Kristina x

Melbz

2011-05-09T22:21:00.000-07:00

10 Days until I head back to fashion, shopping, food, wine, MECCA!

Dear Melbourne,

I promise to pack all my black outfits, and nonchalant facial expressions so that I fit in!

CANT EFFING WAIT!

baby, baby, baby ooooOO..

2011-04-11T16:57:00.000-07:00

My life at the moment is split into two categories:

Weddings

Babies

Whenever one of my friends isn't tying the knot, they're busy procreating. Lucky for me I love a reason to throw a party and a baby shower is the perfect reason to get all the girlies together (its also a good way to get mum.to.be stocked up on all the vomit cleaning, nappy changing, happy baby items she needs for the little ones arrival).

A great,budget friendly decoration option is the Tissue Paper Pom Poms - click here for instructions

Here are a few other shower inspiration ideas:

IT Sux..

2011-03-10T18:55:00.000-08:00

I hate my I.T department *sofreakingmuchIjustwanttotakethiscomputerandthrowitoutthewindow*

You think your untouchable in your exclusive little windowless, inaccessible room

I'm onto you people and your creepy little pale skinned, nose sniffling, buck tooth ways!!

Thank you

(endofrant)

Always a bridesmaid..

2011-02-15T03:36:00.000-08:00

To all the brides, bridesmaids and general wedding page stalkers (I know your out there), follow my new blog Always a bridesmaid to delve into the mind of a professional bridesmaid...

Enjoy

Valentino

2011-02-14T19:29:00.000-08:00

It seems as time has passed,
you and your magical hold on me has now faded..
Your nothing more than a distant memory
of a Kristinax I once was,
He is now the effervescent glimpse into the future of the Kristinax i will be..
10 times the man you were..
I used to spent a long time missing you,
I woke up and realised if it should have, it would have
and although I dont regret you, I'm happy I surpassed you..

Happy Valentines Day x

Red Velvet

2010-12-13T14:51:00.000-08:00

I miss moments where the world was my oyster,

the city was my playground,

and a red velvet cupcake in a brown paper bag from you was enough...

Dear blog..

2009-08-26T18:07:00.000-07:00

Oh, how I've missed you!

You and your sarcastic way of turning truth into humor, and drama into poetry...

I will write again soon, with tales of what's-his-name, and my where-a-bouts..

Love Always K x

GRAZIA for holding the lift..

2009-07-01T17:59:00.000-07:00

This morning was chaos..

Due to my inability to make outfit decisions while still trying to wake up, I was running late.

Finally, I got into the city, grabbed my mag and coffee and headed to work.

I made the elevator, and to my surprise the person holding the lift for me was Alison Veness.

Alison-freeking-Veness!!

Editor-in-Chief of my beloved GRAZIA Magazine Australia..

What do you say when you meet somebody you idolise?

Only 5 floors until my stop I nervously blurt out,

"Thanks..Oh..Hi I'm KristinaX, your Alison Veness.. So nice to meet you, I love GRAZIA"

In my mind I cringed, knowing I sounded like a starstruck teenager.

Before me stood a woman that could CRUSH me, she embodied everything an editor should be, a nonchalant type. If your coming to work in a floor length fur coat, and you pull it off, your a rock star.

..And she did..

She extended her hand, laughed and said in her British-sounding accent "Hi, nice to meet you too, great to hear you love the mag"

We had just begun to chat briefly on this weeks MJ edition when-

My stop came.. I just about died!

She continued.. "Were up on level 9, nice meeting you KristinaX"

...I should run late more often!..

Miss me?..

2009-06-18T20:35:00.000-07:00

Apologies for my absence - Life happens..

When life happens, blogs happen..

(I'm talking about the good stuff, that flows straight from the heart to the fingertips)

..coming soon..

What are little boys made of?

2009-06-01T23:25:00.000-07:00

What are little boys made of?

Suits and Bow Ties

Deceit and Lies

...That's what little boys are made of...

P.s - I'm totally crushin on Ed Westwick and his bow-tie-wearing-Chuck-Bass-ness ..

