stylemint

for the first time i stumbled upon mary-kate and ashley olsen's fashion line stylemint coming up on my pinterest feed and i'm really liking it. i love simple, practical and comfy everyday outfits.

also check out their other lines jewelmint, shoemint and intimint.

have a good start of the week, and don't forget sparkapolooza's latest brief is due today - we'd love you all to participate!

carmen dell'orefice

sergio k f/w 2012

amica, december 2011

by jerry schatzberg, nyc 1958

vogue december 1952

vogue 1946

this post is dedicated to carmen dell'orefice, an 82-year-old world's oldest supermodel.

i'm not one who's always up-to-date with modelling or fashion world - i only first stumbled across carmen when i saw her poster up on peter alexander's window shop a few months back and i was just stunned!

all photos from carmen dell'orefice facebook and models.com

just a minute in june

♥ loving... the colours of autumn.

♥ listening... is this how you feel by the preatures. so addictive! (via jodeska)

♥ watching... michel gondry's mood indigo next week, has anyone seen this yet?

♥ eating... brunch at the fine food store at the rocks

♥ wanting... to buy a thin ring from hello miss apple. which one i should get?

♥ little achievement... we're pleased to announce sparkapolooza's come back with a refreshed look and we also have a new brief! get your creative juice flowing by participating in our project. also follow us on facebook for updates :)

photo by beth retro

márcio nakamura

am i the only one who's a but behind about awesome flickr update who generously giving us a free terabyte space? i'd better start taking my cameras out for adventure and get those how many ever film rolls in my drawer developed. i shall also browse flickr more often.

i love how márcio nakamura captured people. he's from curitiba, brasil (looks like he has japanese background too from his name?) and he's using praktica mtl5.

on a side note, i can't believe i only had one blog post last month. i was a little unwell and as well i felt rather uninspired lately...

then it was my due date for putting together a guest post at here comes the sun blog (i'm a contributor there for film photography topic) that pretty much kicked me out from my little bubble. i forgot how much i enjoy getting lost on the internet, browsing for pretty eye candy!

note to self: i need to go back and get my creative juice flowing again. not to mention to be more organised and time efficient in general. i just need to put this out there because people say you'll commit to your goals by writing it down.

ok i talk too much already about myself. how are you all? 

west elm

i was really excited to visit these three american shops when they finally opened in bondi junction, sydney: west elm, pottery barn and william-sonoma. the shops were quite packed with visitors that just looked as excited as me at that time.

i want to specifically feature my most favourite shop west elm on this post (not saying i don't like pottery barn nor william-sonoma though let me readdress that!). 

can i just tell you there SO MANY things i want to buy from there that i don't necessarily need. above are just a few out of too many items that i love from west elm. i just feel like revamping my whole house. for you sydneysiders or if you happen to be in sydney and you haven't been, go go go!

ps happy mothers day to you all mothers who are reading this blog :)

lucy rose - shiver

it's lucy rose's new music video shiver! she looks so super cute here. 

i also enjoyed watching this little video of their recording, they all seem really laid back and having fun  with each other and enjoying themselves. and cute dogs! love all bits of this video, hope i get to see them live one day.

on another note, can't believe it's the end of april already!

mountains

diy mountain pillow tutorial at design sponge

mountain cushions by hello polly

mountain pillows by three bad seeds

a while ago element eden australia has kindly sent me a knitting starting kit to join their knit off competition. after procrastinating for way too long during the last few days i have finally started googling some inspirations and tutorials, and while i was doing that i came across these cute mountain pillows that i thought i would share with you.

you do know i love objects that have triangular shape right? hope you like them as much as i do :)

aiko fukawa

i'm currently having my post holiday blues... 

i'm glad at least next week is a short week (we have a public holiday anzac day here in sydney)

my film rolls from holiday are still yet to be developed, so for now let us all adore the cuteness of these animal illustrations by japanese artist aiko fukawa.

enjoy the rest of your sunday.

braids love on refinery29

 

how are you all? i can't believe how fast time goes, only few days left of my holiday... i will have some photos to share when i go back home but you can see some snippets from my trip in lombok, indonesia on my instagram @lauratj.

anyway, for now i would like to share with you some hair inspiration from my newly found lifestyle reading pleasure refinery29. i haven't had long hair for such a long time and now that i do, i found this really fun and helpful - some nice braids tutorials for messy hair day here and very interesting history of braids here.

 

are you also loving braids at the moment? if you have any fun links do share with me. enjoy!

see you in a bit!

happy easter! i'm flying off this afternoon, yay. i'm taking the courage to leave my digital camera (as lots of my friends going to this trip will bring theirs anyway) and bring my film cameras only, gasp! do stay in touch on my instagram @lauratj if you'd like to see what i'm up to :)

photo from house of maryanne (via curious constellation)