Sweet Moments (click here for more of marys work and her beautiful blog!)

these are some shots from today in the city......
















and i have to share with you the amazing photography Mary Robinson, can you beleive thats shes only 17 and is already working in her dark room to develop her inspirational work! i bet there will be great things to come from this talented young thing!!!!

Urban Outfitters will you marry me? (click here to fall in love)

im not sure i have ever loved one store quite like this- its a painful one way love- expensive and time consuming- but worth it!
of course pretty much every shoe and item of clothing has my heart beating like mad and my head screaming "why are you back here!? get out GET OUT GET OUT GET OUT NOWWW- runnnn!". and then theres the bikes (that by the way you can design and build online!!!) and mugs and records oh the records, She & Him, The Beatles, Neutral Milk hotel, The Shins, Bon Iver you name it, anyone good its there and no body bad! the headphones, note pads, jewelry, lingerie, cushions, wallets, socks, even the tags, yes thats right the pretty tags with wonderful pictures and my latest must have- the cameras! and you know its not only what they sell, the walls, posters, in many cases staff and customers, the music they play and floor layout....ohhhhh its just beyond anything else i have ever experienced (sorry topshop). anyway its quite obvious this is a slightly sick obsession so with out further a-due.....i pass the spell on to you, check it out...boy pffttt....Urban you win my heart every time!

the beautiful Paolo Nutini (click to follow)

This sweet boyishly handsome scottish kid makes me melt every time.........

Six things to love about Boulder, CO

So many flyers to so many great things




Pushbike Heaven!!!!!




so many wonderful cafes! this one had a lovely little bookstore too!!!!



Adorable and best of all affordable vintage store, Goldmine Vintage, amazing cute handmade jewelry too and sweet fun staff, plus they were playing my favourite Shins album so i was kinda sold from the start. i got some perfect two tone leather lace up booties for $24- steal :)


any town that has American Apparel and Urban Outfitters in close proximity is a friend of mine! seriously in complete love with these stores!


Love Buskers everyday!

Vail

Yesterday my lovely little stint in Vail, Colorado came to an end. i have been trying to think of the best way to explain the magnificence of Vail to you with out writing a novel of sweet gushing adjectives but really didnt know where to start- Vail is so many things- but as we were preparing to leave i realized exactly with Vail is to me. im sure most people would have a place like this. to some it maybe their family home or bed to me it has always been a destination. somewhere you feel complete, at home, and more like yourself then anywhere else. to me this place has long been the beautiful Coromandel in New Zealand. Time and time again when it comes to the day when i have to leave this spot, no matter how soon i will back, this overwhelming sadness or disappointment gushes over me. like your falling from heaven and returning into the real world.

and yesterday as i was sitting in the streets of vail i felt this similar feeling- like when i would leave there i would leave a little piece of me too and go back into the real world feeling a little more lost. like Vail gave me that comfort of home and the Coromadel- a place that i am missing so much- and then i left it behind again.

a few weeks ago i found this picture on another blog and saved it feeling like i could relate to this feeling in terms of leaving New Zealand and have been waiting to share it with you, and maybe on a smaller scale Vail presents this feeling too.....

Perfect detail from light switches and door handles to patterned guttering, pathed streets laced with quaint street lights, wild flowers, heavy wooden and stone pedestrian bridges over the stoney creek that runs parallel with the town, and over flowing flower boxes. the atmosphere where you dont know if you are walking in the middle of the road or not- but it doesn't matter either way. where locals greet all down the streets, have secret spots and a surreal understanding to the paradise they live in- something that maybe tourist understand but never have the guts to live it. this is Vail.

Sleeptalkers

im feeling wonderfully inspired by these photos from the New Zealand band Sleeptalkers, so thought i might share....










be sure to check out their myspace or facebook page and spread the word!!

Just because i love them

lately i have had such an overload of magazine subscriptions that its gotten to the point where i grab them and flick through looking for my favorite faces and ignoring the rest. and now that we have are changing seasons im getting excited and starting to seek inspiration in fashion for fall (my favorite season of all to dress for)-of course these lovely ladies are, for me, the best to search.....



beautiful diane kruger, she has such amazing style and of course been stunning pulls everything off perfectly! plus totally love that her and joshua jackson are so sweet together



Olsen twins, no surprises there, these two are the best!




Nicole Richie, best ever transformation from tragic mess to inspirational boho


gorgeous sweet beautiful Michelle Willams, so adorable, so much admiration!

this weekend i am going on vacation to Colorado, which to me means, cold! i cant wait to pack my leather gloves, hats, beanies, boots, tights, jeans, scarves, jackets, cardis........everything cosy and amazing yay!