Bookmarks..

2009-06-01T20:17:00.000-07:00

While I was going through my Twilight series reading frenzy, I would use my Train ticket as a page saver, or even worse, fold the edges down (as I was too embarrassed to be seen with my tasseled bookmark from way back when). So my Mum, creative soul that she is, made me some bookmarks.. Was cleaning up yesterday and found them..

Gorgeous!

Email Love...

2009-06-01T17:37:00.000-07:00

Baby it's cold outside...

2009-05-31T20:20:00.000-07:00

Winter is here!

Which means cute scarves, cold noses,hot water bottles, boy hugs, yuck tissues, big jackets, warm soup and ear muffs (finally, an excuse to wear them!)

Cougar Shots

2009-05-25T20:06:00.000-07:00

Be a Cougar, It's the new Black!

I'm loving these Brooke Shield pics By Tony Duran for Kurv magazine

Also added some of my faves from Madonna's W shoot

Getting older - Definitely looking forward to it...

. . .and Madame Material Girl

The week the world disappeared ..

2009-05-24T23:15:00.000-07:00

...I'm going through a phase...

Lets call it my 'it's raining outside so I'm watching movies in my room with tea, and I don't want to deal with the world this week' phase.

Unless I've left the house for coffee, work or the gym, almost every waking moment has been spent watching movies this past week.

(Granted it's been a hideously awful week, so I've allowed myself this brief moment of hibernation)

Movies

PJ's

Girlie catch ups

Chocolate

..That's all I want this week..

Amnesia, the sweet escape . . .

2009-05-18T20:56:00.000-07:00

As I stood before you

wiser,

due to circumstance

I was still distracted, still infatuated by you..

I had forgotten how good you smelt..

how perfectly full your lips were

and how your smile made me blush

I forgot the lazy mornings and pink sunsets..

how your hand fit mine

and how nobody else mattered

..I felt myself slipping..

I forgot that you hurt me..

how naive I was

and that I needed to move on

Memories got the best of me

I forgot to forget you

for forgetting you is painless,

Its the remembering that hurts

. . . Amnesia would be my sweet escape . . .

Ultimate Mix Tape - Volume 1

2009-05-07T22:01:00.000-07:00

I'm always on the prowl for the ultimate CD

The kind of CD where skipping is unnecessary because every song is your favorite.

A CD filled with mixed moods brought on by old memories..

What did I realise when I began writing?

There are WAY too many songs, and far too many era's for me to just squeeze down to 20 tracks..

So here's Volume 1:

1. Eurythmics - "Don't Ask Me Why"

2. Lenny Kravitz - "Again"
"All of my life, where have you been? I wonder if I'll ever see you again"

3. The Roots - "The Seed"
"If Mary drops my baby girl tonight, I would name her Rock-N-Roll"

4. James Morrison - "Pieces don't fit anymore"
"Well I can't explain why it's not enough,Cause I gave it all to you"

5. Corinne Bailey Rae - "Til it happens to you"
"I used to hear those violins playing our strings like a symphony "

6. Al Green - "Lets stay together"

7. John Legend - "Stay with you"
"There will be heartaches and pain, through it all, we will remain"

8. Blackstreet - "U blow my mind"

9. Des'ree - "Kissing you"

10. Diesel - "Tip of my tongue"
"Three little words that I want to say"

11. Debussy - "Clair de lune"

12. Katie Noonan - "Time to begin"

13. Sia - "Breathe me"

14. Erykah Badu - "Love of my life"
"Ooh, you know you rock my world and You be boy and I'll be girl and. . ."

15. Norah Jones - "Nearness of you"

16. Brandy - "How I feel"

17. Otis Redding - "The dock of the bay"

18. Amy Winehouse- "Valerie"

19. Coldplay - "Fix you"

20. Scarlett Johansson - "Last goodbye"
"This is our last embrace, Must I dream and always see your face? "

To do list: Ride in a Bentley - Tick

2009-05-03T23:10:00.000-07:00

I received a phone call last week from Ivy, asking if I would be interested in having a chauffeured white Bentley pick me up and bring me to Uccello's for dinner. The offer - obviously too good to pass up - was perfect timing as it was also C's birthday that weekend. So we rounded up a few of the girlies and headed in..

