Rain, wind & wool {outfit]

Dress - Given/ Hand me down

Boots - Good ol Kmart

Wool coat - thrifted

So friends, my exhibition had a really good run, i got a great critique (not that much feedback because i already know most dimensions of my work and that its really resolved) Sorry i didn't keep to my blogging schedule but, heres to a new week.
Hope yours is great.

My first exhibition - check!

This is the most exciting thing ever. I am exhibiting in my very first art exhibition. Completely organised and curated by us second year Bachelor of Visual Arts students. We were assigned this space, which is an old church hall and as troublesome as the sculpture students thought it was, i fell in love instantly. I grew up in and around churches and particularly old churches have a special place in my heart (cheesy!). My paintings are the two that are central on the back wall (obviously) and you can find out more about them here. Just look at that ceiling, isn't it amazing! We advertised, curated and catered this event our selves and probably the number one thing i learnt from this is that exhibition openings equal free food and booze, which i am not complaining about. Our lecturers are seasoned exhibition opening professionals, and through observation i realised the best strategy is to enter, make a bee line to the food and drinks and then go have a gander at the work! We had such a good turn out of about 100 people minimum and everything came together perfectly. Find out about the theory behind these works here. What do you think?
PS. All these photos were taken on my trusty iphone, so mind the quality!

A NEW DIRECTION

You might have noticed that Jazzlips & Tulips has been a little different lately and you would be correct. At the end of 2012 i had an un announced/ un intentional four month break from blogging. Id lost my love for it, id lost motivation and id lost inspiration. I had loved blogging right from the very start and i felt excited about it, but something just switched off and it wasn't just online. Ive started this year anew, Im finally painting the things i want and developing my artist practise in the right direction, im taking time for my self and i've re-found my love of blogging and the blogging community.

Ive looked through my entire blog and cleaned it up. Ive finally settled for a design im in love with and will be restraining my self from tweaking it every second. And i've finally found my niche in the blogging world. From here on out what you can expect is

A R T: 

Regular updates about my artist practise and the things i've finished and what im working on, Introductions to artists i love and Illustrations galore.

F A S H I O N:

More outfit posts, Favorite trends and spotlights, and most of all Fashion illustrations.

L I F E S T Y L E:

Snippets from my little life in NewZealand, my favorite places, and exciting things that im sure to do!

Ill be posting 3 times a week so that i can take things in my stride and make sure im happy with every post i make. Posts wil go live every Monday, Wednesday and Friday at 9pm NZ time (+12gmt) Ill most likely post on other days too but M/W/F are definite.

Im so excited for this new chapter of Jazzlips & Tulips, a little bit more fun and a little bit more polished. Im thankful for all the readers that stuck with me through my break and im excited to meet my new readers. But most of all thank YOU for reading this!

What i wore {outfits}

To

THE END OF THE WEEK AT LAST! Its been long and i have my very first exhibition in 3 days.. 3! but now to the point; lately i've been using Polyvore (which is a great site, check it out) to compile my weekly outfits, it takes like 6 minutes to do and helps me not repeat an outfit so that i can make the most of my wardrobe you can also look at ways other users have styled certain items for inspiration  I dont actually own the particular items shown but they are as close a match to my wardrobe as i could find and that is pretty darn close, seeing as each month something like 2 million items are added to the polyvore database! Plus these are all items you can buy online, score! Do you use polyvore? or rather, are you a weirdo like me and also catalogue your daily outfits? 

Ps. Im in the southern hemisphere so were just entering winter and boy oh boy has it hit!

click read more for full week!

Item details from Polyvore

Practise {illustration}

In an attempt to further my drawing skills I've been drawing a ridiculous amount. It helps that i now draw for the blog, its motivation.  Anyway i love portraiture, always have, always will, and i used to be great but lack of practise has left a dent! Im really happy with this top one and im drawing from sight so  no tracing whatsoever for me! As you can see below i had a few fail attempts but its necessary. Im not there yet but maybe one day ill be as amazing as Bec Winnel, but probably not because i could never be that patient!!

Ive been having an off couple of months, and getting home and sitting down and focusing on drawing has been such a relief, i think its important to find that thing that can relax you. Whats yours?

Classic trends {illustration}

Boyfriend jeans - Current/ Elliot // Nude pumps - Marc jacobs

I have a pair of boyfriend jeans and i can honestly say that they are my favorite item in my wardrobe. They seem to make everything look a little greater, comfier and surprisingly more chic. I dont currently own a pair of nude pumps but they are definitely on my buy asap list, they go with absoloutly everything. You also can definitely not go wrong with a point, its classic, it was here in the 80's it will be here in the 2020's. Long live style.

When in need {outfit}

You know those days when you just cant find anything at all to wear in that overflowing wardrobe of yours? Yeah me too, happens to me all the flippin' time! So take a leaf outa my boook and throw together this outfit and thank me later! Try looking in you local thrift shop for boyfriend jeans, mine are high waisted and the most comfortable item of clothing i wear. I got my brogues for four pounds at primark and they have lasted me well over a year and that crochet scarf, yeah i made it! You should try making one too, just search "circle scarf pattern" and youll be on your way.

New paintings up! {art}

New paintings up on le art blog! go check em out!

Olive&ivy giveaway. Im participating!

Remember how i make Blogiversary these cute hair bows? Yeah well im giving one to Chelsea from Olive and Ivy for her massive one year! Exciting right!

Anyway if you wanna be in for a chance to win head on over ~here~

But also friends, ive just got back from the batch and it was crazy great, i even went caving! Soo stay tuned this week for that!

these are a few of my favorite things

Curly, script, calligraphy fonts! I love em! And here are a few of my fav's. So based on pure lazyness that would cost me 100 hours i haven't compiled many sources. What i can tell you to do is search the font name (top lines) and then the word 'font' on google and they will for sure show up. Otherwise the sites that i got them from (and love!) are:

Dafont

lost type

font squirrel

All great sites. Best part of all is they are all free so have a ball! Have a great day!