Daniel and I celebrated our engagement/birthdays a week ago with a 50s themed party.
It was a lot of fun. Most guests dressed up in 50s attire. We had karaoke, old movies playing on TV screens. We had the party catered and had gourmet retro diner food: chilli fries, mini hamburgers, mini hot dogs, ribs, southern fried chicken, etc. Mum also had her backyard decked out and dressed by staging people. It was amazing.
Here are some pictures from the night taken by our wonderful friend, Nadine.
I'm sorry I haven't been around much. I've been so busy getting together my photography website and teaching makeup classes and doing uni work and running businesses and planning my wedding.... *takes a deep, relaxing breath*
I wanted to share with you some photos I took at Summer's little girl's 1st birthday. I can't believe how quickly this year has gone.
Just wanted to share some pics with you that I'd taken at my Mum's birthday earlier this year.
I threw a party for her at my house. Coincidentally, her birthday also fell on Easter Sunday. I felt so honoured to be cooking for the family on Easter, normally this is Mum's or Grandma's domain!
From memory I served:
Champagne with guava juice and raspberries
Potato pancakes with smoked salmon, guacamole, capers, rocket
I had the extraordinary good fortune of seeing Dita Von Teese perform at the Crazy Horse in Paris on Valentine's Day this year..... a good fortune.... aaaaand it cost a small fortune too! (I'm still paying it off!)
Daniel and I left our Paris apartment near Pont Neuf in the Latin Quarter to make our way to dinner in the early evening. It was about 5 degrees celsius, but I couldn't go past red lipstick, a 50s style floral skirt, back-seam fishnets and peep-toe heels. We struggled to find a taxi so headed toward the club via the Metro.
We had booked dinner and show tickets. We had champagne, pumpkin and pancetta soup and asian fusion fish for dinner, rose water and chocolate mousse for dessert. We then made our way across the road for the show. We were seated with two other couples in this tiny booth in the packed Crazy Horse with a bottle of champagne between Daniel and I. We sat impatiently and waited for the show to begin.
There was an interesting mix of people there that night- some fetish enthusiasts, goths, vintage clad twenty somethings, lots of men yet mainly women. The Crazy Horse was everything a burlesque bar should be- red, plush, seedy, quaint. The dancers were stunningly beautiful, the staging perfect. And then Dita...
She was exquisite. She moved like a pinup. She stripped for us and yet concealed herself from us. The epitome of "teese". She did 4 numbers throughout the show and was greeted with woots and cheers from mainly the ladies in the audience.
After the show we walked across the Seine and found a taxi. In my baby French I directed him to the apartment. When we got upstairs, Daniel and I got ready for bed, hopped in and snacked on Laduree macaroons before falling asleep infront of the tv, snuggling.
A very very very talented.... (and might I add GORGEOUS).... friend of mine, Andy Bull, has just released his first record, We're Too Young. If you love him, please support him by buying his album or a song from iTunes or from his website.
Oh, and if you're wondering why he looks familiar, he was one of this year's Cleo Bachelor of the Year contestants, and has been featured in Harpers Bazaar as well.
I'm desperately seeking a photographer in Sydney with an aesthetic like this. I like the day shots from one photographer, but not their night shots, or someone takes good still life shots and horrible people shots.... argh! I'm seriously considering flying in a photographer from overseas!
Anyhoo.... enough of my little rant... here is a wonderfully gorgeous photoshoot by Lisa Lefkowitz for Brides Northern California. For the full list of vendor details see below.
Sarah Blasko's, As Day Follows Night, is dreamy, ethereal yet skilled and solid. I have nothing but respect for this artist. My favourite song is Down on Love and We Won't Run.
There are few movies that are a huge inspiration to me stylistically. One of them being Sofia Coppola's, Marie Antoinette.
I love the colour palette for the whole film, the clothes, the shoes, the Laduree cakes! I've seen this film a million times and I'm not about to stop!
Above are some images that add to the Marie Antoinette theme.
I stumbled across a beautiful pink party for Sharnel's little girl, of My Life- My Loves blog.
I love the consistency of the colour palette, Amy Atlas inspired dessert buffet, Martha Stewart-esque pom poms and the beautiful photography of Leanne Stamatellos.
I am a bag of tricks... founder of AskMeMakeup.com, photographer, singer-songwriter, business owner and part-time student.
This blog is a presentation of all the things that inspire me- fashion, beauty, interior design, photography, music.
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