The Midnight Bloom

By the riverside

2012-01-23T22:06:00.000+13:00

Why...

2012-01-21T03:20:00.000+13:00

must the weekend = WASHING!

This was taken at an outdoor arts exhibition I viewed awhile ago. Destination: Perth, Australia.

Turn That Frown Upside Down

2012-01-20T13:05:00.000+13:00

the kingdom of the missing sock...

2010-12-09T05:58:00.000+13:00

Last week I breathed a sigh of relief when I came across the Kingdom of the missing sock.

At the 2010 Beaufort St. Festival, the Highgate Drycleaner's coin laundry room extinguished any belief of my missing socks being devoured by the monster under my bed.

I have now strong faith that they decide to run free.. away from the smell of my tootsies and into the unknown kingdom (until now) of the missing sock.

Below is proof of this sacred land (and the photos from the exhibition I attended).

a lovely pear..

2010-12-04T16:04:00.000+13:00

of crisp white shoes...

a dollar for me..

2010-12-04T02:17:00.002+13:00

a dollar for you...
and another way to save for the upcoming holidays.

xx

i heart...

2010-12-02T03:11:00.002+13:00

i ffffound christmas...

2010-12-01T02:49:00.001+13:00

...or late halloween? You decide, I just like the youthful - but creepy and sad feel these images evoke. Images are from ffffound.

my polly pocket

2010-11-30T02:26:00.002+13:00

aka the pussy wagon.

She set me back 900.
Have never driven one until now. Decided I need a ride to get around Perth. Got her off Gumtree (trade and exchange website) and picked her up from her old owner at 8am in the morning. Had to drive her home for the first time through peak hour traffic, and since I don't know Perth that well, I had to write directions on my arm so I knew where to go on the 45 minute mission home.

What an adventure.

She got home safe and so did I.

nightmares and cowboys

2010-11-29T02:15:00.000+13:00

like a lion.

2010-11-28T01:18:00.000+13:00

let me ROAR. Another recent addition to my Karen Walker collection.

recycle and reuse and the world will be happy...

2010-11-27T05:02:00.000+13:00

plus we would have more gardens, skate ramps and swimming pools!

row boat for one

2010-11-27T00:30:00.000+13:00

I love spending time with myself. All I did on my day off was wander around markets aimlessly, munch down fresh hoki and chips near the local harbour and scooter around in the beautiful weather until I found a secluded jetty to sunbathe on.

missing you

2010-11-25T14:22:00.000+13:00

I was writing a few postcards today to my loved ones in wet n' wild Wellington and realised how much I missed the company of certain girls. I was left pondering on the word MISSING so I grabbed the old dictionary and looked up its definition. It made me feel so sad!! Like I couldn't find my girls and I had lost them for good!
I now vow to never miss again. Just love. :p

Missing
[mis-ing]

–adjective

lacking, absent, or not found: a missing person.

—Idiom

go missing, Chiefly British . to disappear; become lost.

beyonce in a bath

2010-11-23T04:29:00.000+13:00

yes.. those are HOLLYWOOD bubbles. Just like in the movies, where there is a footclaw bath overlooking some silk blue ocean. And of course some hot chick with perfectly positioned bubbles that never disapear...these were my bubbles.. and even though that hot chick was not me and I had only bath tiles as a picturesque view.. I still claim to be that superstar because that candy cane bubble bar (xmas edition from Lush Fresh Handmade Cosmetics) made me feel like beyonce in a bath.

YES THIS WAS MY BATH ... and oh it was DELUXE!

These snaps are from a work trip to Melbourne earlier this month,a fluffy bath and a bit windy as you can see.

Karen Walker dress and Country Road suede boots.

a sunstruck room

2010-11-19T01:12:00.001+13:00

Heres a shot of my bedroom in my new western Australian home. I moved here recently for work.. coming up to four months now!! funny thing is i'm not really into t.v. (i prefer internet.. yet somehow i have attracted two!) - I think they are more just decoration in my room. :)

..and YES! it overlooks the pool.

she's your prostitute...

