Flowas..

Flowers, Ikea's shop floor; embroidered silk trousers; a gem of a find in a secondhand shop in Notting Hill, London; tights, Santa Claus; yellow suede and metallic heeled shoes, Asos. (All teamed with a plain with shirt).

   I am so sleepy, today has been a very long day in which a lot of ground was covered and the fumes from a lot of Bostic glue have been ingested all in the name of textiles! I took a trip to Ikea to replenish my sheepskin supplies. I find their rugs are great for adding a bit of fluff to everyday life and while I was there I happened upon this beautiful meadow of plastic flowers and a lampshade that looked like it was preparing to head down the aisle...

The Day St. Vincent Came to Om

The pass given to my co-workers and I by the lady herself. I was very glad to have blue eyebrows for meeting St. Vincent, got to make a good impression you know and blue eyebrows are the way to do it...

Black jumper, with white flecks and zebra sleeve, a discarded sample version(with hand written label) from an unknown label, secondhand in London; netted fringy top (part of a set), Irish Heart Foundation; purple pencil skirt, mystery second hand find; striped tights, Penneys; monochrome shoes, Dorothy Perkins.

   Oh Saturday, you beautiful day....
   I am updating after the event as Saturday was just that; eventful! At one point during the day I was standing behind the counter of the boutique I work in at the weekends, Om Diva, with my co-worker and pal, Bella. Bella made a strange noise and pointed at the security camera screen and said 'Is it? Is that HER??' Sure enough it was her, St. Vincent had called in during the summer and picked up a few pieces from Irish Designer Capulet and Montague before her performance at Electric Picnic, and was back for more!
  I then went up to assist St.V and her friend with their shopping, everything was going well, I was being moderately cool until I tried to hang up one arm full of the clothes she wanted to try on in the fitting room, it was at this point that I got my head tangled in a sheer sparkly top and just couldn't get free! My other arm was little use as it was holding more clothes, but when I didn't eventually break free I also managed to flick a long tasselled earring at St. Vincent which she gracefully caught and returned to me.
  Anyway she bought two pieces by Irish designer Ciara Murphy and invited us to see her show in Olympia that evening, along with after party passes and chats after the show.

Don't Be Afraid M.Murphy....

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    Last week I found this wall and I've been using it as inspiration ever since; 'what would the wall say?' and things. It has been a helpful and encouraging addition to my life and I just can't quite believe that it just happened to be personalised with my name on it! I am of course aware that this is Ireland, the homeland of Murphys, but according to this poll Kelly and O'Sullivan closely follow on the list of most common Irish surnames so it could well have been 'Don't be Afraid M. Kelly' instead.

Fluffy powder blue crop jumper, Penneys; sheer black top, Enable Ireland; fluffy woolly fuchsia and black skirt, second hand in London during the heatwave as I am insensible shopper; yellow bag, Penneys.

     Today has been a joyous day, known as Friday to some, but Payday to others. I decided to restock on all my little bits I had run out of so I took a trip to see The Teddy Bear Story Exhibition with MMM and her little sister and then went around town filling this giant yellow bag with eyelets, sparkles and socks to sacrifice to the greater good aka my current project.

What it would look like if I wore my bag as a skirt.
Shoes, Asos; tights, eBay; bag, Penneys.

 

The last time I b;leached my eyebrows they fought back in the form of an allergic reaction, so this week I have been revisiting my back catalogue of eyebrow incarnations.
'M' earrings, Tiger; acid green eyeliner pencil, Catrice.

Thermal Insulation Tent

 

Stripes, Penneys; Tartan pinafore dress, concession in Topshop; silver fluffy crochet cardigan, River Island.

  

It was raining today, the day after the Ball, maybe it was raining yesterday too, I just can't recall. Anyway that is the reason for the metallic backdrop, none of the walls in my house are free from furniture/decoration so this handy thermal insulation tent for victims of hypothermia came to the rescue! It also came with some handy bundles of yellow chord and is quite happy to be cut up and used as wrapping paper.
  I love this tartan dress. I was 55minutes early for the coach up the coast to my hometown and decide that, as it was chilly, it would be an investment in my health to spend some time indoors instead of at the side of the road, so I took shelter in Topshop, it can be very hospitable that way you know...
   I was getting the bus Home, home just for the day to surprise my little sister for her Birthday and she certainly was surprised when I opened the door to her after school!

Vintage furry aviator hat, The Third Policeman, Rathmines; (formerly)white boots, Office.

Reddy?

Red Cardi, I don't even remember when this came into my possession, I think I might have just developed it!;white net top with fringing, Om Diva; purple crochet cardigan, second hand shop in Dundalk; black hairy skirt, Olsen.

 

This was a day of regretful wardrobe choices unfortunately. The skirt is beyond ankle length, it only allows for a stride length of about 40cm so manoeuvring the day was quite a challenge!

It is however a lovely skirt and came as part of a set comprising of it and a hairy vest, and who wouldn't want to have a hairy chest even if it is only imitation!

They were both the fruits of a day well spent in Rathmines, Dublin doing a lap of the second hand shops. I had never been to Rathmines before, but it seemed like the perfect way to celebrate the end of the thesis and MMM's birthday.

The skirt of doom, Olsen; sparkly pink socks, a birthday present form Iarla (from Topshop); shoes, Office.

 

On MMM's birthday we went shopping in Rathmines, but we had mango cheesecake with edible flowers on top!

 

 

Mini-Break at the Coast...

 

 

 

   Oh what a glorious day! I didn't dress for the weather, but I never expected snow! Oh well, my toes have thawed and my feet have dried, and all is well in the world once again!
I decided that after finally handing in my thesis yesterday that I had earned myself the opportunity to spend some time in what I like to call home-Home, the home of my home.


Black jersey headband, my mother's drawer; pale pink sweater, M&S complete with many an evenings' worth of my time spent sequinning; green wool skirt, second hand land, surprising thermal tights, my room; inappropriate shoes, Dorothy Perkins.

 

 

  These shoes were completely inappropriate in the surprise snow! 

Daisy earrings, Dorothy Perkins
 

Hello Yellow!

Yellow polo neck jumper, mystery previously owned gem; black and white trousers, second hand; black and white stripy top, Penneys; old, faded tallow tights, River Island; bright yellow tights, eBay; undies, TopShop.

 

Today was thesis hand in day so I wore a dotty ensemble to compliment my theme. I don't really ever want to have to think about it again, but I will say it is about circles and dots, and their use by Yayoi Kusama and Nigel Cheney.

If you look very closely you can just about make out how I spent one of my first post-thesis evenings: sticking things to my nails! It is perhaps THE most extravagant use of time I can think of. Not only is nail art not entirely crucial to life, but sticking things to your nails not only uses time but also inhibits one from further activity until a sufficient amount of superfluous sticky things have become unstuck!

 

White shoes, Zara- these are the newest member of my wardrobe family. They came from the Sale section of Zara and were marked 20euro, but when I arrived at the counter I was greeted with the blissful news that they had been discreetly reduced again to 6euro!