New painting

I just finished this new painting today.. I think I'll call her Josephine.

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Grace at LFW

Hey! Here's a vid of my sister, Grace walking in the Horace show at LFW a few weeks ago. No big deal, no big deal. ARGH! So proud. Gonna stop gushing now. x


HORACE A/W11 LFW from Philip Grisewood on Vimeo.

I really love this

I've been thinking about buying a Super 8 camera for a while and this makes me want one even more. <3

Irish Blog Awards 2011

Hello,

Just letting you know that the Irish Blog Awards are now open for nomination. I only started this blog last April and since then, I've been discovering just how many amazing Irish blogs are out there. There's an abundance of categories and many blogs worthy of winning, so get voting! If you need inspiration, check out my bloglist on the bottom right-hand corner for some great blogs. Click here to nominate a blog. Here's the list of categories..

Best Popculture Blog
Best Food/Drink Blog
Best Lifestyle Blog
Best Music Blog
Best Photo Blog
Best Technology Blog/Blogger
Best Sport and Recreation Blog
Best Blog of a Business
Best Arts and Culture Blog
Best Blog from a Journalist
Best News/Current Affairs Blog
Best Group Blog
Best Political Blog
Best Blog of a Politician
Best use of the Irish Language in a Blog
Best Specialist Blog
Best Newcomer
Best Youth Blog
Best Personal Blog
Best Humour Blog
Best Rant/Post
Best Science and Education Blog
Best Outraged Blog Awards Post

Phew! That's a looooong list.


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Zippora Lux =^ . ^=

Yes.

Yes.

Yes. 

These are purrrrfection.. sorry! Feast your eyes on these fantastic prints from Zippora Lux's 'My Favourite Things' series. I spotted them over on Luke Lucas' blog on Lifelounge and I'm obsessed. Some of the prints are for sale over on Etsy and tshirts of The British Shorthair and The Pelican Nebula are up for sale on Threadless too, will definitely be purchasing these. x

Korg MS-20

 

I'm looking to buy a Korg MS20 at the moment. The only ones I've seen for sale on ebay have been from the U.S. and the shipping is too expensive on top of a pretty pricey synth already. I've tried adverts.ie and buyandsell but nothing as of yet. Hoping to find one in Ireland or maybe the UK that doesn't need any work done on it or very little. Please let me know if you hear of anyone thinking of selling one! Also, if anyone is selling any other vintage analog synths of similar calibre I'd be interested in having a look. Thank you! x

Ireland's Most Influential Model

Hello,

Just a quick post about the competition on Faye Dinsmore's blog to vote for Ireland's Most Influential Model. My little sister, Grace Connell has made the shortlist and I'm so proud! The prize is a trip to Paris in February, just before Fashion Week, for a private event at which the winner will be honoured. Attendees at the event will include some of the most knowledgable and influential people in the industry, so it would be such an amazing opportunity for her! Grace has been working so hard over the last few years in the industry and it'd be such a huge achievement for her. It takes two seconds to vote and you can vote once a day, please vote for Gracie here and help her get to Paris! I've included a few pictures below so you can decide for yourself. Thanks for reading! x

 

And the Winner Is...

Hello!

Sorry it's taken me a few days to post the winner, it was an unbelievably hectic weekend. Lots of Halloween shenanigans, I'm still feeling the effects even now! So anyway, I counted all the entries and used random.org to select one entry.. and the winner of all the music and lovely goodies is...

FAYE

Congratulations ... I've sent you an email looking for your address. Your prizes will be delivered to you very soon. Thanks so much to everyone that entered. I'm thinking of doing another giveaway in time for christmas, I'll keep you posted!

Hope everyone had an amazing Halloween,

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Chipophone = COOLEST THING IN THE WORLD

This is the greatest thing I've ever seen. Swedish software engineer Linus Åkesson took an old electric organ off his friend's hands and decided to reverse-engineer it, transforming it into the Chipophone. Truly amazing. I want, no I NEED one of these. Make me one Linus, pleeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeease? Check out Linus' page for a full rundown on everything he did for this project.



