Kitty And Buck

Monday, March 10, 2014

Instagram Challenge - March Colour Announcement!

To bring you up to speed, the Instagram challenge is designed to keep our photography flowing throughout the year, in the form of creating a nice collaborative rainbow. Each month will have a different colour theme. I'll announce a new colour monthly and then showcase my favourite shots on the blog at the end of the month.

If all goes according to plan, I think we'll be able to paint a beautiful spectrum on Instagram through the year, which you can watch unfold by searching the hashtag #kittyandbuckcolor

If you'd like to join in, there are no rules, other than using the hashtag #kittyandbuckcolor and taking a snap (or multiple snaps) that predominately features each month's colour. You can create a scene to photograph, or walk around your town and find new places that show off the colour of the month. Just use it as an excuse to exercise your creativity and photography skills!

March is {PINK} And no, it wasn't just an excuse to buy donuts... maybe ;) Tag all of your pink-hued Instagrams with #kittyandbuckcolor! I'm excited again to see what you guys shoot.

If you'd like to spread the word, feel free to grab this button to share on your blog. You can resize it to fit your sidebar by changing the width and height values in the code when you copy it to your blog's sidebar. (just keep them the same so it stays square!)

Find me on Instagram @kittyandbuck - I'm looking forward to seeing your beautiful photographs! Remember, if you are private, let me know your username in the comments if you'd like me to see your pictures and I'll follow you.

Kitty
xo

Saturday, March 8, 2014

Found #87

The photography of Stefano Bonazzi caught my eye this week. It's surreal subject matter and painterly quality is so beautiful.

via: I Need A Guide

How fun is this? A cork globe so that you can add a pushpin to all the places you've been (or would like to visit!)

via: The Awesomer

The Bewitching Blues dress from Nectar is gorgeous! I won't lie, I'm also taken by those amazing wooden floorboards in the background...

via: Nectar

Kitty & Buck favourite Isabel Knowles has just released "Cabbage", a collection of one-off pieces, just in time for spring! Beautiful floaty cotton numbers with pretty prints... how can you go wrong?

via: Isabel Knowles

Love this "Tessera" ring from Acre.

via: Acre

image via: A Blog Made Vibrant

Roadtrippin' and Values. I only discovered Caroline's blog this week, and I'm really enjoying it! This post about her planned roadtrip talks about the value in being flexible (yes!). I'm also in agreeance with her opinion on travel and new experiences being a catalyst for growth and change as a person, they are so important. Head on over to A Blog Made Vibrant and check it out for yourself.

Happy Friday everyone, I hope that you have a lovely weekend planned!

Kitty
xo

Wednesday, March 5, 2014

Make, Eat, Embellish, Think v.05

make // sequin phrase sweatshirt diy via a beautiful mess
eat // european coleslaw via the design files
embellish // nude nailart via pshiiit
think // man's search for meaning - the definitive book on happiness

Kitty
xo

Tuesday, March 4, 2014

Instagram Challenge - February Recap

Whoa, February. That was fast! I'll be announcing the colour for March soon, but before I do, here are some of February's favourite Red snaps:

1 ◆ @sadeydarling
2 ◆ @sombrasblancasdesign
3 ◆ @ohemmadeer

4 ◆ @apurplerat
5 ◆ @jess_emers
6 ◆ @everydayandrea

7 ◆ @begoodnatured
8 ◆ @bytheporchlight
9 ◆ @gypsybeee

10 ◆ @maryandrikus
11 ◆ @sincerelysara22
12 ◆ @rumneymarsh

I'm hosting this Instagram Challenge all through 2014, where the intent is to refresh your view on the world around you by searching for the month's theme colour. Hopefully we have the added bonus of improving our phone photography skills, too. Each month I will announce a new colour, and all you have to do to take part is tag your coloured images with #kittyandbuckcolor. At the end of each month, I'll feature a few favourites on Kitty & Buck and at the end of the year, I imagine we'll have a lovely rainbow streaking through Instagram!

If you'd like to share your participation (and encourage your readers and friends to join in) you can use this button on your blog:

Tag as many images as you'd like, and don't forget to let me know your username if your profile is private, I'll follow you along once I know (if you want me to see your #kittyandbuckcolor shots!)

Which shots are your favourites?

Kitty @kittyandbuck
xo

What I Wore | Pretty in Pink

I think I blinked and missed summer this year. Just like that, it's Autumn and, as though the sun sticks to our arbitrary calendar religiously, there is a sudden chill in the air. I'm wrapping up a job in the next couple of weeks, so I've been pretty caught up in the excitement of a deadline ;) And in the middle of all of that, I have managed to start organising our next trip, we are taking our immediate families to Japan in November for a very intimate wedding, so I'm planning for not one, not two, but nine people! I'm definitely channeling my inner Francis Whitman, though, honestly, he's not to far from the surface.

I've decided in some alternate reality that I'm a Japanese tour guide, running about with a trail of delighted duckling-people, wondrous gazes lighting up their faces as we round each corner. I'm pretty sure on one hand it would be really rewarding to share a completely new place with people, and on the other, it might get a teensy bit stressful. I'll let you know in December ;) If it goes well, hey, who wants to come on tour to Japan in 2015?

I've been polishing up on my Japanese, as per one of the items on my 2014 to-do list, and I'm really pleased to say that it's actually going well. I think in 8 months, I will be able to speak enough to have a simple conversation and also deal with hotels, restaurants and shops as head translator for our group! Plus my reading and writing skills are flooding back! Fingers crossed, guys. While it's fine to have no Japanese skills for one or two people, I think logistically it's going to be much better if I can communicate effectively with such a large group.