she's a mod

I found a box of photos the other day and loads of wonderful memories came flooding back. In one of them was a bunch of photos my friend Anna had taken of a friend and I dressed as rockabilly babes. Thought I would share a few with you.

All photos courtesy of Anna Vtorova.

Also there is this a wonderful giveaway happening over at A Spoonful of Love. Loads of wonderful paper and ink things to be won. Check it out here.

xx

Here it is! Talk to me Tuesday is back in all its glory. Now that I am in full time work I think this will be a great way to keep the little monarch blog alive and it is also a great way to learn more about other brilliant bloggers out there in the old blogosphere. I am so happy to have rekindled the flames.

My first interviewee for the newest season of Little Monarch's Talk to me Tuesday is Carly from a girl and her blog. She is the bees knees.

1. Firstly, whats your name. Carly!

2. And roughly how old are you? 21 years old.

3. Colour of your hair? light brownish/blondish.

4. And your eyes? green.

5. What about your favourite colour? I have tons but my absolute is deep purple. i adore earthy browns and greens too.

6. Favourite food? Shahi korma from a local Indian vegetarian restaurant. it is to DIE for.

7. Ok enough of these one word answers. What is the name of your blog and what inspired you to start it? What do you blog about? Originally started to keep in touch with friends that were going away from the summer and it became so much more than that. My random musings of a university student, which range from anything from what i did over the weekend, photos I’ve taken, what art has caught my eye to seeking out sweet deals. Read Carly's blog here.

8. How would you describe your personal style? Thrifty chic because most if not all come from a thrift store or the bargain bin which is amazing.

9. If you were thrifting what do you usually gravitate to first? i.e. home ware, dresses, shoes, jewellery etc. It’s a tie between crafty supplies and dresses. I’m always on the look out for vintage craft supplies and quite often i find some really brilliant needlepoint kits. And for dresses... it’s always interesting to see what kind of dresses are on the plus size rack (if the store even has one, jerks). Usually they are hideous, floor length, stretchy black numbers. Weren’t there any fashionable plus size ladies in the past. Once in a while i walk away with a real find.

10. So where abouts do you live? Who do you live with? What's something wonderful about this place you would like to share with us? I live in Hamilton, Ontario. with my family. I love Hamilton. The local community is really tight-knit and friendly. I’ve made a lot of friends over the past couple of years and they are the best. There’s a great local art and music scene here too. i love the house that we live in. It was my Gramma’s house, we moved in after she passed away. It’s comforting to live in a house that has so many lovely memories.

11. Are you a sweet or savoury kinda girl? Savoury. Yet sweets are my downfall.

12. Country or city girl? A little bit of both. I love the city. But I also love and long for the peaceful outdoors.

13. Do you have any pets? Unfortunately, no. BUT I LOVE CATS.

14. Anything else you would like to share? a favourite blog, website, shop or recipe?

i’m totally excited about fall.

it’s my favourite season.

The weather is cool, i can bust out my (fake) leather jacket.

ALSO. ladies remember these two words: RED LIPSTICK.

Thank you ever so much Carly. It was great to interview you and find out about your style, where you live and why you blog. If you would like to take part in the Talk to me tuesday interviews then pop a comment at the end of this post and leave the rest up to me xXx

modcloth update

Just an update about my little saga with modcloth which you can read here.

After I published the post mentioned above I got two comments from modcloth employees telling me they were sorry for the mistake and that I still was infact an affiliate and there must have been some kind of mix up. They said they would email me with a new invitation.

Well that was last Monday and that email still hasn't arrived. Interesting. I thought about emailing them asking when it would arrive but my previous attempt at emailing them went unanswered so I don't hold out much luck.

I've got a surprise for tomorrow's post.

is it okay to have hair here?

How beautiful are these photographs.Fashionable women with hair in places where society tells us women shouldn't have hair? I love these photos so much. It was hard to pick my faves.

In the end I chose the ones with the sweet clothes. There was one image of a girl in a bikini who hadn't had a bikini wax. I ummed and ahhhed about including it because I personally really like it and I don't really see the problem with an image of a woman in a bikini but in the end I didn't include it as I didn't want to offend anyone. Does this make me a hypocrite?

