Random vinyl pick

Another great Australian song (I have a lot of these in my collecton!) by a great band, Hunters and Collectors.

When this single was released, my best friend and I were living in a caravan (our first home away from our family homes) and thought that it had to have been made just for us!  (Although, we actually wanted to live in our little red and white caravan, with red upholstery and red curtains.)

We had only just started on a band-following journey that was to last for the next ten years! Our bands of choice: Hunters and Collectors and Crowded House. We saw those bands live over and over, bought all their records, CDs, tapes, videos, back catalogue from different countres, you name it, we were obsessed! Whenever they played in WA we went to the soundchecks and basically followed them around. We weren't aiming to be groupies, we just wanted to be their friends. The Hunters were pretty kind to us; they always put us on their door list for their gigs so it was free to get in. We thought they were musical geniuses (well they were!), and this song is from the peak of their popularity.

I love the vid, they look so slick, compared to their rough and ready early days. They always incorporate Austalian icons in their videos, such as the lawnmower in this one. If you listen carefully, the beautiful harmony in the chorus is sung by Neil Finn. Sends chills up my spine even now. Love it!

I just have to...

I can't bear it -  have to post and read some blogs, and leave some comments. I can feel myself falling out of the loop... Just one hour, that's all I'll allow myself (and hence, admitting to my computer nerdy addiction to the net that I usually have! )

Besides, I ordered a collage and some brooches from Sophie Isobel Designs and I wanted to show you what I did with the brooches. Sophie keeps a pretty blog here.

I put one of them on my camera bag - now making it much easier to find in the depths of my handbag - cute!

And I fed some ribbon through The Queen of Hearts brooch and glued the ribbon to a notebook I am going to use as a journal. I love hearts, and the Queen of Hearts' black and red costume. I think I will even dress up as her for Bookweek this year. 

Now I have to find the courage to write in the journal - my handwriting is not gorgeous, and I'm nervous about wanting to erase the things I write when I read them back. But I've been following Sophie's other blog, The Journal Keepers and they are inspiring me to take that step. Do you keep a journal?

Madly Working Away...

I know I've been missing in action the last few days, (and I was so proud of myself for posting every day for a moment there) but now I am absolutely swamped in typing up checklists, assessments and comments for school reports.

You won't see much of me for a couple of weeks, I might just lurk around your blogs when I get a few moments for a break!

I quite like the room we have set up as an office (although I wish it was MUCH bigger), but this picture caught my eye when I was looking around for writing inspiration. Mmm, wouldn't mind being cuddled up here, writing my reports (gotta love the beams!)

(image from michaelpollan.com)

See you when I can!
Wendy xxx

What to Wear Wednesday

I'm enjoying mucking around with polyvore, finding similar items to the ones I own and making combinations. The following combo is something like what I wore today, except the brown in my outfit was less taupe, and more chocolatey.

Serious Autumn by Wendy Sice featuring Jimmy Choo bags

Items in this set:
PHILOSOPHY DI ALBERTA FERRETTI 12110741 0555/BLACK COTTON TOP, 265 GBP
Long Linen Skirt: Clothing, $60
Nell lace-up boot w/ back zip, $625
Sky large studded suede bag, $2,295
Twisted Mixed Bead Necklace - Women's Clothing and Apparel - Chic..., $29

Sometimes I forget items that I've paired together that worked well, so now I have these polyvore collections to remind me!

Now...what to wear tomorrow...?

My Place and Yours - Yellow

After walking around and around the house trying to find some yellow, I dragged these things out of hiding:

Chicken Dance Elmo!!

And for your entertainment, you can even see him do his little song and dance (which is actually pretty painful after listening to it for about ten years!! You may find it cute on a first listen though, especially if you have littlies that might watch too.)



I also found some craft ribbon:

One of Jack's Lego creations:

And one of my notebooks, from one of my favourite blogging artists, The Black Apple

You will find more bursts of yellow over at Hello Owl's blog!

Random Vinyl Pick

I've selected a great Australian song from the 80s today. I do so love the Australian bands from the 80s, and the Models were always a lot of fun. I'm surprised I never saw them live in the ten years I constantly went to gigs and concerts. It looks like someone went to the Kimberleys in the north of Western Australia to take the photo for this picture sleeve - red dirt and scrubby trees for miles!

If you look carefully at the clip, yoú might see Wendy Matthews (popular Aussie singer) who started out back up singing for these guys when she was dating singer/guitarist Sean Kelly (the one with his hair tied back.) In this song, James Freud sings, and he is just so cool. A sweet, hypnotic melody. The keyboard at the beginning and the sax at the end are just brilliant!

My Creative Space - The Mad Hatter

After my long-winded efforts at using acrylics to paint my Alice in Wonderland drawings, I decided that I'm really not that good at it, because I kept making mistakes! Soooo, I decided to go computerised and am now colouring my characters in Photoshop. MUCH easier, once I got the hang of it, and I'm loving the way the Mad Hatter turned out!

I haven't printed it out yet, because I ran out of ink printing out all my photos from Broome, but I will be doing that sometime on the weekend. Stay tuned for more Wonderland characters in the following weeks!