Here in Britain summer time starts today! Spring is almost upon us – and I say almost because it’s rained for most of the weekend! Still, I felt it was high time for an Easter trollbeads combo, with some lovely oranges and browns to brighten up my last week in the office before a nice long weekend off work…
Clockwise from Big Fish Lock
I uploaded this photo to Flickr on Sunday evening and it’s had a huge number of views so I thought you guys might like it too…
This was my first pair of Crocs and probably the ones I wear least often. I always felt there was something missing and Jibbitz aren’t really appropriate for wearing to the office…so I customised them with some hand-tied ribbon. I LOVE them this way, don’t you? I’m already planning which colours to try next…
Check out all the colours available on Amazon here: Crocs Prima Ballet Flat
I’m guessing if you’re reading this you either like my posts about shoes and Trollbeads, or you like my photography…so to make it easier for you to find what you want you can ‘Click to view only posts about…’ in the right side panel.
To make it even easier when you’re viewing my photos on Flickr, I’ve created two collections – one for Fashion (mostly Trollbeads, Crocs and other shoes) and one for Photography…
Click to see the Fashion Collection here
Click to see the Photography Collection here
If you’re also on Flickr let’s link up – just send me a connection request!
I’ve always been into alternative dressing, from back in the hippie days at school, through a good five years of wearing only black in the ‘goth’ days and nowadays just wearing whatever makes me smile! I like anything bright, vintage or anything that’s just a bit unusual…so last year I was delighted to find the fabulous www.whatkatiewore.com blog. Blogged by boyfriend Joe, Katie wears a different outfit every day and is pictured on the site in all her brightly coloured fabulousness!!
Last month I was delighted to be featured in the ‘What You Wore’ section – check it out here. Want to know where I got the outfit from? Check it out…
Storm umbrella from TKMaxx, gold leather jacket from Oasis, mushroom dress from New Look, Pretty Polly tights from TKMaxx, purple ‘Bayswater’ shoes from Mulberry.
Yesterday my collection was featured on Trollbeads UK distributor, Fable Trading’s Facebook Fan Page, which you can check out here.
Did you know you can also view photos of some of my Trollbeads bracelet combinations on Flikr? Take a peek at my collection here.
I’ll be adding to the folder regularly as I have a LOT of combinations to share – make sure you check back and see what I’m wearing :O)
I am a massive fan of Trollbeads jewellery and I have lots of fantastic colours but there is one combination that I never take apart…
This neutral bracelet goes with just about everything and is full of beads that mean something to me, such as the daisy, my 1st wedding anniversary pressie from my husband, gold ‘endless’ that was a leaving gift from colleagues at my last job and the artisan at the back right, which a friend had made especially to complete this combo ;o)
Clockwise from Mexico lock: fairy, stopper, artisan, letter G, alabaster amber, chai bud, space, black squirrel, around the world, ooak amber, daisy, ooak amber, gold endless, glass stone, small planet, jasper, alabaster amber, letter C, brown armadillo, lucky knot (and a safety chain).
From 1998-2003 I studied photography from GCSE, A-Level and GNVQ Advanced at college, through to HND and BA (Hons) at University. My final degree dissertation was based around the rise of consumerism and globalisation.
I wanted to illustrate the fact that certain brands appear in every town in most countries around the world and that those towns are beginning to look the same. Who better to use to illustrate this fact than McDonald’s?! Living in West Yorkshire at the time, I travelled home to Surrey at the weekends, spending daylight in the Capital to photograph a McDonald’s cup at some of the most well known sights.
My reading was mainly concentrated on Walter Benjamin’s ‘Arcades Project’ (‘Das Passagen-Werk’), as well as many other sources including John Urry’s ‘Globalising the Tourist Gaze.’
Photos were taken using a Canon EOS 5 camera (35mm film) and the negatives were scanned for digital reproduction.
You can also view the set on flickr here.
Please note that all images are Copyright 2010 Cathryn Cook and may not be reproduced without permission.
Did you know you can find me on Flickr too?
It’s pretty empty right now but soon there will be a wider selection of photos, both in general photography and in products so you can get a quick overview of the pictures without all the words! If that’s your type of thing, check it out at www.flickr.com/photos/catcook/
Once a week on a lunch break I wander into the village where I work and check out the local charity shops looking for vintage bargains. Last Friday, on one such trip I stumbled upon these bad boys – Nike high top trainers
Being a child of the 80s I distinctly remember all the older ‘cool’ kids wearing these, usually in bright neon colours, but never had the pleasure of owning a pair…in fact by the time I was a teenager ‘Red Levels’ were all the rage!
The Debra charity shop had marked these up at a size 9, but on closer inspection I realised they are a UK size 8 – my size! Barely worn and pretty clean, I reckon these were a bargain at £5!!
These look to me like an original 80s pair but I know Nike still sell high tops today
Having spent five years studying traditional darkroom photography from GCSE, A-Level and GNVQ Advanced at College, through to HND and BA (Hons) degree at University, you can imagine I was less than impressed to enter the word of freelance in 2003, to find everyone using digital!
Where possible, I used 35mm film and had the negatives scanned to hi-res digital images, at the time using a Canon EOS 5. I used a Sony DSC-F717 where clients preffered direct digital (no film/processing costs!), but never quite made the leap to a full digital SLR…until now!
July last year I finally purchased a Canon EOS 450D and I have to say I’m pretty impressed so far. I won’t go into technical details but it’s a great starter camera into the world of digital SLRs and although it’s never going to be as satisfying as an old-school film camera, it’s certainly less hassle than standing in a darkroom shaking a film developing canister!
Here’s one of the first photos I took on it, about five minutes out of the box…
