The day before

I've mapped out the route from first pickup to last and am just about to jump in the car & head out to collect all the fashion for tomorrow's shoot. Of course there will be some sort of last minute hiccups, but I do like having an organised day to tackle! This evening my home will once again resemble a gorgeous boutique full of loveliness, ahhhh :)

image courtesy of Yours Truly

The day before

I got me a Tumblr

I'm giving tumblr a go.
No idea if it will mean this blog goes by the wayside but there seems to be a chance that will be the case. I've certainly posted more over there lately.
http://airdrie.tumblr.com/ if anyone's looking for me

Bon Voyage

Limited Edition

by Jacqueline Osborn

I got me a Tumblr

Latest photoshoot "give me a ring"

I styled and shot this series the other day.

This is my fave shot of the day.

MUA: Tiffany Love
Model: Racquel Ferraro
Photographer/stylist: me

Latest photoshoot "give me a ring"

Fundraising for St Jude's Tanzania

I've been in rural NSW for the past two weeks, fundraising for the School of St Jude in Tanzania. This amazing school provides a free education to the very poorest children in their part of the world. The dynamo who runs this school, Gemma Sisia, is an incredible woman and a true inspiration to me and to many others too I'm sure. So far with this fundraiser we've managed to buy the school some of the much-needed items listed in their 2011 Fundraising Appeal - some land for the students' sports field, some secondary science equipment, and some sports field fencing (to keep the cows and goats out!).

 I would like to thank all the lovely ladies & gentlemen of the Ben Lomond area and the Barraba area, for getting involved in our events and shopping up a storm for this worthy cause. I'd also like to thank the wonderful designers who provided their beautiful items to this fundraiser, and note that we do still have just a handful of truly magnificent pieces left if anyone would like to make a last minute purchase before I return the unsold items to their designers at the end of this week. All the fundraising efforts that come in this week will continue to go to St Jude's 2011 Appeal.

Fundraising for St Jude's Tanzania

Makims at Moreden Artisan Market - Fundraiser for St Jude's Tanzania

Image courtesy of www.schoolofstjude.co.tz

In February 2002, Gemma Sisia (nee Rice) from northern NSW in Australia, founded The School of St Jude in Arusha, Tanzania, East Africa. As a charity funded school, St Jude’s provides a free quality education to approximately 1,500 of the poorest children of Arusha, Tanzania, while also providing boarding for over 900 students. Additionally, the school now provides employment to over 340 Tanzanians and purchases the essential goods required to run the school everyday from the local community. The ripple effect of these benefits on the community and beyond has been incredible.

The Makim family has come together to create an Afternoon Artisan Market to raise funds for this very hardworking school. 
21 May 2011, 2:30pm - 5:00pm.

"Moredun"

1419 Moredun Road

Ben Lomond, NSW Australia

Judi Makim will be our hostess with the mostess. 
Airdrie Makim will be bringing Joolz jewellery, designer clothes from a number of beautiful (and generous) brands, and designer handbags up from Melbourne. Neroli Makim will be down from Brisbane to autograph her book, 'Your Creative Success'. Afternoon tea will be provided, and of course as it is the Makims there will be the odd glass of bubbly about.

Entry to the Artisan Market is free, there will be a donation box and up to 100% (some designers have donated their entire sales, some have donated 50%) of the proceeds of all sales made on the day will go to St Jude's.

Makims at Moreden Artisan Market - Fundraiser for St Jude's Tanzania

Fashion for men in the 70s - superhot or supernot?

So I got this email from a friend of mine this morning - absolute GOLD.
I have to share it with you guys, its too good not to!

Don't skip the copy that accompanies these gems from a bygone era, particularly this first one below.
Oh, and I love "Men in belted sweaters". And those Eleganza shoes? Pimpin!

Are YOU man enough to fill it?

"Just make sweet sweet love to the camera, Steve. Yeah, that's it man!"

This stretch terry jumpsuit comes with or without hood - so you can be as gangsta as you wanna.

Not only is that a damn fine hat, but that open-necked shirt gives me heart flutters. At least, I think that's what's going on...

The ties. Oh, the ties.

Jack's got his proud face on. Suzy cannot believe that collar!

Unfortunately we were so eager to include the caped suit that we had to cut away most of the seated beauty who had fallen to the floor in a swoon over how fly our boys are looking here.

Shoes = $34.95 Coat = $94.95 Suit = $57.95 Absolute Pimpin-ness = Priceless

Jerry and John laughed at Greg, as they scored all the pretty colours. Oh, how they laughed!

"Mama always told me that I'd know my true love by the belted sweater he wore - with so much dashing charisma, how could I say no?"

"Hey, where did all the weed go? You promised us, man!" "Aw shiiit, looks like Bruce got started early"

Nothing says 'happy families' like matching sleepwear!

Fashion for men in the 70s - superhot or supernot?

Front page of T&M Mag

Mucho excited to log on to Facebook this morning and find out from one of my fave models that we've made the front page of T&M Magazine with a photoshoot I styled a few months back.

Nice work team!

Photographer: Kirra Jayde
Makeup: Raeoni Davies
Hair: Samuel Sparrow Krutop
Model: Lauren Elizabeth Aitken
Stylist: moi

UPDATE
Not only did we make the front page of their website, but this shoot also ended up on the cover! Super-chuffed. Looking forward to getting my copy!

Front page of T&M Mag