A few weeks ago when I hit up the shops of Salisbury I wandered into Laura Ashley, mostly to look at the home-wares but it was their clothes that grabbed me. They are killing it this season.
This dress doesn't look like much online, but it person it's fabulous.
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There are a couple of things wrong with traditional camera bags:
1) They make it pretty obvious you are carrying hundreds or thousands of pounds worth of kit.
2) They are ugly.
Luckily there are a whole host of camera carrying options that not only look like regular handbags, but nice ones at that.
Jill-e was the first place I found offering a more stylish alternative to the traditional camera bag, I especially love the pieces with a bowling bag style look.
Theit camera bags have a really classic look, the only problem with these is deciding which colour to get, every choice looks great with the quilting and chain handles.
Kelly Moore has a fantastic selection of camera bags, Kelly is a photographer herself so you can be sure she knows what we want out of a bag to carry our precious kit.
I own two Jo Totes bags myself and I absolutely love them, I can personally vouch for the quality and the service is great too!
Epiphanie offer a gorgeous range of bags, their website is incredibly pretty too.
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xo Kirsty
I've had this belt with lions on for a little while, but every time I went to wear it I took it off because it was so shiny I couldn't take it!
So I grabbed some sharpies, some tissue and matte nail varnish top coat.
It's so much more wearable now. It was easy-peasy, all I did was lightly coloured the buckle in with orange, brown and black sharpies, wiping with a tissue after every bit. When it was all coloured as I wanted and dried I put on two coats of matte top-coat, perfect!
xo Kirsty
I, Kirsty Smith, am taking the Seamless Pledge until my birthday (8th March 2012). I will not buy any new clothes until my birthday, I will become well acquainted with my local charity shops, vintage shops and my sewing machine.
I'm really excited to take part in this, it comes at the perfect time as I'm trying to create a more well thought out, higher quality, coordinated wardrobe AND my clothes making has screeched to an inexplicable halt.
Check out the (lovely) Seamless blog and see if you'd like to pledge too.
xo Kirsty
I'm afraid I am that annoying child that won't stop asking why, luckily with age came the ability to internalise my questioning. Just lately I got to thinking about taste and style and where they come from, how they develop and why exactly we like what we like.
For my personal taste the answer is dead simple:
Style-wise (florals, pretty dresses, ultra feminine) it comes from rebellion. I grew up with three older brothers, we watched boy TV shows and played boy games, my mum put me in girly clothes a lot but I had a pretty masculine childhood for the most part. I've also grown up and worked in a grubby, typically manly, distinctly non-floral trade (the motor trade) my whole life.
General taste-wise (retro, old, quirky, shabby) it is plain to see where it comes from, here are a small selection of things from my family home.
I don't think I stood a chance of growing up to like normal, modern things!
How about you? Is the evolution of your taste as clear as mine? I'd love to read your comments (or blog posts).
xo Kirst
Crafty twentysomething living in a bubble of handmade & old-fashioned pretties
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