Veruca Cyn's clothing designs are available for purchase now on etsy, i've uploaded a new item featuring "A Cynner's Salwar" Pants tonight. Come shop :)
Hello everyone! I wanted to let you readers all know that Veruca Cyn's blogsite is undergoing some major changes. So please hang on tight as the site becomes readjusted to the new layout :) More pictures, links, and fun stuff to come!
Today's food is Wanda's Beligium Waffles!!! They are truly delicious and affordable as well. I ordered chocolate dipped waffle with the entire selection of fruits containing: blueberry, blackberry, raspberry, strawberry, banana, and pineapple. Along side of cookies n' cream icecream topped with chocolate syrup, and whipped cream on the side!
Statement necklaces are fun jewelery to add a spunk of personality to your wardrobe, it is used to serve an extension of your own individuality and style in your already existing visual appearance. Statement pieces are large in size, and often brightly colored or dynamic in the details of the design. Some may be heavy, some light- and depending on the shape of these necklaces, you may have to consider the type of outfit you are choosing to pair it with. Some clothing that have large knits may not go well with jewelery that has sharp or rough texture, as they will catch onto the fabric of your outfit. Same applies for clothing that contains satin and silk fabrics.
When I shop for statement necklaces, I keep an eye out for the proportion and size of the statement jewelery itself as I find I have a small framed face and short torso- so it is very easy to be overwhelmed with a large pendant piece that can take over the presence of my face and be hanging too low from my neck! The second factor is the weight of the piece, as I find heavy jewelry pieces irritate and weight down on my neck causing strain throughout my day. Third factor is the design and detail of the piece itself, does it express my style properly? Is it too whimsical or too edgy?
Fourth factor is the color of the jewelry I have selected. Does it compliment my skin tone and bring out my complexion? Or does it make me look bland and drabby?
Finding a statement piece to compliment your already existing wardrobe is a more practical and convenient way to spice up what you already wear everyday, without having to go the extra mile of adding on a new project of finding a new outfit altogether in order to suit a piece you like. Most solid colored clothing, very plain in details- knit or weave of fabric texture is acceptable, will go well with statement jewelry as they wont try to fight or compete for attention but rather help emphasize the jewelery or compliment eachother.
Billy Archos has been able to send me another photo from our collaboration together with wonderful model Kelleth! I also want to give out a big thank you to Gore Junkie makeup artist and Isabelle Faure for the wicked hairstyling.
Dress worn in the picture above: Liquid P.H. Dress designed by yours truly, Veruca Cyn.
Dress worn in the picture above: Liquid P.H. Dress designed by yours truly, Veruca Cyn.
One of the best illustrated books that provoke imagination of all time is, The Mysteries of Harris Burdick by Chris Van Allsburg. Below are a few images shown from his work.
MR. LINDEN'S LIBRARY
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He had warned her about the book.
Now it was too late.
THE THIRD-FLOOR BEDROOM
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It all began when someone left
the window open.
THE SEVEN CHAIRS
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The fifth one ended up in France.
The next best thing is Scary Stories To Tell In The Dark by Alvin Schwartz. I still get goosebumps and chills down my spine everytime I look at his work. That's when you know someone is a true artist...their piece can still make an impact on you now as they did then.
Another book from Alvin Schwartz is: In a Dark, Dark Room and Other Scary Stories.
If you never had the chance to come across these wonderful books in your life time, now is the chance to pick them up. I promise you will not regret it.
Which childhood books are your favorite?
Which childhood books are your favorite?
I have discovered a gold mine. There is nothing that is more awesome then having such dark and expressive songs being recycled into children's lullaby melodies. It's very eerie, but oh so fun to listen to. Like having the same cup of coffee, but with melted chocolate as sweetener instead of sugar!
*note: I've actually tried that before, and it was delicious.*
You can check out samples of each track at here.
Others from Rockabye Baby! are...
Samples here.
Samples here.
