TRIANGLE DIY

So I'm not sure if this is just an Melbourne thing or not, but go into the city and you see all the hipster teens carrying this Aussie Disposals backpack around. I kinda didn't want one in the first place because so many people have it, but because it's so cheap ($8.95) I thought why not put my own twist on it, and if I fuck it up I can always buy another one and start again!

You may know that I love a big love for triangles so I decided to draw some on. I started off drawing the triangles on with a fabric marker, but because the fabric is so textured, the marker would only cover the bumpy bits on top. I ended up painting over it with fabric paint which gave it a more even coverage. So yeah, I'm pretty happy with this DIY. Haven't posted a DIY in yonks so I hope you all like it! xo

Also, OH MY GOD! UP ALL NIGHT CAME OUT ON FRIDAY AND I BOUGHT IT! WOOOOOO! YEAH I'LL BE A DIRECTIONER FOREVER HAHA.

BEGINNING BOUTIQUE $500 GIVEAWAY!

Here's Beginning Boutique's latest lookbook! They honestly have the cutest and most playful lookbooks out! So colourful and the models are just stunning. Beginning Boutique is giving away a $500 It Girl Wardrobe on their Facebook page! Simply visit their Facebook page and like them to enter!

So for those of you that follow me on Twitter, you may have noticed that I love One Direction... you could say I'm a tad obsessed. This video probably had 10,000 views from me alone. Harry, Louis and Niall are my favourites! BRING ONE DIRECTION TO AUSTRALIA PLEASE AND CLICK YES ON THE PETITION! xo

END OF EXAMS SHOPPING/AMBRA GIVEAWAY!

Howdy guys! I've finished exams.. my final exams, which means I'm free from high school forever! These are just some things that I bought during exams (retail therapy to release stress, duh) and after exams.

1. I got some two lovely nail polishes by Rimmel, which is my favourite. I can finally have my nails painted 24/7 because I wasn't allowed nail polish in school.

2. The socks and nail polished are from a Rubi Shoes pop up store in South Wharf. 10 items for $10, so that picture all up is worth only $6! Im so glad I found their triangle necklaces, because I love triangles. How fucking great!

3. So I'm more of a Vans sneakers fan (I HAVE SIX PAIRS WOOO), but occasionally I do like Converse Chucks. I've been on the hunt for a cheap pair of full black leather ones, but came across these amazing purple ones at their DFO store for $50 so I just had to have them! Very good buy indeed.

GIVEAWAY NOW CLOSED!

I'm also hosting an Ambra Spring/Summer 2011 giveaway!

Wanna look like a lady this Spring racing carnival? Then let your legs do the talking in a pair of elegant Ambra tights. Enter now to win a selection of Ambra's Spring/Summer hosiery range valued at over $80!

Prize details: One lucky winner will receive a package including Ambra's Marrakech, Fine Dot, Thin Shadow Stripe, Animal Instinct and Knitted Swirl tights, as well as a pair of Connect The Dots Knee Highs. $82.70 worth of value!

How to enter:
1. Like Ambra on Facebook
2. Leave a comment with your email and tell me what year Ambra was founded.

This giveaway is open internationally and entries close Tuesday the 29th of November. Hope you're all having a lovely weekend, and to the class of 2011.. PARTY THE HELL UP! xo

SELLING!

PURCHASE THESE BABIES HERE!

Sorry for the absence guys! I'm currently in the middle of exams and the only reason why I'm blogging right now is because my next exam is a week away, so I have a bit of time to rest.. and blog! So I've decided that I'm going to Tomorrowland in Belgium in 2013 or 2014. Have any of you been? If so, tell me all about it! Those of you who don't know what it is, oh my god, look it up! AMAZING. INCREDIBLE. OH MY GOD. Anyway, so for me to be able to venture to Belgium, I will need some gold ol' CASHOLA $$$ so I'm going to sell some of my shit that I have lying around the house that never gets touched. I'm selling these shoes, so go buy 'em peepz! xo

P.S Check out these awesome tongue rings here!

NOW PLAYING : MIRAGE THE PEOPLE - PRYDA VS EMPIRE OF THE SUN

NO MORE HIGH SCHOOL FO EVZZZ

Shirt : c/o Romwe
Skirt : DIY
Sunnies : Karen Walker $120
Tights : eBay $10
Shoes : Vans

GUYS, I HAVE OFFICIALLY GRADUATED FROM HIGH SCHOOL! Yesterday was the last day and it was so sad when everyone was hugging each other goodbye! It really sunk in that I was leaving high school forever during the final assembly when the year 12 video was playing. So many memories that I'll never forget. On Friday I tried to steal my locker door and sneak it home but somehow teachers appeared out of nowhere so now my locker door that I unscrewed is sitting in the middle of the locker bay hahaha. Damn it! Now just gotta pull through 5 exams and then I can party hard and get fully sloshticated. My last exam is on the 17th of November so I'll be going crazy after that!