The images are by Swedish artist Arvida Bystrom and you can see her flickr photostream here or read her blog here.

Spring has sprung

The weather is warming up but the rain is still coming down. It must be spring! I have a real soft spot for spring and autumn as they are the mild months in between the harshness of winter and summer. I can still get away with wearing light cardigans and leggings but I can wear lighter more floaty dress and I can even start thinking about wearing sandals. As I said in earlier posts I had a spring outfit planned and this is it. I'm still wearing tights and a cardigan but I think the platforms and grassy green gingham really welcome in the spring air.

I had a great day at the hopspice last week as well. I scored myself these wonderful trays for a dollar and my wonderful scarf for 50cents.

dress: handmade, cardigan: glassons, shoes: vintage jenkin, scarf: vintage oscar de la renta, trays: thrifted

Oh and today I had my first day at my new job. First days are always strange and I'm sure it will be much of the same for the first week until I've got my head around things. There is so much to learn! I spent most of today filling out forms and reading induction manuals but I did get to do some fun stuff too. I hope this blog wont suffer too much and I shall still try to post regularly and keep reading everyone elses lovely blogs too.

modcloth what have you done

So as I said in this earlier post I signed up and got accepted to the modcloth affiliate program. I thought this was great and I even managed to get modcloth a sale from it.

But then the unthinkable happened - as quickly as I received my acceptance email it was cruelly snapped away from me.

For some reason Modcloth decided to terminate their affiliation with me. It would have been nice if they had just not accepted my request in the first place, no?

I am still bitterly disappointed at this especially since I have posted their ad on my blog and got them a shoe sale. I wrote them an email about a week ago but have not had any reply.

I think I am going to have to boycott them and just when I had got a job and have been looking at pieces to buy with my next pay cheque. Modcloth you have gone down in my books.

Has anyone else had this problem?

Sorry for the rant, I don't think I've ever had such a ranty post before but I am just so peeved about this. Modcloth - for shame.

p.s. outfit post tomorrow! no modcloth clothes. all unique pieces.

what to do, what to write, what to wear

I'm not really sure about anything.

Alexa Chung is a bit of a babe though and she always wears the sweetest of clothes. She also really reminds me of a friend of mine who has been living in Bahrain for the past few years but is returning to New Zealand soon. Just like Alexa Chung she is pretty and stylish. Plus she doesn't even realise it. I know every girl and her pug blogs about Miss Chung at some point. oh well.

How sweet is this little video for Madewell though.



I'm pretty lazy at the moment and I can't be bothered to take pictures of my spring outfit that I've had planned. Soon I promise. Oh, I got a new job! I'm working at the local museum as an image technician. I get my own desk and I get to catalogue a collection of old archaeological photographs. I start on Monday.

Painting the fence, painting my life

My life has been full of updates over the past few days. Firstly, I updated my blog. I was really in love with my old classic blogger format and I was very reluctant to change but I thought this newer fresher layout was a good decision and a good way to welcome in the fresh spring months which are lurking just around the corner. Oh and I finally decided to sign up to the Modcloth affliate program so if you fancy buying some threads from modcloth be sure to do it through the button on my page.

The second update in my life was painting the fence! My father, sister and I all threw on these sexy overalls, grabbed a paintbrush and gave our wooden fence a lovely makeover. It looks great. So do the overalls.

overalls: transfield worley, shoes: converse chuck taylors, lipstick: rouge dior 845

P.s. I found some great items in the charity shops today and have got the perfect spring outfit planned out for my next outfit post. I can't wait to share it.

holga-ish

Whenever photos don't come out how I want them I always go over to picnik and play around with them. For this shoot I didn't really like any of the photos but thought they turned out quite cool with the holga application. If you have a spare moment and loads of photos to edit I do suggest you have a go with Picnik. It is all free and so easy to use.

dress: vintage store in brooklyn, sunglasses: just jeans, belt: the eastend thrift store, scarf and saddle shoes: New Plymouth hospice shop.

p.s. that headscarf is liberty print and I got it for 30 nz cents!