As we got out of the Bentz, (I had grown fond of the Bentley during this ride and had decided we were on nickname terms) we thanked 'Daddy' for the ride, and began our night of pasta and cocktails...

Karl, we need to talk..

2009-05-03T20:46:00.000-07:00

So...

I hear you hand picked Lilly 'Crazy Eyes' Allen to become the new face of Chanel handbags

Hmm.. Interesting choice Karl

I'm guessing this is what the new add campaign will look like..

If that doesn't scream style, grace and elegance I don't know what does!

Fatal Attraction

2009-04-28T20:32:00.000-07:00

I died last night...

You killed me..

I gave up fighting and submitted

Finding solace in knowing I didn't have to try anymore,

no longer having to find excuses to explain why you are the way you are.

I surrendered

Your hold on me was suffocating,

your clench on my perspective, my dignity, my soul got stronger

and I felt each breath become more difficult than the next.

The day I met you I lost an ongoing battle with my conscience,

knowing you were the living, breathing contradiction of everything I stood for.

I looked into your eyes,

one last time

as beautiful as the day I met you.

I hate that even in this moment, I still love you.

My blood was on your hands,

you killed me, and I let you...

Tie-Dye Crash Course. . .

2009-04-26T23:19:00.000-07:00

I'm loving the idea of Tie-Dying stuff lately..

Nothing OTT...

Not in a hippy 70's flower child way, more like a one off piece with a black blazer kind of way.

Anyway, here are some steps I got off wikiHow

Little tip: Wear gloves!

Steps

Get some type of bottle to dispense the dye. A good idea would be to use something like a mustard or ketchup bottle like you would find in some restaurants. You want something just like that, but maybe a little smaller.

Get a white T-shirt and wet it. Wring it out pretty good, so it is damp. Lay it out on a flat surface. Put your finger in an area around the middle. That will be the center of your spiral.

Leaving your finger in the middle of the shirt, begin to wind the shirt around your finger, making sure the shirt stays relatively flat. Continue to do that until you get it all wound up. It should be about as tall as a doorknob, and the diameter relatively close to that of a saucer.

Put three to four rubber bands around it. You should space them out relatively evenly, so it sort of looks like a pie.

Fill up your sink with just enough water so that the shirt can be fully submerged. Pour a good bit of soda ash into the water. Not a ton, but a decent amount. Mix it in with the water fairly well. Let the shirt soak in that for about 20-25 minutes. When the 20 minutes are up, wring the shirt out fairly well. Do not rinse.

When you put the colors in, you want add enough so you don't see white. You don't want to put so much in that there are little puddles lying around on the shirt. Make sure you get into all the little folds of the shirt. For each section (the little things that look like slices of pie), alternate colors. You could also mix colors, like blue and yellow.

Get some plastic wrap or something and cover your shirt for 24 hours.

After 24 hours, run water over the shirt until the water dripping out is fairly clear. Then you can cut the rubber bands off to see what it looks like.

Directly after rinsing, throw just the shirt into the washer with warm water. Use liquid soap. After the wash, just throw it into the dryer for about 20 minutes.

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Almost Bitten!

2009-04-26T22:05:00.000-07:00

Last Friday Afternoon.. the slowest day of the week

I found out semi-last minute that Kellan Lutz and Edi Gathegi (two vampire hotties from Twilight), touched down in Sydney to do a one hour signing at The Strand Arcade's JB Hi Fi.

Of course being the obsessed fan I am practically ran down there after work, being one of the few 20-somethings there I managed to push past a few of the 12 year olds to secure a spot near the front of the line.

After waiting in the line for ages, some teenage, pimple faced, manager wanna be employee told myself, as well as the million screaming twi-fans behind me that their store was at full capacity and weren't taking anybody else in..

..FULL CAPACITY..

