New Start

I really don't know where to begin on this post, I have always wanted my blog to be somewhere where i can be completely honest but the line between being professional and posting something on the internet is a very high and wavy one!

In short, last week I quit my job!... Although to many my job may have seemed perfect ( I organised photo shoots for a photographer) I had been extremely unhappy for a long time, and that influenced everything else in my life.. from my friendships to my blog (sorry blog!) x I have now quit, and while the stress is not quite over ( I don't have to work my notice period but am currently phoneless and was essentially kicked out of the office) I cannot wait to start my new position (same role, new photographer) and I also cannot wait to start to feel happier again.

I am never going to have a 9-5 job and love production but I cannot wait to come home (even if it is late) happy and not dragging negativity around with me.

Hopefully this will seep into my blog as I was feeling really unmotivated, and I know that at the very least I am going to use my week off to dust the cobwebs off ol' tissueclouds! x

Shooting

finishing up todays shoot ... tomorrow and wednesday i am styling again :S

I want to ride my bicycle!

Testing the lights on todays shoot! x

Wednesdays child is full of woe....

and so I bought myself some Diptyque solid fig perfume to cheer myself up!.


this stuff is great!... its so hard to get little travel bottles of perfume and there is no way im lugging around big ones!... while the solid perfume of my childhood was hippy scents in little jewelled tins this one is surprisingly heavy, comes with a cute pouch and is in my favourite scent!

This is my desk today... do you recognise my etsy jar?

A vintage desk...

Those of you who follow my Twitter will know that I have a new work desk!... it hangs from the ceiling and is incredibly modern.. but there was no way i was going to ryman's to buy boring pen pots!.. instead I have been scouring etsy... im looking for anything from a biscuit tin to house phone chargers and bits and bobs.. vintage book ends and a pen holder. I already have my paperclips in a teacup from Tart...

Pen Pots...

Marmalade Jar

Moustache Mug

Book ends...

Bambi

Carousel Horses

Bits and Bobs pot..

Cherries

Apothecary Jar

Can you guess which ones I went for? x

A Very British lunch break

As i'm sure most of you already know my work has moved office from Oxford Circus to way out west!... My boss has bought a studio, which is at the moment a building site!...

So no more quick dashes to Topshop at lunch time for me.. the nearby area is rather desolate..

instead my nearest shops are a cycle ride away, down an autumny avenue with white picket fence houses.

to second hand book shops

then back for ginger beer and sandwiches :)

Illamasqua

Seeing as the pictures are all over the place now and the shop launch out of the way I think it will be safe to share some behind the scenes from the shoot.

Our budget was teeny tiny for this one.. we had to street cast to keep down costs and actually used the ground floor of the illamasqua office to set up!

It was brilliant fun though.. some of the characters were amazing!

Moodboards..

the crew...

Amazing shoes - i want these so badly!

these from dsquared arent bad either!

this girl was only 14! and brunette!.... so beautiful!

Campaign shots: Tim Bret-Day

Behind the scenes: Me!

Film: Paul @ Love Hate

too little time.. too much work!

HI xx

sorry i have been so rubbish posting since i have been back!,... it has been absolutely crazy!

this is what i've been up to!...

visting stafford...

eating black pasta bought back from italy
drinking english wine!

falling over..

shooting..

lusting after pretty dresses..

latitude...

Paper dresses

Yesterday i took a day out from my normal job to assist on a shoot for a German magazine called Petra.

The shoot was for a summer special where designers have made up their predictions for S/S 11 in paper!..
the dresses were all amazing and so delicate!.. the amount of boxes and packaging was unvelievable!..

here are a few images from the shoot....







the amazing pleated paper escada dress...

Petra Paper Dresses from Tissueclouds on Vimeo.