Breenhold Gardens

Hi Everyone,

It's a very specific post today, a recommendation in fact: you should all go to Breenhold Gardens on Mount Wilson. My mum and I visited the gardens on our Blue Mountains road trip and we discovered a beautiful haven of huge trees, calm fountain gardens and lots of cute walking trails.

Some highlights were...

One of the main paths

A diamond? Sadly just a water droplet...

Close up leaf :) 

Okay: so bright-red toadstools with white dots ACTUALLY EXIST!!!

So I certainly recommend a visit if you happened to be in the area, here is the link to the Breenhold Gardens website: http://www.breenhold.com.au/

Thanks for reading,
Eve out :3

I return!

Hi Everyone!!!

So sorry for taking such a long break, I was on a road trip with my mum :) It was great fun and I promise there will be a proper post about the road trip but until I have time to write it, here's some embroidery I have done recently (just to inspire you!):

And here is one that I just finished today:

Ignore what it says...Its a very, very long story...

So there's my in-betweener post, I hope it inspires you to try some cross stitch (its really fun and relaxing) Now I have to go and write an 800-1000 word essay before school starts back!!

Thanks for reading,
Eve out :3

My Hair & the Sky

Good evening everyone,

So today I dyed my hair, which is becoming a bit of a holiday tradition for me. My last permanent colour has slowly been fading to a bright orange which is not exactly 'natural looking' which my school requires:

Note: When I brush my hair it becomes the ULTIMATE POM-POM!

And this was how 'Schwarzkopf LIVE Salon Permanent, Oleo intense warm copper' worked on light-dark brown hair:

And that is with a lot of nice curling product!

nice smiley me :) 

I personally can't see much difference, but my mother can...

Also, on another note, the sky tonight was really special; with bright fairy-floss clouds and a knife-blade moon:

tiny moon! And an annoying powerline...

so pretty!

Two unrelated things in one post, how odd. Oh well, that's a summation of my day really :)

Thanks for reading,
Eve out :3
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Birds

Hi Everyone,

Last weekend I went to a park and took some aesthetically pleasing photos of various birds. Here are those photos:

I love the colour in the one above, it's so...pastel! Pink and blue and white!

The Crow.

Action shot of the crow.

And that was my collection of bird photos, all taken using my new groovy camera! It's probably obvious that this was a 'oh gee I haven't posted in AGES I had better post right now!!' post, a more planned and prepared one will come soon I promise!
Thanks for reading!

Eve out :3
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My Birthday!

Hi Everyone,

So a few days ago it was my birthday *party popper* and I had a fantastic day, full of friends, family, and of course, presents! I got some wonderful things, including my new current obsession, my camera: A Canon EOS 1200D

Me with the camera (still working out how to focus...)

There are so many fantastic things you can do with this camera (don't assume that I know how to do them though...) And it has settings perfect for any type of photography. 

I have spent HOURS trying out all the fun features, and still not getting them right, but thats not what it's about. I'm having fun and that's what counts!

But here are the best photos I've taken with it so far:

Cousie!!!

It just shows: you don't have to be a professional photographer to get some beautiful photos. 

cute cow

Of course, it does help to have nice things to photograph...

very pretty

That's all for now, there will be many more to come!

Eve out :3

Weird Stuff in My House...

Hi Everyone,

My house is tiny, cute, and full of stuff. Serisouly: EVERY surface has something on it and about 70% of it is vintage. With vintage comes cute, odd, and downright weird! I have always liked these creepy and unique trinkets and want to show you some:

These are some wall hangings of...Mexican's? I don't quite know what nationality they are, but the man has a sombrero!

Do you think they're Mexican?

And on the wall in our dining room hangs an ornamental display of vintage bits-and-pieces that my mum likes. Including a collection of old dolls...and their missing limbs & torsos...

Creepy, agreed?

And the list goes on:

There's this...THING hanging off a curtain rod:

SUPPOSEDLY It's a vintage baby toy.

A random framed picture of a lamb:

ANOTHER Mexican(this one was hidden on a high shelf):

Yes, there is more

'The Big Banana' key holder:

Why does this even exist?!

Wood-cut pictures of more...Mexicans? 

I guess these are quite cool actually.

But, I have to say, as well as all this weirdness, our house has some amazing things; like these sweet old toys lined up along the top of a glad-wrap dispenser (vintage of course):

A beautiful Kewpie doll in a pink dress:

This incredible art in a bottle:

And this little cowboy on a guitar:

So that was an introduction to the weird stuff in my house, and some of the nicer things too.

Eve out :3

Fairy Lights!

Hi everyone!

I hope your day has been FANTASTIC and not full of homework and last-minute report writing like mine has...

But there has been an upside to all this! To cheer me up,my mum bought me these gorgeous copper-wire string lights I have been wanting for so long:

As soon as I got the box open and the batteries in!

They are battery operated (3xAA) and just turn on/off with a little switch. I got 5 meters but they come in shorter/longer lengths too. They have other colours, but I loved the warm-white (basically off-white) because it works well in any room and looks very feminine.

As you can imagine, I played with them for about half and hour:

Blurry attempt at artistic selfie

Another artistic selfie!

TOTORO!

And then got down to business: I wanted to put them up in my room, somewhere that would look magical and light up the whole room. I tried against the side wall but it looked a bit plain:

yeah, too boring

Then I pinned them up along the wall above my dresser and around my little bookshelf and they covered the whole corner! They really do look magical ( I have included a before and after shot!)

Before...

After!!!

They work really well and don't heat up very much (unless coiled, in that case they heat up a LOT...) and wouldn't be a fire risk unless you left them on overnight maybe. I don't plan on burning my house down, so I won't be leaving them unattended! You can buy these lights here at a very reasonable price:
http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/141864350673?_trksid=p2057872.m2749.l2649&var=441002972877&ssPageName=STRK:MEBIDX:IT


Hope you enjoyed this post!

Eve out :3