Was he effing kidding me?

Did he realise who I was? . . . How many times I've seen Twilight?

After ruling out every other possible option, like kicking the kid that worked there, sneaking through the back door, or flirting with security..

I decided to cut my losses and call it a day..

(Next time the cast is in town, I'm camping out)

Surry Hills Festival 09 -

2009-04-20T20:55:00.000-07:00

Saturday morning, my friend and I found ourselves having a relaxed, cruisy day out at Prince Alfred Park for a day of music, food and shopping..

As far as free festivals go, this one was pretty good, we got to sit on the grass, listen to local bands and went crazy over the gypsy coffee and Spanish paella (yum)!

I'm pretty sure I met my future husband as my girl W and I stumbled across him while feebly attempting to light a cigarette in the wind...

Even though he didn't seem to speak a word of English, and had a male walking suspiciously close to him, you could tell he was totally imagining our future babies!

I had to stop myself from doing too much retail damage. It's scary to think that our small market stall owners have now evolved into a bunch of savvy, credit card accepting business moguls.. so dangerous! (but I love it)

All in all, I'm happy i dragged my tired butt out of bed for this...

x

-please excuse the belated (and brief) review-

The perfect crime . . .

2009-04-19T21:32:00.000-07:00

At 2:37pm Monday afternoon Kristina x was arrested for Murder..

Driven to insanity by an incompetent co-worker, who's voice is said to be like a diamond saw that could cut through metal, many say it was inevitable.

"It was bound to happen sooner or later, if Kristina x didn't do it, I would have." said the Director of the company, "I may just give her a raise after this, she has definitely shown initiative".

It is reported that Kristina x resourcefully gathered together two paper clips,a UHU stick and some tape, to secure the small annoyance to an ergonomic swivel chair, before launching her out of the window crashing half way down Elizabeth St, followed shortly after by her phone.

Witnesses describe the incident as nothing short of heroic. Kristina x has restored order to society, and for this we expect she will receive a mere slap on the wrist.

"Pretending to understand everything, yet in reality not knowing their own minds" - Ulysses by James Joyce

2009-04-14T22:52:00.000-07:00

. . .I've been absent. . .

Thinking I guess

Seeing things lucidly, I look at you. Seemingly happy with your fraudulent lifestyle and your artificial friends

It's been a while since I've seen you, so much has changed in my life

yet you still seem the same

You paint yourself as the hero as you tell me what you've been up to. . .

your distorted, fictitious, exaggerated version of course

I laugh..

I laugh with relief, because at one stage I was close to being somewhat like you. . .

Let me remind you, as I'm sure it slipped your mind with all the late nights and white substances

- I dont want to know you anymore -

It was a phase, a right of passage which thankfully, I learnt my lesson quickly

that kind of life doesn't interest me.

and so

While your caught up in the past, I'm surpassing the drama

Learning about something real

real problems

real hardships

real hurt

and dealing with them the real way instead of relying on temporary escapes

I was lucky enough to have genuine people picking me up

reminding me of who I really was

I honestly hope the same for you..

Magical Heels

2009-04-14T19:17:00.000-07:00

Transform me...

Take me somewhere new this time

Don't just let me twirl in circles on the dance floor

Move me forward

Left work with right, and right with left

One step in front of the other, walk me out of trouble

Make me stand tall

Confident

Feminine

Commanding

Sexy

Don't get stuck and break

I need you.. you hurt me.. but I NEED you

Guitar Hero

2009-04-01T17:31:00.000-07:00

In an attempt to channel into my inner rock star . . . I am now a guitar enthusiast
Random.. Yes
Inspired by Chanel.. Yes
I hear you all conspiring against me as you read this, thinking to yourself "Kristina x, do you have any musical talent?"
If playing the recorder in year 7 music, or singing drunken Karaoke counts, then yes.. I most certainly do..
Stop looking at me with your judgement eyes and give me some credit for trying..
I'm no Hendrix, but I've got an ear for music, and I totally think the recent mix tape/road trip esq CD I made my friends listen to is testament to that...

Kristina x. . . coming soon , to a campfire near you!

Words can't express the Awesome. . .

2009-03-30T21:12:00.000-07:00

.Karl.

If I dreamt in black and white, this is what it would look like

K x

Oh Maigahd - I Die!

2009-03-26T16:15:00.000-07:00

The only TV i seem to be making time for lately is

The Rachel Zoe Project..

I still love you Greys Anatomy, SATC, Project Runway and just quietly Gilmore Girls.. So don't be jealous!

Camp Zoe is "Killing it on a whole other level" .. It's sooo OTT and thats why I freaking love it!

Lately I've been describing all things as either:

"Stupid.. Ahmah-zing or FKIN Bah-Nahnas!"

and to top things off I usually string them together in such a way that makes no sense whatsoever -

I'm pretty sure my friends have had an earful and come the weekend I'll need to resort to a new celeb obsession, but until then I'm totally "Shutting it down!"

Sidebar: Lets hope this doesn't result in me selling my kidney, left lung and a portion of my liver in order to acquire 3 Birkins..

Welcome to Crazytown, population YOU!

2009-03-24T19:09:00.000-07:00

You've just broken up with your boyfriend, your finally doing great when you hear he has a new love in his life!

Ouch, Get the rope ready!

One minute your normal, the next you've switched into Crazy-Bitch-Ninja-007-Secret Spy mode.

You find yourself stalking friends of friends Facebook pages, trying to get a glimpse of her in the hopes that he's downgraded..

You finally find it - WOOF! Shes fugly! (or so you tell yourself to lift your spirits, in reallity she's kinda cute and has bigger boobs than you . . . no wonder he loves her)

Then you send her pic out on your morning emails to your girls, knowing that as your friends they will exaggerate her double chin to make you feel better.

It's scary the amount of juice you can get on someone when your determined, desperate, crazy and curious enough.

Your a click away from criminal charges - Stalk-zilla!

Your obsessing.. so stop!

This is a minor setback, you've cried over this idiot enough so don't wallow.

Get rid of your well worn copy of P.S I love you, and give Richard Mercer a rest for a while.

Get a new haircut, or new outfit, & plan a weekend with the girls!

Flirt, but dont rebound..

Wish your ex well, he meant alot to you at one stage, be happy he's happy.

Now get the fuck out of that situation and live!

Poolside Pasta

2009-03-19T14:59:00.000-07:00

Amidst the stress & chaos that come alongside working in the city, lies a CBD haven like no other.

Ivy Pool Club

Met my girl W for after work drinkies. Chilled out to relaxed tunes, fruity cocktails and cabana boy looking security guards. Grabbed a bite to eat poolside at Uccello's (which was actually pretty delish!)

Headed to the 'ladies room' and in this case by ladies room I mean Unisex Change Room - showers (big enough for two)

Who creates toilets with their own bar/DJ/dance area?

Kudos Mr. Hemmes x... Loves it

DreamLover

2009-03-18T18:59:00.000-07:00

He looks at you,

You look back & in that glance

. .you stop. .

Frozen in this moment

To him your his everything, hes your world.

Not a perfect world.. but a world of dis functional perfection just the same..

Finding comfort in his imperfections..

He seems real

Touchable

Breakable

it's an unimaginable kind of love

your love

a shivelrous man

woos you with lifes simple things like opening your doors, putting his coat over your sholders

a passionate man

with a love of fine art, music and wine

Once a player, he's changed his ways, given up his globetrotting single social life,

for a life with you, he wants to show you the world...

Fear presents itself as you realise that with loving so much comes the risk of loosing so much..

you wake up

. . a tear . .

it was all a dream

You're like my own personal brand of heroin...

2009-03-17T17:18:00.000-07:00

It seems that I,

along with the majority of my girlfriends, have acquired an unhealthy obsession with all things Twilight..

I've fallen for the forbidden love factor. I think every girl (Including us independent types), long for the Idea of being rescued. . . We DEFINITELY seem to want what we can't have!

Can't wait to get my New Moon fix!

