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Swansea, Wales, United Kingdom
- Currently living in Swansea, but came from Llanelli. - Has 7years of studies in Art GCSEs (2001-2006), Fine Art A-Level & E-Media(2006-2008), Art & Design Foundation (2008-2009). And completing an BA Hons Illustration Degree (2009-2012). - Runs a small prints, stationary & originals on an online shop (http://www.etsy.com/shop/RobotOctoJazz?ref=pr_shop_more). - Always looking for a job opportunity, something to use my style for something beneficial.

Monday, 9 August 2010

SafariSafariSafari!!!

I've never been so grateful to get to go on one, I really enjoyed myself and seeing such lovely animals up close & personal was amazing. Definatly glad we walked in, since four people were paying upto £80 for entry and wristbands and didn't get to ride next to the animals like us :) We paid a £5 for a coach safari trip, five people showed up including us and it was fantastic! The weather was lovely aswell, sunshine in the morning then cloudy spot of rain when we started the safari trip but dry allthrough the afternoon and it lasted an hour and a half. By the time we got back to the entrance we had some food then hit the theme park, there's more rides for kids than adults but we still had fun. Had an awesome day with my boyfriend, if it wasn't for him I wouldn't of known how cool it was. We're even thinking of going again with some friends!

Oh hello, i'm a starfish :)
 Rawr!
 haha.


Laters :)

Sunday, 8 August 2010

Hello outside!

Tomorrow I get to go outside finally, this week has been long and I'm so thankful! I'm so excited to going out i've planned two outfits just incase its cold/raining and one if it's warm/sunny. Now to plan what i'm packing in my bag, since i'm that OCD and always prepared (purse, wetwipes, 2x camera, hat, vaseline lip balm, BB, nail file). Think that pretty much covers it, i'll have a shower after dinner with the boyfriend and I can relax for the rest of the night :)

Or look on Artbox for some lovely things hehe, I can look but not touch.. yet.
OH TOTALLY FORGOT! some inspiration :)
x

Saturday, 7 August 2010

Do you miss the rain?

It's pouring down outside my window, which is a good thing and a bad thing I suppose. I love watching the rain while your all snuggled up inside, but I don't want it to rain on Monday since i'm really looking forward to going out with my boyfriend finally (he's been working nearly all this week, while i've been stuck indoors with daytime telly and my laptop.. doesn't sound that bad but gets abit boring lol). So nothing new to report just looking at cute things online, like the scrummiest doughnut cushion hehe and the cat mug! from Artbox.

I dunno what i'm like :) without money i'm looking/listing things I can get when I get money and when I do have money i'm making lists on what to buy with the money. Typical woman!




Yesterday I was talking about changing my colour scheme into autumn & winter, these are both from DorothyPerkins. I love this dress, it's quirky and something I would wear on a night out. It's not that bad priced too (£35) which is good for begging the boyfriend to let me buy it hehe. Although the jacket is a tad more pricey (£65).

Ah i'm already finding these bandeau tops from DorothyPerkins! Only (£12) which is bargin time for moi :) Also looking at dark cardigans from Matalan since their only (£14).











I know I don't dress well at the moment but i'm hoping this change of colour & style will change how people see me, mainly be cutting out the bad food aswell when September comes since I need to lose weight just to feel better. Also since i'm living on a huge hill this year, will be saving money too (since I use to travel back and forth to Swansea, food aswell since i'll be with the boyfriend i'll be doing much more meals not snacking all the time and hopefully I will change).

❤ On a more boyish note ;) I still need to catch up on my dvd pile, there's the lovely three boxsets of Supernatural I need to get my mitts on (i've seen the first season a number of times thanks to telly, but I need to re-watch season 2 & 3 since i've missed a few episodes here and there hehe). Looking forward to that, I think i'm saving those while Dan's away working. Then finish the other half of the Alien boxset, watched all of the Aliens but AVP/AVP2 and Predator/Predator2. See my tomboy side sparkling through thanks to my dad, my boyfriend and my personal taste hehe. Also last but not least my Bladerunner boxset that I had for my 20th off my boyfriend, I really can't wait for a boring dull & grey day to watch that beast<3

Cya :)

Friday, 6 August 2010

❤Under the sea❤

New blogs i've discovered & loved...
- GoFugYourself
- Mademoiselle Robot
- LeBlogdeBetty
- StyleBubble
- KingdomOfStyle

- DotComGiftShop

Must say I like finding new blogs to stumble across upon, find some new fashion tips that I have never in my life of heard of and to discover something new & sparkley :)
The link above 'DotComGiftShop' have some things i've clicked into the wishlist, plus been looking at the usual Ikea/Habitat/Next/Wilkinson for house stuff.

