• roast lamb & felt birds
  • roast lamb

    Lamb roast :)

    As a rule I don’t cook – I love to bake, cakes & biscuits especially, but when it comes to making something for dinner… I never quite get it right. Different herbs & flavours, understanding what compliments what, which ingredients will be tasty and work well together? No clue. Recipes? Pft!

    I made a roast for us last night & it turned out well, and even though it’s pretty impossible to stuff up a roast, I’m pleased & looking for more pats on the head :D

    I finished the first of my felt birds last night as well, luckily the finishing isn’t too wonky because John picked up some nice red to go with the lamb. Two more to go & then I’ll start on some of the designs I’ve started sketching, mainly little decorative bits & pieces :) Embroidery is fun!

    blue bird

    Blue bird

    feltbirds_bluebirdflying

    He wants to go outside :)

  • vampire murder mystery
  • Flower… Holga with Fujichrome Provia

    This picture just makes me think of vampire murder mysteries set in the regions surrounding New Orleans, or that movie with Cate Blanchett The Gift – I’m a sucker for books & movies with creepy supernatural themes :)

    I’m reading the Sookie Stackhouse Southern Vampire Mysteries at the moment (& watched The Gift again the other night) so that would explain the association.  I have to say I like the tv show True Blood more than the Sookie Stackhouse books (the show is based on the book), the books require no thought, an easy pleasure but at times they start to read like a romance novel written by an old lady… I know these things, I once attempted to read some of the romances an old flatmate would borrow from library in bags of 20 at a time.

  • fun with felt
  • pin cushion

    Felt pincushion with french knots

    I have some ideas & designs for pincushions I’m dying to try out – I haven’t worked that much with felt & my embroidery skills are very basic so I made a little cushion for a bit of practice. While I’m working on the design for the next one, I’m making little felt embroidered birds :) The plan is to make them into some sort of mobile or window hanging, but most likely they’ll sit around gathering dust or find new homes.

  • sometimes you need to dance
  • BOOMBOX from Ely Kim on Vimeo.

