Wednesday 29 December 2010

The tale of Tony and the Badger

Once upon a time, in a land far far away there lived a boy called Tony who had long curly hair. Tony loved his curly hair and thought his hair was the best in all the land. But Tony would become very jealous if anyone had hair that rivalled his. 
One day when coming back from The Cribs gig he spotted a badger strolling along the pathway. But this was no ordinary badger. This badger had amazing hair! Tony became so jealous. He could not stand that this badger with his fandabby doobie hair was cooler than him. So he grabbed a chupa chub lolly pop out of his pocket gave it a mighty lick and threw the strawberry and cream lolly, where it landed right on the badgers back! The badger started to cry as Tony pointed and laughed. The badger called for help and a pigeon came to his aid and helped peck the lolly out of the badgers hair. 
But the badgers fur had become all sticky and had to go and ask a duck to help him wash it out. The duck was very good at cleaning but in return for his help wanted a loaf of bread. So the badger had to travel far and wide to track down a unicorn who could help him repay the duck. So the magical unicorn searched for Tony and found him staring at his reflection in the back of a tea spoon. The unicorn snuck up behind Tony and poked him up his bottom which made him squeal and squeak in shock. The unicorn told Tony off for being very, very naughty and to stop bullying the woodland creatures for having better hair than him. 
Tony felt very sorry for upsetting the badger and ran to his kitchen and baked 7 loafs of bread to give to the duck. He apologised to badger for being mean and begged for his forgiveness and gave badger a life long supply of hairspray. The badger was very kind and forgave him and asked Tony to be his friend, and from that day Tony and the badger became the best of friends. They both had many adventures together and became known as the pair with the most stylish swishy hair.
The end.

Tuesday 7 December 2010

Snow Queen: Maxi Dresses

I spotted on Topshop's website a while ago their trend feature titled SNOW QUEEN and it really excited me. With gorgous pastel neutral tones and beautiful textures layered upon one another. The word to describe it is "mesmerizing".
The key piece for me was the stunning chiffon beaded maxi dress, which is perfect to wear for the winter season, capturing the essence of the theme Snow Queen. 
This inspired me to post my 12 favourite 'Snow Queen' inspired maxi dresses, of course starting with the Topshop wonder:
Topshop Limited Edition Maxi Dress
 Alexander McQueen Fall 2006
John Galliano Fall 2009
 Acne Fall 2010
 Vera Wang Fall 2008
 Topshop Unique Spring 2011
 Alexander McQueen Spring 2007
 Marc Jacobs Fall 2010
 Marc Jacobs Spring 2010
 Chanel Couture Fall 2009
 Chanel Couture Fall 2009
 Vivienne Westwood Spring 2007

(First image from topshop.com all other images from style.com)

Thursday 2 December 2010

Nick Knight and the Laser Beams

The music: PARTY HORSE 'LASER BEAM'

The visual: NICK KNIGHT










Witch VS Ethereal

I am and will always be in love with gothic Witchy stylings and well.. everything that is Ethereal. Both are quite contrasting as one is dark and mysterious and the other is magical and whimsical, but despite that they both are kinda connected and complement one another. Wicca is a nature oriented religion, which ties both witch and ethereal together.


I spotted this super cute Kleenex advert which contains both characters:



Isn't it cute!

I love both witch and ethereal fashion stylings so much and simply couldn't pick one over the other. I do mainly dress more ethereal-ie than gothy but do want to mix both the stylings together more, as it creates a gritty pretty edge.
Here are a selection of fashion editorials where Witch vs Ethereal fashion stylings:

WITCH
ETHEREAL

Thursday 18 November 2010

I am on Folksy

Hello kats. Just a quicky to let you know I'm selling a selected few of my illustration prints on folksy.com. Please do go check them out! You may find something you'll love for yourself or a gift for a friend this christmas.
Here's the link to my folksy shop.

Saturday 13 November 2010

Halloween

Woooops, again I have been lacking on the blog post front, sorry. 


Today I finally found the lead for my camera and could upload pictures from Halloween. 
Clare (myself) became Catwoman
Lacey became dead Marilyn Monroe
 And Laura became a witch
 Group photo and laughs at my gammy claw gloves

Saturday 16 October 2010

Have you seen the petals fall?

Meows and hi's, this week has been full of migrains :( its been awful! I've felt so sick all week :( hence my lack in posts. 
I was gonna post one of my new illustrations but they're all on my other laptop and I'm too idle to go find it and switch it on. But I found some of my collection work here on Betty (Betty is my Mac) and decided to post some selected pages from my collection book. 
My collection was based on a girl's first period and tried to capture a girl transforming from a child into a woman, embracing innocence, subtle sexuality and awkwardness.
 Poem by me Clare and the Bear



 Illustrations by me Clare and the Bear (aka Clare Heart)

Wednesday 6 October 2010

Ethereal Wonderland

Hello there! I've changed my blog header (again) as I fancied a change. I've used another cropped illustration of mine but this time merged it with prettyful flowers which I feel suits my style a wee more as I love all that is ethereal and floral. 

Which reminds me of some of the beautiful pieces I have found recently, like this stunning rabbit wall hanging which I've turned into a necklace:
Isn't it simply divine! and only cost me 40p! I've had loads of people commenting on it when I've worn it saying pretty it is and how it reminds them of Alice in Wonderland. It reminds me more so of the ultimately sad cartoon Watership Down.


And this delightful Moss coloured suede handbag with ornate detailing:
I absolutely love the colour, and cost £3.25. It matches the bunny necklace quite sweetly.

This stunning cameo brooch:
I found this beaut in my local charity shop for 95p. I really like cameo's and have a small collection of them, I espechially like how this lady here though looks young and a little like a Greek Goddess.

And I simply love these granny shoesies:
I know they're not everyone's taste but I LOVE them! They're a dark navy blue suede and they're sooo comfy as well as being granny chic. Plus they were only £1.95 a shere B.A.R.G.I.N. if I do say so myself. Also I've just noticed how they do quite match the cameo brooch above. 

(All items found in various charity shops around Birmingham)


And to end my ethereal post-y-ma-jig with a lovely song by the marvelous band Fleetwood Mac:

Sunday 3 October 2010

Black Tongue


I found this video on youtube and think its super cool! And how amazing are The Yeah Yeah Yeahs! Too MUCH!
So in keeping with the BLACK theme of this post here are some sexy gothic black inspired fashion editorials:
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(Italian Vogue: Dakota fanning)
 (Tim Walker: Fairy tale)
 
(Vogue Nippon January 2010)
 (Jeisa Chiminazzo & Missy Rayder by Mert Alas & Marcus Piggott POP *11 F/W 05)
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(foto decadent: Pixie Geldoff)
(Ruby Alridge: The Cobrasnake)
(Sasha Pivovarova Paolo Roversi Italian Vogue Oct 08)