Old Fever Hospital visit..

Howdy!

In the weekend I went on a tour of the old Fever Hospital in Mount Victoria, Wellington.
It's a beautiful old building, packed full of history (and it's still got the call buttons!)
Construction first began in 1918, to be completed in 1919. The first patients were brought in in 1920.
It was used for a range of things over the years, but during the hospital period was a place to treat illnesses like TB, scarlet fever and the like.

The original building was shaped like a V and during the 70s an addition was made in the middle. The nurses' home is a separate building, connected by a covered corridor which had a partitioning wall down the middle. When the nurses began their shift they would walk down one side, separated from those who were finishing their shift and making their way back to the home.

There are quite a few ghost stories associated with the hospital. One of such is Sister Slipper, who apparently used to walk around the wards with slippers on and hot water bottles over top of them. During the 1990s the building was used as a music school and there were reports of a shuffling sound at night--similar to the sound of someone walking around in slippers.

The SPCA hosted the tours as the old Fever Hospital will become their new premises. It was hard not to get excited about the plans as they were telling us about them on the tour!

Anyway, enough rambling. Have some pictures!

See ya next time!

Hairstyles, an outfit and a TARDIS quilt

Long time no post! Uni has been so crazy.
In the time since I last posted I made a TARDIS quilt and a new skirt.

And here are a couple of hairstyles:

Laters!

Buns and henna!

Apologies for the lack of posts.
University has been ruling my life and taking up all of my time!

Here's a braided bun I wore the other day:

I found a new henna supplier. The henna is just gorgeous quality.
I have some in my hair right now, looking forward to seeing the result!
I'll post pictures when I get a chance.

Until next time!

Tardis skirt and a Paranda

Hey all!

I finished my Tardis skirt. I'm SO pleased with the results.
I've worn it almost everyday since I finished it.

Here's my outfit for today - I'll essay writing at uni (THANK GOD I'M ALMOST FINISHED! Essays are lame. But necessary. *sigh*).
Please excuse my mirror! It's in need of a clean.

Hairstyle is a French braided paranda with two English/accent braids from the front.

Anyway, better go and get back to writing my essay.

Until next time! x

Happy Easter!

It's Easter time - hooray!
That means a long weekend, which is my favourite kind of weekend.

Today I want to share with you an outfit, a hairstyle (kind of?) and an outfit in the making.
I've been feeling creative this weekend.. Or rather, I have an assignment due and therefore my procrastinator's brain thinks that this is the best possible time to give me ideas that MUST BE DONE NOW!
I am, after all, the queen of procrastination. I did however manage to trick myself into a bit of study today, thankfully.

Anyway! Enough with the blabbering and on with the pictures.

This was my outfit for today (Sunday). We went out to lunch with my family because it was my lovely mum's birthday (and, ya know, Easter).

Hair for today. I curled my hair with cloths (the cleaning kind) that I bought specifically for curling.

And here's the procrastination project! I cut out a half circle skirt and screen printed Tardis' all over it. So excited about it! Just waiting for the paint to dry and then I'll seal it with an iron, before sewing the skirt together.

There will be pics when it's finished!

Anywho,
better get onto my essay. Maybe.

Ka kite ano!

Outfits..

Took some outfit pictures for a thread on LHC, so thought I might as well post them here too!
I like wearing long skirts a lot, and it's not quite cold enough for jeans yet, so I've been wearing them to uni pretty much everyday.
These are from yesterday and today:

Top is actually pink, not orange! Damn you nighttime photos!

Rocking the homemade skirt, like a boss.

The second skirt I'm pretty proud of - I got the material from a second hand shop for $6. It's a half circle skirt. The red waistband ties into a pretty bow at the back, and I added buttons so that I can either wear it as a wrap skirt or button it back and wear a black skirt underneath, giving it a bustle-y kind of look. (As I said earlier, I'm a history nerd.)

Until next time!

Victorian/Edwardian pin curls/flipped cinnabun

Hey all!

Yesterday I re-hennaed my hair, so didn't really have it in any particular style (unless you count gladwrap as a style).
But today I was feeling creative. Last night I put my hair up in high pigtails and made pin curls all across the top of my head. I decided that I wanted to do something that felt Victorian, or Edwardian (because I'm a history geek, and am a little obsessed with incorporating elements of dress up into my everyday).
So, I grabbed two sections at the front of my face, as always, and pinned them back. Then I sectioned the middle/back of my hair and created a messy, flipped cinnabun - making sure to leave one curl out. The two side sections I then individually sectioned, pin curled and pinned them at the back above the flipped cinnabun. Finally, I took the curl that I left out of the middle section, lifted it and half pinned it to the cinnabun, leaving the end to fall over my shoulder.
Not entirely sure if those instructions make any sense.. but never mind.

And now.. the pictures!

I'm ridiculously pleased with the results!
Anywho, time for me to go.

Hopefully I'll be back soon with another style!
See ya x