The burning question....

Someone pointed me towards a great concept blog today, The burning house poses that difficult question...

"If your house was burning, what would you take with you?"

The blog recognises this question is 'a conflict between what's practical, valuable and sentimental. What you would take reflects your interests, background and priorities', and features contributors photographs of their most treasured possessions.

Have you ever thought about it?

I think mine would include:

* Photos (From the pre-Facebook/ digital days where we printed pictures!) *
* Sentimental pieces of Jewellery *
* Letters. Lots and lots of very personal letters *
* Laptop and IPhone *
* My Grandfathers old first aid war tin *
* Vintage white knitted shawl I seem to take everywhere with me *
* My trusty old camera from University *
* Oh, and of course, any loved ones (cheeky smile) *

xxx

(Featured image was Karla Hendy's)

A little bit Urban

I'm having an Urban Outfitters lust moment with this ruffled duvet cover ....

...and Monsieur pint glass.....

....and Fashion tea bags ......

... and Lomography Diana F+ Dreamer Camera.....

...oh, and a popcorn bowl.

Lovely, just lovely :)

All from Urban Outfitters, all keen to be with me.

xxx

I would like to extend to you an invitation to the pearl pants party.

Um....I love these.

And that is all.

;)

Have a fab weekend!

xxx

(via fashion plus tumblr)

Films for the flu

Am feeling very sorry for myself as I'm suffering with post-festival flu.

The razor blades in my throat, axe in my head, watering eyes, face aches kinda of thing.

There's only one thing for it....

Make-me-feel-good movies.

They must be of a certain criteria - they can only make me cry in a good way, and must have a fluffy and giggletastic girly storyline.

I have a few lined up..... but any suggestions folks?

xx (cough, splutter, sneeze) xx

Sneak a peek...

...at some candid behind the scene photos from our Vintage Circus photo shoot yesterday for the boutique.

There's something so alluring about the old circus, the big top, the music, the eccentric magician and the glamorous showgirls.

It's one of my favourite themes so we extended it into our latest vintage styling.

The official pics will be posted soon!

xx (images all copyright to The Cherry Closet) xx

The weakness in me....

I think I need a cake intervention.

There's the most divine patisserie opposite our vintage boutique and it sells THE best coffee cake - my biggest weakness. You can keep your biscuits, sweets and chocolate - coffee cake gets me every time.

And it's OK to have cake on a Friday, right?

But I'm running out of excuses for a Wednesday and Saturday too...eek.

I need coffee cake rehab.

What's your sweetness weakness?

xx nik xx

(images and fab coffee cake recipe by Chez Luce)

This is so true.

This pic made me smile, so I dedicate this post to my lovely mum, who knows how to do those magical things that only mums do.

:)

Happy Monday everyone!

xx Nicki xx

(photo via)

The Art of the Tweet

I stumbled across this art project the other day, and I love the idea.

Twitter is a strange ultra modern phenomena used by millions across the globe. I use it almost daily , both personally and professionally.

Don't think its strange? Have you ever tried actually explaining what twitter 'is' to someone who has never heard of it?!

So when I read that three artists—Man Bartlett, David Horvitz and Jill Magid, were asking the question ...

"How much art fits into 140 characters?"

I was immediately interested.

"Creative Time Tweets," is a project organized by curator Shane Brennan running until July to create artworks using the social networking tool.

One artist (Bartlett) will spend 24 hours at New York's Port Authority bus station, asking passengers and passersby, "Where are you going?" and "Where have you been?" and collect their stories.

Another artist (Horvitz) will produce a hard copy of every tweet containing the hashtag #5992 between June 17 - June 23. On June 24, he will carry the materialized tweets by train from San Francisco to Washington, D.C., following the route of the first ever transcontinental telegram sent in 1861!

Upon arrival in Washington, D.C., the entire collection will be submitted to the Library of Congress and donated to a public archive, where it will remain accessible.

I love that people are interpreting digital mediums in a way that still connects them to real people and to recognise the way things were.

Awesome.

( P.S - You on twitter? Leave me your link so I can follow your twitter train! You can find me on @thecherrycloset )

(image via here)