Expressing Love Old School Style

This morning I woke up to a delightful surprise; a postcard in the mail from my boyfriend. How my heart leapt with joy and excitment as I opened this large envelope in my hands and revealed a cute little postcard which had the famous photo, "Lunch atop a Skyscraper", on it. Hand written in pencil were the words of a man's heart filled with love for me. What a wonderful way to start off the day. I do love receiving things in the post especially from my favourite person in the world. We are making the most of our long distance relationship by expressing love old school style.

Cape Town Through Film

                    

                   

                  

                  

                    

                    

Molly Gran

Today I had tea with my lovely granny, Molly Hayward. She is one of the most incredible women I know. Her wit and sense of humour matched with her intelligence and ability to concentrate make it hard to believe she is in her 80's. I took some photos of her while we enjoyed eachothers company and made them into a collage which is below.

Pretty Illustration

Juice, tea and coffee.
I recently came across a beautiful blog - http://happinessisat.blogspot.com where I discovered a stunning illustration of juice, tea and coffee. It inspired me to try copy it and create my own version. So below is the illustration I found, followed by my attempt at creating it.

I used Adobe Illustrator CS6.

{ 1st of March }

Yay yay yay! It's the 1st of March today!
Why I am so excited about this is because today is a very special day. Today marks one year since I hopped onto a plane to Cape Town where I met some of the most incredible human beings ever. Since then I have visited another 5 times and am very much inlove with one handsome man who lives there (Tyler Stewart Lynn). Today also marks three weeks until I hop onto a plane and venture off back to Cape Town to see my lovely friends and incredible boyfriend. While I was in Cape Town last year March I went to the Design Indaba which made my creative heart explode and have a heart attack. I am so bummed I am missing it this year, if I could hop on a plane right now I would!

Today I also presented my first project for second year which went very well and I am feeling very much inspired so I dabbled in some creative programmes and edited some photos with cool typography overlays which you can find below. Have a lovely day and be happy!

I heart market

Today I hit the I Heart Market for the first time this year. It wasn't as busy as usual because the weather was rather drizzly. But it was still a treat as always. There is a new stall called "Deer deer Tea Hunters". At the moment they are selling iced tea but in Winter they will sell hot tea. I had the sweet cranberry flavoured tea which had a hint of apple and cinnamon and it was delicious. Olivia had the blood orange flavour which apparently tasted good too but had a more bitter flavour. We saw our friends Simone and Mia and they posed for a picture with me as you can see below.

Awaken Youth Jols with Jesus

I don't know about you but I love joy, I'd much rather experiance joy then sadness. And what's so amazing is that God is full of joy. This means that we have joy pouring out of us as the fullness of God(the Holy Spirit) lives inside of us. My youth has caught onto this and we have been having some insanely joyful times together, tonight especially. We really are young, wild and free!

Freedom Cafe

The top left photo beneath is of my new book, "White Truffles in Winter" by N.M. Kelby which was recommended in the February 2013 issue of the Idea's Magazine. It's a novel about a French chef and his love relationships. The cappuchino and sausage dog shaped biscuit are from Freedom Cafe in St Mary's Avenue(off Stanford Hill Road) in Durban. The sausage dog is an iconic figure of Freedom Cafe and is reflected in their baking and furniture. There are long black sausage dog shaped benches at the entrance of the cafe which is actually a large crate converted into a cafe. In the bottom left photo you can see myself and Olivia sitting in the main room of Freedom Cafe. There are cool hairstyles stuck on the mirrored wall which add to the fun and creative atmosphere of the cafe.

Vintage coin and button necklaces

I love dabbling in creative sorts. So I thought I'd share my most recent craft. I got the initial inspiration to make this when I was in Cape Town exploring Kloof Street. I discovered a shop called "The Fringe Arts" which had a necklace with a 1 cent coin and a button on it. I kept this idea in my mind and eventually this last week I made my own necklaces like these. I stuck old foreign coins onto the back of different coloured buttons and added them onto string to make necklaces. They look super pretty and vintage. 

Valentine's Day

So I'm not the biggest fan of Valentine's Day but I must say when you have a boyfriend it's rather fun. I didn't expect anything from him as he lives in Cape Town and I'm in Durban. But little did I know, later that evening one of my friends presented to me a beautiful bouquet of flowers saying that my boyfriend had asked her to give them to me. Now that is impressive. Brownie points for my man!

Take me to the Ocean

Take me to the Ocean

I absolutely love the beach; the sea, the sand, the waves, the wind, the sun...

I found this poem in the March Edition of Salt Water Girl Magazine and thought I'd share it with you.

Peace by Amey Meyer

Sometimes when the drama

Gets a bit too much

And the world won't take a break

From its ever-present rush

There are too many voices

Inside my head and out

All desperate to be heard

That's why they scream and shout

I take a step away from the crowd

But their voices carry through the wind

Jumbled, chaos, loud.

Run, run, faster and faster

Away from all man-made disaster

To a quiet, peaceful beach

I let my hair flow wild

And as my toes dig in the sand

I find just like a child

I dive headfirst into the sea

The cold gives me release

And as I stare into its turquoise glimmer

I am overcome with peace

January where have you gone?

January where have you gone?

As much as it's frightening when I realize January is just about over, it's super exciting that this year is moving with a kick in it's bum. February promises the start of my second year of studies at Vega as well as possibly finally picking up my drivers license card and it's one step closer to my next trip to Cape Town. I also like February because it's a short month (28 days this year) and it's the month of luuuuurve (Valentines Day) So here's to the last two days of January and the 11 months left of 2013. Lets change the world!