So here's my green undercut that I was talking about a few posts back. My friend bleached a bit too far so it went past my undercut but it doesn't matter as the hair in that area is short anyway, so will grow longer in no time! I've had to re-dye it since I first got it done because the green fades so quickly which really sucks.

How great is my shirt? It's one of my favourite items in my wardrobe currently! It's from Romwe and right now they're having 20% off everything until the 31st of October for Halloween! Just use the code HLW20 at the checkout!

GOOD LUCK ON YOUR EXAMS ALL YEAR 12 GRADUATES! WEEEOOOOOOW! XO

NOW PLAYING : PARADISE - COLDPLAY

RANDOM

First two by Nicole.

Close up of a recent outfit:
Skirt : thrifted $2
Socks : c/o We Love Colors
Shoes : Globalize $40
Bag : Dangerfield $5

And got some new packages from Beginning Boutique and Romwe! There's nothing better than arriving home from a long and bloody boring day at school to some packages! It's just like Christmas. Speaking of school, I graduate high school forever on Tuesday! I'm currently cutting up my school uniform to make a great muck up day outfit. I'm pretty excited to graduate, but at the same time pretty sad. On Friday I cleaned out my locker for the very last time. Sounds stupid that I got a bit teary over cleaning out a locker, but I did haha and I'm most of you graduates feel the same! Hope you're all having a rad Sunday. xo

NOW PLAYING : WE FOUND LOVE - RIHANNA FT. CALVIN HARRIS

LAUNCH OF THE ICONIC

The Iconic is Australia's newest online fashion and footwear retailer that offers free shipping worldwide. The Iconic is focusing on supporting local Aussie brands and labels, but isn't limited to just those. A few of those brands that The Iconic stocks includes: All About Eve, Cooper St, Ladakh, Shakuhachi and Stylestalker just to name a few! Also, how cute is their little ad campaign? The models are too cute together and boy ties will forever be beautiful on boys. The Iconic only launched last week so do check them out ok gurlz and boiz?! xo

CHECK OUT THE ICONIC HERE!

TRIANGLE

T shirt : thrifted $1
Skirt : DIY
Backpack : eBay $30
Socks : c/o We Love Colors
Sandals : Deena & Ozzy $40
Sunnies : Karen Walker $120

All these sick as outfit photos taken by my rad photographer friend Nicole. Check out her blog here.

Hey y'all. I haven't used my fish eye lens for AGES so I thought I'd take it out on this little outing with my friend Nicole on Friday afternoon. She ended up getting some pretty rad shots that I decided to show you all! After this outing she dyed my undercut a turquoisey aqua green because I wanted a change to my hair as I've had pretty much the same hair for almost two years. I had never dyed my hair before so I thought why not? It went well and I like it but I got some strange looks and gasps from friends at school today.. haha oh well. Story of my life. I just hope it doesn't fade or anything anytime soon! I'll try to show you guys soon! xo

NOW PLAYING : GLAD YOU CAME (ALEX GAUDINO REMIX) - THE WANTED

BEGINNING BOUTIQUE SPRING LOOKBOOK

How cute is the Beginning Boutique Spring lookbook?! What gorgeous girls and gorgeous clothes. So many bright colours.. really gets me in the mood for the warmer weather! Beginning Boutique has the cutest stuff, so y'all should visit them here! Hope you're all having a funtabulous and amazing week, and gear up for the weekend! xo

NOW PLAYING : THE BAY - METRONOMY

BON IVER LOVE

T shirt : Cotton on $10
Shorts : I.D.S $21
Socks : c/o We Love Colors
Wedges : thrifted $10
Sunnies : eBay $10

THE WARM WEATHER'S COMING, SUMMER'S ALMOST HERE, AND THESE SUNNIES ARE HALF BROKEN. Well, the screw is kinda falling out and it's a bit crooked. Wearable, but still. I figured they were $10 so there's no point trying to fix them so I'm just going to buy a new pair instead. I really want a new round pair or a pair with a thick and chunky rim. I was looking at this pair and this pair from General Pants... they might just be what I'll be rocking this summer! xo

NOW PLAYING : FLUME - BON IVER

TRANSFORMERZZZZ

Transformers top : Jay Jays + DIY $10
Black shirt : eBay $30
Army jacket : Deborah K $12
Shorts : I.D.S $40
Sunnies : Karen Walker $120

