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A New Week

Amanda — Mon, 19 Jul 2010 21:10:43 +0000

Hello friends,

I hope your weekend was a lovely one. I’m easing myself into this week with a hello to any new visitors to Mocking Bird and a big thank you to all my lovely regulars for the ongoing support.

The lovely Amanda of Here Comes The Sun wrote a sweet post about my Polaroid photography today. Her blog is beautiful, you should definitely check it out. Thank you Amanda! I am now offering prints of the Tulip fields, Treats and Moraine Lake from my recent trip to Banff. I offer all my Polaroid prints in sizes 5″ x 5″, 6″ x 6″ and 8″ x 8″. You can see many more in my print store here.

Here are some links I’ve been enjoying lately:

This talented lady with her super savvy business tips.
Jen and Martha are at it again with their summer series.
Tec Petaja Photography- sigh!
Win a Poster print at Sacred Lotus.
The Cook’s Atelier – gourmet goodness.
Censational Girl is so creative and clever with her home decor renovating.
Beautiful cake bunting on etsy.
Great blogging tips from Chantelle at Fat Mum Slim.

Be back tomorrow!

Photograph taken with Polaroid SX70 camera and Polaroid Artistic Tz film.

Thank You For The Cheer

Amanda — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 23:44:21 +0000

Hello all.

I just wanted to say thank you for all the lovely comments of late. I usually drop new commenters a hello email but I haven’t done this week as I am a sick, sad sack. I’ve spent far too much time on the couch and am going a little bonkers!

Hopefully I’ll be back to normal next week. Thank you for stopping by and for the lovely, happy love notes. I love your hellos. :)

Adoring this lady and her photographs. Best lookin’ tumblr I’ve ever seen.

Astounded by this lady’s amazing renovating talent. Loving her kitchen and office makeovers.

EDIT: Adding this link as I’ve just found it and it’s the best thing I’ve seen in a while. You MUST see my lovely friend Jen‘s amazing work for Small Magazine. She just gets better and better.

Friday Links

Amanda — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 23:27:23 +0000

Here is some link love for the weekend:

Damon Albarn performs my favourite song of the moment with Massive Attack.

This beautiful book of poems that I made The Canadian buy for me hehe

This not new book that I’ve been coveting for some time.

Fascinated by this photo technique.

Stephen Colbert is on his way to Vancouver for the games. I hope to see him. Taking this with me.

We are heading downtown tomorrow to enjoy some Olympic fun here in Vancouver. Enjoy the games, enjoy heart day if that’s your thing and have a great weekend!

p.s. More winter shooting and black and white disasters coming. ;)

p.s. Other exciting thing I wanted to tell you about, can’t do just yet.

Getting Closer to The Cappuccino…

Amanda — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 19:51:15 +0000

It’s not there yet but almost! It tasted pretty good too.

I’m off to Victoria on Vancouver Island this weekend, so I won’t be around much for the next few days. Packing lots of film and cameras!

Here are a few gorgeous blog discoveries I’ve been reading this week:

Have a great weekend everyone.

Lovely Links

Amanda — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 12:11:09 +0000

I am on the hunt for Polaroid 600 film at the moment, as the stocks are completely wiped! I do know where I can get some but I’m starting to get the shakes as I haven’t shot one for about 2 weeks. While I continue my search, here are some links to gorgeous happenings around the traps.

Radiohead has released a new song for free! Sneaky buggers!
Gorgeous Bat For Lashes artwork by Andrew Bannecker
The English Muse has had a lovely makeover. Looking good, Tina!
5 Photography Tips from Susannah Conway on Simply Hue to finish off Vicky’s fabulous Spotlight on Photographers. Now, listen to that Susannah, she knows what she’s talking about.
Look at these lovely SX70 Polaroids: wedding shot, window shot and flower shot.

Tomorrow I pick up Holga and Lomo rolls. Hurrah!

Lovely Links

Amanda — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 12:22:51 +0000

Well, this week has knocked me to the ground with an unladylike thud. Do you ever feel so tired that when the people around you talk, you feel like they are talking like the adults in a Charlie Brown special? That’s me.

Time to just grab a cuppa and zone out in with some lovely links.

:: Vicki of Simply Hue is sharing a fabulous feature on photographers at the moment.

:: Melissa Loves is also doing a feature on what we girlies keep in our bags. She posted mine today.

:: A gorgeous summer Pola from Whitney.

:: Pia Jane shares her Parisian creation to celebrate her book. I adore this photo of Pia in front of the store!

Photo copyright Pia Jane Bijkerk.

