GIVEAWAY Secret Squirrel Treasure Tee (CLOSED)

Very excited to bring you another giveaway from Australian label Secret Squirrel. This time from their new Summer 2010 collection - Deep Blue Sea.

Secret Squirrel Treasure Tee RRP $194AUD

Secret Squirrel are offering one Daydream Lily reader the chance to win their Treasure Tee valued at $194AUD. Sizes available S/M/L (8 - 10 - 12 Aus) winner to choose size.

To be in the running leave a comment on this post - open to all readers. Winner will be drawn on Wed morning using random.org

Good Luck



I finally got around to add in comment numbering so I no longer have to count through them all. congrats to comment #109 Oh.D darko

Just a mintue in October

photo sources: 1.Julie Michelle 2.Harry MacNaughton

I used to do these Just A Minute posts all the time. They're a monthly meme started by August Street, but she no longer blogs. I love her meme so much I think I'll start doing them again. It was the only meme I was able to keep up. It's also fun to look back through the old ones and see what you were doing that moment in time... anyways I'm going to be keeping the Just a minute legacy going, join in if you like.

So here we go.

Reading...... finally finished Zadie Smith's On Beauty. Next I'm going to read her 'White Teeth'. Also the interview with my sister in WATIM #23.

Buying........Cameras, well mainly looking and thinking over which one to get, undecided whether to get the Holga or LC-A+

Listening...........Foals, Foals, Foals. I love these guys!

Watching......not alot. Any good movie, tv show recommendations?

Loving..........exploring my new home town and weekend road trips. Also seeing the first pictures of the Daydream Lily x Element range instores.

Planning......parties! I promise details coming soon.

want to play along? full details on the game are here...

am.bi.ence

am·bi·ence/ˈambēəns/Noun

1. The character and atmosphere of a place.

2. Background noise added to a musical recording to give the impression that it was recorded live.


Photos >> 1.Lucas Regazzi 2. Katherine Squier

Polaroid 300 Instant Camera and Film GIVEAWAY! - CLOSED

Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros. Photo Credit: Brad Klemmer

Polaroid was out at Virgin Free Fest, Colombia a couple weeks back and had their team shoot a bunch of the headliners with their 300 Instant Camera. The photos were then put into a collage of each of the acts and I love the results! Pictured here is Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros.

Anyway, to get the word out I have a Polaroid prize pack to giveaway! The pack includes the Polaroid 300 Instant Camera and a pack of film.

To be in the running you can enter two ways...Leave a comment on this post or follow me over on my new Daydream Lily facebook page for another entry (my facebook page needs some love! ). Open to all readers - international included. Winner will be drawn on Monday.

Thanks to Polaroid for this great giveaway!

PS. Just let me know if you're also on my FB so I can double your entry.

UPDATE: Thank you so much for all the entries, and the facebook love - you made my day! I think this is now my most entered giveaway yet! The winner has been drawn and its nmac.

elizabeth sarah

Dreamy film photography by Elizabeth Sarah, New York.

PS. Thank you everyone so so much for your kind comments on my last post!

PPS. My brother posted a new photoshoot to his blog yesterday and I have to say (and I'm not just saying this cause he's my brother) but it is AMAZING! The first two photos are my favourite.

Element/Daydream Lily Collaboration

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I'm so excited to be able to FINALLY share this with you all! Earlier this year I worked on a Daydream Lily inspired collection with Element Eden for summer 10/11. The capsule collection includes outfits, homewares and accessories all in a whimsical, delicate 'daydream lily' style. The collection was then shot by photographer Steve Gourlay in Courtney Brims' house (who also did the illustration for in the collection!).

I was involved in all the steps of creating it... from working with the Element design team to helping style the shoot. It was such a fun and amazing experience!

The collection is going to be instore in a couple of weeks! crazy! (I'm still pinching myself)

To celebrate Element and I are having some parties. The parties will be Gold Coast, Sydney and Melbourne over the month of November . I'll be blogging more details, including dates etc soon.

1010 Project

photos: from top to bottom - Kate Miss, Hilda Grahnat, Hello Sandwich

Vic sent me an email to let me know about her 10/10/10 project.

10 photographers, 10 different cities, 10 photographs each. All done on the 10/10/10.

How fun! and even better when I had a look at who took part... Ebony Bizys aka Hello Sandwich, Hilda Grahnat, Kate Miss and Pia Jane Bijkerk just to name a few.

Photographer Interview: Ann H

I've been thinking about adding interviews to the blog for awhile now, and thought id start out with some of the amazing photographers who inspire me. First up is Ann He, at only 15 Ann is taking photos that absolutely messmerise me! Here I have a little chat with her....
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Name: Ann He
Age: 15
Location: Dallas, Texas
Website: http://flickr.com/photos/quicklikesilver or http://annhe.com

You're only 15 yet your work seems to be from someone much older! How long have you been taking photos? and how did you get started?

Wow, thanks! I've been photographing in general for about a couple of years now. I first got into it after seeing the works of Zhang Jingna, Lara Jade, and Nirrimi Hakanson on deviantArt, but my inspirations and references have evolved a lot since then!

I'm always curious as to what cameras and films photographers are using. Do you have a favorite camera/film?

The 35 mm film cameras I use are really very cheap. My minolta XG-m and a canon rebel 2000 are the ones I use most often, and they are wonderfully reliable. I actually bought a medium format Kiev 88 this summer and I would definitely definitely shoot with that camera all the time if it wasn't such a hassle! The film I use 90% of the time is fujifilm 200. It's incredibly cheap as well (I'm a total stinge) and I'm kind of in love with its infidelity to the actual colors of the scene.



You seem to have an amazing eye for light! how do you find locations for your photos? is there a certain time of day you know will make better pictures?

Haha thank you! It's a habit for me to stare out of car windows. Honestly, if you ride in a car with me you’ll hear me squealing about the absolutely perfection of some retro neighborhood or lake or woods we just passed. Other than that, I may have an idea for a shoot, and I’ll google to find possible locations that would work for it. My favorite favorite favorite time of day in regards to lighting is that 10 minutes after the sun goes completely down and before it’s too dark to see much at all. The light is so soft and quiet, and even though it’s dusk it seems as though everything is illuminated. The colors on the film turn out rich and nostalgic like a dream. If you look through my photos, I tend to always start shooting during the late afternoon when the light is harsh and directional (yuck!) and all through sunset to dusk. There are definitely advantages to light at all different times of the day—I love the golden glow that you get when shooting under a shadow during midday.



Any tips for people getting started in photography?

Pay attention to your surroundings—the light, structures, details, colors. Definitely experimenting with different styles and techniques!

Thanks so much Ann! visit Ann's flickr or website to view more of her work.

Flickr Favs Friday #2

Stine Sampers

ffion-atkinson

Stine Sampers

laura olivia baker

Poppy

Flickr favourites friday, join in at Here Comes The Sun.

What Goes Around Comes Around Collection Spring/Summer 2011

New lookbook images for Spring Summer 2011 from WGACA. Loving that lace top in the last pic.

Polaroid Coasters

Love these! Polaroid Coasters by justnoey.

Frankie Diary GIVEAWAY - closed

NOTE: If you are after the Frankie Diary 2012, it is now available through Nation State.

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So excited to have TWO copies of the 2011 Frankie Diary giveaway thanks to Mag Nation.

To be in the running leave a comment on this post and the two winners will be drawn using random.org Sunday night. Competiton open to all readers - international included.

Good Luck

UPDATE: Holy WOW!! seriously thank you so so much for all the entries, I WISH I could give you all a prize. The two winners are Polaroid Cupcake and Pony Anarchy.

Nadinoo AW 2010

Pretty new Autum Winter Collection from Nadinoo.

Project Patchwork

Patches by: Cat Rabbit, Kat Macleod and Amy Borrell.

Have you heard about Project Patchwork? I've been meaning to blog about it for aggggeeeees (Well at least since I discovered it on The Design Files)

Project Patchwork is the work of creative lady Lizzy Wilson. Lizzy has brought together 27 of Melbourne creatives to make a 'Crafty Ladies and Gents Quilt'. Each patch in the quilt has been designed and sewn by a local Melbourne artist including some of my absolute favourites Kat Macleod, Amy Borrell and Cat Rabbit (squares are pictured above).

The quilt is going to be raffled off at Craft Victoria on the 18th October to raise money for Australian Cambodia Foundation which funds an orphanage in Cambodia run by an Australian, Geraldine Cox.

Tickets are only $2 each and you can get them online NOW at Project Patchwork. There's also two other quilts up for grabs.

tracianne & trasienne

"...the photo diary of tracianne & trasienne, twins scouring interestingly beautiful people and the coolest cities of the world, capturing anything and everything in polaroids and film."