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I have realised that taking a photo a day is fine, it's doable. The issue is getting around to actually posting them up here. You'd think that'd be the easy part but sadly free time is becoming slim and I just want to relax when I have it to spare. You know yourself. So apologies, but here is a two week bumper special 365 post. Two weeks for the price of one and all that!

So yet again I'll give you a very brief run down of the images taken in the past fortnight. We have the dead hydrangeas in my garden, the river Shannon just behind my office, the view from Mount Leinster, our dog Ruby (being disturbed from her sleep), my tartan pencil skirt, an empty brandy glass, my knitted minion (Llewelyn) going a tad mental in the car, the view from the car on the commute home (don't worry I wasn't driving), the desktop image from my mac in work (downloaded from here), the lime kilns just outside Carlow town, the view of the motorway as seen from the passenger-side mirror, my gorgeous red shoes on equally gorgeous tiles, furniture from work (I love that couch) and a silhouette of my boyfriend Cormac while he watches the telly.

Hopefully I'll be able to be more punctual on my 365 project next week!

inspired by...

Pinterst

A Beautiful Mess

Bluebird Vintage

Behance Network

Skinny Taste

As I stated earlier in the week you can feel the change in the air. Well I certainly can anyway... And all this change of weather has me wanting different hobbies, different clothes (LOADS and LOADS of wooly things), different food and so on. 

I want to take more time to read. I read a good bit to begin with but only in bed, which just ends up with me falling asleep and drooling all over a good book. Not the best look I can tell you. I want to reawaken my autumn wardrobe with some vibrant warm colours and some western/librarian touches (that can totally be a thing). My mother had the house filled with flowers during the summer and it made the place smell divine. I want to keep this up but with more fresher, greener colours balanced with golden leaves from outside. I have been musing over many design sites seeking inspiration for FELT Fashion Journal and I really love this minimal yet bold style. I think it could work for one of the articles. And finally I want soups, but not just any soups. I want to drink up spicey mexican style soups that'll keep me both warm and interested. Nothing worse than being bored by your meals...

What do you want to get up to this week?

inspired by...

Republique Theatre on Behance Network

Keiko Lynn

A Beautiful Mess

Pinterest

A Beautiful Mess

I feel like I am developing new tastes... or at least wanting to try new things. Get a bit of experience under my belt. I have been looking at quirky and hard branding styles, I have been crushing over not so plain tights which I used to think looked really childish on me but now I want to give them a go! I have been lusting over my own place (with my own furniture – just they way I want them!), I recently inherited my uncles record player that my dad was given which means I need to get a whole record collection and I am looking forward to buying old ones, record by record. And I also am going out tonight for the first time in a long while with my fella and I want to try some interesting yet classy concoctions!

Sidecar anyone?

graphic monday/graduate edition

So for the next few weeks I have decided to dedicate Graphic Monday to some very talented individuals... My fellow classmates and graduates. This week we take a look at Mark Finch Moran's graduate exhibition piece known as Metamorphose. It is a video piece that portrays the facing of fear, in particular his fear of coming out as gay. The piece tells his story of growing up gay and portrays his experiences from childhood to the present day. Since Mark (better known as Finch) has a fascination with the horror genre, he wanted to do it in that style. His hope is to one day become a Title Sequence designer and the whole presentation of the piece is inspired by that.

The video was shot in Woodlawn House in Co. Galway which is supposedly the most haunted house in Ireland. Getting permission into the place was a massive struggle but he of course wouldn't take no for an answer. His was determined to shoot the video in this house because it captured every essence of the story he was telling. The whole piece was planned, shot and edited in the space of two weeks (fairly impressive don't you think!) For the first time ever, Finch was opening up and telling his story in full to both his family and the public. This project required him to revisit repressed feelings and memories in order to deliver the piece. Doing this project was a stepping stone in itself, as it helped Finch look back and realise just how much he has grown as a person (and a designer.)

To see the whole piece and more of his work (and I highly advise that you do) just follow the link. If you wish to contact Mark Finch Moran just message me below and I will happily pass along the message...