Style Tips -- 27th September 2008

[ 27 September 2008 ]

Sparkly!
Photo by m0rph3us.

<3 Buy teeny figurines & decorate your plate with them. Plant an army man on top of your potato, put a monster in your porridge & bury the smallest matryoshka nesting doll inside a pile of fries.

<3 Write pornographic haiku on napkins at restaurants.

<3 Come up with some new birthday traditions — like a colourful photoshoot, receiving your age in kisses, or throwing cake from a great height!

<3 Learn to use chopsticks properly.

<3 Buy sparkly, colourful bracelets from Indian shops & stack them high up your wrists.

<3 Learn to be genuinely happy for other people’s success.

<3 Call your friends just to tell them how fabulous they are.


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  1. ‘Call your friends just to tell them how fabulous they are’

    this is definitely something that i will be doing in the future! i just watched your vegas video – i love it! i was there about a fortnight ago, and it was so fabulous! glad you had such a great time! it is definitely the adult’s disneyland!

    <3 kaz · Sep 27, 07:06 AM · #

  2. “throw a cake from a great height”—just the thought of it breaks my heart! Cake=SACRED!!

    <3 [a} · Sep 27, 07:24 AM · #

  3. Lovely, lovely, lovely tips :) Thank-you, Gala!

    <3 x Miss Corrine x · Sep 27, 07:48 AM · #

  4. Love the idea of the sparkly bangles. I’m pretty much a jeans, t-shirt and Converse trainers kind of girl, so this would cheer things up a bit.

    <3 Annie Goddard · Sep 27, 08:04 AM · #

  5. Yay! It’s been so long since you’ve written Style Tips. I missed them! These are really great too! I want to go to the Tibetan shop around the corner today to buy bracelets now!

    <3 Ashley · Sep 27, 08:04 AM · #

  6. kaz — It’s hard to capture the essence of Vegas madness in a video, especially because most of the time you’re busy experiencing it rather than filming it! But I think we did okay! I’m glad you had a good time, I can’t wait to go back!

    [a} — Good thing you weren’t at the Virgo afterparty… There was definite cake throwing! (Just little ones, though…)

    Annie Goddard — Totally! That bit was prompted by me walking past an Indian shop the other day & being totally drawn in by the super-sparkly bangles in the window. I now own a stack of hot pink ones studded with jewels, I absolutely love them! They’re really noisy & leave glitter everywhere, haha!

    Ashley — I know, it’s been forever! Will you ever forgive me?! xx

    <3 Gala · Sep 27, 08:39 AM · #

  7. I love your style tips!!!
    I have a Word file on my computer when I keep them preciously!

    <3 Poire Gourmande · Sep 27, 08:44 AM · #

  8. Awesome, Gala. Do you know of any Indian shops in Melbourne???

    <3 Jacinta · Sep 27, 08:50 AM · #

  9. The chopstick one made me really happy, I moved to Japan list month to be an exchange student for the year, and I’ve developed all sorts of crazy chopstick skill! All though gracefully eating noodles from soup is still a bit ahead of me :O

    <3 Cordelia · Sep 27, 08:51 AM · #

  10. Gala—I’ll try! *Wink

    <3 Ashley · Sep 27, 09:00 AM · #

  11. Aww I was just thinking yesterday that I miss style tips! I’ll definitely be calling my friends today =) also, if I may I’d add, “encourage them!”

    Last night I had to give one of my besties a kick up the bum because he’s 20 and has a part-time retail job that makes him miserable. He felt much better afterwards.

    <3 Nicola · Sep 27, 09:16 AM · #

  12. Call your friends just to tell them how fabulous they are.

    ^^ I love doing this. I get the biggest thrill from complimenting people.

    It’s my birthday in a week’s time. I really need to come up with a new tradition for my birthday!

