So this is happening…
This carry-on experiment is either going to be the best thing I’ve ever done and will convince me to halve my possessions when I get home (which will be timely as I’m moving back to the big smoke in September), or it’s going to be a very frustrating 3.5 weeks.
I’m taking:
5 dresses
1 pair of jeans (wearing on plane)
4 T-shirts
1 shirt
1 pair yoga pants
1 pair linen pants
1 wrap skirt (10 years old and still going strong)
1 long cotton cardigan
9 pairs of knickers
3 bras
3 pairs of socks
1 nightshirt (for when staying with friends, otherwise wouldn’t bother)
1 shoulder bag
1 scarf
1 pair trainers (wearing on plane)
1 pair flip flops
LOTS of jewellery
1 washbag filled with a million tiny (and useless, let’s be honest) travel-sized beauty products
1 travel hair brush (surprisingly effective)
1 electric toothbrush
1 Moleskine (soft cover) + pens
1 rubber stamp + 3 ink pads
A zillion recharging cords (so annoying)
1 Kindle (i take it all back!)
1 iPod
1 iPhone
1 SX-70 Polaroid camera (+ 15 packs of film
1 laptop
1 copy of my book, which i will give away in the first week as it’s just too heavy to cart around
1 small make-up bag filled with make-up
Several raw fruit energy bars + a bag of brazil nuts
10 earl grey rooibos teabags
1 jar of multi vitamins
1 bundle of nerves
15 handfuls of excitement
Only a few tickets left for Vancouver | Toronto | New York City
See you on the other side! x
Something for the weekend
So this is the 51st Something for the weekend! Little did i know when I posted the first that this would turn into a weekly thing. Not bored of it yet, though SFTW will now be on hold until I get back from the tour — if you want to look back through all the posts they are listed under ‘inspiration‘ in the categories list in the sidebar —>
Loving the new Moleskine postal notebooks
Green cheesy mish mash soup | cinnamon vanilla sunflower butter | the mojito smoothie
[video] Beirut’s video for The Rip Tide is amazing
The best wedding invitation ever. Fact.
50 ways to open your world to new possibilities
[video] Was actually quite interested to hear Jamie Oliver’s thoughts on Instagram
50 inspirational quotes to power up your inner bassass
RIP Nora Ephron – ‘baby fish mouth’ will always be my favourite line from a film
The camera garden of Andre Feliciano
Vancouver is nearly full! Details about the NYC and Toronto events coming next week
And finally, this is without doubt the most entertaining video I have seen all year. I recommend you watch it full screen, ladies. You’re welcome.
Photo Meditations: the self-study course!
Very excited to share this with you today — the Photo Meditations self-study course! I’ve been wanting to do this for ages as I know how frustrating it is to have to wait for registration days when you want to start a course NOW. With a self-study course you can sign up any time and dive straight into the magic of soulful photography from the comfort of your own inbox :)
The course is broken down into five key sessions (with 5 lessons per session) emailed to you one after the other — the self-study course runs for 27 consecutive days in total, starting the same day you sign up. Each session comprises two in-depth lessons, a narrated slideshow of 20-40 minutes (past students raved about these), a photography secret and an interview with a photographer I admire. Woven through the lessons are lots of suggestions for you to try and ideas for you to experiment with. Plus tons of visual inspiration, of course!
When I get back from the tour the plan is to start working on a brand new course to launch in the autumn (if you follow me on Facebook you already know what it’s going to be about :) so to do that I need to create some space. The communinty that forms in Unravelling and Blogging from the Heart is crucial to those courses, but I feel Photo Meditations is a really personal journey into your own photographic creativity, so I know it’s going to be perfect as a self-study course. Each day I take you deep into the processes of creating images that carry your heart, that express YOU through every element of the shot. It’s about photography but, really, it’s about so much more than that.
If you’re ready to infuse more soul into your photography and are hungry for a creative project this summer, Photo Meditations could be just the ticket — read all the deets over here.
ps. Lots of people have been asking me if I’m going to do an August Break this year, and the answer is a very definite YES! Last year’s was so much fun, plus I think we should have an Instagram twist too… Watch this space… x
pps. The Vancouver book event is now live!