Linus performing the theme from 1985's ZX Spectrum game Spellbound. Gahhh..



That's all for now,



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Matt Dorfman is cool

I love the invite New York based designer/illustrator Matt Dorfman created for his wedding guests. Check out more of his work on his website. http://www.metalmother.com/

Alvin Schwartz - The Green Ribbon

I've been meaning to do a post on this story since I first started this blog, but of course I'm only getting round to it now. When I was a child I was obsessed with "The Green Ribbon". It may have had something to do with the fact that the girl in the story was called Jenny, which made it even more creepy. This short story belongs to a collection of scary stories, from the book "In a Dark, Dark Room" by Alvin Schwartz. A straightforward children's story that is still fascinatingly sinister.

The version I had was illustrated by the fantastic, Dirk Zimmer. I'm aware there were a couple of other versions of this book, but when I think of this story, I always remember how well Zimmer's illustrations portrayed the tense and gloomy mood. Each picture was simply drawn but was then painstakingingly detailed with tiny black etchings to create depth. It always disturbed me when I was younger how even when Jenny was smiling in the pictures, she always looked so sad. I suppose that happens when you harbour a terrrrrible secret..WHoOoOoOoOoOoo etc etc. Was the cat supposed to be Death, or just a creepy cat?! This tale without a doubt, spawned my life-long love for horror. Maybe some of you remember this story?

...to the beach!

I'm off to the sun for a week, I'm hoping it's gonna look and sound something like this. I can dream. I'll be back soon.

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This is possibly the best thing I ever did see

Found these over at Tada's Revolution...seriously check the site out. The captions make me giggle uncontrollably. Priceless.

PLAYING CATCH WITH BRADFORD

Bradford is unstoppable when it comes to tennis balls.

 

 A JUXTAPOSITION OF NATURE AND THE UNNNATURAL

Cortez enjoys a private moment in bliss.

NUTFIELD'S MASTER PLAN FOR WORLD DOMINATION

Step 1: Get nuts
Step 2: Take over forest
Step 3: Take over world

SPRING CLEANING AT TADA'S REVOLUTION

I knew it! That lazy Tobby is slacking off again! Where did he go?

MONTE GETS READY FOR THE COSTUME PARTY

Monte, you're attitude is a bit heavy for that tutu...

Ha! That's all for now.


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Out of The Past: Film Noir Stills

Hello!

So, I'm in love with an amazing film still from the 1940s movie "Double Indemnity". I want to live in a 1940s Film Noir please. PLEASE?? I think I may be obsessed with film noir stills now. Here are a few of my favourites from these fantastic films.

DOUBLE INDEMNITY (1944)
"It's Love and Murder at First Sight"
Starring Fred Mc Murray, Barbara Stanwyck and Edward G. Robinson

 

(this is the one..)

 

  

OUT OF THE PAST (1947)

"A MAN - Trying to run away from his past... A WOMAN - Trying to escape her future!"

Starring Robert Mitchum, Jane Greer, Kirk Douglas and Rhonda Fleming.

      

 

MALTESE FALCON (1941)

"It's thrilling . . . it's chilling . . . it's the most baffling mystery story in years !" 

Starring Humphrey Bogart, Mary Astor, Gladys George and Peter Lorre 

   

  

THE GLASS WALL (1953)

"THE 10-HOUR MANHUNT...that tore New York apart!"

Starring Vittorio Gassman, Gloria Grahame, Ann Robinson and Douglas Spencer

  

  

  

 

 THE ASPHALT JUNGLE (1950)
"The City Under the City"
Starring Sterling Hayden, Louis Calhern, Jean Hagen and James Whitmore.

  

 

SUNSET BLVD. (1950)
"A Hollywood Story"
Starring William Holde, Gloria Swanson, Erich von Stroheim and Nancy Olson

 

   

 That's all for now.

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