Christmas presents yay! The one's I can photograph anyway. I did pretty well this year getting everything I asked for. Although there was a little bit off missed surprise. The biggest shocker was the bf's present which he'd told me was "fucking amazing" thereby rendering any present I got him worthless. But he was right! A copy of Bambi from the 50s which is in incredible condition & has absolutely stunning illustrations. Definetely planning future tattoos around them. Anyway it was beautiful.

Books wise I got Doulgas Couplands latest, Highly Inappropriate Tales for Young People which I read quickly on Christmas Day because it is ridiculously sick & funny. Thanks to my brother for that & a drawing book. My mum got me the Russian Tattoo Encyclopedia that I wanted but it's a little odd, it smells like it's been through a lot & there's a little too many penis' for my liking. No doubt interesting though...

The candle from my sister made me whole room smell like almonds. & I did get two lots of the Chanel matte coating nail varnish but it is fucking awesome so I look forward to experimenting with that, plus the foil & crackle effects ones I got too. My family know me well nail wise.

Anywho guys, I've missed you! What did you get for Christmas? Did you have a good one?

Some more than worse for wear photos taken yesterday morning when I got home. Pretty perfect night of friends & acquaintancesI forgot were so fun, too many sweets & shots. Oh well. Anywho yes my hair is in an afro again! Yay! Cat did it on Friday night & I went to work wearing a headscarf so it could be at maximum awesome. It's actually still afro today which is pretty cool. & disgusting, yeah I should probably wash my hair at some point. & to quote Max at his most waisted, "Jess, why the fuck are there hands & feet all over you?" Because Antipodium & Chris Redman are amazing! (Oh & PS sorry about the background, the pile of clothes is because I'm in the midst of photographing stuff for eBay & the other stuff is from photos I did for posts this week. Oh yes, well organised.)

Happy New Year (again)!

Happy New Year!

This is what I embroidered for my mum's 61st birthday. Because Jarvis Cocker is obviously awesome & this song is wonderful, beautiful, depressing, honest & most of all a celebration against the opressive elite classes! Woo! Just like my one & only mother (apart from the depressing). Anyway, yes, love you mum. Happy Birthday!

Blogging will be resumed next week, promise.

Whilst waiting to meet Heidi for Christmas Gingerbread Lattes the other day I found myself in WH Smith. AKA the only place left in Bristol that stocks vaguely interesting or unusual magazines. So sad. Anyway, after the obligatory Dazed, Vogue, Harpers, I-D etc. I drifted over to W with Carey Mulligan on the cover. I hated An Education but I quite like her so I started flicking through, only to find a very lovely "New Season" spread shot by Emma Summerton which was lovely & had lots of weird twin shots (ok, I featured none of them here, but you can view high res shots here) plus a rather lovingly cinematic shoot with Mulligan by Michael Thompson. Anyway, in short, nice images W! Might have to re think them because they've never wholly captured by heart or attention...

Admittedly this is a bit of a cop out as far as posts go. But basically, it's almost the end of the year so I was trying to discuss with my Benny, Cat, Max & Seb the other day - over mulledness & mince pies - about what songs had really hit them this year. It came about after reading a list in G2 that only featured songs from like the last  two months or something. Which surely isn't the point. So here it is! There's only one oldie in there (at the beginning) but it stands for Arctic Monkeys new album as well as the B-Side compilation Jesus made for my birthday. It's also probably the one that pops up in my head unexpectedly the most. & I'm sorry but the last two... I've obviously softened towards the end of the year. What's your opinion on Lena Del Rey? Against my better judgement I've had her youtube mix on repeat & am so close to pressing the itunes pre order button. Do you love or hate?

What were your highlights?