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Today's wish-list:

Topshop, £28

These loafers, or 'slippers' they have now been donned, are a cheaper version of the same style shoe Topshop produced last year, that were a stronger leather material. Despite this new pair being 100% Polyurethane, I do think they are still a bargain based on a design perspective. I have been fawning over the former pair for ages but my poor state made me reluctant to part with the cash so these are the perfect alternative. The design is spawn from the originals, the striking Louboutin stud loafers from 2009/10.

Alsooooo:

WHER ARE THESE? IMPOSSIBLE to find on Asos!

Asos, £160

Topshop, £20

People must think I'm not a very satisfied girl.... Or just a fashion student shopaholic. The latter is true. It seems I may still also be in the midst of a punk chic obsession too; I just can't seem to get enough of leopard print and studs recently.

No room for a typo

I came across artist 27 year old Keira Rathbone today and thought I should share her amazing work. What is so amazingly original about her work is that she has only one tool: her typewriter. The Londoner first experimented with typewriter art in university after buying one at a flee market, (sounds familiar....), and after a lot of writers block, used it as a drawing tool instead.

Using only her typing skills with numbers, letters and punctuation, she creates these AMAZING collages. One pictures can take up to 90 hours which is no surprise when you see the detail in the finished product. She has currently about 30 typewriters differing in ages between around 20 and 70 years old, and uses them alternately for different feels and visions for her pictures.

I love to see how artists are still finding new ways to be original and unbelievable, and in this technical day and age the ole' typewriter still has its use. I'm getting out mine and trying it but safe to say I do not have the natural direction needed for these.

Watch the video to see her in action!

Midnight Snack

This is another one of those slightly unnecessary but sweet ramble of a post. I was not in the greatest of moods today. I shall not go into why, its just one of those things. It concerns few people and they would know why. Lack of sleep and routine has a lot to answer for though; as does the monotony of home (as comforting as it can be.) I can’t really complain about a lack of winks too much though, it is my own fault my pattern is so amazingly messed up. You can tell it is messed up because it is 3am and I am writing this. I didnt sleep much last night, consequential to my mood, and when I did I had so many strange dreams. I seem to have a lot recently, it almost makes me fear sleeping.

So I woke up at a usual time this morning and had an urge to just read. I always get this when I finish a book and want to start another fresh. I finished a very depressing book the other day, The Virgin Suicides, one I have held onto for a while but found it so disconcerting I dipped unreliably in and out of it. Nevertheless it was still good, but perhaps slightly lacking my interest by the end because I have already seen the film, which is marvellous, which was directed by Sofia Coppola, clearly one of my favourites. I started The Perks Of Being A Wallflower, and actually ended up nearly finishing it. I allowed myself around 40 pages to go, because if I do actually finish it in one day there will be such a huge anti-climax to my New Book Day.

I purchased it a while ago after reading many positive reviews and researching the synopsis, and assessed it in my head as something I would probably enjoy. I have just re-read those last few sentences and realised I sound exactly like the main character! Powerful. But anyway I recently learned that it too is being made into a film. Does no novel stay as a book anymore?! It is crazy! I’m not sure how I feel about this because I always feel slightly annoyed when books become movies because I then feel my reading is not personal or an acclomplishment to me anymore; its too accessible for the lazy. Nevertheless though on the other hand, I am really enjoying it and am genuinely interested to see how it is versioned on the screen. As a film geek I immediately IMDB’d it before I started reading which was a stupid idea because I learnt that Emma Watson is going to play one of the main characters. Now, everytime I read about the character in the book I envision her face automatically. I do not particularly like Emma Watson, but I do like her character, Sam, so you see my annoyance. There is one part of the story though when they talk about poet e.e.cummings, who is one of my favourites. This made me happy but also made me laugh, because I think the author is subconsiously having a dig about how hilariously hipster he/his work is becoming. (I still love him.) The story also has numerous mentions of The Smiths though as well, who to be honest cannot be patronised too much, so hell what do I know?

I read half this book and then fell asleep again until 4pm. Disgraceful - but bloody amaaazing. So naturally now I cannot sleep. Well I couldn’t, so I carried on reading for another 2 hours. It is amazing though what naps and literature can do for a mood. At least temporarily. I still want a bike. I spent another two hours of my day scouring ebay and related sites for the perfect bicycle. Who says I don’t live a little?! Baring in mind I romanticise everything, I looked for a skinny white bicycle with a wicker basket and a sunshine background. And ha! I actually found a few. One even came with an albino cat, but I can’t be dealing with cats - not when my dog is asleep next to me again. I also found a few semi-serious ones which I think validates my time spent looking for one a bit. I would post some pictures but if someone takes a fancy and pips me to the post concerning the online auction ONE MORE TIME, I will go mad...

