Inspiration: Pink, it's my new obsession.

1/ The Cherry Blossom Girl; 2/Pinterest.com; 3/The Cherry Blossom Girl; 4/FollowStudio; 5/Susan Yin; 6/Selina Lake; 7/Style Rookie; 8/Anthropologie; 9/ Xie Kitchen; 10/Celine Spring/Summer '11 Campaign; 11/Christopher Kane Spring/Summer '11; 12/KatieCakes; 13/Jil Sander Spring/Summer '11 (via thelastmiaow.blogspot.com); 14/Carl Kleiner (via krisatomic.com/blog); 15/Hiya; 16/PinkBow; 17/ ChicInTown; 18/Tim Walker for Vogue UK, December 2004; 19/Cacharel Spring/Summer 2011; 20/ Giles Spring/Summer 2010

Fashion: Whistles S/S '11 Campaign

I am absolutely loving Whistles' Spring/Summer '11 campaign. Moving image is definitely the way forward for new collections (a la Gareth Pugh); this truly shows how the clothes move. Can't wait to get my hands on the scalloped edge shirt (below). 

Whistles Spring / Summer 2011 from WHISTLES on Vimeo.

All images © Whistles, 2011.

Project 365

This weekend is my 23rd Birthday and with it, I'm starting Project 365 on Flickr. Determined to stick with it! My first picture will most probably be from my shiny new Polaroid camera, which takes some fantastic photos.

My birthday plans for the weekend involve...a day off work tomorrow, so I'm getting my hair chopped and going for food and to see Black Swan with my Mum.

Saturdays plans are...cake for breakfast! Followed by drinkies with my lovely friends all day. Can't wait!

Spring/Summer 201: Topshop

Topshop have just released their lookbook for the Spring/Summer 2011 collection. Absolutely love some of the pieces and I definitely want baby pink streaks in my hair for Glastonbury this year!

Weekend Treats

Me and the boy ventured to Tynemouth Market yesterday. We haven't been for a while so I was looking forward to getting some new bits! However, a lot of the usual traders weren't there which was disappointing, so there were only a couple of stalls selling what I usually go for. We ended up getting this very small St. Peppers alarm clock and Joe got some new records including The Beatles' White Album (which had some amazing individual portraits of the Beatles inside, so we're going to frame them when we find a flat and hang them on the wall.

The rest of the weekend has been spent making soup for the week ahead and having a nice relax; have a busy week coming up at work then off to London for the Top Drawer show on Friday, where we're creating physical trend features to showcase trends for Spring/Summer 2011 and Autumn/Winter 2011/12, so I've had a very busy couple of weeks sourcing props, sorting press samples for the show and designing a trend guide for the show. Can't wait to see everything in place! Expect to see some photos next Sunday.

Inspiration: Miss Capricho

Images © Miss Capricho

Found these beautiful images (via Oh Joy) of Miss Capricho's absolutely stunning illustrations. I especially love the Louis Vuitton girl with the bunny ears. Love the simple lines and fantastic use of colour. These will now be adorning my studio wall - feeling very inspired by them!

Image © Miss Capricho

Resolute and Resolve

It's that time of year when we all make New Year's Resolutions...and then instantly seem to break them. This year I'm not so much as making resolutions, but more like having goals and ambitions for the year ahead. So here are a few of my plans for this year...

1. Complete the Great North Run - have always wanted to run this, for Help for Heroes or Asthma UK, and the run goes past the end of my road in South Shields, so I'm going to start training very shortly, which be be a killer but all worth it in the end.

2. Be fit, happy and healthy.

3. Push on with my blog - I've gained a fair few followers over the past couple of months and really want to start a regular document of what I'm up to.

4. Redesign my website and portfolio - these need SERIOUS attention, as haven't really touched them since I finished uni.

Sorry this is a bit of a boring post, but I need these ambitions cemented so I actually achieve them!

2011 Celebrations: Cafe 21 and Hotel Du Vin

Happy New Year all!

For the end of 2010, and start of 2011, me and the boy booked a posh night out in Newcastle: dinner at Cafe 21, followed by MANY drinks and a stay at the absolutely fabulous, Hotel Du Vin on Newcastle's Quayside.

Neither of us had stayed in Hotel Du Vin before, and as it is a bit further up the Quayside than most people usually venture, we weren't sure how busy it would be. 

The hotel itself is set in the industrial bit of the Quayside; I absolutely loved the setting! It has views over an old ship building yard and some of Newcastle's architectural gems can be seen from this end of the Quayside - beautiful Victorian buildings which aren't often seen!

After our meal, we ventured back to the hotel bar for a couple of drinks and it was VERY busy - alot of people were waiting to go into the bistro for their New Year's Eve meal. The menu looked lovely but as we booked quite late, the restaurant was fully booked.

Here are some photos I took of our room, the grounds and surroundings of Hotel Du Vin, Newcastle.

How did everybody else celebrate New Year?

Christmas is a coming...

...and I have been very lazy with blogging this week! Work has been busy this week and have been completing lots of interesting projects - we seem to get busier before Christmas?!

This weekend, I'm off to RE: to buy christmas presents and decoration, and then me and 2 of my lovely friends are getting together to make lovely Christmassy food (Guinness Gingerbread!), drink mulled cider and watch the X Factor final. Perfect weekend, non?

Inspiration: Write a Bike

How amazing are these bikes by Juri Zaech? Wonder if he'll make an Alice bike...

from krisatomic via poppytalk