On November 5th I had the wonderful opportunity to be part of a photo shoot collaboration with Pretty Deadly Stylz! There is was a total of 5 designers including me, which had our designs incorporated together to create complete new looks. Tasha (stylist of Pretty Deadly Stylz) had aimed on creating 6 full looks, and 2 extra if there was time. A total of five people including me was on board that night in helping with the process of this photo shoot. The preparation of makeup and hair by Ashley started around 4pm, and I arrived by 5pm to assist in anything else needed. The photographer arrived around 6pm, and we started to shoot shortly after.
In total we probably all were there that night for 10 hours creating this shoot...nobody left until 2am haha! All in all it was a fantastic shoot, really tiring but so worth it. Below are photos of backstage behind the scenes of what went on during our collaboration, with one sneak peek photo of the finished result. Enjoy!
Makeup artist and Hairstylist Ashley Rocha hiding behind Alycia
Model Alycia Gallagher and Photographer Rob Seguin
A picture of myself and the delicious tossed salad, cheese, crackers and red wine Tasha provided for us :)
Here is the video of backstage behind the scene progress of the shoot...enjoy!
*drum rolls* And here comes the big finish.....
TA DA!!!!
Model Alycia Gallagher is wearing my "Monochromatic Shanghai" Dress with "Boston Tea Party" Riding Jacket.
Thank you everyone once again for this wonderful experience. I would love to do it again!
Credits
Photographer :
Rob Seguin
MUA/Hair:
Ashley Rocha
Styling:
Pretty Deadly Stylz
pretty.deadly.stylz@gmail.com
http://www.modelmayhem.com/708099
http://www.modelmayhem.com/708099
Assistant Styling:
Veruca Cyn
veruca.cyn@gmail.com
Model:
Alycia Gallagher
Clothing:
Blue Heron Clothing Co.
http://www.blueheronclothingcompany.com/
Penicullus Bellum
http://penicullusbellum.com/
Plastic Wrap
http://www.plastikarmy.com/
Sui Generis
http://www.suigenerisclothing.net/
Veruca Cyn
http://www.senseofashion.com/VerucaCyn
69 Vintage
http://www.69vintage.com/
Why is it that as we get older..the magic all around us seems to fade away? ....I refuse to go down the same route..I will strive to find all these hidden moments...to feel like i'm living dreams again.
When I was still in grade school, I recall a substitute teacher talking outloud to himself since he was unable to grasp the attention of all the students in the classroom...he said ``As a child, everything around us seem so magical. The touch, sound, taste, and sights are all so new to us...everything is so fascinating and full of wonder. Our curiousity is endless, and we persistently as questions to better understand it all. But for some reason, as we grow older it is as if the magic slowly fades away...everything seems very dull, and boring almost. Nothing seems to captivate our interest anymore, and we no longer have the inquisitive nature to want to further know any more then we have.``
At the time, I did not understand a single word that man had spoken. But those words did burn inside my mind and stayed with me for years, I pondered and pondered about the meaning of what he had said...it wasn`t until I graduated from college that I finally saw through his perspective- what he meant that entire moment about the world and how people lived around us. It was like this sad, yet truthful epiphany that bloomed inside my being. For a while I felt like my existence was starting to frey and unravel away, my thoughts, feelings, touch, taste, and sight following along with it. Walking around everyday, seeing people around me live in a repeated cycle. Everyone is so comfortable where they were, no matter how dissapointing or satisfying it was.
And I snapped. I didn`t want to be trapped in this cycle, I didn`t want to begin entering it. So I started a search...for myself, my dreams, my wishes, my goals, my fantasies. Finding them, and then taking the next biggest step which is the most frightening one. Living it. I am still on this search, and am paving my way as I go...below are places I have stumbled upon that I wish one day to see, breathe, feel, and taste in some form or another. Thank you, substitute teacher. For sharing with me those words.
Bioluminescent Bay, Vieques, Puerto Rico
Glow in the dark water? Is this for real?? If you travel to Vieques, Puerto Rico, the answer is a resounding yes! yes! yes! Thanks to the fortuitous trio of luminescent waters called La Parguera, Mosquito Bay and Fajardo, the undoubtedly surreal experience of wading in up to 160,000 microscopic dinoflagellates per liter can be yours. Say what? That’s right – just as Pandora’s diverse microcosm of otherworldly species were able to thrive in an unspoiled world, so too have Puerto Rico’s most miniscule residents for hundreds of years.
This visual marvel was first witnessed by Spanish colonists in the early 1500s and they were so troubled by the sight – mistakenly attributing it to “El Diablo” or the Devil – which they purposely segregated the “tainted” water from the rest of the ocean by installing a massive man-made border constructed out of boulders. While this great effort put their minds at ease, they inadvertently helped the microscopic organisms – called “swirling fire” or Pyrodinium bahamense) to enjoy what would ultimately end up being the perfect conditions to procreate. With no ocean waves to wash them away and decomposing mangrove leaves providing them with a perpetually replenishing food source, the “dinos” have long enjoyed a microcosm in which they are shielded and nurtured, all at once.
Want to get there? Check out tours from BioBay!
Angel Falls
Reminiscent of the location where Jake Sully and Neytiri initially approach the dragon/bird hybrid Banshees and, together, take flight, Angel Falls – named after the first American aviator Jimmie Angel who soared across the 3,212 foot-tall natural phenomenon back in 1937 – is the pride and joy of Venezuela’s Canapa National Park. Referred to by indigenous people as “waterfall of the deepest place” or Kerepakupai meru, this spectacular wall of cascading rapids is located deep inside the jungle, just as Cameron’s Na'vi are.
Earning the distinction of being the world’s tallest waterfall, it is commonly considered one of the eight natural wonders that every human being should make a point of seeing before they pass on. From its wispy atomized waters that dissipate in a lingering fog across the sky to the rainbow that is created when sun rays interact with perpetual sprays of moisture droplets, Angel Falls is not surprisingly a major tourist attraction made even more desirable given the fact that it is so challenging to reach. One of Mother Nature’s greatest treasures, this dramatic waterfall -- offering a dose of eye-candy in stark contrast to the sprawling backdrop of lush, tropical rainforests, grasslands and mesas – could easily be the secret real life twin of Avatar’s mythical Pandora settlement.
For tour information, click here.
Photo credit: Flickr/davidkjelkerud
Venezuela's Tepui
Venezuela is apparently harboring more than just one solitary Avatar-like dreamscape. The film’s floating Pandoran mountains appear to be a dead ringer for this towering, mile-high flat-topped mountain punctuated with hundreds of free-flowing water falls and seemingly symbiotic cotton-candy like clouds. Otherwise known as Mount Roraima, this 9,219 foot structure is ensconced amid emerald green tropical plants and rainbow bromeliads that peek out from behind jutting yet sculpturally aesthetic quartz sandstone.
Those who favor mythical tales involving spiritually enlightened natives living in harmony with magical plants and flying dragons might prefer the alternative name given to this two billion year old geological formation – The Lost World, after Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s 1912 novel. Due to its remote location far from the prying eyes and hands of the developed world, a diverse range of animal and plant species – completely unique to that area – have been able to flourish, including exotic-looking “carrot” formations as well as bell and pitcher-shaped flowers. Clearly, the Na'vi would feel right at home.
It's also worth nothing that the mysterious world of Pixar's "UP" was based on Venezuela's Tepuis.
Tour information? Click here.
Photo credit: Venaven Travel LLC
The Alien Plantscape of the Yemeni Island of Socotra
Much of the visual allure of Avatar can be found deep in the bioluminescent Pandorum jungle where whimsical floating seeds of Eywa share close quarters with the prehistoric yet Dr. Seussian landscaping. A veritable feast for the eyes, this bizarre backdrop -- conjured up by the imaginative mind of director James Cameron -- isn’t as far-fetched as one might imagine.