    100 Dances / 100 Songs

    001. Heart of Glass / Blondie
    002. Jimmy / M.I.A.
    003. Deceptacon / Le Tigre
    004. Im on Fire / 5000 Volts
    005. Je Veux Te Voir / YELLE
    006. The Way I Are / Timbaland
    007. Too Young / Phoenix
    008. Over And Over / Hot Chip
    009. Stick It To The Pimp / Peaches
    010. Say My Name / Destiny’s Child
    011. Pin / Yeah Yeah Yeahs
    012. Geremia / Bonde Do Role
    013. Let Me Clear My Throat / DJ Kool
    014. Point Of No Return / Expose
    015. Bubble Sex / The Seebach Band
    016. Pump Up the Jam / Technotronic
    017. Let’s Make Love And Listen To Death From Above / CSS
    018. Hella Nervous / Gravy Train
    019. Me Plus One / Annie
    020. Don’t Go / Yaz
    021. Bootylicious / Destiny’s Child
    022. Electric Feel / MGMT
    023. Boys Don’t Cry / The Cure
    024. Lose Control / Missy Elliott
    025. Ride The Lightning / Evans And Eagles
    026. Don’t Stop ‘Til You Get Enough / Michael Jackson
    027. Hearts On Fire / Cut Copy
    028. Tainted Love / Soft Cell
    029. Between Us & Them / Moving Units
    030. It Feels Good / Tony Toni Tone
    031. Polaris (Club Mix) / Cyber People
    032. You Never Can Tell / Chuck Berry
    033. Huddle Formation / The Go! Team
    034. Pump That / FannyPack
    035. My Love / Justin Timberlake
    036. Hung Up / Madonna
    037. Justice – D.A.N.C.E (MSTRKRFT Remix) / Justice
    038. Cybernetic Love / Casco
    039. Creep / TLC
    040. When I Hear Music / Debbie Deb
    041. B.O.B. / Outkast
    042. Bubble Pop Electric / Gwen Stefani
    043. Miss You Much / Janet Jackson
    044. You Spin Me Round / Dead Or Alive
    045. Slide In / Goldfrapp
    046. Kelly / Van She
    047. Mine Fore Life / The Sounds
    048. Disco Heat / Calvin Harris
    049. Nighttiming / Coconut Records
    050. Club Action / Yo Majesty
    051. Pogo / Digitalism
    052. Lip Gloss / Lil Mama
    053. Heartbeats / The Knife
    054. Enola Gay / OMD
    055. Goodbye Girls / Broadcast
    056. Kids In America / Kim Wilde
    057. Kiss / Prince
    058. Tenderness / General Public
    059. Push It / Salt N Pepa
    060. Circle, Square, Triangle / Test Icicles
    061. Day ‘N’ Nite (Crookers Remix) / Kid Cudi
    062. Shadows / Midnight Juggernauts
    063. Paris (Aeroplane Remix) / Friendly Fires
    064. Out At The Pictures / Hot Chip
    065. Me Myself and I / De La Soul
    066. AudioTrack 10 / Diplo
    067. Girls & Boys / Blur
    068. Heater / Samim
    069. I Wanna Dance With Somebody / Whitney Houston
    070. Hands In The Air / Girl Talk
    071. Limited Edition OJ Slammer / Cadence Weapon
    072. Meeting In The Ladys Room / Mary Jane Girls
    073. NY Lipps / Soulwax
    074. Lex / Ratatat
    075. Gravity’s Rainbow (Soulwax Remix) / Steve Aoki
    076. Once In A Lifetime / Talking Heads
    077. Leave It Alone / Operator Please
    078. Half Mast / Empire Of The Sun
    079. Hardcore Girls / Count and Sinden feat. Rye Rye
    080. Dance, Dance, Dance / Lykke Li
    081. Never Gonna Get It / En Vogue
    082. Blue Monday / New Order
    083. Crazy In Love (Featuring Jay-Z) / Beyoncé
    084. 10 Dollar / M.I.A.
    085. Love To Love You Baby / Donna Summer
    086. Steppin’ Out / Lo-Fi-Fnk
    087. Karle Pyar Karle / Asha Bhosle
    088. Love Will Tear Us Apart / Joy Division
    089. Straight Up / Paula Abdul
    090. My Drive Thru / Santogold, Casablancas, NERD
    091. Like A Prayer / Madonna
    092. Freedom 90 / George Michael
    093. Black & Gold / Sam Sparro
    094. B-O-O-T-A-Y / Spank Rock and Benny Blanco
    095. Great Dj / The Ting Tings
    096. In A Dream / Rockell
    097. Don’t Stop the Music / Rihanna
    098. Hong Kong Garden / Siouxsie & The Banshees
    099. It’s Tricky / D.M.C.
    100. Bizarre Love Triangle / New Order

  • police
  • Police station sign, Brunswick Street. Holga with Fujichrome Provia

    I want to take a photo of this sign everytime I see it. I particularly like the location of the light leaks in this picture and the way they compliment the general atmosphere & mood from the cloudy overcast day.

    I’m going to wait for a very sunny day, the kind with beautifully formed cumulus clouds & get some more shots. I’m interested to see them together, same subject with a completely different feel.

  • away
  • away

    John waiting for taxi to the airport. Taken with Holga on Fujichrom Provia 100F.

    I bought this film in a pack of 10, so plenty of time to get used to it :) but these first experiments haven’t convinced me it’s worth the extra developing costs…

    I have Holga taped up tightly but I don’t have the foam inserts in her at the moment that usually keep the film from winding too loosely & so there’s some major light leaks from when I unloaded the film. I like light leaks & what they add to some pictures but when the film is wound this loosely I think it the major cause of this dull washed out look. Having said that – I love the muted 70′s feel to this picture & that you can see the 4 from the film backing :)

    I’m really disappointed that the photo lab I have been using wouldn’t cross process in C41 for me, so I’m looking for a new place to take my film – I’d even deal with the extra waiting to post them somewhere as long as I could be sure they wouldn’t colour correct the scans. Getting a scanner for 120 would be the best option but it’s not worth it before getting a new laptop that can handle the file sizes.

  • Scatter Pig
  • I don’t know if I will end up posting anything of any interest with any kind of regularity, but I start this blog with enthusiastic intentions (I start a lot of things with enthusiastic intentions).  I want to share my interest in knitting, photography, typography and design…

    & this is sounding like a mission statement :) But really this blog is more for my enjoyment rather than the possibility of more than a couple of other people looking at what I’m posting. I love this format & plan to use this space as a record of ideas, photos I like, pictures of whatever I’m knitting/crocheting/sewing/creating, and websites I come across that I hope other people are looking at and appreciating as much as I do.

    piggy