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How To Stop Hannibal Lecter from Eating Your Face.

by Carly Jacobs
  When you were a little kid, did your parents have a scary video that you weren’t allowed to watch? A video that was so awful, so horrifying, that they warned you implicitly NEVER to watch it? My parents had one. It was a recorded off the TV, VHS tape of The Silence of the Lambs. They hid it at the back of the video cupboard. They needn’t have bothered. I had no intention of EVER watching that v Read the rest!
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Lovely Links.

by Carly Jacobs
Bellamumma shares her Barely There make-up tips. Beautiful. This is what I plan on looking like all summer. From the Sartorialist. A Beautiful Mess shows us how to DIY a bridal bouquet. My Edit is my new favourite style blogger. Why? She’s a landscaper. And she looks like this. Awesome. Move over Zara, Topshop is in town. From Sassybella. Fancy  a week full of simple happiness from Kyla Roma? Interior inspi Read the rest!
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Sarah Von and Smaggle talk about life, organisation and blogging.

by Carly Jacobs
  Remember when Sarah and I asked you guys for questions for our podcast? We sat down, wrote a list, drank tea and answered all your queries in our fancy little recording, which is now available for download here. If you can’t wait for it to download, then just crank the volume in your office and listen to it right now. I’m sure your colleagues will love it. Type A Radio with Sarah Von Bargen and Read the rest!
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Things I Wanted as a Child but Never Had.

by Carly Jacobs
  Don’t worry. This isn’t a sob story about how my parents never hugged me. It’s a list of random material items that I would have sold my tiny soul for as a child but for some reason never got, inspired by Lady Melbourne’s twitter conversation yesterday. I’m pretty sure it’s because my parents realised these things were useless and just ignored me until I stopped asking f Read the rest!
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What guilty business do you indulge in when your significant other is out of town?

by Carly Jacobs
  My man and I both travel quite frequently with our careers. He’s been interstate for the last week and I admit, I always get a teensy bit excited when this happens, because I get to indulge in my Lame Defiant Behaviours. These are not the same as Secret Single Behaviours, the things we would never want our boyfriends to see us do. Lame Defiant Behaviours are little things that I seem to only do when Read the rest!
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Guest Post – Ms Critique on the Art of the Long Distance Relationship.

by Carly Jacobs
Have you all met MsCritique? She’s my newest blogging buddy, we randomly started following each other on twitter, and now we are totally BFF. I’ve been scrolling through her archives and I’m all, girl, you HAVE to guest post for me. Being a proud survivour of a long distance relationship I loved this sweet piece that she wrote for her Silver Fox. For about two weeks of every month, SilverFox and Read the rest!
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Is Everyone Capable of Meditating?

by Carly Jacobs
Image I went to yoga yesterday. Not the Les Mills Tai Chi/Ballet/Pilates combo, backed by a trendy soundtrack kind of yoga, I mean the real deal. 90 minutes of breathing, harnessing my chi and trying not to giggle when the teacher said I needed to unclench my braha. I think she said braha. Yoga teachers talk weird. We ohmed. We breathed heavily. We were told quite seriously that it’s okay to pass wind. At th Read the rest!
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For Mama Smaggle

by Carly Jacobs
Today is Mama Smaggle’s birthday. She’s a total fruit loop, and in honour of her getting older and battier I’m going to publicly list her finest qualities. * She manages to say ‘vagina’ at least once during every dinner party. * When she disappears during one of her nephew’s 18th birthday celebrations, you’ll usually find her in the kitchen doing body shots off their frie Read the rest!
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American Vocabulary that I’m Totes going to Steal.

by Carly Jacobs
Last week was insane. Sarah from Yes and Yes touched down on Monday, on the only flight out of Wellington (or anywhere!) that made it through the ash cloud into Melbourne. From the moment she arrived we pretty much didn’t stop talking unless we were eating, sleeping or working insanely side by side. We recorded a podcast answering all your questions, which will be available shortly. In the mean time, here Read the rest!
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Winter Style Tips – En Pointe.

by Carly Jacobs
I’m a shocker. Every winter I refer back to my standard ballet-style wardrobe. It’s such a simple and beautiful way to keep warm. Try… * Dark denim jeans with a roll neck mohair sweater and black ballet flats. * Grey, loose fitting, over-the-knee socks worn with ballet tights and a bandage skirt. * A sleek bun in your hair, simple hoop earrings and a knotted, fringed scarf. * Anything that Read the rest!
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