Cornflower blue for today

It's still morning here when I write this, and the heat almost becomes unbearable already. Shame on me for complaining on this, as it was me who wished for hot weather that would fry my brains out of my head! "Oh, it's never good"; I can hear people say that to me!

It was difficult to choose an outfit, but eventually I ended up with a cornflower blue vintage dress that Robin gifted me at Emmaus in Haren, of which I posted before, and white little sandals of which I have for ages now!

Also did I found me some lovely earrings yesterday and bought them right away, as I thought I deserved to treat myself with a little present after a rather difficult week, and I also bought a mother's day present ( I am always late with those ) which I would've loved to kept myself, because it is so pretty. But for me no mourning, as my mom bakes the prettiest and most delicious cupcakes everyday, that I can eat, and which will now be displayed at a beautiful etagére - she didn't had one before.

My new earrings ( displayed on me mum's new etagére ).

She doesn't always bake real cupcakes, but fiddle's fake ones, too, from washcloths!

Hollywood Glamour

Here is my most recent photoshoot which I have done with Robin Peterman. I am ever so happy with the results.

© 2012 Robin Peterman Photography - All rights reserved

Photography of Kirsty Mitchell

Not so very vintage this time! But ofcourse I do love other things besides vintage that I'd like to share with my readers. I love photography. Photography has been a passion of mine for a long time and I love to look and dream away at the art some photographers are able to create.

While I was surfing the world wide web for something interesting for my Pinterest, I came across the beautiful and artistic photography of Kirsty Mitchell. Her photography and concepts are simply divine!
Kirsty is a very talented young lady, born in 1976 and raised in the English country of Kent, known to many as the garden of England.

Kirsty in her bio: Growing up, art became my sole passion. I studied until I was 25, taking courses in the history of art, photography, fine art, and then on to train in ‘costume for film and theatre’ at the London College of Fashion. Having graduated and worked for a short time in the industry, I decided to further my education, and returned to university, completing a first class degree with honours in fashion design, at Ravensbourne in the summer of 2001. During this time I also completed two internships at the design studios of Alexander McQueen and Hussein Chalayan, both of whom have effected me greatly. Since then I have worked full time as a fashion designer for a global designer brand, until in 2007 when personal illness brought a sudden change in myself, and led me to pick up a camera. I cannot explain how this happened, but a new, deep, and genuine need was born. I used to say I had never truly ‘looked’ until it was through a lens… life was different, more beautiful, more sad, and extreme in every sense of the word. People mattered, how they sat, how they slept, how they looked when they thought no one else cared. I fell in love with the faces of strangers, and photography gave me a new purpose…… that is, until March 2008.


Tragically my mother was diagnosed with a brain tumour, and my world fell apart. Photography became my only escape when I could no longer talk about how I felt. I lost myself in street portraiture, focusing on those who reflected my own sadness and loss. I later turned the camera inwards, and began photographing myself throughout the hardest year of my life. It became an utter fantasy that blocked out the real world, and a place where I could return to my memories of her, far away from those hospitals walls. She died in November 2008 and that was when photography engulfed me, becoming an overwhelming passion that I couldn’t stop. I found myself producing pieces that echoed the memories of her stories, and the belief in wonder I have always felt since a child. By combining my various backgrounds, I now create images where everything has been designed and produced by myself, and sometimes with the help of a few friends. The costumes, props, sets and accessories, are all a vital part of the process that is finally recorded in the finished product of the photograph. It is driven by the need to produce tangible pieces of my dreams, and make it possible to step into the scenes for real. This physical creation is my favourite part, and has taken me to places I would have otherwise never known. I have walked on snow covered in flowers, stood in lakes at sunset, painted trees, set fire to chairs, made smoking umbrellas, and giant wigs from stolen flowers. I have laughed, been overwhelmed, and left in awe of all the things I had previously passed unnoticed until now …….