2010-11-18T02:51:00.000+13:00

Lykke Li

What makes Lykke Li so likable you ask?

It may be her sweet and innocent sounding voice, in contrast the strong sexual lyrics she uses or it may well be her olsen-like fashion sense.

What captures me about Lykke Li is that I can visualize her shopping for second hand clothes with a couple of hot foreign friends dressed like hippies. I can see her pulling out the same dance moves as in her music videos but to her favorite tunes at some auspicious local cafe where all the "cool" kids go. She would speak her mind and sometimes come across a bit blunt. You could see her doing lines of white powder while all her unmatched bracelets and large rings bang on the mirror. Her heart would easily be broken because she would always go for the bad guys and she would be a little bit insecure always applying a little bit more black eyeliner in the uncleaned girls bathroom mirror.

Have a listen to her new song below and i'll let you decide whether she prefers a bottle of cold pilsner or a glass of fine merlot...

Dont pull your pants before i go down
Dont turn away this is my time
Dont make demands I dont take none
Just say a prayer that it gone get done
Dont pull your pants before i go down
Dont turn away this is my time
Like the shotgun need an outcome
I'm your prostitute, you gon get some
Like the shotgun need an outcome
I'm your prostitute, you gon get some

Go head go away low, but here i can do no harm
Go ahead go away low in my honey lovin arms
Go ahead go away low, where i can do no wrong
Got you around my finger like a lonely lovers charm
like a lonely lovers charm

And cause i can I'm gon' got west
Just like a man Im the fortress
Like the shotgun I cant be outdone
I'm your prostitute, you gon' get some
Like the shotgun needs an outcome
I'm your prostitue, you gone get some

Go head go away low, but here i can do no harm
Go ahead go away low in my honey lovin arms
Go ahead go away low, where i can do no wrong
Got you around my finger like a lonely lovers charm

evidence of a good night...

2010-05-16T09:00:00.001+12:00

so about time to debrief on my birthday celebrations....

it was a very lovely night thanks to my brilliant friends.. alice, the white queen and a few queen of hearts turned up. there were enough rabbits around for everyone to take one home and there were plenty of mad hatters and a couple of cheshire cats and even lady gaga made an appearance!

what also added to the greatness was the amount of randoms that arrived! the place was packed out with a crowd of about eighty.. the dj and his set up could not have been better, but my favorite part was the secret punch! and yes it got out of hand.

with the remainder of a couple friends towards the end of the night, we ended up heading to a bar called alice (very fitting as the theme was alice in wonderland and i was alice for the night) and managed to end it with several rounds of teapots (cocktails served as tea!).

i kidnapped some photo evidence for you all to see from the lovely sparkling wilderness. (she came as gaga)

go check out her page to see how she got the snaps to look this good with her iphone....

for andy

2010-05-16T00:24:00.000+12:00

tonight to celebrate a wonderful friends birthday, a group of us went to the local comedy festival. sadly there were not as many laughs as i would have wished there were. it could of been my state of mind or the fact that i am so run down.

but i think it may have been a lack of alcoholic beverages... which makes me sound like a true alcoholic! I seriously doubt this is the case... even though this idea is questionable. I have narrowed it down to the acts on stage. I'm not sure about the rest of you, but i personally don't find girls as entertaining as the male gender. am i missing something? i sound horribly sexist! - which i assure you (well i think) I'm not!

the other male acts were ok, nothing to rave about, got a few giggles out of me, but I'm generally easy to please (like a puppy).

so the reason for this random description of a very average night is due to a friend (andy) who convinced me i was only allowed to leave him at the gig if i went home and devoted a post to him. so here you go andy.

thankyou for being such a devoted follower. hope this is as inspiring for you as you asked. will see you and the troops for brunch tomorrow.

p.s.

you can still make me laugh.

sorri

2010-05-15T00:34:00.001+12:00

first of all I would like to apologize...

as of lately my lack of posts has been horrible... but this is only due to the new challenges and adventures I have faced..

so... keep your eyes posted here over the next while and I will be sharing my adventures with you!!