...Team Jacob - Because Edward doesn't make me sweat...

(You know there's something wrong with you when your crushin' on a 17 yr old werewolf!)

Ode to a fool..

2009-03-16T21:23:00.000-07:00

We were friends once..

You've changed

My eyes have finally opened up to your deceitful ways.

Lying has become your primary means of communication, your funny.

A mere joke!

So transparent you are, I see right through your stare, your voice, your laugh.

You're fake..

I trusted you, in a moment of weakness I came to you for comfort..

I've never felt so betrayed, so hurt, so ashamed.. You're to blame, you and your eagerness to please her.

I see the regret in your eyes, but you've surpassed forgiveness..

I don't feel sorry you or for the mess you created. Your not worth my sympathy!

Gossip drives you .. It makes me sick

Thriving off other people's issues, and misfortunes to escape your pathetic existence...

She has you . . .

The

Balls

I'm embarrassed for you. You don't defend yourself, or your friends, or for what is right.

She's swept up in your bubble of lies, convinced of the idea that "I can trust him, It's others I don't trust".

Hunny, If you trusted him, Others wouldn't be an issue...

If you think I've been defeated, your mistaken!

I'm stronger than ever, strong enough to shut you down with words strong enough to break you.

I bite my tongue now, not for you.. But for those I love..

But be weary I will reveal all if you challenge me!

Be scared... you're nobody, your nothing..

Train Thoughts...

2009-03-11T19:40:00.000-07:00

Umm..

How close is too close when you find yourself wedged on the train in between an old skinny guy with a massive mo that spent most of the trip snorting and picking his nose, and a middle aged fat guy who fell asleep pretty much on me? It was more action than I'd get on a date

. . .Luckily. . .

I Found my salvation in a Cosmo, a stick of gum and the fact I was sitting two seats behind some eye candy (yumm) and in no time, was at my stop.. phheeww!

Barbie - The Fame Whore x

2009-03-10T15:39:00.000-07:00

Ah, how I miss the good old days.

The days when lifes dramas were a mix of Push Pops, Care Bears and Cabbage
Patch Kids. The trivial debate of what she would wear, what mode of transport she should take (Horse drawn carriage, Caravan or Convertible), & which Barbie got to marry Ken that day.

*Note: I was a girl that had about 40 Barbies and only one Ken. I created Outrageously scandalous scenarios & short lived relationships... hmm That explains ALOT!*

So..

As an ode to the countless wardrobe changes I've made and continue to make and in the spirit of Barbie's 50th I'm sporting hot pink nails to work today! They actually look FaB, and I'm not a massive pink nail fan..

Also, to mark Barbies 50th Mr.Lagerfeld has joined forces with Mattel to create a Barbie Inspired range..(As pictured above)

P.S

i Love you Karl (I'm totally having your glove wearing babies) !

"Quod me nutrit me destruit" - (What nourishes me, destroys me)

2009-03-09T22:50:00.000-07:00

I was young;

Naive and young.. Un-hurt, un-touched, un-scarred.. I was new.
You came in to my life, slightly older and in some ways wiser, I looked up to you, trusted you.
You taught me things about myself nobody else could.. You made me set the bar higher..

No one else could make me laugh so much, cry so much, love so much..
No matter what I'm always innocent in your eyes,
Hugs from you always made everything feel ok, kisses made the world fade.
Breathe in deep just to smell you..

Years together, you knew me..
you were my comfort zone, my security blanket.
so hard to let go..

Back and forth we left each other...

yet magnetically were drawn back, each time loving and hating each other a little more..
Your name lined my heart, no matter who else came in touch with it, your scent remained.
Time passed and we both grew, together and apart.
Knowing I needed to move on, I found my clarity in your absence.

and just like that.. you were gone..

Love exists to show us how much we can endure.
To push us to our limits, to the point where were either better people with them, or without.

I knew I would never be with you but will always remember the wanting..
Your stories my dreamer, about a future someday..
with thoughts of tomorrow, never today.
It wasnt our time.

Goodbye x