the tide pulls me in

all these photos are from a long time ago, at the height of summer.

for me it feels like a pivotal moment, as though all those hot days swarmed and swam around that day, like metaphorical dish water circling a plug hole.

hot waves lapped off the beach and the wind snipped and snapped yet for the love of me I couldn't stay warm.

xox Eve-Rei

and at once I knew I was not magnificent

sometimes words speak louder than actions

you sit in a summer breeze, and lust after life

dress, h&m; white socks, topshop; dusty blue brogues, office; crucifix, topshop

summer's rolled on in, and I've just rolled over again in bed

its sad when sickness hits you, because summer is so much better enjoyed outside

and after so much confinement, my patience is wearing thin

me and my parents went to Richmond park and I got to giggle and sit amongst the deer and their newly sprouting antlers.

it was a glorious day, in what could have been a glorious summer.

alas we continue onwards

xox Eve-Rei

polyester brides

Napoleon Dynamite eat your heart out.

glasses, £1.99, children's society; blouse, £5.99, children's society; wave print shorts, £15, asos; crucifix, gift, topshop

The weather's been a bit schizophrenic lately, but a couple of weekends ago the temperature was mild enough to tempt me and my brother out into the garden after I'd finished work. 

Everything I'm wearing there I actually bought that day, save the crucifix, which my sister bought me for my birthday so I could ward off vampires. Though I think it might actually be a preventative so she can secretly ward off me. And sneakily steal my foundation as I've gotten even paler, and can't really use it. I think I'm having delayed stress from the exams; my hair's falling, I'm constantly cold and my legs are really tired. But I'm entertaining the idea of going veggy again, especially after all the dead birds my cat's been bringing in. And shock horror, I've given up cake. Well cake, chocolate, biscuits, breakfast and fast food. But not coffee or tea. They're my life blood.

Summer is here though and can warm up my so called icy heart. You can really tell my sister's big on the compliment front. 

Someone donated loads of items to our shop from places like Topshop, so I picked my self up three blouses, a magician coat and those amusing spectacles. Its a real shame we're shutting down, I'll have nothing to do with my saturdays and will miss the company of such lovely people and clothes. 

Life goes on I guess. 

xox Eve-Rei

p.s Nearly all these photos are on my Tumblr; eve-rei, if that's your preferred blogging apparatus. 

success if it outlasts milk

Crazy days my life is now over

But in a good way, a very very good way

The fashion show was the other night, and words can literally not describe my happiness right now

I might actually explode in a shower of glitter, tea and chiffon

But photos and a video will come very soon, seeing as I now have nothing else to do with my time

Except make tents and fill them with unicorns and rotting plants

You know, the usual

There is an explanation for the rotting vegetation.

I've just always loved sheet forts, a tiny tent of comfort for the sleep depraved. It's a small, warm bubble away from all the dark to sit in and pass away those small hours, as the star projector burns golden freckles upon my skin and I feel so warm and settled inside as the world outside is still.

After my art coursework, which has, finally after 7 months of life consumption, been handed in, we got to put on an installation in our school. So I made a tent. With rotting vegetation. And a unicorn.

It was actually pretty surreal sitting in a tent for nearly four hours, with only a small star projector and a stream of people coming and sitting and having a chat.

I enjoy conversing with people in the dark, its a hobby of mine, so it was an intriguing task trying to piece together who was sitting in front of me from just the sound of their voice.

It's a curious feeling holding a belt worth £180 in your hands and seeing a price tag with an explosion-worthy price of £1.99

I felt like a thief, standing there in the Children's Society, handing over my two pound coins

I had to resist the urge to dance

My mum thought it was a fake but all the numbers and 'made in Italy's are all the same as those on the internet

Squee

I don't think I'll ever want to stop working in that shop, it such an unbelievable joy to be surrounded by such lovely clothing

So if anyone's in Surbiton at 2pm on a saturday, come have a chat in the Children's Society. I love talking to costumers, though except that one guy who bought a zombie movie and lectured me on robots and the end of the world.

I've been trying to get ready for summer too, by cutting down on the amount of cake I eat and replacing it with water, because I'm determined to actually look nice in a swimsuit this year. Seriously though, I'm pretty sure if you cut into me you'd find cake.

Okay so I've finally found the cable connecting my camcorder to the computer, so I'll get my video editing cap on.

So in the mean while as I wallow in my technological incompetence, here are some little teaser pictures of my pieces from the fashion show.

tehe 

xox Eve-Rei