I have plenty of stories to tell you...

p.s.

i missed you all!

the midnight bloom

the dog days are over...

2010-04-07T09:10:00.002+12:00

when florence and the machine arrived in my life, I found what was missing.

she described herself in Teen Vogue as “a choir girl gone horribly, desperately wrong.”

my description of her...

a wild fiery red head with a catastrophic choir instrumental sound, vocals from a venus goddess, should of been born in the 70's, dances around in fields of green and brown, has a bohemic feel to her with a dark twist of a grim fairy tale, her videos portraying her skipping and drinking tea before being sent off to sea in a coffin.

I LOVE her.

I want to be her.

she is my girl crush.
so please enjoy her twisted love songs and let me know if you feel the same...

p.s. the xx does a cover of you've got the love.

ethnicity..

2010-04-05T20:20:00.001+12:00

a friday or two ago we attended a ethnic themed flat warming.

it was sponsored by red bull and over two hundered people turned up.

in the morning there were a few stories to be told and a few to be heard.

here are a few snaps...i went as an american indian. my friends as frenchy's, gypsies and geishas. and the last two girls i dont actually know, but i member having a few tipsy chats with and they were too cute not to put up.
xx

xx

2010-04-03T19:59:00.002+13:00

the xx makes some of my favourite sounds right now. i haven't been able to pick a favorite song because it changes everyday.

these are the songs that you fall in love to, break up to, lust over, think about, linger with and just have sex with. the lyrics alone are worth taking to bed.

the combination of male and female vocals make the xx signature sound and its addictive beat blended with the right instrumentals make you fall in love with them.

today's favorite lyrics are:

you, you still have all the answers
and you, you still have them too
and we, we live half in the day time
and we, we live half at night

watch things on VCRs, with me and talk about big love
I think we're superstars, you say you think we are the best thing

but you, you just know, you just do

when i find myself by the sea, in another's company by the sea
when I go out the pier, gonna die and have no fear
because you, you just know, you just do

watch things on VCRs, with me and talk about big love
I think we're superstars, you say you think we are the best thing

but you, you just know, you just do

- the xx, vcr

fush an' chups

2010-04-01T19:14:00.001+13:00

the best thing to do in New Zealand?

apart from visit the mountains and swim in the sea.. you must .. you MUST get some fish and chips and smother them in watties tomato sauce and devour them where you have a view of the ocean.

we did this a hungover sunday ago...

above from top:

laura-kate and our "chups"
the midnight bloom and her beach halo inspired from the seaweed.. hehe

cute couple joel and tiare with the tomato sauce

gemstar and her summer ice cream

p.s. for all those who are a bit confused... i say fush an' chups due to the way our accent sounds when we kiwi's say fish and chips.

oh wonderful wonderland...

2010-03-30T11:07:00.003+13:00

so i had to do it.. even though most of you have already discovered these beauties... its my inspiration for my birthday outfit. 

oh if only i had one of these to wear... what a wonderful wonderland that would be.

so here we go.. a touch from vouge.

happy birthday to me.

2010-03-28T08:02:00.000+13:00

i turn twenty four today. and i still feel young.

xx

vintage finds

2010-03-26T21:58:00.001+13:00

on our road trip home from the wine and food festival we stopped at a few vintage places in dannevirke...

christie jane bought these lovely earrings for about twenty cents each.

i found these cute white flats for $2 (now my favorite shoes).

and as a flat we all chipped in on this masterpiece that laura kate found for a mere fifteen dollars, (it now hangs on our living room wall).

wanted: best friend

2010-03-24T20:35:00.003+13:00

....to travel and sleep with.

let me layby you..