Plus I also need to updo my style, so lately I was 'aloud' by my boyfriend to get these two boobtubes (which i've never worn in my life so let's change that!) swallow print & brown/cream zebra print one. I say aloud since i've spent quite abit of money over this summer, but now he has a job he's not so touchy with money which is a good thing for me.


 I find them so lovely, even though there not here yet but they'll go with most of my other stuff. I've gone for toned down colours since i'm changing what type of colours i'm into this autumn/winter thinking greys/navy/dark blues. This Friday their coming❤
Plus for £6.30 each, can't go wrong :)






 Anyway on to other things.. i've been listing away things for the new house! Practically all I bloody go on about, but I love decorating my own room (plus my room in this new house is huge, bigger than the one back home so my mind is buzzing with ideas) and some of the things i've put down i've emailed my grandmother to have a look over to see if she has anything or can get it for me :) My mother knows what stuff I like now, so it's much more easier to simply write everything down, send it back home and when I return to find some lovely things she's found! Plus I don't really mind if they don't find some of the stuff since i've been looking online at some shiny pretty things I want for the house.


Laters<3

Monday, 2 August 2010

Alone & Sketching

Well finding out that the boyfriend is going to be working from Wednesday till Sunday is a bummer, I have to pull my finger out and putting more effort into doing my summer project since i've finally got my draft done below.

'I've been looking at the old fashioned carnivals with the bearded lady, the world's strongest man and such for reference. I like the style, the borders they put them in and it makes me want to take how they presented them and put my 'freaks' in. When I say my freaks, I mean i'm taking friends/family/people that come into my life and go out and illustrating them as how I really see them. Giving them a sort of 'power' or 'weirdness' and presenting them in my own personal carnival. Some people may see the resemblence straight away but others might be totally oblivious to what their staring at is them. But I want to try my best to keep everyone who I sketch in this, annonymous. I will be doing a handfull series, say five of my family the ones that are close to me/four of my friends that stick out/then four more of people that just come and go into my life. I'm looking forward to see how this ends, I may put myself in this with my flaws though as the ring master.'
(insert illustration i'm happy with & title).

So going to try and finish off some peices by Sunday, then email my lecturer with this paragraph and two illustrations out of the series :) quite chuffed with myself to find my own take on the carnival brief, now to just do the series of illustrations.
x

Life sucks!

I don't know how people can live with bullying another person, if it's friends and just joking around yeah i'm all up for that. But just on a social network where your suppose to have some dignity, manners and not spam shit loads of vulgar messages to another person you've never met. Ugh I feel really crap at the moment, this normally doesn't bring me down since i've had this my whole life. Through secondary school and some of college i've been bullied, but I thought people had grown up now and over the internet. Well obviously I was wrong.

I just want to go home :(

Saturday, 31 July 2010

Kawaii

- TokyoJazzPanda (pretty much liking the name lol, but I adore the stuff they have for sale!)
- Doodleshop (I'm inbetween getting alot of kitsch or kawaii stuff in september..)
- Chicki (<3<3<3)

Just a few new shops i've bookmarked recently, I've been thinking about that parcel that's waiting home for me :3 (a lovely panda bear cup, tokidoki notebook, lots of stickers and a yummy breakfast keyring) hehe I really can't wait to open it! Such a special, but heck I really can't be sensible and non-childish little things like that really amuse me. Been recently filling my scrapbook that Dan bought me a while back, photographs/ripped up pieces of colourful paper yanno the usual :)
 
I need to slow down on the spending, i'm only planning on going to Alton Towers and West Midlands Safari Park this August so i'm fine moneywise :) Had a good day at Birmingham, alot of people around and since it's school holiday/Saturday being the busyiest day in the week lol. Bought an animal necklace and rhino earrings hehe ready for safari time! Going with Daniel one day soon, going to be booking a coach around the safari to see the animals! (will be taking my digital camera to take loads of lovely photographs, so hopefully it will be a dry day like today was).



Also finally got round to getting out a few sketches for my summer project, these aren't complete just ideas i'm having. Thinking of the old fashioned freak and weird carnivals with the bearded lady, strange child etc but then adapting it to my dream reality so they'd be people i'd know, myself and such objects in my life :)
That is all :)