December 10th: New toy

$ 25 later and I owned a proper '76 film camera.
Muy bien.

November 3rd: Barbara C. Pellegrino

Oh hi there.
Glad meeting you here.
Today I am going to talk about my bed side table. No, really! Wait. WAIT! Where are you going?

Ok, it's not so much about my bedroom furniture, as it is about the crystals I keep on it. As far back as I can remember, mum always used to put quartz and other crystals in our tap water back home. I always thought it made it taste heaps better, I even remember sometimes seeing little oxygen bubbles forming around the crystals.

Anyway, since I usually suffer from tension or stress headaches, I thought it would be a good idea to accumulate a bunch of crystals and put it next to my bed, in order to support having a good rest at night.
The power of crystals may be speculated upon, but to be honest I just think they have an extremely calming effect on me and I like the look of them.
I sometimes catch myself just looking at amethyst domes for 10 minutes straight with a deep fascination. Yeah man....not even a pretty pair of shoes captures my attention for that long.
It's just the fact that they completely produce themselves, that there is nothing manufactured about them and that they cannot be copied by humans. It is something completely organic.
So through instagram I stumbled across Barbara C. Pellegrino, who is a jewelry designer and maker. I believe she currently resides in the US, but she is originally from Argentina.

She creates wonderful pieces with semi-precious stones. I remember she sources her stones mostly from Brazil. In any way, I am really keen to get my hands on a couple of pieces. It just seems like the right thing to do, to order from her instead of getting a cheap glass duplicate off eBay. She just puts so much love and attention to detail into her stuff and treats all her followers on instagram with a level of politeness and patience that I would love to honour by giving her some of my hard earned dollars.


The thing is though, she only makes very limited numbers of her stuff and I usually miss out on great creations. Most of the jewelry below were one-offs and are not available anymore, bar the titanium quartz rings (3rd picture). All pictures are taken from BCP's instagram (follow her!). Shop her stuff HERE

I really want one of these

perfect Valentine's Day gift?

these are made to order and are still available.

Yeah, bag 'em up for me

I'm not sure about the wing, but the rest is pretty magnificent

October 14th: Deth P. Sun

Aaaah, Sunday.
What a great way to relax and recover from a hard week of work and pleasure. And of course, The Lebowski Bash. I've had a bit of a crazy week with lots of work, weird as weather, I fought off a cold and the freaking wind, as it had me walking around upskirt for most of Friday afternoon. Yes, I flashed about 10 construction workers and a guy that works in the shop opposite of mine. Great times, awkward at last.

Since going to the beach was kind of a no-no today with about sixty loads of washing to do, we decided to go all out next weekend and go up to the Sunshine Coast for a look. I haven't been up there since February 2011 (!!!). I might live in the country with the greatest beaches of the world, but I seem to go to Melbourne more often than to said beaches. 

Anyway, moving on from my obviously AMAZING personal life to the core of this equally stunning blog post.

I love instagram. That's not a big secret. But I especially love it for its transparency.
For me it's the easiest way to discover new artists and personalities and one of them is Californian illustrator Deth P. Sun.

I don't even know how I stumbled across is profile on instagram, but it was probably through a friend who liked one of his pictures. Isn't this a great way to get (social) media coverage? People who like your photo, automatically lead all their followers to your page. It's like an artistic snowball effect. Great for everyone, who has talent but no financial means, to represent it in a big way.

Anyway, Deth P. Sun has a character, which all his paintings and drawings evolve around. I think it's a cat/bat type creature. I just love the way he uses colour in such a quirky, yet subtle kind of way. Do you know what I mean? They're not kids illustrations after all, though he gets me excited like one.
Tough thing to do with such an ever-bored and unamused adult like me. He also lists the "Moomins" as inspiration in some of his pictures. In my world that's a double PLUS.
Have a look if you're interested, also browse his page or etsy shop, if you want to acquire one of these splendid art works. (Yes, I said the word 'splendid' out loud in an Oxford accent as I typed it. "Splendid".)