2010-03-23T10:24:00.001+13:00

karen walker runway dress

Insight NYC dress

yes. i partially own both. (currently on layby)

mad hatter tea party..

2010-03-21T20:02:00.007+13:00

its my birthday soon, and Im having a mad hatters garden tea party!

now.. just need to organise my outfit...

and yes.. of course i'm going as alice!

attention all pussycats...

2010-03-19T02:26:00.001+13:00

take into account that great love and great achievements involve great risk

-dalai lama

if i were...

2010-03-17T01:51:00.003+13:00

a liquid, i would be melted ice cream.

what would you be?

melbourne with mickey

2010-03-16T18:48:00.002+13:00

last saturday, mickey avalon played at the epsy in st kilda.

and i wish i had been there!!

my favourite song... so rich so pretty. 

have a listen below.

lets get some sass

2010-03-15T15:57:00.002+13:00

sass and bide have come out with a new winter collection..

i have hand picked my favorites for you. x

chapter six - racer back dress

im coming out - racer back dress

a second chance - tails tee

bones brigade - oversize draped tee

state of grace - oversized tank dress

a simple life - caged dress

the purpose - tails tee

the after world - mesh tights

stars and stripes - foil printed body suit

dont look back - fitted knit skirt

the new sun - tiered ruffle dress 

how to look content

2010-03-14T21:13:00.000+13:00

i love the feel of this shoot. the photos are from ffffound.

she seems like a lonely romantic. maybe a little damaged. i love her hair. i wonder what she is writing. what song she listens to. what she reads. she seems content.

xx

lover

2010-03-13T15:56:00.001+13:00

presents to you...
a glimpse of their winter collection

the harvest 

reading is sexy

2010-03-05T13:49:00.000+13:00

what is everyone reading at the moment?

I recently had a three night stand with "the bronze horseman" - by paullina simons and have just started reading through her follow up book, "the bridge to holy cross".

I delayed start on the second book because I was afraid it was going to take over my life like the first did. A must read though.

The two books are about the invasion of russia by the germans, a couple in love and communisim vs america. If you get round to reading them, let me know if you liked them as much as I did.

xx

twiggy

2010-03-03T16:06:00.000+13:00

if i were...

2010-03-01T19:00:00.001+13:00

a month, i would be march.

why...

its the last few weeks of summer.

with a sprinkle of early autumn leaves.

chocolate easter eggs hunts and white fluffy bunnies.

oh.. and its my birthday.

pocket full of purses

2010-02-28T12:44:00.000+13:00

my new want list is growing faster than usual with the new 2010 winter collection from deadly ponies...

if only my current purse had enough coins for these dreams. although I would be happy with just "mr snake pouch".

Deadly Ponies 'Mr Little Frill' NZ$149

Deadly Ponies 'Mr Flower Purse' NZ$59

Deadly Ponies 'Mr Bat Wing' Clutch NZ$349

Deadly Ponies 'Frillbe Clutch' Suede NZ$339

Deadly Ponies 'Mr Rosette' NZ$429

Deadly Ponies 'Mr Snake Pouch' NZ$479

house of holland

2010-02-26T12:15:00.001+13:00

presents to you... summer twenty ten...

and YES! i want those pink leather shorts.

kate moss

2010-02-24T12:08:00.001+13:00

by peter lindberg from the new issue of bazar, march twenty ten.

vampire weekend

2010-02-19T10:34:00.002+13:00

is coming to new zealand.. my home! they will be playing in auckland.. the city of sails.

and yesterday.. I GOT TICKETS!

have a listen. it will brighten your day.

knickers for a queen

2010-02-18T11:07:00.003+13:00

strumpet and pink. hand crafted knickers that focus on feeling rather that objectification. desirable. innovative.

i love this. its like each item is a fairytale looking for their fair maiden.

