Ndebele Print

I love Ndebele print, firstly because I am Ndebele but also because it's right up my alley...can you say spanking fresh!? Wowza! I need my own full set of traditional wear for women my age (to wear to weddings and such - which might I add are rife lately. No I'm not getting old.) Also, I need something trendy to mix into my fun-time outfits...which are everyday outfits in my career..lol [^^,] (Can you see the Brag in my eyes? muhahahaha.)

Found on http://www.afroccentric.com/2011/10/ndebele-tribes-influence-on-fashion.html

From http://redeyewearltd.com/ndebele-print-sunglasses-by-wokstore-and-supe

From http://shopliquorice.blogspot.com/2010/02/who-wore-what-alicia-keyschristian.html

The hydrate parade

I'm trying to avoid overeating. *Sigh* These female bodies of ours respond so quickly to nutrition. Resulting in a little too much curving (In my opinion of course - nothing wrong with the curves if you can work 'em. At my height though, the weight can be tedious) I digress.

 What I meant to speak about is that I have resorted to drinking more during the day and keeping to small meals when I'm hungry. Lol, I don't even know if this'll last.

My biggest problem is the billion-and-one loo visits. Oh save me! Anyhow I do enjoy a cap and some tea...Im a major tea girl. Going to see how it goes.

Tea with a slice of lemon

Cappucino

Two things.

Hello dearest lectors,

I have two very different things to share with you this week:

First, some really authentic woodwork by Tiger Mouse. While net trolling during last week, I stumbled upon these amazing creations. Tiger Mouse carve typography out of wood for personal and business needs. On their site you can see a number of fonts and finishes. My heart really wants one large piece as a headboard over my bed...*swoon*. Hopefully in a couple of months I can make it happen. If you, however, are in better financial standing than myself, give them a smoke signal here.

Pics below. :)

Secondly, as you can imagine when I troll the net, I do a thorough job, so during more net trolling I found this video. It's about the power of outrospecting. Who'd have thought empathy could be used as a tool in business, art, politics etc. I just love the perspective. I also am putty for the illustrative style. 

Enjoy! 

Tags: #Wooden #Typography #Empathy #Politics #RSA #Typography 

Lily Allen - Chinese

God, I love this song.

The Aesthetic Fetish

This is a rant.

If you have ever been on the "about" page, you will know that I have very clearly pre-stated that I often rant.  this is one of those occurrences. It's entirely random and unrelated to any recent activity in my life. Honestly, in the purest form of the phrase, "I'm just saying."

Is it me, or have we all caught onto a bad case of the decoration-syndrome. We decorate and prettify absolutely everything. Designer, this, bespoke that. You can hardly find an unmanicured, not-so-handcrafted toothbrush. The combination of Pinterest and broody-fever has got me under the "It's so fluffy I could die!" spell.

Take for instance the previously functional grocery shopping bag. This simple invention has gone from basic sack to designer affair with an environmental spin. Proof that our generation is absolutely aesthetic inane! We ad "designer" to everything. Of course if I started the ALL-BRAND-EVERYTHING rant we'd never leave here. We are obsessed my friends. Sometimes, a toothbrush needn't be fabulous...it just needs to work.

I'm not saying this is a particularly new practice, what with the Victorian era's overly decorative and ornate existence. I'm just saying...don't we need to draw the line somewhere?

Anyhow, I hope you've enjoyed my rant. I have. Have a look at a few snaps of the O.T.T phenomenon.

#TTFN

Garbage Bags

Tea

Cupcakes

Toothbrush

Scissors 

Cigars

I LOVE these illustrations.

Found on Trend Land

Call Me The Optimist

Hello friends,

Hello 2013!!!...right? I have been lusting after this year and all it's gifts for so long. I am so relieved to finally have clean slate. I don't know why a seemingly silly number on a calendar can change my outlook and lift my spirits but for Pete's sake I FEEEL GOOOOOD! Thank heavens. I'm bolting into this year with an incandescent spirit of optimism.

I am looking forward to:

• Getting my entrepreneurial pursuits off the ground.
• Keeping a good work/life balance
• Decorating my apartment - Pinterest is killing me!
• Getting a ride...heaven permit!
• Our anniversary :)
• Keeping the fam happy and healthy
• Discovery!
• Lots and lots of little travels.

I hope, in the words of Joe Dukey (of Fat Freddy's Drop) in the song Hope, we all "Rise from the ashes Like a phoenix sun." This is our year! *Cues Rihanna* Pour It Up

J'aime la vie <3 nbsp="nbsp" p="p">

Oh, and...