    Thank you Gala. I love your style tips! :D

    <3 Casey-Scott · Sep 27, 09:39 AM · #

  13. Oh!! The Indian bangles trick is one of my favourites! I love jingling.
    I am totally decorating my next dinner party dessert with Barbie high heels…Teehee!
    Excellent tips Gala :)

    <3 Jazial · Sep 27, 09:49 AM · #

  14. “Write pornographic haiku on napkins at restaurants.”

    That is the single best suggestion for guerilla-style poetry I have ever heard. Ever. My own method of writing and decorating chatterboxes (paper fortune tellers) and leaving them around where I go pales in comparison.

    Be warned, Brisbane. Porny haiku is coming your way…

    <3 Boom Kitty · Sep 27, 10:31 AM · #

  15. Gala, your enthusiasm is refreshing and awesome. Stay golden _

    <3 Amaris · Sep 27, 10:47 AM · #

  16. Throwing a cake from a great height….
    Hmm, wonder where that one came from?! Haha!

    <3 Nubby · Sep 27, 11:04 AM · #

  17. Ooo! It’s like a big bumper style tips today!
    I now have a craving for more bangles… I love wearing them: it’s like my own personal percussion section on my wrist!

    <3 olivia · Sep 27, 12:02 PM · #

  18. I’m remembering bday ideas those for my 27th next year!

    Also, I want napkins now.

    <3 Joel · Sep 27, 12:36 PM · #

  19. will do – all of this! :-))

    <3 Stella Mayfair · Sep 27, 12:42 PM · #

  20. Being genuinely happy for others is probably the hardest of these, but it’s also my favorite. I’d like to think that I am genuinely happy for my friend’s accomplishments most of the time, but I’m sure I could do better!

    PS- Gala, you stopped posting your weekly to-do lists on Sundays a while back. Any plans to bring that back? It was one of my favorite features, and I find that I’m so bad at remembering to do it myself unless I see the post with your list!

    <3 Rachel · Sep 27, 01:11 PM · #

  21. I love it!
    It’s the little things in life…
    xx

    <3 Matea · Sep 27, 01:14 PM · #

  22. Loving the message of telling your friends that they’re fabulous – so often people think it but don’t share it! When is a better time than now to tell someone that they are awesome?

    <3 Scribbles · Sep 27, 03:16 PM · #

  23. Galaaa you read my mind! I did the birthday thing, demanded kisses !

    I think a good one would to be learn to be happy, period (: &hearts;

    <3 Nana in the Theatre · Sep 27, 03:28 PM · #

  24. Russian dolls always make me happy . . . Do you remember that Russian-doll window display in that arcade where Koko Black is?

    <3 Nadine · Sep 27, 03:37 PM · #

  25. Woot, today I’m wearing sparkling bracelets :D they sound as I move my hands, is awesome!
    Btw, today I dyed my hair in this beeeeatiful plum color, yay, is so cool :)

    <3 fran · Sep 27, 04:25 PM · #

  26. Great tips Gala! I particularly enjoy the last two.

    <3 Marisol · Sep 27, 04:35 PM · #

  27. make a feathered headpeice for yourself
    over at threadbangers:
    www.threadbanger.com/episode/T…

    <3 Bexxx · Sep 27, 06:17 PM · #

  28. I love your style tips! I collect my favorites and save them to look at when I need inspiration. I took the bangles one (but maybe just because I seriously pondered naming one of my future children ‘Bangle’.)

    <3 stifledlaughter · Sep 27, 06:57 PM · #

  29. I thought the idea of calling your friends and telling them they’re fabulous was so sweet, I did it this morning! Then we proceded to do the “Aw no you’re fab” “No you are” “You are more!”

    xx
    :)

    <3 Ashleigh Rose · Sep 27, 07:04 PM · #

  30. I think matryoshki are one of my single most favourite things in the world — & I love that photo, it’s been part of my flickr favourites for quite a while. ;) Ever since I started thinking of getting a matryoshka tattooed on my forearm, actually! I especially love the shades of red & the flowers & the rosy cheeks on these.

