How can you be alive one minute, and dead the next? 

Why would a child's life be taken, while you and I still live?

How can you be alive one minute, and dead the next.

As the Patterns on my Dress

The people whom I love and cherish are as many as the patterns on my dress. 

These people are my light. And my teachers. 

They are the ones that remind me that I need to achieve, dream, think, love every day with every essence of my being. Without knowing, they teach me these lessons everyday. 

one: The strong man that stands beside me. He shows me that love is never ending, that love is a free spirit that spins and swirls and goes in whatever direction it likes. He teaches me that love is the appreciation of every flaw, every scar, every tear. That no person can ever have too much love. 

two: The group of colourful misfits that I adore. They are teachers of havoc and noise and laughter. I’m constantly being taught to love life and live it while I have it. I learn from them the importance of spreading love, in the forms of hugs or smiles. That these simple gestures only warm a person’s heart considerably, and two bodies are better than one to keep a heart warm. 

three: The man who has lost his way, the man who has nothing. He comes up to the food bus, and smiles as I give him a cup of coffee, or tea, or whatever he feels that night, no money needed. He carries a backpack, and wears layers of shirts and jackets. He has scars all along his neck. And a back that causes him too much pain. Despite his troubles, he tells me thank you. “Thank you so much, so so much. Thank you for taking the time to be here. Thank you”. For a cup of coffee? 

This man teaches me about compassion and loving what I already have. He warms my heart, knowing that someone appreciates my compassion. He shows me to find happiness in simple things like a small cup of coffee. 

“Good cup’a coffee too” 

four: The children of Timor Leste. The struggle of their past and country is not that far behind them, yet you can only see determination in their eyes. Their love for the people of their country makes them push forward into the future without even the slightest hesitation. That they only think of improving themselves, and making their country and future stronger. They teach me to love what I want, and work forwards into the future to get it. 

five: My bright eyed friend with short hair. Her beautiful grace in which she goes through life, her calming energy engulfs you. She feels like a gentle fairy, content to listen to your thoughts and secrets. She teaches me how to love, think, talk without noise. That my simple company can be enough. 

six (and lastly): My mother. She is my rock. She always stands unmoving to anything and anyone, always there for the ones who need to lean on her shoulder, always their to protect us like a mama bear, always there to show us how to love what we believe in, and stay true to ourselves. I learn from her example, adding in my own values as well. I learn from her to be strong as an ox, and gentle as a mother cat. 

A person can be a marvellous teacher without realising it. You just need to listen and learn. 

Almost every person I love teaches me something about life in one way or another. 

Sometimes I feel like there is never enough patterns on my dress for the ones I love. 

 xox  

And now for cats. 

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xox 

Extra

I've been writing a lot more lately. It's nice to type out my thoughts, so I can look at them again later.

It doesn't help that inspiration comes at 2AM in the morning, but the mind never really works out when we want it to anyway. 

The velvet dress is from a thrift store. The lady behind the counter told me she had a velvet dress when she was my age. A reflection of a memory danced in her eyes. 

It was a nice moment. 

Tony Bianco, Black Zepplin Boots

http://lookbook.nu/look/5801729-Velours-Rouge 

It has been a little while.

Hello to whoever may be reading my sad little empty blog! 

Unfortunately I haven't been writing on here very much the past few months. I have either been busy, or could not have been bothered to do something productive when I wasn't busy! Hopefully this year I could procrastinate a little less, and maybe write on this blog a little more! 

So, what has been happening in my life at the moment? 

For those who might be interested...

I have recently been to Timor Leste in November with a school group. It was absolutely fantastic, Timor Leste is so completely different from any place I had ever been in Australia. The heat and the fact that I was quite far away from home and wasn't allowed to contact my family or friends did make me feel a little down in the dumps, but other than that, it was an amazing and interesting trip. I think I would have to talk about my Trip in another post a little later though! 

My gorgeous Jay and I will be staying at my father's house for the next week. I am very excited because I will get to spend all day and everyday with him. He always has a nice vibe about him, it makes me feel calm and relaxed, and I always feel safe when I lean next to him. Hopefully we get to explore around the other side of Melbourne. I remember when I was younger and even now still, I would go visit my dad, and he would have no patience to wander around and explore the different shops and places that we always walked right past. So I think that will be my goal for next week, for Jay and I to go exploring and find something interesting.

Also, something I had almost forgotten...I have created two other outfits during the end of last year! I just had not posted them on my blog yet.
So here they are:


This first look is one of my favourites. This dress has black-laced petticoat kind of thing underneath, so the whole thing 'poofs' out and I just love it! Red is one of my favourite colours to play with, and in this look I can wear it everywhere! I bought this dress from a ValleyGirl store, and the shoes are just a 'fake' version of the Doc. Martens from Fantastic Footwear.

