Thankyou so much
Yoshimi for giving me this Kreativ Blogger Award! So today instead of my usual sewing and fashion post ( I did have something planned , but I’ll do it tomorrow) I’ll try to dredge up 7 things about myself…hmm this will be tricky as I’m not particularly interesting…
1. I have a degree in chemistry. I started out studying veterinary science, but my brain is mathematically wired (plus being an animal lover, this made some of the assignments we were given in veterinary science traumatic for me) and I switched over. I’m ideally suited to being tucked away alone in a laboratory, not talking to anyone, working on a problem, which is not unlike when I’m sewing actually!
2. I’m painfully shy, and when people first meet me I come across as aloof and stuck-up. I’m not really. If I have a drink I turn into a garrulous party animal, embarrassingly.
3. I have a crazy obsession about not using my car as much as possible. I think my friends think I’m insane when I rock up at a swish cafe, on my bike, with my fancy shoes stashed in the basket.
4. Our household has four pets. And three teenagers. Yes, we live in a menagerie.
5. I’m very sentimental about trees and get very upset when old ones are cut down. Yeah, bit of a hippy aesthetic there. Probably why so many of my photos have a tree, or at least some sort of greenery, in there somewhere…!
6. Unlike just about everybody else in the world, I can’t bear the smell and taste of coffee. Actually the smell I can cope with, just. Once I tried to force myself to get over this and drink the stuff, be an adult, for heaven’s sake. Then my friend A pointed out, why take on an unhealthy habit unnecessarily? Yeah, she had a point. So I abstain.
I consider this to be a useful dye, rather than a consumable…
7. Hmm, struggling to think of anything else about myself not too personal or weird here….
I saw snow for the first time in my life when I was 27. Well, I do live in one of the hottest and driest states of one of the hottest and driest countries on Earth, and Perth is possibly the most isolated capital city in the world. When I was growing up we didn’t travel much. As children, my friends and I considered we were going overseas when we went to Rottnest Island (small island about 10km away from Perth). Maybe this is why Aussies have that wanderlust to the nth degree and as adults we all aim to travel. A lot. My husband and I
love travelling. Since reading “The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo” I
really want to go to Scandinavia.
Now, the rules are that I should nominate 7 people, but I’m going to take a leaf out of Yoshimi’s book and just name 3.
So, the very creative people who get my award are;
Lauriana; whose tailoring skills are faultless, I would love to see her outfits every day!
Stephanie, who is a very talented lady who can make her own leather bags! as well as lovely clothes; I’m so impressed by this I can’t begin to express my admiration……
Ruta, another gorgeous creative lady who along with stunning clothes also makes her own bags, and leather skirts, again, very impressed…
I would add the very creative Lily, but she just did something similar recently; and I also went to Trudy and Ann, but they both had this award already…
The Rules
1. Copy/paste the Kreativ Blogger Award picture onto your blog
2. Thank the person who awarded it to you and post a link to her/his blog
3. Write 7 things about yourself we might not know
4. Choose 7 other bloggers to award
5. Link to them
6. Notify your 7 bloggers of their award
When wearing pastels, especially head-to-toe, one is in danger of looking sticky sickly sweet. Additionally if the silhouette is too “safe” you may come across as grandmotherly or queen-motherish. An outfit of this type needs some elements of hard-edge or rawness to save it; my ensemble here(worn yesterday) has a tweed skirt, a pink camisole and a little cardigan, all in safe pastel colours, so has all the sweet little old lady boxes ticked off right there. Not my ideal look, obviously. I think my normal style is aim for a little deconstruction, not too polished. But I’m still liking this look here.
