New York with Erica

As many of you know I am a companion to young woman with autism. A few weeks ago we took our annual trip to New York.

Yesterday we put together these collages of some of our favourite days and I thought I'd share them with you. Enjoy!

Sample Sale at Stylesmith

In an effort to move my old stock and forgotten designs (and making room for the new collections!) Stylesmith is having a huge sample sale, various feather headbands, fascinators and some jewelry under $15.

Go grab some bargains while you can!

www.stylesmith.etsy.com

Sorella Bella

A little post, and a little different, this post is dedicated to my beautiful little sister, whom I love very much. She's over in England so I only get to see her once a year.

Miss you lots and lots JoFlo.

Not only is she stunningly gorgeous, as evidenced by these beautiful industry photos taken by Nicky Chadwick, but she is super talented too!

Check out this site that has her singing!

Love you Josie x

Memorial Day Weekend and My Diana

So I'm back from New York City and my film is back from the shop! I love the accidental art that the Diana camera is capable of producing. How gorgeous is this double image from our Tea Party shoot that I did for Dedicated Follower of Fashion?

I was so pleased.

I also got my cross processed film back from the shop from the same shoot, my favourites (and one more Diana shot) are below.

Also over in the Stylesmith shop I have a fantastic memorial day weekend offer going on, buy one get one half price and free domestic and worldwide shipping on orders over $75.

Fabulous.

Taken with the Diana Camera

Taken with 35mm slide film and cross processed.

Taken with 35mm slide film and cross processed.

Taken with 35mm slide film and cross processed.

Taken with 35mm slide film and cross processed.

Sneak Peek!

A little sneak peek of the Bird on a Wire summer additions, which should be available in the store in the next few weeks!

The older collection will still be available along with these brighter, more summery feather headbands, perfect for those summer weddings. As well as the Swallow in Flight fascinator in new colours and the small version will now be available in all colours.

I'm excited to get these shot and up!

I'm off to NYC tomorrow so I'll see you in a week!

Girl Friday - Dedicated Editorial

Here's a snippet from the newest Dedicated Follower of Fashion editorial. It's my favourite so far.

What do you think? Pop over there and let us know!

(and while you're there enter our awesome giveaway - it's over on Friday!)

I love all of these....

My new favourite bag designer is on Etsy.

I love the colours, the quirkiness, the smooth lines, the heartiness whilst still retaining it's girly glory?

Did I say too much?

Sorry I am in love.

Quejimenez? Be mine?

Prices from $55-$325

Available here.

Hey all, over at Dedicated we're now offering monthly spots for sponsors!

Here's the scoop:
Dedicated Follower of Fashion is in it's first few months and we already have a following of our own.
We get approximately 100 hits a day, with a high of 217 and a low of 43.
Not bad eh? Well we're proud.

$10 will get you a sidebar ad, 150 pixels wide by 100 pixels tall for one whole month!
And hopefully a good few clicks, this month Dedicated will be advertising itself so we're hoping to double our numbers and your's at the same time!

If you're interested just drop me an email: kelsi@stylesmithonline.com

We're also open to your story's and submissions so drop us a line!

Feed Your Soul - Free Art!

I love free things. There's no doubt about it. And free art. Well that's just fabulous.

Especially when it's from these amazing artists.

'Feed Your Soul' is a free art project run by the peeps behind Indie Fixx and it is just fabulous! So go! Download to your hearts content!

Yummy Pavlova

So on Easter Sunday (yes this is a long time coming) I decided to attempt a childhood favourite of mine. Pavlova.

It's basically a huge meringue (or littler ones) filled with whipped cream and fruit. The recipe is simple enough but somehow hard to achieve perfection with.

Mine, started to tan in the oven so I took it out earlier, so it was still a little soft in the middle, it also began to crack overnight. But softness and aesthetics aside, it was soooooo yummy. I can't wait to make it again! And the fruit from the farmers market was just perfect!

(any tips for avoid browning/softness/cracking would be much appreciated!)

I used this recipe.

Ahoy There Sailor!

I just spent a long but wonderful day on the beach shooting the latest shoot for Dedicated Follower of Fashion.

It was a fabulous day down in Malibu, which certainly wasn't expected on the drive out there with sky full of clouds! So much so none of us brought sunscreen. Big mistake and my red back is paying for it.

This cheeky little picture isn't particularly reflective our 'Girl Friday', 'Shipwrecked Siren' theme but we could resist pulling out our inner campiness just for one little picture!

See the full and beautiful shoot on May 15th at Dedicated Follower of Fashion!

Happy St George's Day

I'm feeling homesick and extremely patriotic with my pint of cider. (and just a little tipsy)

Today is my sister's birthday and Shakespeare's birthday and the anniversary of Shakespeare's death.

And it's also St George's Day. St George is the patron saint of England - the one that killed the dragon!

Have a little listen to the below video it's one of my favourite songs and makes me a little weepy!