surprise package.

today i received some post which i had completely forgotten i was getting. it was some very amazing jewellery from http://www.thelovelyteaspoon.com/ - a website i recently discovered through etsy.com which is quickly becoming one of my favourite things ever.

anyway, inbetween maths revision & a bit of reading, i felt oddly inspired to take some photos. something i normally tend not to do.

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this is the lovely sewing machine necklace i bought. i think it's absolutely beautiful, it looks quite vintage-y in my opinion. it's really cute but strangely heavier than i thought it would be.

i bought this blackboard necklace too because i thought it was such a sweet idea. (it's also kind of inspired me in my jewellery making exploits, but more of that at some other time.)

i was listening to one of my favourite beatles songs when i opened the package, so that explains the all you need is love message i wrote on it.

the people at the lovely teaspoon are clearly lovely by nature too as they sent me these ridiculously cute hairslides as a free gift. purple is also one of my favouritest colours, so they may be slightly psychic too.


inbetween photo-taking and the horrendousness that is maths revision, i did a bit of reading.
sebastian faulks - birdsong to be precise. so far, i think it's a pretty good book - although it looks like it may be gearing up for a sad ending.
oh, and to add to the list of jewellery there's my CND ring. it's actually a kid's ring which i think i must've had since i was about 5 or 6 and only recently rediscovered. i really love the colours of it.

i'm not generally in the habit of taking pictures of myself, but i kind of liked my outfit today.

this is the famous jimi hendrix tshirt i posted about before, it seems to be shaping up to be my favourite item of clothing.
and that really is saying something.
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the outfit:
jimi hendrix tshirt - ebay. 99p, the cheapest piece of clothing i have ever bought. believe it or not, the postage was actually more expensive.
cardigan - h&m. i bought this for work experience last year and can't remember the price of it, although i'm fairly sure it wasn't much.
skirt - primark. i hardly ever wear this skirt, it's got some evil buckles on it which are constantly snagging on things.
tights - marks & spencer. these were the mother's i do believe, but i think i somehow claimed ownership of them.


(in the background is my abbey road album cover poster)

imagine whirled peace.

i love ice cream & i love john lennon, and this is why what follows is the best thing i have heard all day (despite the fact its actually news from almost exactly a year ago);

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May 27, 2008
Ben & Jerry's (and John & Yoko) launch new flavor

With thanks to the Lennon Estate, the introduction of the new Ben & Jerry's ice cream flavor "Imagine Whirled Peace'' will be debuted with a NYC re-enactment of the "Peace Bed-Ins'' staged by John Lennon and Yoko Ono in 1969. Who says eating ice cream in bed can't bring about world peace?

[if it did, the world would be a much lovelier place]

The new flavor is a caramel and sweet cream whirl of chocolate-covered peace signs and toffee pieces.

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now, how lovely does that sound?

the end of compulsory education.

it was the last day of year 11 today!

also known as my last ever ever day of compulsory education. i never have to go to school ever again if i don't want to! oh, what a liberating thought.

:)

i will go back for 6th form though. provided i get the grades.

the whole suit thing might be a problem though, i highly doubt i'll look good in any form of smart attire.

colour options are, and i am not kidding; black, brown, navy blue or dark grey.

it doesn't really bear thinking about.

i'm hoping i can jazz it up a tad with a bit of charlotte charm (or total and utter disregard for the rules).

i'm going to do art for god's sake, how on earth can i be inspiring in BROWN?!

or a suit?!

quite frankly, it's just ridiculous.

a bit more uplifting perhaps?

hmmm, it seems to me that last post was a bit on the depressing side.

well, i do hope to change the atmosphere a bit.

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after my loooovely purchase of a rather fabulous jimi hendrix tshirt (as you can probably tell, i'm a bit in love with it) 2 weeks ago, i've decided i need to buy a few more musicy related tshirts.

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first on the list is obviously a bob dylan tshirt, something a bit along the lines of this i'm thinking: http://lookbook.nu/look/18033-Bob-Dylan-Veneration

i saw one a bit like it on ebay the other day but it was only in a man's large. i guess i could wear it as a dress, but without a belt it would look a bit strange i think.

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i would also quite like a rolling stones tshirt, but everyone has them so it could look a bit ordinary.

and i do so hate to look ordinary.

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i'd also loooooooooooooooooooove a coldplay tshirt, maybe with chris martin on. but the only ones i can find are pretty boring so i may have to customise it myself.