August Journal

Highs

August was such a lovely month, I could be bias because it was my birthday month though? Starting off the month I had YCL Jewels come over and film a little IGTV about being a Leo. Fun fact that I have actually never had anyone come into my house for work if that makes sense so I was pretty nervous but it ended up being such a highlight. I also met two women who live in my street, one surprising me with left over flowers from her market stall. I had a wonderful couple of days up the coast which was the first time I had been since February due to COVID. Lots of relaxing in the sun with family, hot chips with chicken salt and margaritas. A Lucy Folk bracelet I have been eyeing off for ages went on sale just in time for me to add to cart for my birthday gift to me. I also had my favourite meal out of the year at a place in West End (Brisbane) called Club Pasta. It is a small, candle lit place with records playing and BYO drinks so grab a bottle of red and go there for pasta.

Last but certainly not least is having my umbrella collaboration with Blunt Umbrellas launch later in the month. We started working on this late last year and after a few covid set backs it is finally available. I really wanted to create something that could bring some joy & sunshine to those rainy days. They are available in limited numbers here.

Lows

So we are gearing up to start the house purchasing process and to be honest the first experiences have kind of scared me a little. Working for myself for the last 6 years, I am pretty cautious and anxious around spending or my finances. It doesn’t matter if I know I have savings, or that I have my accountant look over everything and have a digital system that makes fucking up a lot harder I still that pit in my stomach every now and then. So I feel like added pressure or added judgement is stressing me out a little. I also feel like my finances is something I am proud of, the life sacrifices/choices I have made I thought would maybe make this whole thing less stressful or less disappointing? I now know why people go buy expensive cars, I feel like that would feel better.

In other less important lows, one of our kitchen cupboards fell off out of the blue and smashed my favourite Sarah Ellison vase that I can’t replace.

New & In Review

Lee Mathews Dress (worn here). I had been eyeing off this dress for a while and finally snagged it while it was on sale which meant I got it for nearly 50% off! It is so incredible and light so I am thinking I will wear it to a wedding in October since it could be pretty toasty.

Ganni Dress (shop here) This dress just had my name all over it. Polka dots, volume, pockets?! Not going to lie I had to make sure I wore it out as soon as I received it because of the fabric. The fabric is a recycled fabric and somewhat feels like a light rain coat so it was something I had to get over and get out there in asap so that I wasn’t thinking about it if that makes sense. I did notice though that this is the perfect dress to wear near the ocean because it doesn’t stay wet and perfect also around drooling babies.

Lucy Folk Bracelet (worn here) As I said in my highs, I had been lusting over this bracelet for the longest time so when it was available in their archive sale I had to make it mine. It is a bracelet of hands wearing little bracelets - fucking divine.

Blue Striped Bedding (shop here) I really wanted to mix up my bedding for spring, something that would go with my pink clay colour but not my usual warm tones (I still love you). Blue is a colour that I really don’t have a lot of but has been in my mind much more lately so I thought why not try a blue stripe. I fell in love with this one from I Love Linen and added it to cart. I think this might be my favourite bedding combo in a while. (see it here)

Weekly camera roll dumps

This month I started posting weekly camera roll dumps on Instagram every Sunday. I will be the first to admit I am kind of anal when it comes to what images make it to the feed normally. I think it is the designer in me that looks at my social media as an aesthetic expression of who I am, less so day to day life. With that being said, I don’t live for my social media feed, it is more that my life inspires those aesthetics. This may be a way of me slowly breaking that feeling of pressure when it comes to what images I post. I take so many photos, whether it is of the light, a tree I see roadside, an image of a paragraph in a book that I like that I thought I should put these images to use to tell a mini story of each week. I feel like this takes the pressure off me in the one image to be ‘engaging’ or ‘interesting’ enough and more a little photo diary of each week.

Monthly Favourites

Favourite Makeup… Mecca Max Blush Stick in Juicy Shop here
Skincare… Bangn Body Firming Lotion Shop here
Piece of clothing… Ganni Dress Shop here
Watching… Schitt’s Creek
Reading… How do we know we’re doing it right? by Pandora Sykes

Speak soon, jasmine x