Moonrise Kingdom

Confused by the release date earlier this year I thought I would be able to watch Moonrise Kingdom on my birthday.
If you have been in a cave hibernating Moonrise Kingdom tells the story of two 12-year-olds who fall in love, make a secret pact, and run away together into the wilderness. Thankfully my long wait shall be over on the 30th of August thank goodnesses for Cinema Nova.

Lovely Moonrise Kingdom related things I have found while waiting include
Posters
Website
Fake Books
an Animation
and of course Trailer

Feeling Delightful

This is one of the first times I have actually seen on of my sewing creations being worn and I have to say it is one of the best feelings ever.

A big thank-you to the lovely parents of the super outrageously cute June Bug for letting me share these pics.

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland 1922

These colour plates are from my copy of Hodder & Stoughton's 1922 Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll. The lovely illustrations are by the mysterious Gwynedd M. Hudson (b.1909-1935). The only information I can find on Gwynedd is that she studied at Brighton School of Art. She was a figure painter, illustrator, and poster artist. She exhibited at the Royal Academy of the Arts, London around 1912. She designed posters for the Underground Group (London's underground railway)1926-1929. She is best known for both her editions of J. M Barrie's Peter Pan and Wendy and Carroll's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. Her depiction of Alice is widely regarded. She illustrated perhaps a half dozen or so other books, mostly for poetry and religious, published for Hodder in delicate Art Nouveau watercolours. Having died so young, unfortunately I imagine her story is lost. I feel so haunted by these sorts of mysteries; it is the perfect day for it lazy, chilly, windy, and rainy.

An ad that deserves being looked at over and over

 

Why don't we see great advertising like this any more?

Personally I blame market research

Two great articles related articles to read HERE and HERE

and this one from ages ago that I really liked HERE

and if you feel like knowing a little bit more about girls and 

being a girl you might like the blog and pod cast

Stuff mom never told you

and the super blog

Got a Girl Crush

and the sassy online teen mag

Rookie