Far from the heart of civilization as we know it exists an isolated archipelago found in the middle of the Arabian Sea, referred to as “the jewel of biodiversity” due to the fact that 1/3 of its plant species can be found nowhere else on the planet. Socotra (or Soqotra) is notable for its spectacularly unique native flora, reminiscent of the entirely indigenous pockets of life found in the Galapagos – such unusual plants are presumed to exist today largely due to the extreme isolation of the landmass coupled with unique conditions of drought and heat.
Scientists think that the alien landscape, consisting of pink flowered elephant trunk Adenium socotranum trees and Dragon’s Blood Dracaena cinnabari trees (among many others), boasts actual botanicals that existed in ancient times. Once Socotra separated from the super-continent of Gondwana approximately 500+ million years ago, the tectonically isolated region was able to carry with it a diverse array of 825 plants, some of which suspiciously resemble what is depicted in Avatar. Of course, there is no better form of flattery than imitating that which Mother Nature created.
Tour info? Click here.
Image credit: thecraftbegins.com
Aurora Borealis
One of the most visually arresting aspects of Avatar can be seen in the depiction of the night time sky as a pulsing, undulating otherworldly organism, generating extraordinarily vibrant tones that alternately dance and melt into the distance, giving way to new waves of synergistic and impossibly seductive color. While it’s effortless to get swept away in the sheer cinematic majesty of it all, we are profoundly fortunate to be able to witness this type of naturally occurring light display with our own eyes – all we have to do is travel to a polar region! Hmmm, on second thought, that might not be so easy after all.
According to countless scientists, photos of this glowing, upper atmospheric light show simply don’t do it proper justice -- guess you really just have to be there. Born out of photon emissions that interact in the upper atmosphere with magnetic energy and solar wind particles, a resulting ray or curtain like effect can be seen which is equally as magical as it is breathtaking. Best detected at midnight in a very dark, clear sky, residents in Yukon, Manitoba, Fairbanks, Norway and Iceland have the best chance of experiencing nature’s original laser light show, but during particularly strong periods of auroral activity, sky gazers in Scotland, St. Petersburg, Vancouver (BC) and even Michigan and South Dakota can also get lucky. For the rest of us, we can take comfort in the knowledge that we’ll always have Cameron’s celluloid version – accented with mysteriously alien bioluminescent creatures -- to keep our memories warm at night.
Photo credit: Flickr/Beverly & Pack
Glow Worm Caves of New Zealand/Australia
In certain part of New Zealand and Australia, travel underground and suddenly it appears as if the night sky has followed you.
Thanks to the Arachnocampa, more commonly called the "glow worm", cave ceilings are turned into stunning bioluminescent points of light. Granted, they're not actually worms, but larvae of the gnat fly. They spin a nest of silk on the cave ceiling and then hang down as many as 70 threads with drops of mucus (yum!) attached to snare prey.
The larva all glow (even more brightly if they haven't eaten in a bit) to lure victims to the threads. Incredibly, nearly 100% of the energy input is turned into light (compared to the best light-emitting diodes at just 22%).
Wulingyuan Scenic Zone, Hunan Province, China
While we can only speculate as to the inspiration of most on our list in creating Pandora, we know for a fact that the Wulingyuan Scenic Zone in China played a big role.
Hollywood photographers spent four days in 2008 taking photos of the mountains there -- and 25 minutes of the film was actually shot in the region.
The park, a World Natural Heritage site, provided the inspiration for the floating mountains in the film. It covers some 266 square miles and is said to be 'The ampliative miniascape and the contractible fairyland'
Photo credit: VisitChina
Glowing Mushrooms of Japan and Brazil
While Pandora has its fair share of animals that glow, it's the flora that really stands out after the sun goes down. Earth definitely does not have the same flair (unless you're on the Vegas Strip) but there are 71 glowing mushroom species that would beg to differ.
