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hey cats!!!

so, first of all, REALLY SORRY that i haven't posted in like a million billion years. college and christmas are kind of my excuses for that. 

BUT on the plus side, this means i have a load of stuff to post about now.

so here are some pics from my trip to london last week, in which lots of stuff happened.

^so, lets just take a moment to appreciate the fact that i met patrick wolf again and gave him some of my music and he said he'd email me. ok. yes.^

^wandering from oxford street me and my friend annie found an aquatics design centre full of amazing UV lit fish tanks and dart frogs and seahorses and wow. never realised i love pretty fish so much.^

I WANT A SNAPBACK WHY DOES NO-ONE SUPPORT THIS DECISION

^cyberdog in camden. i love the crazily loud rave music and lights everywhere and the fact that half of my outfit was glowing cus of the uv lights.^

^I bought these adorable (too big) shoes in the oxford street topshop sale (yes, i survived the masses) and added some cute holographic smiley stickers from urban outfitters (although on principle i normally boycott uo for a number of reasons). the jeans are vintage levis from rokit and the socks are also topshop.^

^some creepy doll keychains in camden^

so there are some muddled little snippets of my london trip ^^

ooh and btw, i now have ~instagram~, so feel free to follow me or just check it out or anythin! 

stumbled upon emporium

Today I went shopping with my mother, In the reasonably sleepy South Molton. We went mainly because there are some really good charity shops their, but unfortunately most of the charity shops where closed (because apparently people don't like to work around easter!) 

Luckily Nightingale Lane Vintage  was open; I have to say a few words about this shop, because it has to be one of the most perfect vintage shops I have ever been to. The shop itself is beautifully arranged.  (and doesn't have that weird smell that some vintage shops have) The clothes are all immaculate and have obviously been carefully picked out.The clothes are also relatively cheap for vintage, so if you are in the South Molton area Nightingale Lane Vintage is defiantly a must. 

here is a beautiful example of the kind of thing you can purchase there. 

At the vintage shop in question I purchased a very snazzy 60's shirt, with a very pretty print and a very large collar.....

I also purchased some pretty hair slides. 

I have also updated my picture wall

kiss kiss

Sophie 

fruitful

I need to stop biting my nails, it's getting painful and ridiculous. This is why schools should allow nail polish - aside from the fact it in no way distracts from education, it helps people like me stop biting their nails, simultaneously helping them look awesome.

Now, this is totally separate from that random snippet of annoyance above ^

Yesterday I had to travel to school just for a 5 minute meeting with my tutor. I don't even think I have to mention that this was a completely pointless enterprise.

Buuut, a plus is that I bought some random things, yaaay.

Flower-crown-making things, i.e. many fake flowers and a glue gun.

Family Knits

These AMAZINGly 80s knitting patterns were in a charity shop. The Family Knits one was a pound and it has looooads of patterns in it, and the other one is just for the jumper shown in the picture and it was 20p.

I'm planning to make most - if not all - of my christmas presents this year. Flower crowns and other sort-of-impractical-but-pretty things are top of my to-do list.

So, bye. I'll post a couple of crafty tutorials soon.

Sinead

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though she needs you more than she loves you.

Today I listened exclusively to I Know it's Over by The Smiths. All the Morrissey feels overwhelmed me (this may be confusing to those who don't know me; I adore his voice and he used to be totally beautiful and all, but his personality sucks lol so I often become confused and just everything when I listen to his music).

This video made me laugh because of Mozza's writhing and how he ends up with his shirt over his face at the end and still manages to just about make it angsty and cool -although if it was anyone else, they would look quite ridiculous. Also Jeff Buckley covered it and that version makes me want to cry out all my teen-gurl tears in one go.

So anyway, here are some pictures of a dress that recently came into my possession. It's a handmade 50s sugar-pink gem of a thing and I think I'm definitely in love with it.

that weird spidery thing to the left is my music stand btw

So that was the more positive part of my day. I shan't bore with the details.

