catching up with april

Hello again, 

Apologies for the lack of blog posts recently. I was hoping that I would have a new piece up before now but unfortunately I was caught off guard by the list I had no idea was actually there, watching me whilst I procrastinated some school work and decided to work on my blog. Whoops! Anyway, sorry that it has taken me about a week to update my blog.

So a few weekends ago I had to pleasure of finally catching up with my friend April of Everything April Blog. We both went to school together back in the good ol' days when I was around the age of six or seven but April left to go into home education so it was lovely to be able to chat for a few hours and take photos together. I still find it amazing how our little blogs and Instagram accounts have allowed us to come back into contact with each other and share our passions we didn't know we had yet as Grade Twos.

With our cameras either in hand or around our necks (safety of photography equipment come first), we adventured out in the freezing conditions that Winter brought along one Saturday and explored the neighbouring car parks and alley ways that surrounded April's house. We found some walls covered in pretty bushes that were flowering gently in beautiful shades of purple, swung on various poles holding information on where to park and even snapped some shots of each other taking photos.

After a little exploration and walk about the neighbourhood, we went back to April's house to relax for a bit. With her Japanese tea pot, which by the way is a beautiful textured shade of white and gorgeous shape, sat down to some tea and savoury snacks of crackers and a hummus dip. I still need to pick up that delicious tea we drank that day, a delightful blend of blueberries and pomegranates infused into a green tea (which I am a newly converted drinker of green tea) and it was absolutely divine to sip on while April edited some photos and I flicked through frankie Magazine, searching for blog post inspiration.

It was such a fun filled and happy afternoon, I did not stop smiling from the amazing miniature expedition we took.

You can have a browse of April's post over on her blog here and watch her video she created here.

Much love, Chelsea x

saying hello

Ever since I first thought of the idea of wanting to begin a blog, I have been contemplating how to write up the sentence for my first post (well, it is kind of my first post). A snapping quote or something with an inspirational vibe to motivate me were ideas that first popped into my head but all I could think of lines from my favourite film 'Finding Nemo' by Disney Pixar, but specifically Dory's script. But I played it safe and rethought that idea since I don't usually tend to greet people with "just keeping swimming!" or "quit following me!"

But with that aside, hello. My name is Chelsea, I am 13 years old and live along the south eastern coastline of Australia. I am a dancer, wannabe minimalist, occasional baker, leaner of photograph and design, dreamer of fashion and advocate for a cup of tea a day keep the doctor away. When I am older and am finished with my secondary studies, I would adore to go to university and take a photography or design course and work for a cute store, at a magazine as a stylist or even start up my own little cafe.

A few notes on what I love....

Shops + Cotton On, Kikki K, Country Road, Factorie and Gorman.

Food + Sushi, Tea, Figs and Lemon Meringue Pie.

Reads + frankie Magazine, Humans of New York, it by Alexa Chung and Blogs.

Hobbies + Dance, Photography, Blogging, Exploring and Relaxing.

Music + Gabrielle April, James Bay, Ella Henderson, Montgomery, Lorde, London Grammar and Coldplay.

Enough about me though. Your all here to read my blog so to give you a little preview I am going to be sharing photos from my travels and adventures, outfits I have wearing recently, little bits I have been making. All sorts really. My blog is very much a going to be a place for me to express myself, my opinions and everything I treasure. I hope you enjoy my blog and please feel free to follow me on my social media platforms.

And a big thanks to April who shot these photos for me. A post is coming up soon from our little adventures together and some photos I took of her in a few car parks and alley ways.

Much love, Chelsea x