This place is a Zoo part 2.

Just a short post today. I've been pretty busy lately, hence the lack of blog activity. I'll try to make up for that soon though!

The weather was so lovely this weekend, I simply couldn't stay in. So I decided to go to the zoo. Took a bunch of photographs there. And then took some more when I came home:

I got very excited yesterday when I received an envelope from APC. Not only did it contain their winter catalogue but also the most amazing poster. It's so nice, I can't wait to put it on my wall! Will post a picture of that later!

And once again, some new favourites:

1. the birds., 2. Untitled, 3. it's a bird! it's a plane!, 4. Untitled, 5. Carnations I, 6. give me a mountain paradise, 7. j, 8. portugal2, 9. in mind, 10. all alright.., 11. spöken, 12. i want to name them ~ one is definitely shirley, 13. Nothing to Say, 14. flight, 15. Untitled, 16. 8 a.m., 17. Untitled, 18. frompaulette, 19. I think this may be my favorite..., 20. he is searching

Take photographs for fun, for fun

What better way to start a post then with some beautiful images:

1. Untitled, 2. rain bow hat, 3. Outside, 4. TwinSisterMoon, 5. Sweden summer '08, 6. theexecutionofallthings, 7. Untitled, 8. Untitled, 9. bird on blue, 10. samisen, 11. lape kukli, 12. Untitled, 13. Untitled, 14. swan ghosts, 15. Untitled, 16. ok

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In a couple of weeks I'll be redecorating my bedroom, and I'm très très excited about the whole thing. I'm planning to give my wall a complete make over by decorating it with lots of frames and posters and whatever looks nice. Got a lot of inspiration from these beautiful images which I found on theselby.com and flickr:

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I received this wonderful award from both mila and ariella! Merci beaucoup! I'm supposed to pass this award on to 7 other blogs I love and those are:

Restée Rêveuse, sweet dreams till sunbeams find me, discotheque confusion, chic looks, hello sailor! , coccinelle and intimate vignettes!

Hope you'll enjoy it!

How I'd wish I had an endless supply of polaroid film. It's funny how something as simple as a photograph can evoke such an immense feeling of instant happyness. Took these yesterday, in the late afternoon. I love autumn and it's everchanging colours.

Viva la Vida

The ever so lovely tea drinking english rose surprised me with a wonderful blog award! Now that is one gift that is always welcome! Merci beaucoup :)
For this award I'm going to nominate heart in a cage, mila, joanne, allure, luyi and jillian!

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Talking about lovely things, last week I came across these polaroids of Michelle Williams from boy by band of outsiders and I ADORE them. Michelle is so adorable and both the light and colours in these photographs are beautiful!

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I was actually lucky enough to be given yet another pretty award, this one by the charming Luyi. Thank you! If you ask me, daydream lily, knight cat, sophie jade, the search for chic and mettch all deserve this award as well, so I will pass it on to them!

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Now it's time for something completely different. Last friday I received a packet from Hong Kong, carrying a bunch of new instax cassettes! Took a few photographs over the weekend but I'm not quite sure how I feel about them. Nevertheless, I'm still very excited about my Instax camera!

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One last thing I really need to share (oui, it's indeed a pathetic cry for sympathy) is the following. Last week I was stupid enough to cut my hair. And since I'm fully aware of the fact that great minds think alike, even when it comes to stupid actions, I wasn't surprised when I saw Kate Moss with the same haircut I got. But can anyone tell me why she looks insanely cool with her new hairdo while I look like a cross between a dorky 8 year old and a middle aged secretary?

I must never cut my hair again. Ever.

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To finish this ridiculously incoherent post, here are some more flickr favourites of mine:

1. c is for camera, 2. lipstick and ghosts , 3. Lomo self-made development - experiment1- the old man and the sea, 4. D _ LE 11, 5. Pastries and Scones, 6. Untitled, 7. Untitled, 8. Untitled, 9. kaysie - naples beach

Cold Desert

So here I am again, back from holiday. Had the best time. I really enjoyed doing nothing at all. And the weather was perfect. Sunny, warm, but not too hot, a bit of summer in September. Unfortunately internet is still not working properly but according to my father 'it should be solved in a week :):):)'. And he obviously knows best.

Last saturday I went to Antwerp. There I found those suede boots I've been boring you with for what seems to be ages. It happened to be the last beige pair and they were just the right size. Although they're not from APC or Isabel Marant for that matter, I'm very happy with them! It's so nice to buy something you really love. I already know I'll be wearing them to death. Did some more shopping this morning. Got a new trenchcoat, dark gray skinnyjeans, a pair of awesome zara heels, a blouse and, don't ask why, another striped shirt (as if my closet wasn't already filled with at least a dozen of those).

Since I have nothing more interesting to share with you, here are some outfits with my new clothes:

a few more photographs of my holiday can be found here

Just for now

Given the immense response on my farewell post (and thank you so much for that, really, there are no words that could describe how heart warming your comments were!) I reckon that hopefully no one will mind this little update. It's been almost three weeks now since that last post and I came to the conclusion that I would still enjoy updating the blog every now and then (even and mostly if it's just for my own pleasure). I might not be posting nearly as often as I did before but perhaps something like a post a week would be ok? I hope I didn't scare everyone off with my goodbye post, but if I did, so be it ;)

I took these polaroids last week. The film was a gift from a friend of mine, or actually, she traded me the film for an origami owl. A pretty fair deal right?

more at http://www.flickr.com/photos/carbon_monoxide/

Deux jours à Paris

One of these days the movie 2 days in paris will be released on dvd and I seriously can't wait to see it! If the trailer that's up on youtube hadn't yet convinced me, the fact that it's situated in Paris would have easily done the trick. ( ah here we go again, yet another 'I adore the french and everything France related' post. For some reason I just can't refrain myself from going there. It's a disease, please find me a french doctor, pronto!)
At the top of this post I added one of Danske's beautiful polaroids of Paris. If you haven't done so yet, you should totally visit her blog, trust me it's worth the click, her photographs are the most wonderful polaroids I've ever seen. They totally make me want to spend a ridiculous amount of money on some polaroid cassettes myself. If I knew where to get them that is. I actually have 3 polaroid camera's, all without film and yet I have never made a single photograph with either one of them because I can't seem to find a place where they actually sell cassettes. So if anyone knows where to get them, preferably online, please let me know!
And for those of you asking where my shoes in the previous post are from, I ordered them at gojane.com

http://www.2daysinparisthefilm.com/

Viva L'Espana

Julia Bereciartu is a(n) designer/illustrator from Spain, currently living and working in Madrid. Not only does she come up with the most beautiful illustrations and collages, she also takes a lot of pretty polaroids with her sx-70 camera.

more of her work at:
http://www.juliabe.com/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/minkoff/
http://www.etsy.com/shop.php?user_id=5239514

collages: