mcleod goodness.. maybe these albums
or this pillowcase 
And I just read on Daydream Lily that she’s having her first solo exhibition in Melbourne.. oohhh!! I so wish I lived in Melbourne..
super supermodel Kate Moss
My post about Anna Piaggi and her outrageous dress sense got me thinking about the style of other people I admire – Kate Moss, Gwen Stefani, Bjork, Jimi Hendrix come to mind. As much as I admire these people for the way they dress (though not exclusively for that reason!), it doesn’t mean I’d actually want to wear the kind of clothes they wear.
To me, the most appealing aspect about the way they dress is their seemingly uncompromising individuality. It really is about HOW they wear their clothes, as much as WHAT it is they’re putting on. It’s allowing that something inside of them to dictate their choice of clothes. Fashion is after all a form of self-expression.
love his headbands - Jimi Hendrix
wonderfully quirky Bjork
It might just be me, but I think it’s kind of difficult to really listen voice inside that decides the way you’d like to show yourself to the world. I think we’re ridiculously overloaded with a certain kind of look that we see all the time on tv, in magazines and movies, that when it comes for us to go shopping for ourselves, it’s much easier to just pick up something that looks similar to what you see.
Gwen Stefani over the years
SS08 Dries Van Noten
I think the reason why I admire that list of people is not only because they are uncompromising in the way they dress, but in the way that they are. True to their individuality.
“Fashion fades, only style remains the same” – Coco Chanel
“In the final analysis it is not what you do for your children but what you have taught them to do for themselves that will make them successful human beings.” – Ann Landers
