Daydream Nation

Hey all!

I first started using my DSLR camera in 2012 to take generic tourist-type pictures and the occasional outfit of the day shoot, and I've only just recently started to use my camera to capture more ephemeral moments. Don't get me wrong, I love shooting my OOTD posts but they don't have any intense emotion behind it. The pictures above were all taken yesterday after we went and saw the VIVID Light Festival in the city. We caught trains to and from our destination points, and even though I'm a CityRail regular, I found the train journeys quite soothing, and incredibly pretty. We ended up roaming around a small and eerily quiet suburb looking for a place to eat dinner (it was around 10pm), and then at around 10:45pm, it was decided upon that dessert was a good idea, so we ate a mountain of mango crushed coconut ice (I have no idea what it was called but those were the ingredients) even though it was around 10 degrees Celsius out (it was quite snug at our corner table though).

I tried to capture emotions and simple, delicate moments, and I'm content with how it turned out to be.

x Jenny

Run Into the Ocean Instead X Rokali Designs

NECKLACE - ROKALI DESIGNS, SHIRT - THRIFTED, OVERALLS - JAY JAYS

Heya everybody!

I'm collaborating with Rokali Designs for this fun and quick post. Rokali Designs are an Australian label hand-making and selling jewelry. Self proclaimed lovers of colour and chasers of fun (which I can 100% agree upon), they incorporate a variety of textures into their jewelry- pom poms and painted geometric wooden beads being some of them. 

My necklace is a little hand painted wonder that I love wearing about. It's lightweight and incredibly aesthetically appealing with it's pastel palette. 

You can check out their stock at hey-stella.com 

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Coming soon will be a post about what happened on the day of my friend and I's combined birthday party (pssst! includes: 3 hour jam sesh, green tea icecream, meeting one of my favourite bands). Unfortunately the post will be lacking in pictures as I am usually the photographer in my group of friends and I decided not to bring a camera.

x Jenny

I Want To Believe X Pixie Tree

Hi everyone!

For this post, I was able to collaborate with the lovely girls at Pixie Tree! I'm wearing their limited edition 'I Want To Believe' bronze alien choker (which you can also get as a necklace). The chokers come on an adjustable chord to suit your neck size and how short/long you want the choker to be. The chokers are 30cm long rubber cords (with an adjutable chain), and the necklaces are 45cm long wax cords.
You can check out their full collection on their website - pixietree.bigcartel.com. If you have Instagram, I encourage you to follow them on their Instagram so you can keep up with their updates (new stock, sales, limited editions, etc.)

Soooo, I turned 16 around a week ago! I had honestly lost next to all the excitement I used to feel as a kid, about birthdays, but this year it was different. I was definitely pumped for my birthday! Although I haven't ~officially celebrated with my friends yet (I'm having a joint party with one of my best friends next week aahh!!!), I had a small celebration with my family. (They didn't really get me a present this year but oddly enough, they let me buy 3 pots of cacti in the space of two days??) I'm definitely looking forward to living up to the big 1-6 (I admit- Hollywood's depiction of the ultimate 16 year old sweetheart does have a little bit of an influence over me, but I guess this is a good thing in my case).

x Jenny

P.S Hey pals from school! You may  have noticed a little something in these photos. I was pretty skeptical about wearing it at first, but trust me; if you have one, wear it out. It actually looks pretty cute!

Numinous

numinous:

(adj)

an experience that makes you feel fearful yet fascinated, awed yet attracted- the powerful personal feeling of being overwhelmed and inspired

"Be careful, you are not in Wonderland. I've heard the strange madness long growing in your soul. But you are fortunate in your ignorance, in your isolation. You who have suffered, find where love hides. Give, share, lose - lest we die unbloomed."

Miss Sugar Pink Liquor, Liquor Lips

PLAYSUIT - ARK AND ARROW, LIPSTICK - CALVIN KLEIN, SHOES - WILDFIRE

Heya everyone!

Okay so first of all, I'm expressing my big love to Ark and Arrow for sending me this jumpsuit to show off to all of my followers and friends. Whenever I put it on, I'm instantly transformed into a night sky//a disco dancing badass babe. This sparkly outfit is a definite must-have for parties past midnight. Ark and Arrow stocks so many pretty dresses for both casual wear and party wear and I'm head-over-heels in love with all of them. They're also so cheap for such incredible quality! Because this playsuit is 80% sequins, I was expecting scratchiness, but it was surprisingly comfortable, and is only $39.50 online!! 

Quick change of topic~ Something that has been irking me a lot recently is the fact that so many young girls think they need a check of approval from teenage boys in order to feel confident and secure about themselves, and I think that a lot of people who encourage this are unaware that they are doing it. (I'm going to go with generic straight boy/straight girl examples here because from what I've seen, this little rant is not as relevant to gender/sexual minorities) Subtle comments such as 'She's so pretty- I bet all the boys think she's hot' and 'Ugh I feel so shit today. The checkout boy didn't even look at me' imply that girls shouldn't feel great about herself until a boy indicates that he is romantically/sexually interested in her. I used to put my confidence in the hands of boys as well, and I was always so insecure about my body and it felt sooo shitty. I don't really know what happened between then and now- I guess I just grew up and realised that boys' opinions don't matter at all (zilch. zero. absolutely nothing) when it comes to your body and your decisions.

x Jenny

Diaphanous X For Earth By Earth

diaphanous (adj)

dʌɪˈaf(ə)nəs/

(especially of fabric) light, delicate, and translucent.

Rainbow pendant from For Earth By Earth

Hello!

My huge love for mixing pink tones with cold blues doesn't look like it's going away any time soon! My wardrobe recently has started to resemble Andie's wardrobe in Pretty In Pink. As you can probably see, I've been trying out different styles of editing, and this one so far is one of my favourites. The contrast of qualities really does this photoset justice. I don't think I'd love this photoset half as much if it was just in HD quality!

I hope everyone's holidays are going swell! I've been super productive over the last three weeks and I hope I stay this motivated for at least the next two years! Thinking about how close Year 12 and graduating high school is, really overwhelms me and does my head in :(

I've just received another package in the mail from another cool brand that I'm promoting, so stay tuned because it's highly likely that I'll be posting again before school starts!

x Jenny

Dreamers Who've Stopped Dreaming

Hello!

I've decided to start playing around with my editing, and these are the results of about a day and half's worth of exhausting editing. Basically, I was testing out the new tripod I got for Christmas and I ended up with a bunch of photos of me in a dress (PJ's) that my mum got me in 5th grade. The photos turned out looking alright. They were too plain for me to just post and they were themeless, so I decided to try my hand at multi-media designing. The photos are actually in order of which I like best (the bottom one is kinda shitty imo because I was starting to lose inspiration). Feedback would be greatly appreciated!!

Sorry to self-promote, but I've just opened a little shop on Instagram called Luna Boutique, where I'll be selling little handmade things such as badges/pins, zines, stickers, etc. and it'd be mega-cool if you could check it out or maybe spread the word around a bit!! 

Hope everyone's having a good holiday, or if you're on the other side of the world, I hope you've had a good first few days back at school! 

x Jenny