falling in love again...

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image source - the beautiful world wide web :)

botanical

getting inspiration from the intricate lines and delicate shapes of plants - just some pictures I took around the house :)

House of Quirky

hello hello, such a long time since I've last posted in here, I know, but I have a good reason, I've been busy doing this : http://house-of-quirky.blogspot.com/ - delightful polymer clay jewellery, lovingly hand-made by ME :)   I've also been to my first craft fair and sold some of these beauties. If you wanna own one as well contact me on my email vagabond.sister@gmail.com.

Have a look, tell me what you think! House of Quirky delights :D

oxford

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things that caught my eye on a day trip to Oxford...

screeeeam

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OK, I know it's a bit dark but I was feeling down today so I made this - now I feel better :D
I thought about it last night when my eyes felt so heavy and my brain was hyperactive, buzzing with plans and fears...

to resolve into elementary particles

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Breaking down the colours of the red/blue harbour theme(my new obsession) - I took these pictures yesterday - I love the organic, odd but beautiful feel of these colourful convoluted membranes... Can you guess what they are?

seaside fairytale

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Here are some pictures from my holiday... this is a magical place St Michael's Mount - Marazion, Cornwall

You can feel the energy of the place, the history... it's the perfect setting for fairytales with maidens looking out the tower's window, waiting for their prince to appear on the horizon, midnight plots and defenestrations (I always liked this word :P)

 

dreams can come true - free wallpaper

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Today I woke up and put together a mighty to do list with important stuff.
So... here's what I've done instead...This and watching lots of CSI, of course :D
And I decided to upload it large size as a free wallpaper just for you guys, enjoy! click on the picture then right click+Same image as
It's about dreams becoming reality...at least in Photoshop, hehe

Drop Dead Gorgeous by Daniela Edburg

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Death by Oreos

For anyone who has eaten the whole box, or bag, or carton the photographs in this series make light of our secret binges. Here, the consequences of indulgence are tabloid or monster movie deaths. Daniela Edburg’s Drop Dead Gorgeous both mocks and satisfies our cravings. via

Death by Bananas

Feeling guilty? he he I know I do...

norwegian wood

I am re-reading the book now - it find it so beautiful and haunting, I don't know if it is because I connect with it on a very personal level, but anyway I think of Murakami as a contemporary demi-god... this is the trailer for the film, it's being released this march in UK but I must say I have such mixed-feelings about seeing it - cause I have such a clear image in my head about the characters and I don't want to spoil it, but on the other hand I know the director worked closely with Murakami and just seeing the trailer made me tingle...

the mad ones

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"The only people for me are the mad ones, the ones who are mad to live, mad to talk, mad to be saved, desirous of everything at the same time, the ones who never yawn or say a commonplace thing, but burn, burn, burn, like fabulous yellow Roman candles exploding like spiders across the stars, and in the middle, you see the blue center-light pop, and everybody goes ahh..."

jack kerouac - on the road

forget everything you knew about dolls

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Alma from Rodrigo Blaas on Vimeo.

I absolutely love this video, found via Inspiration Across the Ocean... I always thought there's something a little bit creepy about dolls.
And... I kind of saved the best for last, 'cause today by total coincidence -there seems to be a doll theme today-  I came across this other website - Enchanted Doll, via my bestest of friends over at Humbaya. I spend hours browsing through all the pictures of these truly enchanted dolls...Please do the same, they're amazing, you'll love them especially if you enjoy a little bit of twisted/fetish details :P

Cinderella

Twin suns of Tatooine

Here's my new fantastic find: Jeremy Messersmith... and here's one of his songs, called Tatooine, with a great video from animator/filmmaker Eric Power . The song talks about this planet...

'There's room up there for second chances
Singles are fine but doubles are fantastic
I'd like to think that there's a star for me and you
Spinning round, falling for one another'

Check up both artists' websites. Eric Power does some beautiful paper animations and Jeremy has more great great songs and videos that you can download on a very friendly pay-whatever-you-want policy. Sweeeet!

To the sea...

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Every new transition in my life is usually marked by a change of my desktop wallpaper. And this is only achieved after an extensive search for the one that perfectly matches my current state of mind...
Anyway during this two day search I came across a picture from Dungeness and it really intrigued me so I looked for more. I love these kind of quirky little places, a place where you'd like to get away from it all...well I would  :D
Dungeness is more of a scattered collection of dwellings than a village and the area is one of the largest expanses of shingle in the world. You can also find there two nuclear power stations, the world's smallest public railway and an unique ecological site.
I still haven't decided on a new wallpaper... but meanwhile I wanted to write about this place 'cause it's small and seemingly unimportant but it has some really cool stuff - just like me :D
 
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