collection:
"her rich attire creeps rustling to her knees.."

featuring...

willow:

midsummer maiden:

black forest gateaux:

garden of delights:

fifi:

key lime pie:

dreaming of jade:

where the sun does shine:

eves drapes:

swans tale:

eiderdown:

princess and the pea:

derby girls day out

2010-02-17T18:40:00.003+13:00

thankyou to all for following my blog...

my friends and I organized an annual skate day for the sevens rugby weekend in wellington.
these are a few snaps from playing dress ups and attempting to stay on the blades while our bodies consumed a few too many wines...

what remained at the end of the day? a large amount of bruises, six pairs of stockings ripped beyond repair and stories that last a lifetime.

these photographs feature the following "athletes" from the dirty rollers team in twenty ten:

savage patch kid. no. 69
happy killmore. no. 85
skate rape no. 12
titty thunder. 666
fuck'n rolla. no. 13
delicious malicious no. 7(our lead jammer)

madeline...

2010-02-17T09:31:00.001+13:00

my friend maddy went to camp.

camp
a
low
hum
2010

as I am flowing with envy that I was not organized enough to go, she let me post some pictures from her time there. these are my favorite.
by the way..
maddy.. you are my style icon. xx

not another leather lover..

2010-02-15T22:18:00.001+13:00

nicole remeny comes from a family line of leather lovers.
spreading her own wings... she has produced her own take on leather with the ultimate accessory.. scarves.

check out her facebook page for more looks.

but in the meantime i introduce to you:
1020 by nicole...

five speed fever

2010-02-13T21:11:00.001+13:00

is a short film produced by volcom for their spring twenty ten collection.

here are a few of my favorites..

make sure you check out the cheesey film at the bottom. there are too many blonde bikini motorbike moments to miss it.

let the wild things roam

2010-02-12T21:09:00.001+13:00

my dream valentine

2010-02-11T12:49:00.001+13:00

would be this cute wee puppy.

unfortunately I live in an apartment so we wouldn't be able to move in together.

to all the heart broken..

2010-02-10T15:42:00.001+13:00

a dedication to my friend sarah and all the heart broken..

in the meantime.. i heart you. x

a 'lush' valentine

2010-02-10T15:25:00.001+13:00

this week I helped out in one of the lush stores in town as they were a bit short staffed.

it only took a few seconds before the aroma infused my heart with desire for these colourful gift boxes (perfectly wrapped for the lazy man).

full of naughty-named bath bombs and cocoa packed massage bars... these wee gifts sent my lush addiction into relapse.

if i had the coin i would send you all one of these for february the fourteenth. xx

charlotte ronson

2010-02-10T13:49:00.001+13:00

a few seasons ago, but one of my favorite collections - partially due to the video..

i love how she makes her collections into a short story.

edie sedgewick

2010-02-04T14:08:00.001+13:00

andy warhols muse & sixties style icon.

take me on

2010-02-04T13:50:00.001+13:00

taken by trees

2010-02-03T22:09:00.001+13:00

please have a listen. you might like 'taken by trees' as much as me.

there isn't much that I feel I need
a solid soul and the blood I bleed
but with a little girl, and by my spouse,
I only want a proper house

- taken by trees; my boys

oh I don't want to settle down

I don't want to leave this town

I'm feeling lost and found

am I wild, wild, wild, wild, wild?

- taken by trees; lost and found

the day of harvest

2010-02-02T13:58:00.001+13:00

the day of the harvest festival turned out to be one to remember. here are some pics..

chrisite jane... denim. nude shoes. lace.

morning mist on the farm we stayed at...

the midnight bloom... frills. loose. leaves.

the wine and food festival...

christie jane got a poncho. midnight bloom; some pink clouds and blue hearts. a sweet girl who preferred a wooden box over the bouncy castle.

acdc twenty ten

2010-02-02T13:55:00.001+13:00

lately karma has fallen for me again. free tickets seem to be falling like rain.

i had a tiger tattoo.. just for the evening;)

no better night for a full moon. i loved the bogan couples with matching band tees.

concert was outrageous. sound quality.. ah- MAZing.

he even stripped on stage. favorite song: back in black. a crowd of thirty five thousand.

