OUTFIT: Gestuz

H&M blue blouse with pearl collar, Forever21 trousers, Lucette Bag, Gestuz Booties (via Bloggerswardrobe)

Wearing my new open toe black booties from Gestuz!
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INSPIRATIONAL WORDS

This rib cage shot is a quote from Steve Jobs R.I.P and a additional quote from the clients Girl. Ctoon$

SANCTIOND AVAILABLE !!

Keep that ride clean go cop some Sanctiond car care products www.sanctiond.com, www.amazon.com, www.rockfordfosgate.com, support the movment...Ctoon$

MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND

Saturday eve took a couple of rides out to Hollywood BLVD for a cruise check out the photos above. Ctoon$

DIY Prada skirt in progress

 

I'm in love with the Prada relief-yellow-rose print skirt so I gave it a first try ;)

First I dyed a skirt in a very soft pink, then I painted "impressionistic" roses (I tried to capture loosely the silhouette) with textile dye! (mixing the dye with water got the best results!) and after it I went for the yellow roses, using heavy body acrylic paint that I mixed with a textile medium for screen-printing. With lots of effort I managed to get the paint in a syringe-like tube so I could draw the roses out of loose hand.. clearly some roses look better then others haha :)the roses took about 1 week to dry!

I like the effect but what I really want are more puffy-foam-ey roses so I'm looking for another medium! I'm pretty sure I once worked with a puffy-foam paint (It looked very synthetic) for screen-printing but I have no-idea yet where to find it.. I think I might visit the printing-workplace at my old art-school to ask! (I will keep you updated!)


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OUTFIT: Yummie

wearing: Zara blazer, H&M dress, Rebecca Minkoff bag, vintage Glitter pumps
 
Busy day for me today and tomorrow! I have a little streetstyle shoot for a magazine tomorrow where I have to style a ... *very orange*....dress.. I can't spill the details just yet, but you will see soon enough :)

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FULL SLEEVE GET YOUR$

Here is a classic from the archives don't sleep on getting sleeved out for the summer, Ctoon$

SOUL SUNDAY

What's up! 

Welcome back to Mrs.Toons Soul Sundays. 

 Today's artist is another one of my favorite female singers.

Patti Drew with "Tell Him", "Working on a groovy thing" & "He's the One" she was born on December 29, 1944 in Charleston, South Carolina. She is an American pop singer who achieved brief success in the late 1960s.

Drew was raised in Nashville, Tennessee and Evanston, Illinois, where she sang in church with her sisters, Lorraine and Erma. Drew's mother worked for a Capitol Records promoter, who heard Drew and her sisters sing in a church service and signed the group as the Drew-Vels. They first recorded "Tell Him" which was written by Carlton Black and not to be confused with "Tell Him" by The Exciters. The single release was a local hit and scraped the lower echelons of the national charts.

Drew signed as a solo artist to Quill Records in 1966 and soon after moved up to Capitol, issuing a new recording of "Tell Him" as her first single. It was a modest success and was the first of three charting singles. She released three albums before leaving the industry in 1971, though she recorded a one-off single in 1975 and sang locally in Evanston in the group Front Line in the 1980's. Patti Drew was a soul singer that had that original look & Sound. Thanks for Tooning In...

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Soul Sundays

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Things to Do in the Weekend: Shopping the Blogs!

 
photo by Park&Cube, wearing Stylescrapbook x Kipling Camera Bag
 

Bloggers are quite the Busy Bees and I always love to spend some quality weekend-time browsing (and shopping) what they have been up to! Because some of these are good, really good!

Here are some of my recent favorites!




1) Stylescrapbook x Kipling Camera bag

The Stylescrapbook x kipling Camera bag is not new (it has been out for a while now) but I'm still head over heels for this clever and lush design! It was quite hard to find some online since most where sold out already but luckily I found some left here!

 
Photo by 5inchandup
   
2) Wish Magazine

I love Carrie's blog! So no need to stay I'm totally exited about her Wish magazine!! I pre-ordered it already and seriously can't wait for the magazine to come in the mail!

You can pre-order Wish Magazine here

 

 
photo's by wishwishwish

3) Rebelle

Haleigh, the blogger behind Making Magique has an amazing online boutique that she's running from Paris! Here you can find brands (some hard to find in Europe elsewhere) like Rebecca Minkoff, Wildfox Couture and Evil Twin! 


~Shop Rebelle


 
Photo's by Making Magique




4) the Cherry Blossom Girl x Etam

The 2nd collection of the Cherry Blossom Girl's with Etam!

~the Cherry Blossom Girl x Etam

   
photo's by the Cherry Blossom Girl


5) The Caravan

Olivia has an amazing blog and I'm totally addicted to her instagram (thecaravan)and my latest addiction? Her Vintage store!!

~The Caravan



photos by Lust for Life


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OO7 TRAILER

LION DAYS

The homie Matt came into get some more work this is a flick of his last session . Ctoon$

OUTFIT: Casual

Zara Blazer, H&M sweater, TopShop Jeans, Converse shoes, Rebecca Minkoff Bag

Casual outfit that I was wearing the other day just in between/before the heatwave and thunderstorm... The good part is that this look works with about any regular top or tee..(and uhm umbrella...)

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THROW BACK THURSDAYS

Here is classic rib shot I did on the kid young steve. Ctoon$

TUTORIAL: DIY flower heels

The tutorial for the DIY flower heels!

The tutorial is really simple, easy and fun to do!

(click picture for the full tutorial)

You will need:

I used the floral hair pins/clips from the H&M! These hair-clips are perfect and easy to clip-on to about everything and non-permanent! (for a permanent effect disregard the clips but keep the felt and glue on the flowers) I also used regular shoe laces. (I used shoes that are half a size too big)

for a permanent use: If you look closely you can see that the clip/pin loops through to a little piece of felt that's glued on to the flower! (the clip itself does not necessarily need to be glued) With this in mind you can easily make your own flower hair pins or create your own flower embellishments by glueing the finished flower on a little piece of felt to make it ready for use!

1) Select the flowers/hairpins you want to use 

2) Clip them on where you would like to see them

3) Make sure the pins don't hurt when wearing them! I diy-ed shoes that are on the bigger size (1/2 or 1 size up!) You can also use little pieces of felt to cover the pins so the shoe won't hurt!

4) Et voilà! 

5) Really like the shoe? You can take out the pins/clips (only the clips leave the felt) and glue the flower by the felt on the shoe for a permanent diy!

1) Use shoelaces, ribbons or robe, loop the laces through the open toe of the shoe

2) Cross in the back

3) tie around the ankle (not too tight!!) 

4) Clip on the flowers! 


Have Fun!
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ALL THINGS COME TO PASS

Roots ever deepen. Nevertheless, after 18 years the time had come to throw loose the moorings. So it goes. To celebrate the event a few of us came together and collaborated on a short film.  Enjoy.   

SELF:  aDRIAN LEE
METAPHOR OF SELF:  TREVIN SEIFERT
LOCATION & PHOTOGRAPHY DIRECTION:  MAX DOLBERG
CAMERA 1:  GRITPHILM
CAMERA 2:  N'DALO SILVEIRA
CAMERA 3:  TONY DEGRAZIA
LOCATION MANAGER:  SCOTT UMEKI
LIFE COACH TO TREVIN:  BRENT SEIFERT
EDITING:  SIBEL
MUSIC COMPOSITION:  TAKASHI MAKINO

BACK SESSION

New customer Dave from New Jersey flew in to get the top of his back done. Ctoon$