My Oh My, what a week!

So went back to school this week, my god. I didn't realised how much I'd slacked off, I knew I'd been a pretty terrible student over the holidays, investing my time in watching Made In Chelsea, eating and driving, so I got a bit of a wake up call when I got back. Ok first up it was my puppies birthday, that is just a name for him, he is not a puppy at all, he turned 11!!! A puppy at heart still, anyway he is called Arrow and I adore him, I feel like I upload too much about him on the social networks and people are starting to judge, BUT LET THEM JUDGE ME. Next up my earrings arrived from outwithaudrey.com.au, so colourful I love them, I wore them last night to a surprise gathering for my friend and I really liked how they look on. Got to the weekend and spent Saturday doing a driving lesson and working on my geography project for 5 HOURS!!! But I finished it and printed it and its so perfect and I'm proud. So this morning (Sunday) I went to breakfast with my beautiful girls, ordered the most amazing poached eggs (see picture) and saw the cutest old couple, wanted to burst into spontaneous tears when I saw them, fair to say I aspire to be them when I am old and grey. Then in the afternoon my lovely dogs were cuddling on the same mat (a rarity) so I snapped a quick picture of their furs close together, makes my heart melt. ANYWAY - I like routine so I don't mind being back at school, except the load of assessments and looming exams, but oh well. Over and out - J 

Road Trip to Canberra

Max Dupain "Sunbather" and my fur coat 

Tea is life 

My favourite winter staple, my fur coat 

"Sun setting over a lake" - Turner from the Tate Exhibition National Gallery  

I can see September in my sights, it not only means spring and warmth, but my birthday. My 17th will mean I can get my P plates, but first I have to get all my hours, hence the reason for this post. Did a bit of a day roadtrip to Canberra with the parentals (exciting stuff) Visited the National Gallery of Australia and the portrait gallery, felt very cultured indeed. The weather was perfect, crisp and sunny, cold enough to wear my gorgeous fur coat from Paris. Funny story about the blank canvas above, it was actually one of the art works in the "Modern Art" section of NGA. It was literally just a blank canvas and I found it so funny that I had to take a picture. The thing that makes this story amazing, is the fact that the security guard ran over to me and got me in trouble. Definite highlight of my day, getting told off for taking a picture of a blank canvas.
Anyway hope you all had good holidays (if you had them) Back to school :(

How to trick your friends into thinking you have artistic talent - a book by me

1. What would like to paint? - how about a moody mountain scene, perfect, as it matches your soul  

2. Buy a canvas ($5 was a stretch on the budget)
3. Pick a nice spot in your chamber 

4. Do some sketching (yeap, that looks good enough)

5. Get those outlines in, congratulations, you have started using actual paint 

6. Quick, get some paint on that bad boy, I call this technique smoosh, (literally just slapped on some paint)

7. Check out them clouds, looking nice and chunky 

8. Hang him up, proud as peacock

 So there is it, my first "artistic" approach. I just really felt my room needed a personal creative touch, and the wall opposite my bed was in dire need of something. I'll be honest, it took me only about 48 hours tops including drying, and, I'm stoked! Love my little muffin of a painting, sitting proudly for me to see every morning and night. Holidays well spent in my opinion, don't you have an essay you should be doing Julia??? Yes, yes but that's all irrelevant, as I am now a carefree artistic soul.

Pet Selfies

So my best friend has gone to Europe for 3 weeks and its pretty fair to say I'm struggling to find things to entertain myself with. In reality I should be applying myself to start and finish an essay on the French Revolution and begin a report for geography, but I can't bring myself to, so I'll just continue blogging and wasting my time. Here is a compilation of pet selfies from the other day...animals are my only friends. Hope you are all having a good holiday (if you aren't on holidays I hope you are having a nice life) ENJOY 

Secundino Hernandez

 I am sucker chunky ass paint, and this is amazing! Secundino Hernandez is a genius, I mean I like his other stuff, see here but nothing trumps this masterpiece, such a mess, but so skilled . I saw it first on the Selby, here --->  ENJOY 

Roomie

 Finally in love with my room. During exam week my walls were repainted in perfect white, and I love them. I stripped everything off the walls except for a postcard of men with pigeons above my bed (no idea where it came from, but I love it) and a gorgeous picture of my fashionable mother on top of my mirror. I have an extreme habit of de cluttering every holidays and cutting back to basics. Gotta keep the sanctuary clean to keep the head clear. The masterpiece is the bookshelf, which has to be immaculate  but it holds EVERYTHING, from books, to jewellery and make-up etc. Usually my mum surprises me with flowers (shown above) which keep the vibe of my room, and the postcards on the desk are recent, usually I just chuck things I like around, things I have collected. The only downfall of my room is the carpet, but we can't always win. Also my room needs a jaw dropping painting, I really want this mountain picture (below) on a canvas done with chunky ass paint, it would be perfect on the wall opposite from my bed, but it will have to be a holiday project. Anyway hope you enjoyed my room, I'm besotted with it. 

rAdelaide is rad

Cactus Garden  - Adelaide Botanic Gardens

My favourite Winter outfit - Boots (Wittner) Jeans (Cheap Monday) Jumper (Tiferno) Fur Vest (vintage) Necklace (Bardot) Sunglasses (Sportsgirl) 

Heartland; an interesting exhibition at The Gallery of South Australia 

One of the instalments of 'Heartland' 

Thrills and Oil Spills - a love story

 One of the good things about this torrential rain in Sydney. The first one is mine, found at the petrol station on our one stop on our day trip. The rest are from others, obsessed, as I am with the colours and patterns.

Formality

Sheike Dress, Bardot Belt, Lovisa Earrings
I surprisingly had the best time at formal, I thought it was going to be so much more awkward then it was. It was just casual and good fun with friends and was one of the few times that I have been really confident with how I looked, I loved my dress and just every component of my outfit. Also I thoroughly enjoyed being tanned in these cold winter months, and was enormously surprised with how well I was able to do my eye makeup (simple cateye; simple but so easy to screw up) Really happy with how everything turned out, now I can see holidays  in just 2 days, can't wait. Lots of love - J

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Just trawling through my likes and found these beauties, I love them all so much. None of these photos are mine, all credit goes to the instagrammers.