Monday Fashion Sketches #7

Today's fashion sketches are:

 Two very preppy outfits and I'd like them more if it didn't make me think of school

Jody

Lucky Lanterns Relocation

Hey guys,

So as you know I've been meaning to put my lucky lanterns up in my room and today I finally did it. 10 blue lanterns are hovering over my bed and it looks so nice!
So here are some day/night shoots for y'all.

Thats all for now,

Jody

Back to School

Hi guys,

Well as much as I like to avoid the subject of school, next week I will be going back to school so I did a little last minute shopping for exercise books at Officeworks and I thought I'd show you my Back To School Gear.

The bag I bought at half-price ($25 I think?) at Strandbags

Bag essentials - Pocket mirror, tissue packet, USB thumb drive, Bobbin cord holder (these are so great and you can get them in different sizes too. Need to get more of these! I found this for about $3 or $4 at Melon at Chatswood), mini folder and earphone splitter from eBay.

About $7 I think from the post office. Mini folder to keep notes and timetables in etc.

Peanuts pencil case from Typo. Ruler and scissors from Smiggle. Rest from Officeworks.

Brick pencil case from Officeworks. Rubber from Smiggle

Bambi Notebook from Typo. Found this cute little 12 pack of pencils from Officeworks for $3.

I added some washi tape just in case the lid comes off and to add a bit of colour

I will probably be using both laptop and books this year so I bought the biggest grid book I could find for Maths (there is always so much maths) and five 240page A5 exercise books for my other subjects. I was going to get 96page A4 books but these had more pages (I know they're smaller) and they weigh the same amount. I guess it kind of depends what size of book you prefer and I usually get A4 but I've found that if you use half a page then its a waste of paper or if you just draw a line and start the next day from there it isn't as neat

Well, ta ta for now,

Jody

CARE's Walk In Her Shoes Challenge

Hey guys!
If you follow me on twitter you may know that I have registered for CARE's Walk In Her Shoes Challenge for 2014. If you haven't participated in this fundraiser before I would definitely recommend it. I did it back in 2012 and it's great because first of all, it really helps women and girls living in poverty overseas and helps rebuild their community in doing so. Second of all, it's not hard to do. All you have to do is choose whether you want to walk either

a) 25km challenge - 5,000 steps or 45 minutes of walking a day for one week

b) 50km challenge - 10,000 steps or 90 minutes of walking a day for one week

c) 100km challenge - 20,000 steps or 3 hours of walking a day for one week

Or of course if you for some reason are unable to walk this much during the day, you can always sponsor a friend!
The third reason I like this is because it encourages me to exercise daily which I really need :) I like fundraisers because I become encouraged to do things that I would not usually be bothered to do and it really is very easy. I did 10,000 steps a day in 2012 and that wasn't that hard for me and I am the opposite of a fit person. If I didn't make my 10,000 steps that day I would run around my house or on the spot in my room until I got there.

It goes from the 17th to the 23rd of March so it's only for one week but with the money you raise you will be supporting women and girls which will help lift their whole community out of poverty. CARE's experience has shown that when you help one woman out of poverty, she will bring four others with her. You can learn more about the facts, the statistics, where your money is going and how it is helping communities all around the world.

So I strongly encourage you to sign up for the 2014 Walk In Her Shoes Challenge today! There is a $15 registration fee and they send you a pedometer to track your steps. This pedometer can be changed from km to steps walked and as of February I think there will be an app that will assist you as well!

That's all for now,

Jody

I do not own these images

Golden Wonder Bath Bomb

Holy cr*p I had a bath last night with the rest of my Golden Wonder Bath Bomb and it was even better than the first time! I originally thought I had two more uses out of it but nope. I was way too excited to cut it in half, I just wanted the whole thing in my bath at that very moment! So as you know I've already used a third of my Golden Wonder and after seeing there was two little pink balls inside I had to put the rest in - and words cannot describe the intensity and beautifullness of the colour of my bath! The first time I used it I crumbled it under running water but last night I popped it right in the bath so I actually got to see it fizz and oh my goodness the colour was SO INTENSE!!! And oh my goodness........my bath was BLUE! It was BLUE! Oh my goodness I can’t even describe the magicalness of it. I’m not just saying that either. To be honest, I didn’t see the big deal with bath bombs until I actually tried one and last night was just magical - like a whole new experience all together. I could smell it as it fizzed away in the bath but I kind of couldn’t smell it after a while, probably because my nose got used to it. It was like this really, really, deep turquoise blue with golden shimmer swirling around like a magical Disney world and I’m so upset that it’s only a Christmas invention. I can’t really smell it on me, but because I washed my hair I can still smell it on my hair, mmmmm...... I actually don’t like the smell of the Lush Pud as much but anyway I’m going to try it the night before school starts - I’m going to need it ;)

This was my bath water - and trust me when I say the camera was terrible at capturing the beautiful and intense colour of my bath

The colour was kind of a mix between this picture and the below picture and way more intense and much more beautiful.

I tired to capture the swirling golden sparkles but they were moving too fast and there really is no way to capture them

The golden sparkles left after the bath was drained. It was so sad to see all that beautiful blue water go down the drain :(

Anyway enough of that, today we went to the Maritime Museum in Darling Harbour to see the Vikings exhibition and then afterwards we had delicious and enormous burgers from Hurricane's Grill. We then watched The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug at IMAX in 3D - I thought the first one was Okay but I really didn't like the second one for many many reasons but mainly because I've read the book and it is almost nothing like the book now. So I could go on about the many things I don't like about the second Hobbit movie, but there's no use complaining because there's nothing I can do about it and it's obvious that this trilogy was made in an attempt for more money so you know what, I'm going to talk about the delicious Macadamia & Caramel gelato I had at Gelatissimo after the movie mmmmmm.......

Viking women often wore chain instead of jewellery. I learned quite a bit about Vikings and Viking Women today but I've always known (and admired) that Viking Women were very different to other women in most civilizations. In fact, For some time it has only been the role of women to do, well, pretty much nothing. Except take care of the house and have children and to feed her husband. Whereas viking women were much more independent and were almost as equal as men. Women had right over their house, they could own possessions and they could protect themselves too and were allowed weapons. They are probably the only civilization I know that allowed women to do these things. Maybe because they're not really a "civilization" because they are so independent instead of united as a government or a society. What I didn't know is that Viking women believed in Fates who were mythological goddesses that could weave people's destiny and kill them with merely the cut of a thread. Many women also believed they had this power and so copied this practice and would sometimes ride into battle to decide which men to kill.

Viking ship

Casting mould for a brooch

Steak knife at Hurricane's Grill at Darling Harling Harbour

Macadamia & Caramel Gelato

Jody