Second look I had was my gorgeous elephant dress I had also bought from ValleyGirl. Although it is a cheap little clothing line, I love them for their gorgeous clothes! I'm not one to care about brands, only how the products turn out really ;)

I hope you have enjoyed today's post, and please excuse my laziness! I shall try my hardest to post on my little blog frequently from now on!

Stay wonderful and gorgeous! xox

Time Keeper

Trapped between two worlds she wanders, 

She is a ghost of the past 

From a dark time long ago. 

She is never to rest, 

To feel deaths cool embrace 

As it leads her into the netherworld... 

And so she wanders keeping time, 

Guarding and guiding the living. 

This is her duty, 

Her eternal penance. 

My beautiful mum wrote that poem for me, I love it so much! It fits perfectly with my outfit this week!

This is my halloween outfit for this week, although I don't look particularly freaky, I absolutely love wearing it, because I feel like I just walked out of old Victorian times. Not to mention it is super comfortable and warm, the material of the skirt is really thick!

These photos were taken by my gorgeous friend Tanaya, we had such a fun time too!

The skirt, denim vest, and belt were all thrifted! I remember finding these in the Salvo's store about three years ago, and I just recently dug them out from the depths of the shed the other day!

My shirt is a simple 'flumpy' shirt (hoorah for made up words!) and I love the way it hangs and drapes perfectly on me. Probably because its a bit to big for me...but still ;)

I bought this 'antique pocket watch' from ebay! You can get them really cheap, and they look great!

Denim vest, Skirt, and Belt all thrifted, Boots from ValleyGirl, Shirt from Jay Jays, Pocket watch from Ebay 


I hope you like my Steampunk look today, I certainly enjoyed pretending to be a 'ghost from the past' as I walked around the neighbourhood!


Be excellent to each other! ;)


LOOKBOOK: http://lookbook.nu/look/5497834-Time-Keeper 

Wild Children

Hello! 

I had taken some photographs of Tarz a little while ago, and I finally managed to find them again. We teased her hair and stuffed it with feathers! 

She kind of reminds me of a wild child, looking a little lost and curious in her surroundings. 

Anyway, I hope you enjoy the result we managed to get...

Talking about 'Wild Children', have you heard of the case study of Genie? 

Genie was a little girl that spent the first thirteen years of her life confined to a small room, often tied to a potty chair. Her mother, father and brother rarely spoke to her, although her father would growl and bark at her, and would often beat her if she made any noise. 

When she was found, she was unable to walk properly, or talk or interact in social situations. 

The case of Genie was really fascinating, because it allowed psychologists to study how language actually develops, wether it be in the nature of humans to learn language, or relying on the environment and the way they are nurtured.  

At first Genie was making significant progress while in the care of the research team, but because of lack of funding, Genie had to pass through many foster homes, and suffered from abuse and neglect, so all her progress had receded. 

Its really sad Genie's story didn't end happily, but imagine what she would have been like if her case study continued to be funded? I wonder how much progress she eventually would have made had she not been passed around from foster home to foster home?! 

You can watch the full documentary here! Its super duper interesting! 

Have a fantabulous day! 

Your Face Offends Me

No, I'm just joking, your face is beautiful! But this shirt is pretty cool!

At first I wasn't too sure about this shirt, it was long, it didn't tuck (I have a thing with shirts that I can tuck into things) and it had a slogan on it (I don't usually like shirts with words) but this shirt grew on me, especially after I just bought it on a whim from the giant pile of clearance clothes in a Jay Jays store. What made it better was that it only cost me $5! Clearance piles are fabulous. 

I decided to put this shirt with my plaid denim skinny jeans, because I felt the green on the shirt went well with the greeny/blue colours of the jeans. 

Added army boots and a vest I made from an old jacket, put on a beanie and arm warmers to keep a little warmer, and I realised I had a whole grunge/punk look going on! 

I usually am not one for grunge, but after wearing this outfit about for a day, I felt like a different person who was 'oh so complicated' and probably listened to heavy metal (I don't listen to heavy metal, but I felt like I should've!) 

I find it funny how our attitudes and confidence and thoughts can change depending on what we wear and how we portray it! 

And I absolutely love wearing these boots. They actually have zips at the sides so I don't have to undo them and then do them back up again...and they look really cool too :) 

ALSO...

I dyed my hair red! Hoorah! 

At first it started off with hot pink/red strips...which was not what I particularly wanted...and then the lovely hairdresser just dyed the rest of my hair red, and now I feel fabulous. I like to classify myself as an 'artificial red head'. Yey!  

 DIY Denim Vest- Thrifted, T-shirt- Jay Jays clearance pile, Plaid Jeans- ValleyGirl, Black Army style boots-ValleyGirl 

Hope you liked today's post! 

Find this post on LOOKBOOK here! 

Have a fantabulous day :)