Author Archives: Bec

Karl Lagerfeld’s Paris-Bombay Collection for Chanel

Posted on December 11, 2011 by Bec

Regular readers and friends would know I never do posts containing a whole bunch of other people’s fashion photography. I find it wildly unoriginal and lazy and I don’t know how people constantly get away with it… Anyway, when I saw these … Continue reading →

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Mariah Carey – All I want for Christmas is you – Then & Now

Posted on December 11, 2011 by Bec

Fact; Everyone in the English speaking world knows and loves Ms Carey’s Christmas hit. Cast your mind back to when Christmas was about snow, Santa, presents and puppy dogs; Neither a hint of clevage nor thigh in this 1994 classic. … Continue reading →

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DIY Hardware Store Necklace

Posted on December 7, 2011 by Bec

This week I learnt, like so many DIY ladies before me, the wonder and amazement that is the plumbing isle at Bunnings Warehouse. So many pretty shiny tap parts. Pair them with 30m of neon rope and voila! Necklace. This … Continue reading →

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Travel Tuesdays: The Narcissist Globe Trotter

Posted on December 6, 2011 by Bec

This week’s Travel Tuesday features photos that are slightly different to your average holiday photos. While travelling one tends always to have their camera handy, so why trust mirrors when shopping when you can take a photo to scrutinise?! I … Continue reading →

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DIY Hex Nut Bracelet

Posted on December 4, 2011 by Bec

I have been meaning to make this hex nut bracelet from Honestly WTF for months, so when some spare time presented itself this weekend I finally did it. I ended up finding an amazing old school craft store in Burt … Continue reading →

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Breezing through the doors from the electro shock therapy room…

Posted on November 30, 2011 by Bec

I love My Best Friend’s Wedding, which is good because it’s on TV right now. I’m particularly fond of the above scene and the fact that it doesn’t have a cliched happy ending. Perhaps the only Julia Roberts movie that … Continue reading →

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Instagram

Posted on November 30, 2011 by Bec

So I finally replaced my iPhone 3 (with the defunct camera) and downloaded Instagram! Though I’m fairly certain I’m the last person in the developed world to get Instagram, for those who don’t know Instagram is ‘a fun & quirky … Continue reading →

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10 Things I thought I would love (until I tried them)

Posted on November 25, 2011 by Bec

1 Sledding Coming from the southern hemisphere, I have a vastly romanticised idea of many snow/Christmas related activities. So I was completely crushed last year when I discovered that sledding (or tobogganing) sucks. My friends and I took a ski … Continue reading →

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Travel Thursdays: Arizona

Posted on November 17, 2011 by Bec

Gosh darn it. I started my ‘Travel Tuesday’ segment last week but then failed to post this week due to pre-exam cloudiness. So this week it’s Travel Thursday before recommencing regular programming this week. I give you…… Arizona. Crossing into … Continue reading →

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FREEDOM

Posted on November 17, 2011 by Bec

Yesterday I finished my last ever exam. EVER. No longer do I have to finish work only to rush home and start uni work like a sadist workaholic. I wonder what I’ll do with the 5-6 hours I have from … Continue reading →

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