2010-01-29T13:45:00.001+13:00

last night i saw AC/DC. this weekend i am going to harvest; a wine and food festival in the hawkes bay (nz). so i wish you all a weekend of warmth and i will hopefully have some snaps to post for you when i get back.

lets ship these my way

2010-01-29T13:40:00.001+13:00

my current dreams are not of sailboats and sandy beaches.. but of jackets and blazers. I dream of navy pleated shorts and skirts. stripes. a touch of red on the side. sparkles of gold from the treasure chest.

these are my dreams.

one teaspoon, karen walker.

which is your favorite?

avatar made me think...

2010-01-29T13:18:00.001+13:00

die antwoord - zef side

2010-01-28T15:04:00.001+13:00

Taking over the world is Die Antwoord. http://www.dieantwoord.com(this crazy Afrikaans rap electro band)

check out the interview below. i love his boxers.

bows.

2010-01-25T22:42:00.001+13:00

bows. this one is better than minnies.

lets watch this

2010-01-25T00:31:00.002+13:00

the three muskeeters

2010-01-24T17:02:00.001+13:00

this is a few shots we took in an alleyway behind our apartment on our way out for the night. check out sparkling wilderness for a few more shots.

christie-jane wears: saint james blazer. cotton on top. forever new skirt. nude heels from the whuddy fuddy.

laura-kate bought christie-jane the casio watch for her birthday from good as gold.

karen walker spring/summer 09 runaway skull necklace was bought for chrstie-jane on her birthday from her workmates. she was obsessing over it for weeks.

vintage bag find.

laura-kate wears: midnight blooms insight dress sample. vintage cream boot find. alice in the eve blazer borrowed from christie-jane.

vintage bag from fast and loose. assorted rings and bracelet. dolce& gabbana wristwatch (her graduation present from nanna).

themidnightbloomwears: augustine winter 2009 "easy little red dress" as top. supre black dress doubled over into a skirt. guess maeve boots borrowed from christie-jane.

my mothers old seiko wristwatch.

my vintage heart purse my best friend gave me.
(i manage to have lost it that night and had it returned by a street cleaner!)

life of a gold digger

2010-01-23T14:06:00.001+13:00

pros and cons of gold digging...

cons:

the gentleman would have to be much older... or really unattractive.. the goodlooking ones wouldn't have a bar of you.
you could end up living at the playboy mansion
public humiliation

pros:

you would never be self concious around an older male..
you could end up wealthy beyond your dreams.
it would be like re-living your fifth birthday.. you basically could get what you wanted and act like a spoilt brat everyday.

all are welcome to add any other ideas...xx

derby girls

2010-01-22T22:41:00.001+13:00

The sevens rugby tournament is coming up in a few weeks and although my friends and I are not attending.. who said it's going to stop us from celebrating?

The best part (ask any girl attending) is booze, costumes and company...

Yes our theme is derby girls... in other terms, trashy and emo-like females who look like a team of school sluts going to war on roller skates.

Enjoy my research...

my dress looks better on her...

2010-01-21T16:10:00.002+13:00

As summer comes to an end in the southern hemisphere, (some may ask what summer!) i look back on my favorite purchase.

Insight51 - Astronomical Dress - Spring 09 (southern hemisphere)

I wish it looked that good on me...

for the next rainy day...

2010-01-17T17:59:00.001+13:00

Sophomore S/S10 from Purple Magazine on Vimeo.

i heart zooey deschanel

2010-01-15T22:10:00.001+13:00

the reformed sticker collector..

2010-01-15T14:08:00.001+13:00