Valentina de Pertis
Valentina’s blog is a mixture of outfit posts, hair tips, yummy looking recipes, and puppies! She’s on Pinterest, too.

d is for dangerous
Rebecca was in the Korean edition of Elle Girl this month, she’s selling her gorgeous nail designs, and she can do a mean halo braid.

Lauren Woodward
I am jealous of Lauren’s wardrobe. Especially her Prada stole.

Trudes
Technically, this is a Tumblr and not a blog, but it’s a massively inspiring collection, and therefore it makes the cut

What Now?
Katie’s only 17. Not fair.

A Harem of Peacocks
Vintage style, trips to zoology museums, and lots of inspiration posts.

That Kate
I want to go to Ditchling. It looks cute.

Rococo Vintage
Just look at it!! *swoon*

Enjoy!! If you have any recommendations, I’d love to hear them! Pop a link in the comments, or via twitter xx

If you chose ‘Something Else‘ give me a shout in the comments and let me know what it is!!
Thanks for voting!! xx

The Edge of Love

The Edge of Love

The Edge of Love

How was your Valentine’s?? xx

I finally had my hair cut this week, and I’ve got feathers in my hair!! I’ve got bright red ones, and they just flash through, and I love them. I might post some photos up if anyone’s interested? I’m going to curl my hair later and see how they look. Now that I’ve had all the dead bits cut off, it looks (and feels) so much better. I really ought to get it cut slightly more often than I do. I’m thinking of cutting off some more, and really getting it nice and healthy so it can grow better. I think I have to come to terms with the fact that if I’m going to have long hair, it’s going to be flat because it’s heavy and naturally straight. Dammit. I love Cher Lloyd’s hair in the video for Want U Back, what do you think? (And, even though I’m a little bit ashamed, I actually quite like this song!!)

10 years of Vogue and Angelina Jolie.

Marilyn

The Bright Young Twins have opened asks on their Tumblr

Speaking of tumblrs, I love Yours Truly x, and the blog!

A Little Imagination and a Pile of Junk has some gorgeous journal pages. Tiny bit jealous.

I’m going to make one of these paper bag skirts with C&C’s tutorial. And look at these bloomers!! Cute

I love this photograph of Marilyn Monroe. Absolutely stunning. We Heart Vintage has some beautiful vintage photos, from the 20′s to the 70s, and youtube hair and makeup tutorials and all sorts.  Definitely one to check out!

I’m looking for some new blogs to read, so if you have one, or if you know some good ones, send them my way!!

I honestly cannot recommend this highly enough.  If you haven’t seen it yet, get down to a cinema quick!  From what I can work out (and the fact that only one of the four closest cinemas to me was showing it), it’s a limited release film, so you might have to go a bit further afield to find a showing.  It’s nominated for loads of awards, and rightly so, because it’s the best film I have seen for ages.

Here’s the trailer, but don’t take my word for it, go and see it yourself!!

Firstly, my gorgeous little sister plastered how much she loves me all over her blog. She’s such a sweetie, and if you don’t read her blog already, you should. She’s a much more regular blogger than I am!! Also, I love that my Mummy has made a Pinterest board of things she think I’d like. Aww

Victoria’s latest eBay finds post is up. I love these posts, her Tumblr is full of finds. If you’re after a designer-style anything, this is your girl!

I love Morven’s hair in this post. Might have to give this a try

I’ve been getting right back into journalling recently, which I’m really glad of. I miss it when I don’t keep up with it, and then it ends up just making me sad that I’ve missed so much. I might put a couple of my pages up soon, but I’m still debating!

Not that I need a new pair yet, but I have fallen a little bit in love with these Karen Millen glasses. I love the ones I have, but they’re black frames, and unless I have a full face of makeup on, I look a bit ghosty with them on!! Opinions?

Finally, my vintage birthday dress came this week, and it’s beautiful!! Here’s a sneak peek…

xx

Photoplay

Yay for Scandals of Classic Hollywood! Here’s the latest offering, The Unspoken Tragedy of Natalie Wood. I love this series, and I’ve linked other ones before, but it’s definitely worth reading back through the archives if you have a chance (be careful though, I’ve lost hours to Classic Hollywood Scandals!)

Things you need in order to stay happy. Very true, especially about Tuesdays.

Here’s Agatha Christie and her surfboard, in 1922. Apparently, Agatha Christie mastered “stand-up surfing, becoming one of the earliest Britons known to do so.” Haha, go Aggie!!

How to travel like a gentlewoman. I want to go to Barcelona, after watching Vicky Cristina Barcelona. I also want to wake up and look like Penelope Cruz, but that’s a different matter. At least the former is achievable!!