Lovely Blogs For The Weekend

There’s Something About Portland

Amanda — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 13:08:35 +0000

Have you noticed? Every day it seems I stumble across another blogger, artist, photographer or fashion designer who lives in Portland. I’m not sure whether Portland itself has a creative magical dust sprinkled between the leaves in the trees, whether the culture of the city automatically means its residents are artistically minded or artistically minded people are moving to Portland in droves. Whatever it is, Portland is sure home to fabulousness.

Image by Ann Suckow

I have never been there myself, but The Canadian tells me that it is home to the greatest bookstore on the planet and one of my oldest online friends, whom I have hung out with twice now, hails from Portland herself.
Here is a mighty mega list of Phenomenal Portland People:

Image by Abby Powell Thompson

Abby Powell Thompson: Abby shoots and blogs about the things she loves. Her camera is magical. I always know when I see one of Abby’s pictures.
Makool Loves You: Gorgeous fashion designer who creates really original pieces. Check out her blog too. The photography is beautiful too!
{frolic}: Chelsea runs one of the biggest blogs out there. A stylist who is pretty handy with a camera and a knack for finding all the prettiest things out there. Frolic is one of my favourite daily reads.
Unruly Things: Alyson is another fantastic blogger who is pretty damn famous in the design loving blog world. She blogs and designs beautiful things, check out her creative design studio site too.
Stephanie Congdon Barnes: One half of 3191. She and Mav have built a 3191 empire, starting out with Mornings, then onto Evenings and now they share an everyday blog. Both ladies are actually from Portland, but Stephanie is from the Portland I am talking about in this post.
Whitney Johnson: Polaroid Flickr queen and host to lovely lady camera afternoons.
Sacred Lotus Photography: Nicolle is a gorgeous film photographer who also blogs about all the things she loves. She is also a Sigur Ros fan, which automatically puts people on my cool list.
Ann Suckow: The queen of the Spectra. I’ve already mentioned her in a post this week. Yes, we all loveth the Moxiee.
Amy Nieto: Photographer and craftster, Amy moved herself to the land of the Oregonians with cameras in hand.
Tiny Abstraction: Debbie shoots and blogs about pretty little things that make her happy

Image by Makool Clothing

Do you know of any other fabulous Portlanders whose work you’d love to share?

Long Weekend Wasted

Amanda — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 04:43:39 +0000

Yes, feel sorry for me, life is unkind and cruel! Be damned winter colds! So, I up and got myself a case of a 4 week(continuing) flu which has caused me no end of painfully, loud, bark like coughing over the past 2 days. Seriously, the neighbours will have been thinking that cousin Eddie’s dog was “hackin on a bone” in our living room.

I had major plans for a 3 day cavalcade of fun, intermittently dispersed with report writing, but I certainly did not entertain the idea of spending 3 days coughing and lying on a couch.

My only saving grace is that the silliest kiwis with guitars will be appearing on Aussie TV again tonight for the season 2 premiere. Watching Flight of the Conchords as an Aussie is quite entertaining. Never before have New Zealanders been able to so loudly poke fun at us. It makes me realise that we really are to New Zealand what America is to Canada.

Check out this awesome Business Time t shirt.

Happy Sick on the Couch Links:

Kiss The Groom- just discovered blog of one of my favourite photographers, Elizabeth Messina. The blog itself is divine to look at and the photographs speak for themselves.
Emily Hunt- Her Spectra shots are some of the best I’ve ever seen. She and Moxiee are my Spectra heroes.
Rockstar Diaries- Certainly not new to the blogging world but if you don’t know Naomi’s blog, check it out. She simply writes about her life with her husband but she manages to pull you in with her witty story telling and cute photos.

Flight of the Conchords picture found on Google Images. If it’s yours, please let me know, so I can give you credit.

A New Beginning

Amanda — Mon, 11 May 2009 15:00:03 +0000

SAME OLD NAME, SAME OLD ME, just new pages to write upon.

It’s like buying a brand new Moleskine; a brand new Moleskine with milky pages whispering your name each time you run your fingers over them. Fresh new pages waiting for you to swirl over with a fine tipped felt pen.

I haven’t written properly on my blog since October last year. I needed a break, needed to find something new to be inspired by and needed to want to write. I knew that the time would come that I would want to write again, so here I am.

I hope to write about the things that I find inspiring, of course will write about all things photography, share new ideas and internet finds, and to keep a diary of sorts of my upcoming move to Canada. Yes, the Canadian and I are currently awaiting to hear if we have been approved for a spousal visa. The application process is a gruelling one and we have done the hard part, now we just have to wait. It’s a long road ahead but hopefully one that is full of excitement, happy anticipation and a successful final result!

Thanks for stopping by.