Lacy

You're probably bored out of your head of this section of our garden after this shoot but I've done another outfit post there as I just think it's so pretty. I love how the sunlight streams through the flowers.The shoes are from Gap and I made the flower crown as you probably know already. If not: hi newcomer! The dress is (I guess) inspired by Derhy's crazily cool Spring/Summer collection. They had tons of lace, frills and bobbles all over the place (that's a good thing!).  

Sorry if this post's too picture heavy but like I said, I love this spot in the garden. It's inspired by Rookie's photoshoot "the magic hour". I wish I could achieve such cool pictures. I have kind of caught a bit of the look but overall, Olivia's pictures are a way lot better than mine. 

 I hope you enjoyed these pictures! If you're on Google+, remember to plus one. If not make sure you comment! Want to see more pictures and read more words? Click the "read more" link down below!

Anna xx

Chilling

I don't want to turn this into a "me begging for forgiveness" post, but can I just say sorry? Sorry for not posting enough. I've just been feeling really deflated and un-creative. I've also been seriously stressed out about numerous matters. However, today with the warm weather and the T.G.I. Sunny feeling I've finally been able to channel my inner spring vibes! 

I did a photoshoot today with Emily Haigh. It was really fun and she looked great in her outfit I put together for her! We kind of moved throughout the garden,  finding the best places to shoot. I wear Charity Shop shirt, Zara jumper, Ark skirt and my docs that look great with my socks (unintentional rhyming). Emily's wearing New Look dress (link continues to a similar dress), Charity shop shirt, Marks & Spencers cardigan and a random pair of socks she happened to be wearing. All flower crowns DIY'd by me. 

 It was such a nice atmosphere shooting this and it was fun as well! Taking good photos are definitely easier in sunlight. It gives them such a warm tone to them and makes them seem all so happy and light and feathery. Thanks to Emily for modelling, Cathy for (after LOADS of arguments) letting us use her awesome parasol and Jane for being there.

I hope this has inspired you to do your own photoshoot inspired by Spring. Forever florals and pastels!

Anna xx

P.S. Comment if you love the new Daft Punk song!
P.P.S. Comment if you like the watercolor thing on the title!

I want it all!

Recently, I've been using this really cool website/app called Wantworthy. It has this widget that you drag up into your boomark bar and whenever you spot something you think's want worthy, you click the widget and it adds it to your list! My Wantworthy list is already quite full. Add me if you've got one!

Hepworth

Hey Everyone,
Last night I had the pleasure of watching the Peter Jensen "Barbara" collection shown at the Hepworth. I fell head over heels for the cute cut-out brogues. And the hats! I can't express how much I wanted to leap up and take one off the model's head. Also, the atmosphere was AMAZING! Everyone seemed to be so interested in the clothes and there where people taking pictures and scribbling notes down. Basically, it was heaven for me. My mum kind of told me off as I took a whopping 127 pictures just from the show. It was well worth it though as I now have a big HUGE haul of inspiring pictures.

 If you haven't already noticed, the pieces above were inspired by,artist, Barbara Hepworth. She used lots of holes in her work and Peter has definitely included her organism and precision in his work. In THIS video, he explains why he didn't show off the collection at London Fashion Week and "living in the life" of his muses.

His beautiful collection can be purchased HERE at Asos. Don't worry, Asos has free shipping and returns but still, £198 for a t-shirt. I'd much rather make one. This leads onto my next topic; the idea of a tutorial/DIY. I'm considering making one of those crazy, almost-stencil-like, cut-out hats. If you would also love to make one of these statement pieces, comment below and tell me! Tutorials take me FOREVER to do so make sure you tell me as I won't do it without support. Come on, I know you want to!

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Meadham Kirchoff

This week's top designer is Meadham Kirchoff! I chose them because when I look at their clothes, I instantly feel inspired. I wish I could buy all their collections in one haul. They're famous for creating modern, fun pieces yet executing them in an old-fashioned way. You can find their website HERE for more amazing trends and inspiring outfits that make me want to jump on my sewing machine and somehow fashion one of their beautiful petticoats! Err I think that's just me. Anyway, have a browse through their Spring collection right here on my blog and if you're hungry for more, there is a "read more" at the bottom of the page!

Voodoo Girl...

 Last night, I had the pleasure of dressing up as a Voodoo Girl. Inspired by a dress I got from Wakefield Hospice's Charity Shop and Voodoo Girl, a new, online shop. Again, all pictures edited on Adobe Photoshop.
Anna xx

My Hong Kong Garden

 Do you like these flower headbands I made? Which do you prefer? Personally, I adore the big, enormous one but you might feel differently. I had LOADS of fun editing these in Photoshop. Oh and if you're wondering why "Hong Kong" garden, I was trying to think of a song to go with this post and all that gardeny rubbish and all that could come to mind was "Hong Kong Garden" by Siouxsie and the Banshees. I found out about them on Marlena's blog. Click on THIS link to look at one of her posts about them! Grr! Just thought of another song! It's a song that my dad plays called "I built this garden for us" by Lenny Kravitz... Anyway! Why am I babbling on about these songs and not playing them for you guys?
Okay so let's bang on the Lenny Kravitz song first. By the way, If you find it boring at the start, live through it, the middle is really cool!

And Siouxsie and the Banshees...

Woah! I'm really steering away from fashion here. "Come on Anna, back on track. This is a fashion blog." Right, I'm super excited about wearing these for Mother's day tomorrow. Oh god. Present. Oh well, I'll make her a card in the morning and somehow latch myself onto Cathy or Jane's gift e.g.

Oh well. You know, I think I'll actually make her something.
Anna xx