Bye gatitos

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and I mean to care for no-one

dusky pink pinafore dress -eBay. top -new look.

my new christmas jumper! -charity shop, £3.95

Yesterday Sophie and I went on a charity shop trawl and got some little treasures. I bought a green tartan shirt thing with shiny buttons and shoulderpads for £4 (I splashed out for vintage, sue me), a hideous/beautiful cat figurine for 50p, a book about Marilyn Monroe for £2.95 and a necklace (but I left the necklace in my purse, and I left my purse on a bus, wah).

In other news, I somehow fixed my old digital camera which is FAB (well not so much fixed as turned it on and it magically worked). Also I'm still working on my zine. I now need to buy a new ink roll thing for my typewriter so I can write the stuff in my zine.

I've been writing music like a child possessed. 

I made Sophie buy Drop Dead Fred.

My emotions have been EVERYWHERE this weekend. 

On repeat: I'm Through With Love by Marilyn Monroe.

Byee

Sinead

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let's go to the sea

As Sophie already said in her last post, on Sunday we went to Ilfracombe for seasidey escapades.

Vintage white circle skirt, vintage Sailor top (The Real McCoy's, Exeter) mum's navy cardigan and Topshop hair thing.

Vintage yellow leather gloves from Relevant. Because people from the 40s or whenever usually have inhumanly small hands, and I was lucky to find a pair that fit AND are beautiful.

The usual creepers (and koala socks).

Sophie and I enjoying a fun day at the folk festival. We are munchkin possums, are we not?

Anyway, I promise PROMISE I will post a Sundark and Riverlight review (also a lipstick review) ASAP.

Been busy with music-ness y'see.

Sorry for my absence, mwa mwa

Sinead

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maybe some things shouldn't move with the times.

I am talking about relatively 'superficial' things, of course. Not like people's views and stuff.

ANYWAY, what I mean by the title of this post is, for example, aspects of fashion and music. To be entirely honest, I don't think it should be this difficult to find inexpensive (and genuine) vintage clothes. Of course, there are loads of amazing vintage shops and stuff, but many of them are extortionately expensive, especially if what they offer is high quality and/or rare.

I think there should be more of a range of vintage-style clothes; it can't be massively hard to make them the same way as they used to be. So much of what is manufactured today is just so flimsy, why shouldn't we carry on making the sort of dresses that could survive a war, or a revolution? And for an affordable price, too? 

And music - well, where do I start? Without naming names, (which is hard, because this angers me greatly) there are a fair few musicians who have just melted into the same tired category, and I can't be the only one who has difficulty telling who is who when I hear them on the radio.

And what makes me sad about this is mainly the waste of talent. That situation where someone with an AMAZING voice or other musical ability ends up using it on the same flat, samey tune as the rest of the clones. Whatever happened to using an amazing voice on a real ballad with real feelings, or a really classic, sultry style -and having it recognised as much as the stuff in the top 40?

Well, this is my opinion (once more), and I cannot stress that enough.

Mew and the likes

Sinead

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lost Harajuku girl

My outfit today.

 It consists of my trusty DIY flower crown, pastel skull necklace, mohair pale pink ballet cardigan, minty 60s nightshirt thing with lace edging, white 50s circle skirt and pale pink tights. 

And, of course, my lovely creepers to add an edge to my girliest-of-girly outfit.

Kittens and Unicorns
Sinead
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Reunion

So this weekend I met my fairy godmother Candy who I haven't seen for about 9 years. Also my best friend Annie. I took pictures of strangers (with their permission) for my art project... and that story is for another time, so I shall talk about ALL THE FASHION.

My beauteous new creepers with studs.

Sailor Moon Tshirt

Shiny shoes, yummmmm.

Laura Ashley shirt that is not unlike something from Picnic at Hanging Rock.

Victorian style dress -with little handbag from Rokit in Camden.

60s mint nightshirt with lace edging and white 50s skirt (my love)

Bluuuue velvet.

Pink nightie, also from Rokit. I looove it.

And some new new things...

Biiiiiiiiig earrings from Topshop.

Pastel skull necklace (also from Topshop).

On Saturday I also discovered the wonder that is Irregular Choice. SHOES WITH KITTENS ON THEM, YES PLEASE. I want some so bad. Anyway, here are some things I now own.

Love and happiness
Sinead
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