Flamingo Outfit

Just got back from Leeds. What a weekend. We went to our friend Toria's birthday party on Friday night and had such a good time, met loads of really lovely people and had a proper party. I was a little bit worried my flamingo outfit was a bit to much but everyone there made me feel really comfortable. We ended up spending the whole day chilling with the last of the party go-ers and travelled back to manchester today. I'm sure there'll be some more pictures of the party to come but for now, here's a few of my flamingo outfit.

Toria's new house is so beautiful it was the perfect party setting, I can't wait to me and Jay have a flat.

Banner Design Beverley Crawford

Last week Beverley asked me to design a banner for her new website after seeing my blog banner. I was incredibly flatter to be asked and quite excited. I've done a few banner designs before included the 

Violaceous Latex opening page here http://www.violaceouslatex.co.uk.

She sent me a few images of the kind of style she wanted and she said she wanted to have a pin up feel with swallows, while keeping it looking professional.

This is what I came up with for her-  

I created this banner in illustrator using swallow images and draw vector flourishes and shapes. She picked the lighter grey colourway. I'm looking forward to see this up on her site. 

Beverley did my make up for one of the shoots I did with Toria Brightside and she did an amazing job, you can check out her work here- http://www.modelmayhem.com/bevcrawfordmakeup

If you would like me to design a banner for your site or blog please email me at Amberdennett33@googlemail.com. My rates are very reasonable. I'd love some more mini creative projects like this to work on.

Some Old Designs

These are some of my designs I did in my pervious job, the top two are for New Look and the bottom two are for Red or Dead. I used to really enjoy doing this type of thing, it's a shame I don't really have the opportunity to at the moment. I've got some interesting design projects on the go at the moment though.

New Look

New Look

Red or Dead

Red or Dead

Think Pink

I'm going to a fancy dress party in a couple of weeks time and guess what I'm going as? Yup a flamingo. The theme is Noah's Arc so I'm trying to talk Jay into also coming as a flamingo as well hahahaha. I made this board because I have far too much time on my hands and I've wanted to make one for ages. I'm going to do some more theme/thought/inspiration/mood boards when I get chance because it was so satisfying doing this one. I don't usually like fancy dress because really I like to have the freedom to wear what I want especially at a party full of strangers but I suppose it's ok once in  a while. I just hope I manage to get everything together in time. I'll post some pictures of my outfit after the party.

Wakestock

I got back from Wakestock at 2.30 on Monday morning. I'm still absolutely knackered, feeling a bit bemused and slightly empty.

When we got there we hadn't brought any ID so without an 18+ wristband we had to join the under 18 queue which was about 400 people long with 3 people at the front of the queue checking every single persons bag for alcohol so we were queuing to get in from 3.00pm till 7.30pm. A total of 3 and a half hours which was still less than some! We didn't get off to a great start and me and Jay were in a pretty terrible mood by the time we got in.

The overall feel of the festival was absolutely shambolic. The festival was made up of mainly testosterone filled 16-18 year old lads who were out to pull. We heard some terrible stories, the worse that one poor girl got raped on the Saturday night. 

We had to queue again every time we wanted to use the shuttle bus, particularly frustrating on the Saturday morning when we had to queue for an hour to get to Abersoch, when we reached the front of the queue the bus that arrived was not a Wakestock shuttle bus but a public bus which charged us £2 despite the fact we had paid £5 for a shuttle bus pass which was not once checked during the weekend.

On the Friday night we saw Chase and Status which was mental, the crowd we going crazy front to back and we could actually bearly see a thing even though the sound was amazing. Other Musical highlights were Modestep, Beardyman (who was unbelievable), Sub focus, Ellie Goulding and The Cribs.

Another of my personal highlights was the crepe I had from one of the food vendors on Sunday. I'm not usually one to make a fuss about food but it was so so yummy. I couldn't decide whether to have a sweet or savoury one but I decided on smoked salmon, spinach and feta cheese, it was out of this world.

I would never return to this festival again it felt unorganised and unsafe, The only thing I would say is hats of to the security and staff who worked at the event, who had to put up with a lot of shit and did there best to sort out all the problems.

The best thing about the whole thing was the beach which really saved the weekend for us the sun shined on Saturday and Sunday and we spend two amazing days soaking up the sun, swimming in the sea and playing in the sand. The views of the sea were breath taking and I don't think I've ever appreciated the beauty of the sea so much. It was really something special watching the beach change over the day the tide coming slowly in, lapping up the sand and coming further and further towards us. We didn't want to leave at night to go back to the festival because we had such a great time in the day.

I took so many good pictures that I found it really hard to pick out the best ones, so here is quite a few!

Campsite 1st day before it became loaded with tents

In Pwllheli watching the wake boarding on the harbour

Chilling on the beach (it was still a bit cloudy on Friday)

<3

Paddling

In the tent <3

Saturday was much more sunny, Jay even went swimming in the sea

I love this picture so much, it makes me feel happy

Another good one taken by Jay

I think I look a bit wasted here ooops

Such breath taking views

Beardyman

Night time

Sub Focus

In the tent waiting for Jay on the last day

 More sea paddling!

Really liked this outfit, I even got complimented :D

Jay has gone away with his family to Bruges in Belgium for the week so now I'm feeling a little bit lost. I think I'm actually partly really looking forward to having some selfish me time, I'm going to watch black and white films, draw & paint, edit my tumblr, list on Ebay and have baths. I think I need to make myself a do to list so I don't get lazy and end up doing nothing.

Tumblr

I have just created a Tumblr page, there isn't anything on is as yet but there will be soon. I will still be using blogspot as my main blog and using Tumblr for picture posting and following my friends.

You can find me here follow me if your interested!

http://feelingvague.tumblr.com/

Forest Animals on a Surreal Saturday

Apart from this being a really fun shoot, I don't think the pictures could have come out much better. I really like the dreamlike quality that Toria has captured so well. Hopefully these images will be used as part of an editorial.

Photography by Toria Brightside, Models Sapphire Black (me) and Biomechanina, Latex by Eustratia.

You can read more about the shoot here http://feelingvague.blogspot.com/2011/06/surreal-saturday.html

Eustratia.bigcartel.com

www.etsy.com/shop/Eustratia

Abersoch Part 2- The Party

Some more pictures from my very sunny weekend in Abersoch for my Aunts 60th birthday. The top pictures were taken by the photographer and the bottom ones were taken by me. Next time I need to spend more time on the beach, I only managed to squeeze in a 10 minute paddling window. The restaurant we ate in was so nice, I was a little bit worried the food would be a bit beyond me but it was actually gorgeous, I had Brill and Scallops. I had such a lovely weekend I'm so glad that I have such a nice family I feel very very lucky. We all have our ups and downs but at the end of the day we were more than happy to be in each others company this weekend.

This me with my three sisters, I love this picture so much I need one for my wall <3

My Mum, Dad, three sisters and I

This is my whole family or at least a large part of it. Cousin, Aunt, Uncle, Nana, Granddad, Mum, Dad and three Sisters.

Sophie & Charlotte

Gaby, Sophie, Alex, Charlotte and I

Me and my Mum

Me in the very posh toilets

Setting off chinese sky lanterns

Off into the night across the sea

Can't wait to go back to Abersoch next weekend. I'm so excited about going to another festival. Some of my favourite bands are playing. I'm particularly excited about seeing Nero, Chase & Status, Sub Focus and Modestep. I just hope it doesn't rain. Packing commences tonight.