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Little boots

2009-06-11T08:58:00.000-07:00

Sorry I haven't posted in a such a long time but I've had a lot of coursework to do. I will catch up with posts as soon as schoolwork starts to calm down but until then I would like to leave you with the video of my favourite song at them moment.

Quick post :)

2009-05-29T04:04:00.000-07:00

Just a quick post with today's outfit as I'm about to go shopping. Will post what I buy later :) Hope you all have a good day. It's lovely and sunny here so I hope the suns shining wherever you are :)

Top, H&M. Shorts, river island (nicked off my cousin). Sunglasses, Primark.

Also it was my friend Polly's birthday on wednesday. So happy birthday Polly! Take a look at her cool cake (above).

:)

2009-05-27T02:16:00.000-07:00

I'm now an independent fashion blogger.

Yay!

Today's outfit

2009-05-26T07:54:00.001-07:00

Top - Topshop, Jeans (cut off) Gap, Headscarf - Mum's, Sunglasses - Primark, Tights - M&S

Summer sun!

2009-05-26T05:14:00.000-07:00

So the weather has been extremly sunny recently and very hot (well for England anyway) and it's got me thinking about my wardrobe which definitely needs an update. Here's a little list of some of my essentials that I'll be needing.

A new bikini
A cover up
Sunglasses (Check)
Floaty skirt (Check)
Florals (Check)
Summery dresses
Flip flops (check)
Playsuit
Hot pants
New tees
Crop top :)

Hope your all enjoying the sun!

Fancy a cupcake?

2009-05-26T04:53:00.000-07:00

So after we went to the V&A we came to this lovely little bakery to have a cupcake. What is this darling place called you ask? Why it's the Hummingbird Bakery of course. This lovely little place is located on Old Brompton road in South Ken as well as on portobello road. I seriously suggest you get yourself down to this highly talked about place and have yourself a cupcake or two. If you don't believe me Marie Claire said about this place "If you haven't tasted a Hummingbird Bakery look-too-good-to-eat cupcake, you've definitely missed out... It's bye bye healthy eating regime and hello fluffy sponge topped with buttercream icing and sprinkles." So what are you waiting for?

My friend's vanilla on vanilla (above)

My chocolate on chocolate (above)

My mum's black bottom (above)

Hats an anthology

2009-05-26T04:19:00.000-07:00

So yestreday I went to the V&A to see the Hats an Anthology exhibition. Well it was a brilliant exhibition (my favourite bit being the workshop, you'll know what I mean if you've been) and I would seriously recommend that you go and see it. Unfortunately you couldn't take pictures but I've scanned in a few images from the booklet and luckily that includes my favourite hat of the show (see it made here). The exhibiton ends on the 31st May so I seriously suggest you get down there and see it before it ends!

While we were up there we also went to see the very inspirational 'Future fashion now: New design from the royal college of art' show. I really enjoyed this and was extremly inspired, especially by the sketch books. As you could take photos I have put up some of the best ones - sorry for the quality of the photos all I can say is I find it dificult to photograph through glass :S

I recommend that you go and see this show, if you do let me know your thoughts!

New new new!

2009-05-26T04:01:00.000-07:00

So as it has been so long I have quite a few new purchases that I'm dying to tell you about, first of all (and of course my favourite of the lot) is this lovely floral number that I got from H&M a week or so ago. I have been wearing it constantly since and I'm pleased to say it has had an awful lot of admirers and compliments - definitely a good buy!

Then there are these lovely babys that are of course my new Calvin Klein flip flops. Usually I would not be able to afford these beautys but luckily for me on Saturday it was the Calvin Klein underwear in Richmond's 1 year anniversary and some gorgeous topless models were giving out some goody bags, chocolates and slices of cake. I'm just glad I happened to be in Richmond at the time!

Next I'm on to something that is not exactly something I will be seen wearing but the side of me that adores all things retro couldn't get enough of this jar :) As Marks & Spencers are celebrating their 125th aniversary a lot of their products have had a very vintage make-over and I'm glad to say my mum can't stop eating this 'Red cherry conserve' so I have a few empty pots lined up along my dresser :)

Next, I got this Body shop body butter free with Marie Claire on Sunday and I really can't get enough of it, not only is my skin feeling softer but the smell itself is enough to make me want MORE MORE MORE!