One in paritulcar, found in the forests of Japan and Brazil, is called the Mycena chlorophos. They emerge during the rainy season, causing the floor to glow with spores. The light show generally happens in the late summer months -- but while there are tours offered in Japan, the mushrooms only do really well where, not surprisingly, there are no people to disturb them.
Scientists still aren't sure why exactly the mushrooms evolved to glow at night -- but we're hoping it's a trend that takes off with other plants and animals.
Photo credit: El Rincon
The Giant's Causeway
According to Wikipedia....
information to locations above is founded from Ecorazzi. Link.
Which places would you like to go visit and see?
According to Wikipedia....
The Giant's Causeway (Irish: Clochán an Aifir or Clochán na bhFómharach)[1] is an area of about 40,000 interlocking basalt columns, the result of an ancient volcanic eruption. It is located in County Antrim on the northeast coast of Northern Ireland, about two miles (3 km) north of the town of Bushmills. It was declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 1986, and a National Nature Reserve in 1987 by the Department of the Environment for Northern Ireland. In a 2005 poll of Radio Times readers, the Giant's Causeway was named as the fourth greatest natural wonderin the United Kingdom[2]. The tops of the columns form stepping stones that lead from the cliff foot and disappear under the sea. Most of the columns are hexagonal, although there are also some with four, five, seven and eight sides. The tallest are about 12 metres (36 ft) high, and the solidified lava in the cliffs is 28 metres thick in places.
The Giant's Causeway is today owned and managed by the National Trust and it is the most popular tourist attraction in Northern Ireland.
The Story of The Giant's Causeway
Legend has it that the Irish warrior Fionn mac Cumhaill (Finn McCool) built the causeway to walk to Scotland to fight his Scottish counterpartBenandonner. One version of the legend tells that Fionn fell asleep before he got to Scotland. When he did not arrive, the much larger Benandonner crossed the bridge looking for him. To protect Fionn, his wife Oonagh laid a blanket over him so he could pretend that he was actually their baby son. In a variation, Fionn fled after seeing Benandonner's great bulk, and asked his wife to disguise him as the baby. In both versions, when Benandonner saw the size of the 'infant', he assumed the alleged father, Fionn, must be gigantic indeed. Therefore, Benandonner fled home in terror, ripping up the Causeway in case he was followed by Fionn.[citation needed]
Another variation is that Oonagh painted a rock shaped like a steak and gave it to Benandonner, whilst giving the baby (Fionn) a normal steak. When Benandonner saw that the baby was able to eat it so easily, he ran away, tearing up the causeway.[citation needed]
Another version of the legend was that Fionn had spent many days and nights trying to create a bridge to Scotland because he was challenged by another giant. A fellow boatsman told him that the opponent was much larger than he. Fionn told his wife and she came up with an ingenious plan to dress Fionn like a baby. They spent many nights creating a costume and bed. When the opponent came to Fionn's house; Fionn's wife told him that Fionn was out woodcutting and the opponent would have to wait for him to return. Then Fionn's wife showed him her baby and when the opponent saw him he was terrified at the thought of how huge Fionn would be. He ran back to Scotland and threw random stones from the causeway into the waters below.
information to locations above is founded from Ecorazzi. Link.
Which places would you like to go visit and see?
It`s always so unnerving to imagine or see ruins of places that have been familiar to us, locations people live in and call home. When destruction and decay enters the scene, I almost feel like it unhinges all these feelings we humans attatch materialistically to the things we call ``home.`` And causes this awakening that from the beginning, that we`ve always lived in nature. From decades of paving and building, the world has created societies that look nothing remotely close to how nature is at its truest, rawest form.
Post-apocalyptic London as seen in the PC game, Hellgate London.
Rising waters in a post apocalyptic world overtake San Francisco's Golden Gate Bridge.
Photo credit: Wallpaper Abyss
Concrete has been replaced with greenery in this post apocalyptic image of Tokyo.
Photo credit: Pink Tentacle | Tokyo Genso (this artist has many more photos of Toyko decay!)
Three hundred years after the apocalypse, the Statue of Liberty lies in ruin on the ocean floor. Photo credit: History.com
FIFTY YEARS AFTER PEOPLE: Down in Atlanta, the Kudzu vine has completely taken over downtown and is even causing catastrophic damage to buildings downtown. Even the Georgia Dome is no match for this natural predator.Link
For a long time, i've always felt like I belong somewhere else. Many things that inspired me, or interested me resulted in being founded in London...or the UK itself. As a fashion designer, and artist who lives and breathes for the purpose of creating and expressing...I was told that people who live in London are much more fashion forward, and appreciate fashion and it's value. Maybe, just maybe. The people who live there will be people who understand my "language and views" about life and art around me. That will definitely be nice.
I began to look more into this place, and allowed the idea of visiting London enter my mind. Shortly after, the very idea of living there if I happened to feel like it is "home". Not too long after, given a few months of this idea manifesting within me, I had the wonderful opportunity to meet a new coworker. I soon learned that she has lived in London for two years before!!! I immediately asked her more about what it was like to live there, and she is willing to share with me her experiences on what it was like to live in this part of the world. I absolutely look forward to meeting with her for coffee and hearing everything there is to know about it!
These kinds of circumstances are something I like to call fate. Definitely situations that are playing into my calling. Whatever it is, I am not complaining. This is an answer to my P.L ;) (To those who know what that term stands for. Thank you for teaching me about it. To those who don't, please refer to the book The Alchemist.)
Here are some images of London that expresses the imageries and impression of what sort of impression this place is like to me. The photos below were taken by a photographer named Jason Hawkes.
The Streets of London at night
(December 24, 2009 - Photos by Dan Kitwood/Getty Images Europe)
Trafalgar Square and streets of London during Christmas
Trafalgar Square and streets of London during Christmas
Below are photos found from sources off the internet of featured articles and news of london fashion week, I could not find all the links to give proper credit, if I have left out any credit- please email me and I will put them accordingly.
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Mary Katrantzou Backstage: Spring/Summer 2010- London Fashion Week
Photo Curtesy of Billa
Model polaroids backstage at the Julien Mcdonald show at London Fashion Week. Photograph by Wade Laube. Isn't it so interesting to see how they organize the order of collection based off design and model?
Backstage at William Tempest at London Fashion Week
Vivienne Westwood Red Label- LFW Spring Summer 2009- Backstage England
(September 18, 2008 - Photo by Dan Kitwood/Getty Images Europe)
Makeup looks are precisely planned as well!
I can almost hear the loud chattering and rustling of a very big crowd of artists working frantically.
Lots of Runways, lots of models, lots of colors, fabric, texture, lights, music, people, atmosphere. Everything I could look for in a candy store. Many people say it is a very expensive place to live, and though that may be discouraging- I like to look at the actuality that people who do not have a lot of money still manage to get by there. All in all, the question comes down to: Do I want to be struggling to survive in Toronto a few years down the road from now, or would I rather do all of the above in London? I think the answer is clear :)
ABOUT ME
A fashion designer turned spiritual practitioner who went through a life-changing event that evoked a spiritual awakening six years prior. With this innate ability Cyn now enters this world with fresh eyes and has answered the calling of becoming a living spirit guide to those who cross her path.
Veruca Cyn is a spiritually gifted Mystic who teaches self empowerment, self awareness and expanding one's perspectives and opportunities in various areas of life. Through the use of divination tools and creative mediums such as Tarot, Oracle cards, art tools, meditation, music, video games and a sewing machine- Veruca Cyn works with her Spirit Guides and Ancestors to make personal, insightful and accurate predictions; all the while bringing wondrous, magical, and empowering artistic creations to fruition.
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