Damien Hirst is having an exhibition at the Tate Modern, from April. Definitely one I plan on visiting. (I’m contemplating Christian Louboutin’s exhibition at the Design Museum too…)

How to be a Crazy Awesome Bitch like Angelina Jolie. Team Jolie forever, over here. Yep yep.

Oh My God. I need to go to this. Someone come with me?

Righty, that’s almost it for this week, just these couple of videos xx

We stayed at Durty Nelly’s on the Warmoesstraat, which had loads of hot water, and very comfy beds!! It was about a five minute walk in one direction to Amsterdam Centraal Station, and five minutes the other way to Dam Square.  I learnt that the difference between Holland and The Netherlands is that Holland isn’t actually even a country (North and South Holland are provinces in The Netherlands), when I thought that it was just different names for the same place.

iamsterdam

The Anne Frank House was definitely worth the early morning to beat the queues, but it was so sad. The rooms were stripped by the SS after the families were arrested, and they’ve been left empty, as they were. The annexe was so tiny, you can’t imagine how eight people lived so crammed into 75 square metres for so long. It was a bit eerie to see the pencil marks on the wall showing how tall Anne and her sister Margot were, and Anne’s posters still glued to her bedroom wall. Anne died of typhus in the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp a month before it was liberated. It’s so sad that she survived for so long, hidden in the annexe for more than two years, then sent to forced labour at Auschwitz and Bergen-Belsen, and that she died days after her sister, believing that everyone she knew, everyone she cared about, was dead and she was the last one. She would have been free a month later. There are some pictures of the house on the Anne Frank House Flickr, here.

We visited the Van Gogh Museum too, and decided that Van Gogh should have stuck to landscapes and flowers, because people (other than himself) were really not his strong point. He decided, as an unemployed 26-year old, to become an artist, with no background in drawing or painting. When I finish uni, I might do that. “Today, I’m going to be an artist.” Haha.

Hill Street Blues

We took pictures at the iamsterdam sign, and went to the Hard Rock Cafe for an enormous lunch and cocktails. We walked around De Wallen, the red light district, and tried not to stare at the women in the windows too much. We went to the Erotic Museum (which wasn’t as good as the one in Paris), and we got stuck to our mattresses. We made it up the crazy Dutch staircases. We went shopping at the Nine Streets, had mulled wine at the “Winterland”, and drank a LOT of iced tea. Totally converted.

We had such a good time, and now the next thing to do is to choose where to venture off to next!! xx

#Amsterdam was amazing. Where to next? #Copenhagen? #Bruges? Any suggestions?—
Terri-Jane (@terrijane) January 06, 2012

Amsterdam

Ridiculous excited for Amsterdam!! Not long now @terrijane —
Rachel McGrath (@RachelMcGrath) December 28, 2011

Amsterdam basics: how to get the most out of your visit ow.ly/8cQba—
Lonely Planet (@lonelyplanet) December 30, 2011

Picture perfect Amsterdam.

(Thanks to fan Pavel B for sharing this stunning image!) fb.me/1eZu1ERBz—
I amsterdam (@Iamsterdam) December 27, 2011

See you soon!! xx

Today has been a lovely start to 2012; a nice lie-in and then Johno & I ventured into town to see what was open and to have some lunch. After a horribly expensive cab fare home because of the pouring rain, we’re now cosied up with the heating and the Christmas lights on, and we’re going to have a nice evening of film watching. Tomorrow, I have to pack for Amsterdam (and attmept to find my umbrella…), and then I’m off!! I’m so excited now!! Anyway, here’s a little mini-roundup for you to have a browse of

» On a New Years’ note, here are Safiya’s favourite things from 2011, Elsie’s year in review, and Gemma’s things to remember in 2012.
» The top 5 regrets of the dying. Sounds morbid, but this is a really interesting article!!
» This is an awesome journal layout tutorial. Organisation at it’s finest!!
» Ted Hughes’ jaguar sculpture is to be sold.
» How to look like Clara Bow.
» This customised filofax is amazing. Love love love.
» I’m so excited about seeing Florence & The Machine in March – Here she is talking to Stylist.

.@DanSmythPhoto found a beached sperm whale today (as you do). Caution: the photo is amazing but a tad grim. flickr.com/photos/flashpi…—
Molly (@MollyDenmark) December 27, 2011

I love that Christmas for me and @terrijane means owls and leopard print.—
Rachel McGrath (@RachelMcGrath) December 22, 2011

That’s all for now!! xx