Style Tips -- 15th December 2007

[ 15 December 2007 ]

Heart mitten
Photo by betsyjean79

<3 Sew a heart onto the underside of one of your gloves. Anatomical or crown of thorns — it’s your choice. Then you can raise your hand & show your heart as a secret salute!

<3 Get photographs printed straight off your digital camera at a photo shop. Slap a stamp on the back & voilà! Instant postcard. I used to do this a lot, & often draw moustaches on the photos before sending them off. You can do the same thing with covers ripped from books, but I am a bit reckless when it comes to literature, so your mileage may vary…

<3 Write someone (your mother, your ex-boyfriend, your English teacher) a letter telling them all the things they’ve done right. Whether you send it or not is up to you.

<3 Buy a hyacinth for your work or creative area. There is an old Taoist proverb which says that if lost everything & had only two coins, you should use one to buy bread & feed your body, & the other to buy hyacinths to feed your soul. A hyacinth is a symbol of sincerity & a fabulous thing to be near!

“Poetry is the synthesis of hyacinths and biscuits.” — Carl Sandburg

Love letters & feather headdresses,

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  1. that postcard tip is awesome! I should send one like that to my sister (she’s living in London :( i miss her!)
    thanks for the tips ;)

    <3 fran · Dec 15, 03:32 PM · #

  2. Ee! Blythe is awesome! My girls salute you too!
    I do want to write a letter some time.. but I don’t think I’d feel comfortable sending it.

    <3 Gin · Dec 15, 04:07 PM · #

  3. LOVE the glove idea, so cute! i love stuff like that. keep ‘em coming Gala! (and I hope you are having a LOVELY weekend in all this rain) hehehe!
    xx tasj

    <3 Tasj · Dec 15, 04:14 PM · #

  4. I love writing letters to people telling them things I love about them, which is pretty close to things they’ve done right! Your idea sounds so much more touching and less of the I-happened-to-think-of-you way that I do it in, so I will try that, too, heeee.

    <3 weily · Dec 15, 04:35 PM · #

  5. :O!!!
    i love the heart bit !!!!
    i really hope you’d post more things up you know im seriously addicted to your webby !!!! i just started reading your pages a few weeks ago an ive read al your thingys till date an suddenly theres just one page at a time now an im like ahhh you need to write more !!!!!!
    much love

    <3 ayesha stanley · Dec 15, 04:41 PM · #

  6. Great post! Taoism is fantastic, too. I’m going to do some of these!

    <3 Sir Frederick Chook · Dec 15, 04:58 PM · #

  7. oops,deleted my comment before hitting submit.

    I <3 this weeks tips! I love sending people in far off places postcards with pictures I’ve taken. The idea of drawing on moustaches makes me smile. Especially if they are like Dali’s. ;D
    You should do another article on letters Gala. I’ve noticed more penpal/postcard exchange websites springing up lately

    <3 Mandy · Dec 15, 05:34 PM · #

  8. I LOVE Blythe! You always find the most interesting pictures on Flickr! :)
    I’ve been planning to send a few Christmas letters this year, and your photograph idea is so cool! If only I took more pictures… :)

    <3 Valerie · Dec 15, 05:38 PM · #

  9. drawing mo’s is fun!

    <3 nico · Dec 15, 06:10 PM · #

  10. Blythe dolls <3! Secret heart salutes -great idea! Sending a photo-postcard with curly moustaches, vampire teeth and mono-brows! That’s a lot more exciting than receiving traditional Christmas cards. Hehee! I’m loving this article, Gala!

    <3 jeni · Dec 15, 06:16 PM · #

  11. ohhhh. BLYYTHE

    i love them. they are so awesome.
    and so are youu.

    <3 val · Dec 15, 06:33 PM · #

  12. that glove idea is so cute, where did you come up with that gala??
    so cute.
    xx katrina

    <3 Katrina · Dec 15, 07:37 PM · #

  13. Hi!

    Super cute blog! Loves it :)

    I’ve just started my own fashion related blog and need all the support I can get!

    Here is the link: http://shredz.blogspot.com/

    I was wondering if we could do a link swap and if you could add me to the list of blogs on your page?

    I’ve already added you to my favs :)

    Keep up the great work!

    Thanks (and please reply back)

    x. Diamond Eyes

    <3 Shredz · Dec 15, 09:30 PM · #

  14. that secret heart idea is absolutely ADORABLE. i am definitely going to do it! i might even buy some new gloves in honour of the occasion! xxx

    <3 sophie~ · Dec 15, 11:49 PM · #

  15. I did just write a letter for my father for his birthday about everything he has done for me and how much I appreciate him—it was wonderful, he told me honestly it was the best gift he received that day.
    And I want to sew a heart on my glove, the underside of sleeves and draw some into the soles of my shoes. _

    <3 Clothes Horse · Dec 17, 01:13 PM · #

  16. Um, about the hyacinths..it’s not a Taoist proverb, it was originally a famous Persion poet called Sadi (Sheikh Muslih-uddin Saadi) who said that.

    <3 [a} · May 10, 09:12 AM · #