And finally as someone with uncontrolable curly hair I feel it's my duty to let fellow curlies out there know about this miracle worker. I got this Aussie 3 minute miracle frizz remedy yestreday and used it straight away. Now as someone who has known frizz all their life I didn't expect to notice much difference but straight away after one use my hair has hardly and frizz and is noticeably a lot softer! I highly recomend it to anyone - it really does work!

Crazy nails :)

2009-05-26T03:28:00.000-07:00

In the March 09 issue of Teen Vogue there was an article with very bright nail art, 'The bright stuff''. Well I was so inspired by this shoot that I decided to try one of the looks out for myself (not well, I might add, but still an attempt). Here is the finished product (excuse the messy nails and the weird shoot - I wanted to try to show you in a less boring way than just showing my hand)

Let me know what you think and maybe attempt one of the looks yourself, I'd love to see others give it a go!

Sorry

2009-05-26T03:13:00.000-07:00

Sorry for my lack of posts recently, I will not attempt to make up excuses but instead will give you a day of posts with lots of lovely pictures.

To start with I have to tell you about this lovely old Hacker record player that was found in a skip and dragged home by my mother.

The player is currently sitting in my room waiting to be wired up and played :)

And finally this lovely book was found at a carboot sale, a well-loved edition of Alice in Wonderland with some very charming illustations by D.R.Sexton. It was published in 1933 and what with my love of all things Alice I couldn't get enough of this book that will sit lovingly beside my bed :)

Summers coming!

2009-05-03T10:05:00.000-07:00

Okay so it's getting towards summer now and I can already feel the weather getting relatively hot (For England at least) so the fact that I need to update my wardrobe has been playing on my mind and I can't seem to shake the rare need for a playsuit! I have also been keeping my eyes open for summery dresses and during a trip to Topshop yesterday me and my friend stumbled upon some lovely dresses from Reko. Now I know that LLROK used to sell Reko dresses and when they stopped I was positively devestated so now I've discovered there quirky dresses at Topshop (I have a feeling that I have seen them a while back but never really took much notice) I am over the moon!

And just in time for summer too!

Visit reko at topshop.com

Skins

2009-04-17T13:02:00.000-07:00

I have recently rekindled my love affair with skins after buying series 2 & 3 to complete my collection. I absolutely loved series 3 but after rewatching series 2 I discovered my old love for the previous cast - and an even bigger love for Cassie's wardrobe! I haven't actually thought about how much I love the character's clothes since series 2 originally aired - until now that is!
Here is a set I made on polyvore of pictures of Cassie:

Cassie by DownTheRabbitHole on Polyvore.com

And here are some of my favourite outfits that Cassie wore throughout skins:

Pearl and the puppets

2009-04-17T10:09:00.000-07:00

Well I don't know if you knew but I'm a huge music lover so whenever I find a new band that I like I am thrilled :)
While on In Search Of Little Sadie's blog (Who I have just found but already love) I came across a band in her playlist called Pearl and the puppets. Well I've been on their myspace http://www.myspace.com/pearlandthepuppets and I absolutely love them so check them out!
Here's their song 'Because I do'

Just lovely

2009-04-17T07:11:00.000-07:00

On a recent trip to spitalfields I came across a lovely range of handmade jewellery from GaliBardy.

Visit her at galibardy.co.uk and see if you can't find something you don't fall in love with.

While up there we also went to Swanfield pop-up boutique to see some work of my mum's friend, Shelly Wyn-De-Bank.

Well not only was her work lovely but we also happened to stumble across some lovely live music and I got this lovely badge from Naughty Rutty.

Visit naughtyrutty.blogspot.com for more on them.

Overall a great day I would say.

