Secrets of a Butterfly

Share a secret......Estrelita

What can i say about the Polyvore sets of Estrelita!!! i think she is my favourite creator of them, and her sets are so delicate and dreamlike and make me want to buy, or have, everything thats featured! i wonder what her secrets are? i wonder about the girl behind the screen, what she does for a job?....this wondering is what started the inspiration for the Share a Secret series in the first place. And Estrelita got back to me with her own secrets, i'll share them with you below read on...

 My name is Marie, I live in north of France, I'm 24 and I'm a school teacher.My first inspiration to make sets is the photos I find on polyvore and everywhere on the web. Some of them made me think about a story, an atmosphere ... But sometimes I can be inspired by a movie, a book or a song and I try to create the set around this theme. Oh ... and I forget one little thing ... I was so amazed by your message and your whole little universe that I made a little something for you.(this is the set thats at the top of the post its called Chrysalide which means Chrysalis in French-and i adore!it even has a little white rabbit and you know me and little white rabbits go very well together!)

Thankyou so much Marie, i love your universe of delicacy and grace too, its such a pleasure to see and step into through your collages, love n wishes kat xx click here to see more of those i love and her full profile here.

 

Precious and pretty

1. Untitled, 2. Untitled, 3. Untitled, 4. anthropologie-oct09-1, 5. Untitled, 6. One of a kind character :), 7. purse, 8. Untitled, 9. Untitled

 Precious and pretty...a mosaic compiled from flickr images i adore. xxx

Win a Frankie photo book

You can win this Frankie photo book, from the Australian magazine of the same name! Its just been published and with fabulous selection of pictures from amateur and professional photographers alike its a rare treat. A book to browse, inspire and intrigue you. I am offering this copy as a Giveaway...and you can enter easily by simply leaving a comment on this post. i will close the giveaway in 7 days from now that'll be Monday at 3pm GMT and use a random number generator to pick the lucky recipient!





This photo above of the window is one of Amanda's of the blog Mocking Bird, click through to see her post about it and some more shots from the book. (the writing photo here is one she took from inside the book) You can also read more about the limited edition photo book and see the brand new illustrated calendar for 2010 by clicking through to Frankie. Good luck if you decide to enter, Kat x

Butterfly girl....Kirsten

Butterfly girl...Kirsten Dunst   no.5 in the series
please click here for image credits at flickr.
  Can i just say, i recently added the google friend feature to my blog,as you can see on the right here. So if you want to be a butterfly girl and follow my blog Secrets, you can join our little club! I am not sure whether to keep the widget on my blog or not. So any feedback from you dear girlies, about whether you like it or not? would be most welcome. Thanks to those who have already added their details too. xx

The Gardener

 

 
Hello Sweetpeas,as you probably know by now i adore the work of British Jewellery designer Alex Monroe and have quite a few of his pieces from over the last, oh what must be 5 years or so now. So I was delighted to come across his new collection The Gardener,which on his website already! I hadnt been expecting it till the Spring.

 As you know my own garden has been such an important thing in my life because its where i have been able to venture to when traveling any further was out of the question. It has been invaluable as a way of connecting with nature and all the healing things that it has to offer, such as sunlight and fresh air, watching birds and picking flowers. For 5yrs or more even this world was out of reach to me, so it holds even more of a precious place in my heart. Consequently anything that represents that healing environment to me is very symbolic, like a talisman. indeed apples themselves have somehow come to symbolise health to me. And a key has come to represent a type of freedom, an opening up, or having the key to my questions now with me.