I'm on school holidays right now! Been having a swell time chilling with friends and not doing homework or studying for my final exams! Anyhoo, moving on from the shitty topic of school.. I'm upset that Collingwood lost the grand final. But it's good because the real football (soccer) is back this weekend! COME ON MELBOURNE VICTORY! I"ll be at AAMI Park Saturday night for the match so come and look for me. So my demented friend Alex is trying to find my blog in the interwebz. He even made a blog just to post 'IVY I AM GOING TO HUNT YOU DOWN NO MATTER WHAT. I. WILL. FIND. YOU" but sadly he is never going to find my blog because he has no brain. I really love the top I'm wearing because Transformers is my life and i love anything purple... like purple Powerade. Yeah, this post doesn't really make sense. I just had no idea what to write. xo

NOW PLAYING : CRUSH - PENDULUM (MAH FAVE BAND YO)

NEED: NEW WARDROBE FOR SUMMER

So it's currently spring in Melbourne and the weather's starting to warm up to get ready for summer! I think right now I just gotta tone up and get a fre$$$$$$h new summer wardrobe full of new tees, dresses, skirts and sunnies. I was looking on ASOS who have recently launched their Australian website and they have some lovely pieces that would be amazing for sizzling summer days and relaxed and cooler summer nights! These are just some of my favourite picks from their site and as you can see, I love good a cropped tee and high necklines and hemlines on dresses! What's great about their Aussie launch is that WE GET FREE SHIPPING NOW. EFF YEAH. Get on it Aussies! FREE Standard Delivery WORLDWIDE! xo

NOW PLAYING : STAY AWAKE - EXAMPLE

BRITISH GENIUS

House of Holland RTW SS12 @ London Fashion Week.
House of Holland is one of my favourite British labels and this collection is by far my favourite from London Fashion Week. I absolutely adore the various mixture of patterns, textures, colours and materials. I mean, who knew a reptile skin print would look great with a sheer multi colour blocked shirt? I love that nothing really matches, but still really works well together. I think my favourite pieces from this collection would have to be the sheer shirts in their lovely pastel colours. WANT. xo

NOW PLAYING : LEVELS - AVICII

TOASTY

Shirt : c/o Sleepwalker LA
Deathly Hallows necklace : eBay $8.50
Skirt : DIY
Tights : eBay $10
Sandals : Deena & Ozzy $40
Socks : c/o We Love Colors
Sunnies : eBay $10

So Melbourne got a taste of summer the other day- 29 degrees! It was pretty much amazing, but quickly dropped down to the temperature of inside of a fridge the next day. Ah, typical bipolar weather Melbourne! Anyway, I'm really hoping the weather will start to warm up soon because I'd love to start wearing more skirts and t shirts with bare legs and all. Melbourne, YA HEAR ME?! Also how great is my deathly hallows necklace? I just love triangles, and Harry Potter of course.

Today I ate a banana peel as a dare and got $3.50 and a milkshake. It tastes... dry. xo

NOW PLAYING : TITANIUM - DAVID GUETTA FT. SIA

SUBTLE TATTOOS

I've wanted to get a tattoo for years but obviously I haven't been able to because I haven't been old enough and stuff, but now I am approaching 18 (JUST UNDER THREE MONTHS! OH MY GOD OH MY GOD OH MY GOD), and know that I definitely want to get one! I'm thinking of getting something on my wrist, forearm and on the ribs/back. Everyone says "get something meaningful or you'll regret it" and shit, but to be honest I can't think of anything meaningful to get tattooed. I just want small subtle tattoos that are a bit random but at the same time not too out there and extravagant. Something like Anja Konstantinova's tattoos above is what I have in mind! Was thinking of an outline of a triangle, pizza slice and a feather. Random and meaningless but I couldn't care less.. for now. Do you guys have tattoos, and are they as painful as people say they are? Opinions? xo

NEW THINGS TO READ

So what is my life like right now? SCHOOL SCHOOL SCHOOL. I have so much folio work to do it's insane! For my Viscom folio I'm making a skirt and a top of my own design. I bought a couple fashion design books to help me along the way, and have been getting yonks and yonks of inspiration from magazines. I'm really loving these editorials from the latest issues of Vogue Australia and YEN. Bursts of colour, buttoned up collars and dip dyed hair never hurt anyone. Hope you're all enjoying your week! xo

P.S. To all that responded to my "emotional boy post", thank you so much. Your heartfelt responses are much appreciated and made me feel loved! Since then there has been progress with the boy.. I think. Not sure. I'm just confuzzled. Agh.

NOW PLAYING : TEENAGE CRIME - ADRIAN LUX