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Sorry I've been neglecting my blog so much :( it's makes me sad. But I promise to keep a log of all the creative activities I've been doing from now on!

Do it Do it Disco

MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE!!! Hope you all have a great day and hope that you get to enjoy it with those dearest to you.

I'm excited to share this shoot with you, taken back in August with a good friend of mine, Jonathan Rae. It's now published in Haunt Mag issue 7: Destination Unknown. You can see the full spread right here!

I got so many goodies from my trip, we decided to pull a few things out, scale walls, climb fences and break into some awesome locations for a shoot around Brisbane.

Thanks to the team at Jump From Paper, I scored this limited edition Caramel bag to play with for the shoot. I've been a fan of their unique, animated style since day one!

The Horticulturalist

"Calculating, intuitive and slightly unhinged, she dresses in clinical white and her chunky heels are strictly for soil aeration purposes. Her neighbours often peer over the back fence, catching strange glimpses of shear wielding and poison brewing. The psychotropic weed assassin digs in the garden all day but somehow her fingernails are always clean.

Our greenhouse girl has more knowledge than a shelf full of botany books, a scientific approach to growth patterns and soil acidity and an unnatural attachment to the fruits of her labour. Her long locks turned green from chlorophyll exposure and she kills time pressing native flowers and herbs. If she planted her own hands, they’d probably sprout tulips." (Bianca Blades and Kellie Pembroke).

I thought I'd share some out takes from a shoot I did with the Sargasso Sea girls, a few months ago. You can see the full story here at Haunt Mag which has become my recent favorite source of visual inspiration.

Brisbane babes Bianca Blades and Kellie Pembroke are the duo behind the impeccable visual diary of fashion and media culture. Full of well informed and witty articles on fashion and consumptions as well a plethora of perfectly curated glossy fashion images it's no wonder Sargasso Sea won the 2012 Ultrabook Pedestrian.tv Blogster Awards (where they scored an internship with Vogue Australia in Sydney). It's meeting such motivated creatives that truly make me want to get off my ass and do MORE STUFF!

So when Bianca approached me to be in their next styling and fashion direction project, I was over the moon to be involved. This was a Spring story without the expected aspect of floral overkill, where a fictional fashion character was invented so you could only imaging how much I was loved the concept! We spent a lovely afternoon dressing up in Emily Mcguire's dreamy creations, digging around the West End community gardens!

Hope you liked the images and check out more of their work on Sargasso Sea.

Amnesia House

There was an 80s rave warehouse party on last weekend. I went 91', just couldn't resist. So I was preparing my high leg kicks and thinking everyone would be chewing gum like the video below promised. It wasn't something of "DJ CARL COXXXX!" (it will take a while before that voice stops echoing through your head after that video) proportions but at least there were smoke machines, plenty to drink, mini kaleidoscopes, daisy rings and friendly characters to keep one's raver heart content. All round good night!

hey creepy dude; lazy oaf batman sheer crop, AA disco pants, custom polka dot platforms, furby backpack from ebay.

So excited about Halloween this week! Though I might commit a slight  injustice and disappoint in the costume department...will be out at a few parties as well as Thurston Moore tomorrow night and rooftop ROLLER DISCO (jsdkfjsfksljf) as apart of Valley Fiesta (going to be massive and it's free)!

Big smiles all around, what is everyone up to for Halloween? No idea? Why not treat the occasion like april fools instead with a scary twist with the help of The Thousands cheap Hallowe’en DIY guide. It's pretty spot on and had me in stitches all morning at work!

BTSTU

Henry Holland dress, Fleamadonna Leather Jacket, vintage plush dog backpack, platforms from HK

It got so hot today, summer just hit us in Brisbane quite unexpectedly (storms are on their way). I'm sooo ready to get my little dresses out and shed those layers! I don't know if anyone has this problem but I get headaches from wearing jackets...perhaps too many studs/layers, all that weight, yes I am a weakling...

5 things I am extremely excited about coming up:

1. Assist styling an epic shoot on Monday inspired my ancient oriental culture, think house of flying daggers involving thousands of dollars worth of ancient headdresses and imperial garments (more scared)
2. Attending friend's show Cotton Pony next Friday night
3. My best friend moving up to Brisbane during the week
4. Being in a Zombie film on Saturday
5. Seekae!

What's your 5 this week?

Solanaceae

comme des garçons lace shirt, lover wine chord shorts, thick knit cardigan from hong kong, vintage platform chunky lace ups off etsy, werokay silk tote, handmade beanie from reenie's

Winter calls for indulging in the naughtiest treats you can imagine. But paying a visit to Lady Lamington more than a few times a week can be tough on those pennies.

Cheating with Lindt, we made the ultimate chilli hot chocolate and waffles concoction. You can make your own by melting down any block of chocolate with a little butter, flavored ones are funnest then just stir in a few cups of milk! However, if you have more time on your hands go the spiced hot cocolate recipe here and tell me how it goes.

What I wore to the outposts's, I used to skate once 8 last night; the boards were impressive and all round super fun night, watching boys on the ramps to The Kramers, Sewers and Six Ft Hick as well as a spot of dangerous drunken shopping in Winn Lane (evil tactics I tell you, get me at my weakest moment). Catch all the action via my instagram (@wenopia)!