Life has become a different place, ‘a second chance’ is maybe the only way to describe it, and for that I am so grateful. I have had my eyes opened, and no matter how sad the origin of it all was….. I will always cherish the fact this small and precious awakening has happened……………

When you look at her work, you are simply entangled in a mystic, different and fairytale world. Her website is definitly worth your time to visit, and especially her galleries and diary, where she posts the props, costumes and backstage pictures; giving an interesting view on her photo's, and the end result.

Her website:  http://www.kirstymitchellphotography.com/

Photo teaser of my latest photoshoot with Robin Peterman

As I said in my previous post; I had a marvelous photoshoot with my boyfriend Robin at his home studio.
From what I had seen; I knew the results of this shoot would be terrific! And they are indeed - says she who's always way too critical about the photo's taken of her! Today he sent me the first result and a teaser to show online as some sort of preview.

Here it is! The whole photo will be published online when the rest of the serie is also ready to be shared with the world wide web! I cannot wait to see the rest of them!

Photo taken by Robin Peterman

Emmaus Haren

I had a superb weekend! I spent the days at my boyfriends house and together we went to Emmaus in Haren last saturday! Emmaus Haren is a small living, housed in a converted farmhouse in the village of Haren ( Oss).
Emmaus returns value to what is discarded. To stuff, but especially to people. For people who miss a roof over their head; their living and working community is a resting point. A place where they can come and breathe again, where they can make plans for the future and where they are also useful in the re-cycle shop, which is the source of income of the Emmaus group. The people of the Emmaus group live together, work together and share things together with people who, for idealistic reasons, have chosen to live in an Emmaus group. The people working there were very enthusiastic to see me, all dressed up in forties gear, in their store and asked a couple of times if they could photograph me, which is never a problem!

They had plenty of stuff for sale! Robin gifted me two dresses at Emmaus (and two others at a re-cycle store in Den Bosch), of which one of them I am wearing on the photo below! It's a silk vintage dress of a dark blue color (happens to be my favorite color lately) and a beige floral pattern! I am wearing my dark blue corded shoes from the forties which I got in Newcastle last year. The crocodile leather bag from the forties, that dangles around my arm, is also a gift from Robin from the re-cycle store in Den Bosch! We are supposed to save money for our vacation to destination Malta next month; but we are just two scavengers that cannot refuse to stay at home if it comes to visiting fleamarkets or re-cycle stores. I think I am the absolute worst of all!

I did not had the time to take better pictures with the spare time I have!
Anyway, I am ever so excited as I did a marvelous photoshoot in the home studio of my very talented and gifted - but above all lovely - boyfriend. First I was afraid that this shoot was not meant to happen as the photolight bulbs gave up, which were so desperatly needed for the floodlight effect that we were aiming for. But eventually we could give ourselves a big applause for completing the photoshoot. I have seen the raw and uneditted photo's and I daresay that this, perhaps, will be the best photoshoot I've had! I cannot wait to receive the results.

Celebrating liberation day

Yesterday I went to Beekbergen, the Netherlands for the celebration of our liberation day at the 5th of May, held at liberty park Beekbergen. I had an absolutely marvelous day! The highlight of this festival, was absolutely the performances of the beautiful and lovely Miss Lola Lamour, of which I had the privilige to meet ( I want to thank my Irish pal Paddy and the organisation of Liberty park Beekbergen for this ). I've heard so many people tell that Lola Lamour is such a lovely person; not only outside but inside aswell and those words I can confirm! Romy and I have been asked for pictures alot of times, so I am curious how many I will stumble upon on the internet the upcoming days, as there have been taken tons of pictures, really.

In the forties it was common that the star(s) of the evening would scoop up the food for the people. On the liberation day it was the honor of Miss Lola Lamour, Romy and myself to do so! That was absolutely great fun! And what a coincidence ( it really was a coincidence) that we all had different haircolors, which made us like the Andrew Sisters.

It's a day I look back on with much fun!

Photo's made by Robin Peterman