I have a soft spot for peas because of eating them raw from the pods as a child at my dad's allotment. So i am rather taken with the pea pod necklace. But and its a big but, there's also a key though. Which to me is like the Secret Garden key that you open to enter a whole new beautiful world. One i imagine to be full of magical things,like little water fountains, rose bushes, badgers and red squirrels...just like in the film there'd be a wooden swing too,with trees in blossom, and the little robin. So now i think you've helped me pick, i am decided on the key. I really want to add it to my list for Christmas now. love Kat x
ps here's some of our little garden at various times of year. Its my dad who is the gardener and keeps everything going,(thankyou Dad xx) he grows alot from seed in the greenhouse. Flower for hanging baskets and vegetables for the allotment. My best friend Jo loved her garden, she would have been 41 today but passed away from cancer in 2006. So i am dedicating this post to her. Xxxox

 

Mix & match...'silver bird'

 Created a set of mix and match dream wardrobe items tonight. There are pieces from Topshop, Australian brand Something else, & See by Chloe,with Accessories by French Connection, Alex Monroe, Bloch and Solea. All labels to love and from which to take inspiration, for building a basic collection of your own. click here for exact links to items 
Some of these items are affordable, some less so, but i always think its good to have a browse at whats out there in various ranges.  Get familiar with whats happening at the top end of the price scale as most often that filters down and before long replicas are avaliable elsewhere to recreate the look. You can also spot trends quicker this way and see whats worth investing in and whats been around a while so is likey to fade sooner.
 I don't own these clothes though it'd be soooooo fab if i did - but i do have the boots! they sit awaiting me in their brown cardboard box, hopefully i will be up to wearin them before long. kat x

Share a secret.....Little Parisienne

This is a new series called Share a secret, where i'll ask some of the inspiring artists, bloggers, creatives and people who we just generally Love! to share a little about themselves, that we may not alreay know. So first up I want to share with you the inspiring collages ofLittle Parisienne on Polyvore. I favourite so many of her collections and she has an incredible eye for styling clothes and combining them with the extra little touches that make a perfect polyvored set. Check out more of her work through the link above, and see some of my favourites of hershere as well as those i've featured below.

On Polyvore, which for those of you unfamiliar, is a fashion based creative community where you can build 'sets' and share them, following creators and favouriting their designs as well as making your own. You clip in images and clothes you find on the web and it automatically generates a link to the source. Lots of people have a very distinctive style and its addictive to see what they'll next come up with. In general on the profile pages, unlike with blogs, very little information is given about who is behind the name, so I asked Little Parisienne to share her secrets with us and she so kindly agreed, here is what she wrote...

Well, my name in Alexandra and I live in Germany where I'm studying film & media. I'm 20 years old. I love to read classic literature, going to the theatre, opera, cinema. I collect antique things (clothes, books, typewriters, photographs, and many more!) and I'm acting in a theatre group. & thank you for featuring me on your lovely blog! Thankyou so much Alexandra. Love Kat x

Whistles lookbook A/W 09

Whistles launched a new look website lately, it has a lookbook now, which gives good inspiration for how their pieces work together. The new leather bags are gorgeous. There's a mix of price points in the range, and as always with Whistles the quality and cut are second to none on the High street..i recommend their cashmere as just the softest cosiest thing, and watch out for their sales as often pieces are half price, Kat x

Lotus petals, lanterns and leaves

 

 Flickr how i LOVE you, thanks for all the upliftment you give me, here are some things i'm loving... Lotus petals, lanterns, puppy, kitty, leaves in fall, bubbles, birdies, vintage fabric made into cushions, lace, dove decorations, roses resting, nikons, and meadows full of long grass. click here to see it bigger at flickr and to get the all important credits/links.

I hold my dreams and won't ever let them go, you are my sustanance, you are my Grace, and that can't change, blessings everyone Kat x0x

Cinderella Wings

Cinderella Wings
Originally uploaded by georgianna lane

This stunning butterfly is from friend Georgianna in the States, thankyou for the dedication my lovely, and i have your photo on my iphone as a screensaver, so i'm thinking of you when i see it ! xx

added this poem i found today (17th)

Butterflies

Butterflies go fluttering by
On colored wings that catch the eye.
On wings of orange, and silvery blue,
On wings of golden yellow, too.
Butterflies float in the air,
Making their homes most anywhere:
The rainforest, field, and prairie land,
On mountaintops, and desert sand.
If winter brings the cold and snow,
To warmer climates, off they go!
Returning home the following spring,
Beautiful butterflies on the wing!

Author Unknown