About Me

I am alessandra banal living in auckland nz, this is a blog for my work.. sometimes for things i like. I'm at university and stuff
http://distopian-dream-girl.tumblr.com/tagged/alessandra
http://grasscannons.bandcamp.com/
thank you

Friday, February 24, 2012

~baby baby ain't it true~





got to love tiny children shoes



i love her so much

~my dark past~

I was looking through old files on a my computer and found highschool stuff. In terms of visual arts i only did design in year 12 but picked up sculpture (and art history) in year 13. I reckon it's fine taking 2 art subjects and totally worth it if that's what your into. I wish i had taken photography but i found it really intimidating at the time... i still do i guess. My work from year 13 is really embarrassing but really funny, i'm only posting stuff that is only mildly embarrassing opposed to the rest which i'm extremely embarrassed about...i shouldn't be embarrassed....but i am... i know i'm gonna be embarrassed about stuff i did last week in a few months

so sculpture was probably where my obsession for fake flowers started.


i also used a lot of duct tape cause it was just an easy way to stick things to things and just pretended it was part of my 'concept'

okay i love my design from year 13 because LOL just look at it, i thought it would be fun/funny to do my year's brief on a pop duo HA HA HA ha... (mag dps, mag cover, cd cover, gig poster)






okay now i'm obsessed with the idea of 'highschool art' i wish famous artists would collaborate and put together an online exhibition (cause i doubt it would be in New Zealand...) using art they made during their teen years
can you tell i'm bored

Monday, February 20, 2012

~barbie series~








~via iphone~

i don't actually have an iphone but via ipod didn't feel right
TODAY I BOUGHT LOTS OF STUFF


i went trim craycray


a pretty document holder to hold my documents and a record i liked the cover of, don't judge me OR JUDGE ME i don't even care.. or know (please love me)


another princess diana book to add to my collection

and so much more that i'm not gonna elaborate on because my friends just made me watch a suspenseful movie and i couldn;t handle it (i usually read the wikipedia first cause i can't handle the suspense) so i just wanna force some suspense onto someone else and there isn't a wikipedia for you to read about what i bought so chahoo

Sunday, February 19, 2012

~A PLAYLIST FOR LONELY PEOPLE ~


original photo from here

1. Alone In Kyoto- Air
I don't care for Sofia Coppola films that much but i reckon this song is so SC film soundtrack right now
2. Car- Built To Spill
K so either you were just with someone and now your alone and you are thinking about your relationship with them OR you're alone and have been for ages and just pretending you have an interesting and emotional rollercoaster life cause you're bored
3. Puke + Cry- Dinosaur Jr.
same as above expect you wanna jump around your room like a gay bitch
4. Change (In the House of Flies)- Deftones
You just woke up to this song as your alarm... how depressing... you don't get up... you listen to the song cause it's good and then go back to sleep
5. Lurch- Anthesiac
You just woke up to this song as your alarm... how depressing... you don't get up... you listen to the song cause it's good and then go back to sleep (homegrown edition)
6. Anything But Ordinary- Avril Lavigne
being lonely is ok as long as you are quirky
7. I'll See You When We're Both Not So Emotional- American Football
life is a rollercoaster just got to ride it (all night long)
8. Asleep At the Trigger- Autolux
hey dis b my jam
9. Secondhand Girl- Shocking Pinks
this too
10. Dancing On My Own- Robyn
and this
11. Turtles- Sherpa
xo

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also this

Saturday, February 18, 2012

~trend forecast~ LO-LEE-TAH~

plaid, checks, candy stripes, ruffles, halters, pinafores, and school girl pleats
all photos from etsy! which means they for sale (unless they've sold or i've bought it hehe) you can find them in my favourites

CUTE DRESSES


~interesting~ floral


cute as collar details


the classic pale sheer dress (i bought the one on the right hehehe)

STRIPES (different thicknesses in stripes in one pattern is cool also V direction stripes flatters the pattern and shape of the dress




HALTER NECK TOPS AND DRESSES i think thick and spaghetti strap are both lovely



TOPS WITH RUFFLES



SCHOOL GIRL- GREY AND PLAID ('UGLY')


I think i'm going to buy the one on the right.... i have the one on the left in grey and i wear it almost everyday!! it matches everything


pinafores, how lovely
i love squitter green


grey with white peter pan collars, how lovely

may i just reiterate that i love squitter green cough this cardigan cough


may i also mention that this is not a fashion blog i repeat this is not a fashion blog
xo love you bitch

lovin dem pastel colours lovin dem ugly colours lovin all dem colours of the world especially peach and squitter green

Friday, February 17, 2012

~princess Diana Part IV~




reworked my heart frame for lady d

~self portrait!



i don't know if i like this...

~princess Diana Part III~





so my obsession with the obsession of princess diana is still going...
Got another princess d fashion book in Wellington, I also got a vinyl record of her wedding ceremony but left it at the airport
:-(
So camp was fun as always but i think i got way too excited for it and was underwhelmed, Paul fractured his wrist and had to go to hospital which was funny cause he was supposed to have a chilled out evening so he could pick up Joe from the airport the next morning. ALSO i was cooking a pita in the oven in the kitchen at camp and someone stole it???? i was standing in the same room, who does that....i can't get over it... kind of sad that is my most memorable moment of camp 2012
Favourite performances= So So Modern, Kirin J Callinan, Rackets, Poor You Poor Me, Dan Deacon, Sherpa, Bare Grills, and No Art



This song is so good




ps new stock very soon on
http://www.etsy.com/shop/DAISIESandFRIES

Thursday, February 2, 2012

~awkward self takes....~

i like this crown with tied up hair but couldn't be bothered tying it up for realsy



yeah felt weird putting photos of myself on this blog so i covered half my face???? and it made me look prettier



I bought these headbands ages ago after the rookie crown tutorial and only just gotten round to making some crowns (i accidently stuffed up my hot glue gun and had to get a new one)
mmmm last month of holidays, this is the only slightly creative thing i've done in a while

I'm bored so i'm gonna make a playlist of what i'm listening to at them moment

Wicked Little Town- Tommy Gnosis ( from the movie Hedwig and the Angry Inch)
Every Shining Time You Arrive- Sunny Day Real Estate (pretty much that whole album)
You Look So Fine- Garbage
America- Simon and Garfunkel
Hourglass- At the Drive In
I Would Hurt a Fly- Built To Spill (umm this song is about a fly annoying him and him trying to kill it... awesome)
Consequence- The Notwist
Superstar- Carpenters OR the Sonic Youth cover
Paranoir- Marilyn Manson (just really like the lyrics....)
The Pros and Cons of Breathing- Fall Out Boy

gonna be putting new stuff up on my etsy store today, small preview???



http://www.etsy.com/shop/DAISIESandFRIES

oh my gosh i just found five dollars