    <3 Amélie P · Sep 27, 07:57 PM · #

  31. Awww, this list made me so happy! So cute xo

    <3 shells · Sep 27, 08:06 PM · #

  32. i’m so glad that you wrote a new Style Tips!!
    these are my favorite articles that you write.
    they inspire me to do so many things,
    and they give me ideas for style tips of my own

    your blog makes me so happy!!

    <3 mariah · Sep 27, 09:02 PM · #

  33. ahh i’ve missed your “Style Tips”! ヾ(ﾟ▽ﾟ*)ﾉ

    even though i’ve used chopsticks all my life.. i don’t think i’ve ever held them properly (ﾟ▽ﾟ);;

    ooo decorating your food with mini figurines sounds fun!!

    <3 Leanne · Sep 27, 09:46 PM · #

  34. Poire Gourmande — I’m flattered! Mwah mwah!

    Jacinta — I’m sorry, I don’t! But they will definitely exist…

    Cordelia — I’m jealous of your mad chopstick steez! I can eat with chopsticks, & I’m pretty good, but I think I hold them incorrectly!

    Casey-Scott — Me too! It always makes people really happy, & is totally worth taking a few seconds to do. Happy birthday for a week’s time, by the way!

    Boom Kitty — Maybe you’ll start a poetry revolution in Brisbane! Here’s hoping!

    Amaris — Thanks cutie! & it’s funny you say that, because my initials are GLD ;D

    olivia — I like them for that exact reason! (Well, + sparkles.) I’m really into musical accompaniment to my dramatic hand gestures!

    Rachel — I stopped doing public weekly resolutions because it started to feel weird to me, but your comment totally gave me a brainwave so you might see a new feature soon that kicks you into action ;> Thank you!

    Scribbles — Amen, baby!

    Nadine — Yes! I think it’s a Russian doll SHOP, actually!

    Ashleigh Rose — Aw, that’s lovely, & exactly what I was hoping to inspire!

    Amelie P — Too cute. I think a series of matryoshka getting bigger or smaller going down your forearm would be an AWESOME tattoo!

    mariah — Always happy to oblige, little cutie!

    <3 Gala · Sep 27, 09:46 PM · #

  35. Yay, style tips are some of my favorite articles from you! They are such a great, almost effortless way to bring a little cheer into life.

    <3 Trisha · Sep 27, 10:47 PM · #

  36. i looove matryoshki!

    and for jacinta who is looking for indian shops in melbourne – head straight to dandenong. there are many shops selling traditional sari and indian jewellery.

    <3 anna · Sep 28, 03:12 AM · #

  37. I love the dirty haiku idea! Not sure my friends will claim me when I leave them at the resturants but who cares!

    <3 Erica · Sep 28, 04:48 AM · #

  38. I love Indian bracelets : ) A store near me called Bombay International carries so much jewelry straight from India. My favorite purchase was a mood ring. I wear it every day!

    <3 Nikki · Sep 30, 06:34 AM · #

  39. Your style advice is eternal Gala.
    It makes my heart happy in so many ways.
    Favourite x

    <3 Sheena · Sep 30, 08:49 AM · #

  40. pornographic haikus on napkins sounds fun! and now i can’t wait for my birthday, so i can make up a new tradition :)

    <3 nico · Oct 1, 01:55 AM · #

  41. Wow! Those bracelets are beautiful!

    <3 dating black man · Oct 1, 09:51 PM · #

  42. Hello,

    I’m glad that you like my photo of the matryoshka dolls, but that belongs to me and I don’t allow people to blog my copyrighted images.

    Could you please remove it? I’ll check back soon to make sure you’ve taken it off of your website.

    Thank you,

    Kerry

    <3 Kerry · Oct 20, 11:36 AM · #

  43. Kerry — Hi, sorry about that. The image has been removed. Thanks :>

    <3 Gala · Oct 20, 11:48 AM · #

  44. I think I’ll call one of my friends today. Or if I see them in the practice rooms I’ll just pull them over. ^ ^ Thanks for that.

    <3 Heidi · Oct 23, 09:18 AM · #