I think you have to romanticise everything though sometimes, it is the only way to realistically deal with monotony. I am god sick of some things in my life but I have to live, so why not live with some pretty scenes instead? Here are some nightcap beauties for your eyes:

Goodnight xxx

I do not own either of these pictures, I cannot find their origins to credit them but they are beautiful!

Got Ink?

Just a quick post to talk about this artwork I found by Juan Francisco Casas, a Spaniard with one tool: A BIRO!

It is actually so hard to believe but every single one of these pictures is hand drawn done using only a BIC ballpoint pen, and he uses up to 14 for each piece measuring up to 10 metres high.

They look like they could be photos, which apparently is where he mainly gets his inspiration from - nights out with his friends, and I can only imagine what that involves since most of the girls don't seem to be wearing very much clothing!

Anyway, he has a large collection of these amazing drawings but here are a few I thought were especially impressive:

Rest In Peace Amy

RIP Amy Winehouse

Can you guess what it is yet?

I came across this unusual artwork by Aurel Schmidt. From New York, Schmidt is a socialite and erotic photographer, but also a fine drawer, something that is sometimes overlooked when first glancing upon her work. Safe to say it isn't for everyone, (you'll see what I mean), but when looking closely there is absolute and extreme detail in her pictures, with strong messages about sexuality and the state of society conveyed in a personable and humourous way. Twinned with some of the titles of the pieces, I cringed and laughed at the simple concepts but striking and immense detail of her artworks.

From her Maneater collection:

"Self Portrait with Various Addictions and Fears of Aging"

(and below: in detail)

"Never Change"

"Heaven is a Place On Earth"

"Don't Wanna be Alone Tonight"

"Girls Night Out"

"Like a Fish needs a Bicycle"

"Medusa"

(and below: in detail)

"Rachel"

From her Burnouts & Party Monsters collection:

This collections is less pencil heavy but more based around creating facial expressions and scene through burning shapes into her paper. Background illustrations help convey the image and connotations of the title.

"Barf Bucket Boyfriend"

"Musk" (*cue giggle)

There was another containing the image of a used tampon with the title: "Pretty", but I thought that was something you could do without. Investigate yourself if you so wish...

RIP Lucian Freud

Artist Lucian Freud died yesterday at the age of 88. Arguably one of the greatest artists of his era, it is a sad loss. It is very coincidental too that only last week my mother painted me in the style of Freud for an art project; his work is something she much admires.

The above picture is from his Self-Portrait With A Black Eye, which was painted circa 1978 after he got into a brawl with a taxi driver. It was sold last year for £2.8 million.

RIP

Feeling Moody

Some mood boards I made:

I want you, I need you, Oh baby, Oh baby

This is just one of those slightly unnecessary posts about what I am lusting after but cannot afford. Oh the troubles of being student/teenage/general bum. Well actually that is a bit self-deprecating, I have a job, and have done since I was 16, but I also have a condition; I believe it to be some form of shopoholism, spendmoneytoeasilyism, and so on and so forth.

Wish-list for this week:

I found this little number playing homage to the amazing Rachel Zoe. I DIE.

If unlike me you are not poor and would like any of these items yourself:

• Floral kimono; Leopard print chiffon tie cardi; Patchwork dress; Cut-out black flared shirt; Leopard print platforms; Litas all available from Nasty Gal.
• Magic unicorn jumper available from Yatt.
• Rachel Zoe Bananas tshirt available from CLS.
• Thigh-high perspex boots are from I DO NOT KNOW. Pleaseeeee help me find them! Saw this picture on tumblr but they are too amazing!

House of Cards

As always I am never content with settling but instead always looking to create. One of my secret passions is interiors, and I have a book of snippets of kooky bedrooms pictures for ever inspiration. Some of the cool ones I found now:

I LOVE this, especially with the small space. Its like a fifties diner meets disco meets barbie hotel.

I'm gonna make this for my future daughter. Like a little floral cave :)

I'm going to make these lips out of paper-mâché - its my next project. I've tried to buy those bulbed mirrors for years too but if I have any more reflections in my room it will turn into a funfair-style house or mirrors... Wouldn't mind morphing into a laughy smiley blonde with a talent for sitars.

God I love clutter.