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This is Coby Grant.
The dynamite singer/songwriter from Perth has been over in Europe all year, pursuing her career and taking over the world. You will never meet a more driven human being than this little lady – and all standing on size 6 shoes.
What a gorgeous chick, full of smiles, energy but no so good at riding bikes.
She came back for Christmas and we got together on an afternoon full of sunshine, love and laughter.
Thanks to Cam for assisting. XX
a blue house-shin dig for master jack’s bday. oh how i love my beautiful byron crew! everywhere i turn there is a moment waiting to be captured. Endless love always to you cool kids, your tats, your energy and your god damn good style. XX MWA XX happy birthday jack. we love you XX
Every fridge needs magnets. Blank fridge doors without layers of random love letters, shopping lists and bills just look weird. But I have never actually seen a cool magnet which I liked! So I decided to design my own… These are polaroid size – and the photographs are vintage style. Their pastel hazyness sings ‘summer!’ and ‘picnic!’ and ‘swim time!’ It makes me reminis of my old life when I lived by the water and the world around me was peaceful and beautiful.
$5 each. $2 shipping. Contact me if you would like to dress you fridge in something fancy.
beck@beckrocchi.com.au / 0411 037 665
View the entire range here.
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How cute are all these little die-hard footy fans. They were all pretty stoked when they had the opportunity to rub shoulders with some of their idols on the ETIHAD stadium ground. (I don’t actually know the footballers names so I couldn’t tell you who they were – but they were like GIANTS!)
How cute is my mum! Can you believe she is 60!!! Looking pretty good I think.. She is such an inspiration for me – her creations and hat designs are absolutely incredible. She travels to Paris, London & other parts of Europe to collect felts, straws, feathers, ribbons, hat pins, brooches, and anything else you can imagine. You should see her studio! It is a hunter & gethers delight! Her Millinery Business is called HatsRoc and she just had her own little website hold page which is very exciting! Lots of love mumma xxx
I was recently part of an exhibition called ‘RED.’
It forced me to shuffle through all my photos and find ones with elements of red in them! Alot of my shortlist camera from my trip to India… x
We did this shoot at a little make-shift driftwood shack we stumbled upon in peaceful Belongil – Byron Bay. The awesome foursome team of Teresa (model) Lizzy & Spell (Designers & Stylists) and me, joined forced to do another amazing collaboration!
The shack was tattered by the wind and full of oddities that had been washed up on the shore over the winter months.
The Spell Design girls fashioned one-off necklaces from antique tusks, old strands of turquoise, feathers and fur and paired them with our new silk and rayon kimonos and jewellery pieces, all from our new range. A threadbare calico sheet fluttered in the wind and dolphins played in the shallows.
Teresa is wearing lots of different one off-pieces they hand-made for this shoot – as well as their new kimonos, new rings – and there’s glimpses of new pieces like their embroidered & embellished capes and hand-twisted bone breast plate necklaces.
Photographer: BeckRocchi.com.au
Styling & Clothing: SpellDesigns.com
Model: Teresa Oman
When i decided to move back to melbourne, after 18 months in blissful byron bay, i was pretty damn excited. The opportunities, the energy, the buzzing vibes and the constant engagement of senses was something i had missed from my home city. What I loved most was the chance encounters of street art, design & unfamiliar faces – every corner I would turn held a new possibility of changing my story.
With my two friends, Melody & Sol, we found this little gem of a home and spent winter cuddled up in electric blankets, sipping tea and smoking rollie cigarettes at out little kitchen table. Its such a quaint little piece of architecture – probably the smallest house I have ever lived in! Each room is painted a different colour – red, blue, yellow, green, orange – a rainbow of peeling paint! That’s my bedroom in the front door… so the post comes straight into my room! Melody lives in the attic loft which is all white and you can only just stand up. She has decked it out with cushions, rugs, crystals, feathers and lamps. Pretty much the ultimate chillout space.
But after 8 months in crazy city land I am heading back to the ocean in search of peace and space and quiet wholesome goodness! So get in contact with me if you like the idea of living in this cutesy little home… xx
18 months ago, tara and i decided life could be way more sweet than we were living it.
So we broke up with our boyfriends, quit our fabulous well paying jobs in Melbourne and hit the road in search of happiness, self employment and success. After a 3 month road trip up the Australian East Coast, Tara settled in Sydney and I settled in Byron.
18 months down the track this creative little-talented-pocket-rocket has designed her first signature range and is flying high!
Im sure you will agree with me these beautiful earthy pieces are an absolute MUST HAVE!
Love you girl. Keep Flying xxx
::Tara Lawson is an artist, jewellery designer and free-spirit living and working in Sydney. In late 2010, after designing for some of Australia’s largest jewellery houses, Tara has now released her own signature collection.
Featured here, her debut collection (Lush Land), is a compilation of organic statement pieces through to the delicately layered.
Tara’s signature style includes elements of geometry and nature, entwined with mystisim and magic, to create an earthy and luxe feeling. These designs are individually handcrafted and cast in precious metals and decorated with semi-precious stones.
Tara is inspired by nature and symbology, astrology, mystisim and magic, individualism and freedom. Her debut collection, like Tara herself, blends mystery with love, reminiscent of stories both intruiging & whimsical::
:: available on youngrepublic.com ::
http://www.youngrepublic.com.au/index.php?dispatch=products.search&company_id=108&type=extended&search_performed=Y
powerful waves crash against the rocks at little Watergo’s beach, byron bay. oh what a sight to be frozen and kept forever in my picture frame! x
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Move over arms, here comes legs! they are totally cooler than arms these days.
Free rockyblocks to anyone who can guess whose legs these are!!???? Starts with E
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blue tinged dreams of sunsets, surf and early morning shadows
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avitar love eat your heart out.
its the details that count. the small things that matter – they are the things i remember anyway.
like the way the flowers look against the grain of the timber. or the lucious petals on the sharp prickly grass.
some moments from a wedding i snapped on the weekend…
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my friends are all incredible.
designers, photographers, artists, crafts-women, creators and just driven female human beings. No wonder the guys never cut it.we did a little shoot in the house i used to live in, using one of our friends Shayna. Lizzy & Spell (spell jewellery) styled all the outfits and dressed Shayna in the most incredible things – both handmade by themselves & sourced from the other side of the world.Those girls have got an amazing style going on, check them out!
xx love, sunshine, feathers & fur xx
Photography :: Beck Rocchi
Fashion & Styling :: spellsjewellery.blogspot.com/
Model :: Shayna Lamb
ok call me weird but i love anything industrial looking.
it all began with red milk crates.. then came concrete silo’s, water tanks, timber pallets and of corse colourful taps, buttons and leads. i find beauty in its symmetry, its rigid, weathered and roughened surfaces or skins, and the look of forever on its face.
so you can just imagine my excitement levels when i visit the lads @ stone & wood brewery in the industrial estate byron bay.
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wandering streets in cuba . akward stares, friendly waves. danger & acceptance at the same time.
never trust a dude with his shirt off. . . .
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Gretta & Joshy were wed on March 12th, 2011. And what a beautiful day it was! Gorgeous groomsmen, stunning bridesmaids & a venue bathed in afternoon light fit for a queen! The venue was Coorabella – just out of byron bay. It was pure & romantic and i couldn’t stop smiling from behind the lens… XX
every time i see these big, rusty, colourful blocks all stacked up ontop one another i get a little excited. driving on the westgate freeway, passing them as the sun shines on their harsh surface gives me shouts of joy inside. yes i know im inspired by the strangest things, but thats where ideas begin.
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if you walk 100m out my front door, turn left and walk another 50m you get to the blue house. the blue house is a famous byron bay hang out where people come and go, friends stay on the couch, and my favourite couple – bree & jonno sleep in their caravan out the back! bree-zie runs her home hair salon in the front room – she cuts & colours most of byrons hair… if you want the goss she would know it! Here are some snaps we took one day in ze salon… xx
When i heard M.Ward was stopping in Byron Bay i was totally shocked! Our little town visitted by such a well respected artist all over the world! So I jumped at the chance to shoot him. It was a sit down event, in the community Center. The whole experience was intimate, special and touching. x
i visited cuba in 2008 and was dazzled by all the old vehicles trawling the streets. they say the best mechanics in the world live here, as they have no option for new cars and just keep on keeping on with the old ones! its a good place to break down…
i deliberately under exposed these images at wategoes the other day. it gives them a gloomy doomy night time feel even when its in the middle of the day!
a few little moments i captured while driving down bridge rd.
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Is the glass half empty or half full? is a common expression, used rhetorically to indicate that a particular situation could be a cause foroptimism (half full) or pessimism (half empty); or as a general litmus test to simply determine if an individual is an optimist or a pessimist. The purpose of the question is to demonstrate that the situation may be seen in different ways depending on one’s point of view and that there may be opportunity in the situation as well as trouble.
This idiom is used to explain how people perceive events and objects. Perception is unique to every individual and is simply one’s interpretation of reality. The phrase “Is the glass half empty or half full” can be referred to as a philosophical question.
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i recently had the pleasure of meeting this gorgeous american musician, pete goetz. his sweet sweet melodies and humble dancing chords are perfect for tea sipping and morning sleepy moments.
check him out: www.myspace.com/outsideobserver
