21 Years Young

As I promised a little while ago, and as I would have done if I'd had internet at the time, tonight I'm doing a post about my 21st Birthday Party held back in August of 2010. It was held at this old Victorian house that nowadays is used as a conference centre. I was joined by my closest friends and family for an afternoon high tea party with the theme 'Anachronisms'.

The photos are curtsey of very talented Rodney Shrimpton, my mother, mein Bruder, Philip and Gracie too. Actually, there were a shitload of people with my camera that day, so if I don't credit I don't know :P

[Warning: This is quite a pic-heavy post!]




The beautiful Victorian building!







The front door - pretty!



Inside





One of the chandeliers




My mum and I :-)






What I wore:
Corset and shirt: Gallery Serpentine
Jeans: Just Jeans (don't judge me, I love jeans and I like their jeans!)
Jacket: Fanplusfriend
Shoes: Easy Living Footwear
Cameo: Ebay
Hat: In Visible Light, Newtown
Smile (kind'a obscured in this pic :P): The heart :)






Gracie enjoying some nice scones with jam and cream (yum!)






Roo hangin' out





Kat - Photo by Rodney Shrimpton





Zach, Sam as the Doctor and Rosemary - Photo by Gracie Johns (I think :P)







Pat, Todd and Zoe - Photo by Gracie Johns (again, not positive, so sorry if I make mistakes people!)




Philip the cool cat





Zach as the Fonz




Damien, my brother from another mother









After giving a bit of a talk, Laura and James, two very good friends of mine took me for a turn about the room; something of which was a common practice in the 19th century and a bit of a personal joke between us three :)




Philip, mein Bruder <3




Opening presents - a girl can never have enough tea cups!





More presents! One of the cups from the lovely tea set I got :D




Some of my friends got me this awesome necklace, 'cause they know how much I love cameos. Thanks guys! *purrs*






Fish just generally bein' awesome



Todd and Pat




Laura and James the onion farmer (also a personal joke :P)




Sarah as a pretty maiden and Jamie and Bec as Dinosaurs - Photo by Rodney Shrimpton




I really liked this one because of the way it made my hair look - Photo by Gracie Johns




Kat and I - Photo by Gracie Johns




Zoe trying out her own little version of 'Up!' :P - Photo by Rodney Shrimpton






Gracie and Rosemary giving a little talk before they presented the movie they made me. That reminds me, I need to find that... - Photo by Rodney Shrimpton






Rodney's lovely wife, Susan - photo by Rodney Shrimpton






Beautiful Laura dressed as Elizabeth Bennett from Pride and Prejudice? :P I think so - Photo by Rodney Shrimpton



Rosemary as Cyndi Lauper - Photo by Rodney Shrimpton




Me opening even more gifts :D




Blown(ing) out the candles





The cake!!! Such good cake. I loved it except for the stupid flowers they put on it :P





Mum and I again





Myself listening to my friends tell lies about me to my parents :P - photo by Rodney Shrimpton








Cutting the cake - Photo by Rodney Shrimpton




Fawning over Rod's camera - photo by Rodney Shrimpton





Fish as one of the 'incomplete' robots from Doctor Who, myself and Gracie the pinup - Photo by Rodney Shrimpton




Finally the key...To my chastity belt :P


The party was as wonderful as I'd hoped; I'd been planning to have a tea party for ages. I had a smaller and crappier version for my 19th in one of the local parks here, but this was just perfect. Unfortunatly, quite a few people couldn't make it. However, the most important people in my life came and I just wanted to thank you guys very much for making it such a special day for me! Love you all!


As to my readers that may not necessarily be in my close circle of friends over here in Aus, I hope you enjoyed the post - it took forever to find all those photos and I'm sure it also took forever to load the page :P

Thanks for reading my lovelies!

p.s. 24 followers, hurrah!



Over and out,


Steph/Syd/The Green Fairy

xx



Listening to: Assorted Jacques Brel

Covetting this, covetting that

Hello my lovely readers (all 21 one of you now, how exciting!)

Sorry I have been a little slack for the last week or so but unfortunately I've been quite unwell, to the point where I've had to miss work, which sucks because I currently trying to save up for a new SLR and just to have general savings for when I move to Melbourne later in the year.

So, speaking of the things I want to buy, because I'm not really up to getting around taking photos today, as I'm currently bed ridden, I thought I'd show you all a few things I'm currently coveting, and in most cases must avoid in the name of saving...Ergh


First and foremost, the beautiful 5D MKII *drools*

Images from Google.


It took me forever to decide which body I wanted out of this or the 7D but I'm fairly confident I've made my decision now. Just can't go past that sensor.


This lovely taffeta dress can be found here at Steampunk Threads and is something I've had my eye on for quite a while. Unfortunately it is a little pricey and something I can't justify at the present time.
I do love the subtle green pearlescent colour though and the modest neckline and general style about it.

I did actually buy a pair of bloomers from Steampunk Threads last year that I have yet to wear out/ in a photoshoot. When I get better I'll do a post on them.


Another little 0bject I'm hoping to own is this set of Sherlock Holmes dramatic audiobooks from the BBC; found here on Amazon. I came across them when my mum downloaded a few for me to listen to at work and they're just the best audiobooks I've ever listened to. It's like a play or a movies for your ears!


I've also been looking around for a good pair of epaulets, but I haven't really been able to find any. There were (emphasis or were) these on the Gallery Serpentine website, but I think they must have been sold for they don't seem to be there now.



I didn;t really have a jacket to attach them to anyway, but they are awfully nice.

I'm also getting a little fed up with Louise Black, waiting for news of my corset. She never replied to any of my emails until the beginning of last week when I (in a very subtle way and as polity as I could) threatened to leave negative feedback. I heard back from her straight away, saying that the corset would be posted by the end of the week and here it is a week later and it's still not listed as 'sent' and once again I've heard nothing from the email I sent her 3 days ago. Mind you this is 5 weeks after the 'at the latest' date for the corset to be received by.

Sigh. So, I recommend, at this point in time to not buy from her. As nice as her corsets probably are, and hopefully mine shall be, if I ever receive it!

Okay well I think I need more sleep in order to help me recover faster, so I'll sign out now friends.

Toodles!