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This corset was showcased in the undercover exhibition at the fashion textile museum, made to perfection by the talented Miss Katie, an honour for me to model and photograph this beautiful piece :) I hope you like it, I think its rather special!

for more of Miss Katie's work, visit her website:http://www.misskatie.com

photography, styling and modeling by me :)

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I was listening to a British reporter on the radio today, who was in South Africa. He said he had learned an interesting thing about Afrikaans, i.e.that it was the only language in the world that had no English words. There was a special committee, and they decided on an Afrikaans equivalent for any English words they needed.

At first I was thinking, I don't believe that. The reporter doesn't speak Afrikaans and it sounds like an urban myth.

But as he spoke, it turned out he was talking only about Cricket. All the sports commentators apparantly have to use Afrikaans words for all the cricket terms, so a committee works out Afrikaans equivalents for things like 'follow on', 'maiden over', 'Night Watchman', etc. etc. etc.

That seems plausible, (think of L'Académie française! ... think of how TV news stations work out standards so all their news readers pronounce names in the same way) and if it's true it's very interesting.

Hi guys! It's Black Friday, and we're all in a food coma...

But I have a surprise - I've finally finished my new Imperial Collection! The pieces are all hand carved and cast sterling silver, with some very cool steampunk Victorian historical references. In fact, all the button pendants are made from AUTHENTIC PRE-1900's COMMUNIST BUTTONS off old used military jackets.

I had to rob a few graves to get the buttons, trust me, you won't see anything like them anywhere else...

And on top of that, RockLove Jewelry is offering 10% off ALL BLACK WEEKEND - you need the secret vip discount password "blackweekend" during checkout. Kill all the gift-birds with one stone and buy yourself something pretty and everyone on your Holiday List.

Thank you and happy Turkey Day!
Allison
RockLove Jeweler
www.rocklove.com

I have at last put together the entire travelogue! There are far too many pictures to post individually, so instead, please do enjoy the trip in its entirety:

Day One

Day Two

Day Three

Day Four

Day Five

Day Six

In movies, when surprised or perplexed with a hint at being in trouble, a character, especially a young one (often a kid), would utter an interjection that might be transcribed as [ɒ'əʊ] with the tone falling down towards the second syllable (hope I made myself clear enough).

How can it be spelt?