My Sister Lauren writes about her Vintage Chinton SLR 35mm...

Hello Lovelies <3
Im back again and this time with a different hobby, my wondeful boyfirend gave me a Vintage Chinton SLR 35mm camera for christmas, it was a gorgeous surprise! So i've been taking lots of photo's in the hope that they turn out, theres a lot to think about when using an SLR, i've managed to take two rolls of film so far, taking both beautiful photos and interesting ones, i'm still learning!

I like the waiting process with a film camera and the importance lain on each photo before clicking the button, it makes you think about every shot, unlike with a digital where you can 'snap' as many photo's as you like the SLR makes you focus and pay attention!

The things I love most about my Vintage Camera are that it's delightfully old, it's quirky and temperamental, it takes interesting shots including double exposure (which will be awesome when i figure it out properly and have a chance to deliberatly take a double exposure instead of the camera doing it randomly), the results are random and always such a surprise!

My favourite Photo was a shot I took as I was leaving Wollongong Beach, as i ascended the stairs I turned and the colour of the water was most breath taking, a few guides from my man and 'click' I took just one of this scene and the photo captures the image i saw that day perfectly, i was totally surprised it worked out so good <3

If your thinking of getting an SLR I highly reccomend it, film and processing can be pretty resonable, especially if you're like me and only pick the camera up occasionaly, and i think this is the beauty of this tye of camera, you can pick up a working SLR quite cheaply and everyone is different and unpredictable!

Happy Snapping

<3 Lauren

Sunday Afternoon @ The Beach.....

Yesturday was a gorgeous Autumn Day! In the Afternoon, My Family and I decided to head down to the Beach to catch the rays..... So lovely..... Hope your Sunday was lovely too xxx

The End Of Summer.....

A few weeks ago, we made a little trip down the coast with some friends to enjoy a lovely Beach day in what had become a fading Summer. It was a little cloudy, but just gorgeous! And we were lucky enough to see some beautiful Dolphins swim past close to Shore...........just lovely!

All the Kid's had a great day swimming, jumping off a sand hill and lazing in the Sun that came and went!

The bottom picture in this post is of some beautiful bread that Olivia has been making over the last couple of Weekends......delish.....

Have a good week, guest post by Lauren coming soon xxxxxxxx

Tuesday Inspiration.....

Pics thanks to weheartit.com

Autumn Window for Suede Vintage

Last week Lauren and I put together a lovely Autmn Window display at Suede Vintage! It really feels like Autumn has arrived!! Lauren made beautiful paper decorations out of old book pages, and I made some sweet fabric and Autumn leaf garlands.....

Together with some sweet old suitcases, gorgeous tea cups(that Lauren searched for, and are for sale) and Oh So Sweet vintage book stacks(again Lauren), the Store is looking rather gorgeous!
To top it all off, many new Vintage pieces have arrived including boots, bags, dresses and a few winterish pieces!

If you live near by, pop in for some inspiration......

Sewing Projects......

Well I haven't done much sewing recently as my sewing machine was playing up!! I think the problem is now solved, so I can get onto making more sweet bunting, purses ans belts and whatever else I'm inspired to make!!
I'll be popping some more things in Suede Vintage(in Thirroul) and Milk Thieves(in Wollongong), and of course making some extras to put aside for gift giving!!
I've gathered together some vintage and new fabrics, in some gorgeous prints and colours....

Also stay tuned as Lauren and I are putting together a new Autumn/Winter Window display for Suede Vintage next week....think old books, suitcases, paper decorations, warm colours...will post up some sweet photos when we're finished!