Round the outside....

It's not just the outside of our selves we like to "dress up" - we also like to have some say in the decorating of our homes.  And if we happen to live and work at the same place, well.....all the better!
Wellington Tattoo studio Underground Arts has found a new home, right on the corner of Vivian and Victoria Streets, and owner Steve Maddock has set about ensuring that his building is "dressed" to his taste.  The results are going to be spectacular when finished, but already this is one place that is hard to miss!

I must add too, that I am insanely jealous of anyone who can say "I'd like a dragon on the outside of my place", and then has the ability to realize that dream!  I myself, was someone who:

a)    dreamed of being a famous guitarist………………..but never quite got   round to learning how to play guitar…..something my dream required, and
b)  yearned to be a prima ballerina....................but had terminally flat feet, and

c)   always wanted to express my deepest thoughts, to lay all my feelings out in paint on canvas………………but didn’t have the ability to draw a convincing stickman, let alone a vase of sunflowers!

Thus thwarted in my own ambitions, I have to settle with appreciating....and sharing....the work of other, more talented, people.  Hello Steve..................

xxo

(PS. How strange it was to finish this post, only to find a "Learn to Play Guitar Now" advertisement flashing up on my Google Dashboard  ;-)  ........)

New Zealand....

Aaahhhhh - New Zealand!

xxo

More scarf envy....

I love the way some people can pick up a scarf - merely a scrap of cloth - and make it look effortlessly chic.  I love the way this person has picked up a scarf and made effortlessly chic look Big Day Out cool!
Ahhh.  If only there were somewhere you could go - some sort of accessory class - where they could teach you all those little things......like how to tie a belt in the latest style, or how to assemble your scarf into something that even slightly resembles stylish.......

xxo

Tatt's lovely....

I have never been brave enough to get a tattoo myself - and not because of the pain I imagine that I imagine must be involved when a needle is repeatedly jabbed into your flesh.  No, that has nothing to do with it!  The real motive for my fear is that I simply have never been able to think of anything I want etched into my skin for the rest of my life!  I guess I like the idea of fashion, in that it is fluid, and you are able to change constantly....to re-invent your "look" with each new season.

That's not to say, however, that I dislike tattoos - on the contrary, I love them.  I only wish I was a little braver, and then I too could sport something as beautiful as this dragonfly, peeking out from beneath two of my favourite prints!

xxo