My friend Sara and I had a lovely day together getting some little things done (included: a quick trip to the opshop and seeing battery powered candles, climbing up a tower and being able to see all over town, filling a basket with cute hair-clips and earrings for a market stall on the weekend, eating cheese - we always eat cheese, and purchasing a giant suitcase). When she dropped me home these lovely shoes were waiting for me to tear open their box. They are just lovely, smell delicious (Melissas always do) and are pretty damn comfy. Despite my initial parade around, they will be being kept in their box for a little while longer for a special occasion though.




+ dress: Target
+ shoes: Melissa Red Flock Patchulis (I bought mine on eBay)
+ hairband: made by my Nanna
+ stockings: Sussan
+ belt: thrifted

Sometimes when I'm bored I like to go to Births, Deaths and Marriages websites and scroll through the top 100 names from each year. My favourite decade for names would have to be the 1920s. These are some names from the 20s - 30s that I adore. It's nice that a lot of them are making a resurgence and oddly spelt made-up names are taking a back seat for a bit (Abcde anyone?).

Any favourite names from decades past to share?

My extended old-fashioned lady names list is on Listography.

This week I chose the idea: Create a graph documenting or measuring something in your life.
This topic was chosen in haste, but I'd love to make some more graphs documenting inane things.

I love a good graph almost as much as I love a good list. One of my all-time favourite zines is called Statistical Analysis of Things That Happen But Don't Matter and Everything Else by Sarah McNeil (who also does awesome illustrations) that is full of awesome little graphs and charts, like these ones:

 

To see the rest of my Keri Smith ideas posts, click here.

+ Tonight's collaging. That 'Ugly Fat Can Ruin Your Life' ad is so ridiculous. Does the modern media deserve a pinch of credit for being more subtle in their body shaming? ...No.

I love collage. It is probably my favourite art making medium. The Sketchbook Project really challenged me and made me realise that I should be making more for myself in my own spare time. It was bittersweet to send that book away and know I'll never get to flip through all of my collages again. I really need to make myself a new journal (after going to book binding class I feel like I should never buy another journal again!) and start collaging in it. I like to collage while watching sports. I find that's when I'm at my collaging best. Tonight was Mad Men watching collage time.


+ Collage 2, made from scraps of collage 1.

I really love the variety of collage. It is such a beautiful form of recycling. While I'm talking about my love for collage, I thought I'd share some images by my favourite artists who use collage in their work;


+ Peter Clark


+ Bill Zindel


+ Jordan Clarke


+ Lilliana Pereira


+ Julian Pacaud


+ Natalie Malik


+ Karena Colquhoun


+ Beth Hoeckel


+ James Drinkwater (street trash collage)


+ Dani Sanchis


+ Luci Everett

Who are some of your favourite artists? I'd love to know.