Friday, 23 August 2013

Vintage Rose Curios and Gifts

Howdy!!!

My Mum's friend opened one of the most beautiful antiquetype stores I have ever seen!! The idea actually came because she is a hoarder and wanted to do something useful with all her old stuff, making sure it gets sent to a good home. So after months of sorting through her old stuff and weeks of renovating an old tattoo store, Vintage Rose Curios and Gifts was born!! It sells ornaments, clothes, soaps, handbags, cutlery. I can probably honestly say, you name it, she's got it!! Following are some photos of the place. :)


                  A display of some ceramic (may be the incorrect word) animals


                              The front half of the store


                        And, the back half of the store!


Some beautiful rose shaped door handles


 Some of the patterns and material of the quirky clothes that are sold!


Thanks for reading!! -Shannon xx

Sunday, 18 August 2013

Appreciating the little things!!

Howdy!! <3

So this blog post is going to be about the little things in life that make us smile. :) (This quote seems relevant):

I find myself getting so upset over things like the thousand cracks on my iPhone screen or packing a sad over having to clear the dishwasher like, once a week. I mean I am lucky I even have a iPhone!!!!! Things like a random compliment or finding that you have a free drink of your Starbucks card are little things to appreciate!! Also, this week New Zealand has been shaken by a couple of heavy earthquakes, while they don't scare me it still made me think about the fact that myself and everyone around me was okay and that other people around the country can't say the same! Makes me want to live in the moment more, do what makes me happy! YOLO right!!!



This quote came to mind while I wrote this post. Not mine, I got it off Google images~

The main reason I am writing this post was one of the moments last week where I appreciated the little things. Maia, a girl in my friends group had bought herself some water paint that morning before school and at lunch time me, her and a few other decided to just do some painting!! Spontaneous yet soothing. Everyone has been a little stressed because we all have practise exams soon so this little art session was a nice way to ease into the dreaded last period of the day!





So, my challenge for you this week is to be positive!! Sounds easy, but for some people it just really isn't!

Thank you for reading,
Shannon xxx

Monday, 12 August 2013

Wreck This Journal update!

HowdyYyYyY~

Today's blogpost will a progress update on my Wreck This Journal, just some of my favourite pages!!!!! I haven't done a lot in it but yolo hahah<3

Hopefully after my school mock exams are done I will take a day trip somewhere interesting and make a cool post about it, but until then here is my WTJ!! <3

 Front cover!! A mock of like a twelve year old's diary hahaha.
 Instructions page!!
 Stand here (wipe your feet, jump up and down.)
 One of the couple pages I am slowly filling up with things that I find on my daily travels!
 Lyrics to one of my songs, Nosey!!
When I feel down I read all the nice things people have written to me. :')


Thanks for reading, I hope that if you're reading this you're feeling good today because you look lovely xxx

(I stole this idea from my best friend, Danielle!! http://danidarling16.blogspot.co.nz/).

Sunday, 4 August 2013

OOTD: Geography field trip!

Howdy y'all. <3

Long time no blog!!!!!!!!!! I couldn't log into my account for some weird reason but I have it back now and I have many ideas planned so yay!
So, my fashion sense is changing fast as I am trying to find my style but the other day I pulled together an outfit that I was really proud of so I thought I would document it!!
My Geography class went into town for the day to look around so I will add some photos from the day too because it was so fun!! :)))





Head band (not really shown) : Diva
Polka dot dress : Pagani
Bart Simpson sweater : Valley Girl
Doc Martens : Hunters and Collectors
Lizard bag : Amazon - surf/skate/denim

Cool cool!!! I hope you liked this post hehe down below I will post some photos from my day!! :)

Stay beautiful, Shannon xxx




This is my best friend, Danielle. Check her blog out!!! http://danidarling16.blogspot.co.nz/