Step into my wardrobe

2009-04-17T06:39:00.001-07:00

Some of my favourite things :)

Debbie harry top, H&M

Skirt, Topshop

Belt, mulberry (was mum's)

Ziggy stardust tee, Topshop

Belt, carboot sale

My favourite book :) Pop art

Necklace, made by mum out of decoration

Tee, New Look

Shoes, Cara

Sunglasses, M Butterfly

Earrings, Mia Wood

Ring, Oxfam

A week already!

2009-04-17T05:14:00.000-07:00

Wow it's already been a whole week since my last post :O Absolutely shocking, I really should be more disciplined and make sure I write on here more often. Well it's been a very busy week and I've been enjoying my easter break! Hope all of you are having a lovely bit of time off :)

Anyway so since my last post I've made the effort to take some pictures of one of my many outfits:

Jumper: Mum's

Belt: Carboot sale

Necklace: Made from decoration

Tights: Probably M&S

Earrings: MButterfly

This jumper as I mentioned above was actually my mum's, I found it while rummaging through her closet and have used my favourite belt here to cinch it in (is that the word?) and make it seem like a dress.

Also recently I have been on a few shopping sprees and have found some lovely things:

Scissor necklace, from typical freaks at spitalfields market.

Jumper from Flat Cat by Rupert Bottenberg at Spitalfields market.

Socks, topshop.

Denim skirt, Topshop.

Socks, Topshop.

Earrings from spitalfields market (unfortunately one broke)

Earrings, one of six, Topshop

Earrings, M Butterfly

Earrings, accesorize

And finally I have developed an unhealthy obsession with this bag (below) from visconti, if anyone knows of one similar I would be grateful if you let me know!

A sunny weekend, a concert & a discovery

2009-04-10T09:11:00.000-07:00

Last weekend, yes I know it was a long time ago, was lovely and sunny - I actually managed to go out in a light cardigan from topshop & no coat! I was so pleased with the weather but it doesn't seem to have lasted as not even a week later we are back to usual English weather which consists of rain rain and more rain! Well to savour the last memories of sun here are some pictures of mine and my friend's lovely weekend which included sunbathing in the park and a trip to the carboot sale.

Such a lovely sunny day :)

The river (above)

The park in the sunshine :)

My rejected ice cream made a lovely smiley face (I stopped eating it when a fly flew into it and got stuck)

So those are a few pictures, trust me there were many more (I have a tendency to get a bit carried away, especially when it comes to taking pictures) Earlier this week on Monday night me and my mum went up to London to the borderline to see Lonely drifter karen in concert. Well let me say now I haven't ever seen anything like it before, it was a wonderful night and the band were just fabulous. Their spontaneity and adrenaline kept the whole crowd entertained and really made me smile. Here are some pictures from the night.

And finally, I made a discovery on Monday night as we were up in London shopping before the concert. Anyway, we were looking at magazines in borders when I came across the delight that is Lula magazine.

I am clueless as to how I ever survived without it's presence in my life as it has to be the most amazing magazine I've come across. With it's wonderful layout, photography and typeography on top of it's lovely articles I don't think I could pick out anything that's wrong with it and with 231 pages it left me completly satisfied. Trust me, if you can get your hands on a copy of this magazine you won't regret it!

First post :)

2009-04-10T07:27:00.000-07:00

Wow! First post! Now what to say? Probably not the best thing to do, go completly speechless the minute you start a blog. Well I don't suppose many people will be reading this so I guess that takes a bit of pressure off?

Well my name's Jamila and among other things I am in love with Alice in wonderland; easily offended rats, chesire cats and white rabbits with waistcoats and pocketwatches - what's not to like?! I often have my head stuck in the clouds and my favourite things include art and creative writing - I'm a bit of a daydreamer and I suppose anything where I get to unleash my creativity and vast imagination is joy to me.

I don't suppose I'm going to be one of these widely followed bloggers as the things I have to say aren't exactly the most amazingly written pieces - they're just random thoughts of mine written down for all to see.

I'm going to stop myself short or I'll be here all day and leave you with pictures of two of my collages. A mixture of all my favourite images found in copies of Teen Vogue among other magazines. Perhaps it will give you an insight into some of the things that inspire me.

And a canvas I did at a workshop: