These are my new favourite shoes. I bought them for a special occasion and have been very bad at not wearing them until the special occasion. They have a cute little heel on the back and are rather comfy. I am thinking I'll have to buy another pair for myself because I'm sure I'm going to scuff these ones up beforehand. I rarely go without stockings, but today is a lovely sunny Autumn day and C and I are going for a bike ride out to the main university campus to do essay research. I conveniently angled my legs so that you can't see my gigantic bicycle bruises. I've had one giant one on the side of my leg for about two weeks from my bike falling on me and I'm watching it turn all different colours. I'm sure any bicycling ladies out there can relate. My legs are always so knocked about, bruises and scrapes and dents. But all worth it for the love of riding.

+ dress: dotti
+ shoes: bait
+ shirt: cotton on
+ belt: thrifted

Ps. Apologies for my constant squinting.

This week I chose the idea: Work with a medium that is subtractive.
I don't share much of the work I make at art school on my blog but this week I've been using the subtractive medium of paper cutting. I have been making paper cut silhouettes for my Drawing The Body class. 40% of our assessment for this class for the semester is a self directed project pertaining to the body. I wanted to do something I'd never done before so I chose silhouettes - it was something I always thought would be too challenging but after having a play around (first drawing them on paper, then moving to my computer), I found a method I found easy (albeit a little time consuming). I draw the silhouettes with my graphics tablet and Photoshop, based on photographs I've taken, then print and cut them out with a craft knife. I wanted to try to subvert the genre of silhouettes and make some body silhouettes of things that might make you look twice - perhaps a little weird or a little controversial. It is interesting that so much information and meaning can be conveyed through just a little body language. I aim to make at least ten of these silhouettes and photograph them against different contrasting backdrops (eg. pages from magazines, outside). I'm also going to make a set that will be placed on oval shaped pieces of cardboard with collaged backgrounds. I'm having a lot of fun with it as you can probably tell. By the way - I'm all for suggestions of different body silhouettes to make!

If you can't already tell, one of my favourite artists is Kara Walker.

+ angela dalinger

+ popping candy
+ making bunting
+ my big, warm, floral nanna-esque quilted dressing gown
+ making silhouettes
+ a sweet dinner date with a friend
+ an enormous box of maltesers
+ thirty dollar massages
+ downloading shows while i'm at work so i can watch them as soon as i get home
+ collaging in class
+ crossing assignments off on my calendar

+ Peter Granser

+ I am dying to try out this love heart tights DIY by The Pineneedle Collective.
+ I'm holding out for a less busy month to get into the 30 Day Drawing Challenge. So excited though!
+ Ashley & Brad shared some photos of their dreamy bedroom.
+ Kyla Roma wrote a really important post about getting your blog love back.
+ Studio of Mae is offering some lovely free printable birthday cards.
+ No link for this one, but I just really liked this quote by Maurice Sendak:
"Once a little boy sent me a charming card with a little drawing on it. I loved it. I answer all my children’s letters — sometimes very hastily — but this one I lingered over. I sent him a card and I drew a picture of a Wild Thing on it. I wrote, “Dear Jim: I loved your card.” Then I got a letter back from his mother and she said, “Jim loved your card so much he ate it.” That to me was one of the highest compliments I’ve ever received. He didn’t care that it was an original Maurice Sendak drawing or anything. He saw it, he loved it, he ate it."