{ Current/Elliott Spring 2012 }

Having a lazy day off today and getting a bit of blog post organising done as well as adding some new items to my blog shop (check back later tonight!). I've also tweaked my blog layout to make the content section wider, something I've been thinking about doing for a while now. Did you notice the difference? Yay for more space and larger photos of the adorable Current/Elliott Spring 2012 photoshoot! Now excuse me while I go and hunt down a pair of saddle shoes...











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{ I ♥ your look: The Tragic Sense }

Hi lovelies, I'm now back from my holiday! I was looking forward to sharing my holiday snaps and some outfit photos with my sister with you, but when I went to transfer the images off of my camera the other night I found that they had somehow deleted themselves. Very disappointing, though on the bright side one set of photos on a different memory card survived so I'll post those ones soon.

Now as for the lovely girl featured in this I ♥ Your Look post, I first came across Jessica of The Tragic Sense on lookbook.nu and am now an avid reader of her blog. Her winter outfits and gorgeous, vintage-looking photography are really inspiring and make me look forward to autumn even more.




For a while now I've been meaning to introduce a little shop the look collage for each I ♥ Your Look post, so here's the first one. At $36.00 I'm thinking the cute dress would be a perfect addition to my winter dress collection (it's so hard to find a nice dress with sleeves!) and would be easy to match with what I already have in my wardrobe.

Romwe peter pan collar dress | Topshop 50 denier opaque tights | Modcloth 'On Willoughby Street' booties | Modcloth 'My name is Pearl' fingerless gloves | Romwe retro camera shaped satchel

{ A place to call my own }

I find it really difficult living in a small apartment at times. Things seem to be constantly piling up, spilling out and just taking up too much room. I find it therapeutic to de-clutter the rooms of my apartment, with most of the cast-offs going to the second hand shop and a few making it into my blog shop. I'm usually left feeling a bit guilty about all the things I buy that are never put to good use, so one of my resolutions this year is to buy less and give away more.

I love seeing how other people make the best of their living spaces and of course before and after photos are great inspiration when freshening up my own home. I was particularly impressed by how the owner of this not-so-glamorous hunting cabin turned it into dream Victorian-inspired cottage. She scoured garage sales and second hand stores to find all the furnishings and finishing touches needed to complete the $3000 project and now uses the cottage in the forest as her own personal little retreat.



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