Our life comprises of many journeys & with a camera always on hand, we can share a little something's from our taste of Asia.....
This morning I came across the wonderful photography on Flickr from Jay - JET_BKK's photostream
Indeed a true traveller, his photographs have totally had me entranced looking through all 78 pages worth, stirring up my wanderlust. My favourite being the Tribal collection of amazing images across Asia. Please follow and support Jay's travels & photography capturing the fascinating World we live in. Thank you Jay.
I am so thrilled to see these feather headdress from Banaue, Philippines. Absolutely stunning.
The above image - Ancient temple frescos from Sri Lanka, a wonderous image showing headdresses worn.
This image is showing headdresses carved and created into the Apsaras at Angkor, Siem Reap, Cambodia. (image cropped from original)
Copyright for all these images, Jay - JET_BKK's photostream
Well we are celebrating...1000 hits of readers on our blog...how fantastic!!! Thank you all for reading, following and joining us on our journeys. As you may have notices, there are quite a few changes happening within the Gypsy Caravan world of Paradise Gypsies....we are changing our look and revamping so we hope you like our new fresh vision. The photos above are a sneak peak of our launching photos for our new bigger online store....not forgetting we have also just launched on Etsy.com too and gaining our first sale within 4 days of opening...so keep an eye on us, as exciting things are taking place....so lets get the champagne and enjoy sunny times, teepee's, feathers and a jolly good load of fun at the beach!! ☮ ♥♥♥♥ ☮
On the road, there are many beautiful places with houses you see and wonder 'who lives there?' or 'one day in my dreams, I would love a house like..' and of course I am no exception!! Riding around on the motorbike, I have passed this house many times and now I share this as my dream house ( or one of a few!!). I have tried to find out more about it, but then I stopped, believing that sometimes keeping things in your dreams rather than reality is sometimes more enjoyable!! Heheheee LIVE THE DREAM!!
Some of the creative modes of transport we see on the roads really make us giggle but smiles came upon us finding these.....
"It all started, as many things do, with a dream." When we started to read the words from Ivan Belaustegui about his tribute to the people that inhabit the Sacred Valley of Cuzro, Peru...we knew we were sold with his opening line. Ivan is the real deal !! Take a look at his website HIJOS DEL SOL for some of the most wonderful photographs of the people and their land that few of us will ever be lucky enough to see.
Paradise Gypsies wishes Ivan all the best for his future travels and photography and we look forward to far more wonders he may show us through his camera lens. Its only a lesson in how lucky we are to be able to travel in todays world and share as we do like this to help, support & inspire each others dreams.
Live The Dream.
We are really enjoying meeting our customers as we travel and have had great feedback on our new little online shop!! If you haven't had a look yet...please do!! These are some of our tee's with our Gypsy Freedom Bird print, inspired by a wall mural created by kids at a school in Bali, Indonesia.
No ride as a Gypsy would be complete if we enjoyed no Bob Dylan along the way....This is our favourite quote this week from our wall of inspiration.
As we spread our wings across the Globe, our first write up features upon the delightful and informative Bali For Kids website as part of their May 2012 Newsletter!! Terima Kasih Ni Lah! We are so thrilled!!..Take a look.....
PARADISE GYPSIES is one of the latest kids brands in town. Limited edition kids clothing with a cool kick designed by a prof in the design business. With a long time of design experience Paradise Gypsies is made for kids who want something else than the regular, created outside the lines for kids outside the lines. Great accessories with the coolest Tees for kids combined with quality and style.
Read more....
Its so great to see our ideas on show on the bali for kids clothing page...baliforkids.com/clothing
To celebrate, we are now offering FREE SHIPPING to our Indonesian customers!!!
On my hunt for a fabulous Gypsy-esque abode, one of my main worries is what if I want to move? How on earth can I chose one place, even one country to live??!!! With this in mind, it is no wonder I am delighted to find one of the best solutions....a moveable house from Indonesia!!! Found amongst my wanderings across Southeast Asia, these hand built structures from wood and teak can be disassembled, moved or shipped as desired and rebuilt upon the land within the country of your choice!!! Marvellous......note to self being - remember to include the local craftsman to come too to rebuild or strike off a couple of years of my life trying to put the thing together myself!! We LOVE these!!!
Below are a couple that I have stayed in that were not moveable but still stunning so I thought also include them for inspiration for a build of this kind...
...with this last shot being a favourite of mine behind the scenes from the mens lookbook shoot...reminding me wherever I chose to live, it will always be better with a good view!!!
I recently teamed up with the stylist Charlotte of www.char-lotte.eu for the creating of the Paradise Gypsies Menswear range lookbook photoshoot 2012. Along with our gloriously gypsy-esque model Guillermo, we made our way to the beach with bags, headdresses, sarongs and even a hand carved animal skull on the back of motorbikes in the search of inspiration and creating something cool and original. Here is a little of what we got upto!!.....
When work offers a lifestyle 'on the road', one generally hotfoots it about town to find a suitable office, which is usually a simply decent wifi connection. Over the years my experiences like many others, differ greatly for speed of wifi, views, comfortable seating, privacy for skype calling etc but nothing beats a good 'cozy beach' location with good food on offer!!
Upon finding my new 'office', I have been greatly appreciative of their decorative artwork and thought it was a little something of inspiration to share. Hope you enjoy!
(Sadly a day after this post, Cozy Beach and other restaurants were pulled down...RIP x)
When travelling out 'on the road', you see many cool things and one of our favourite things to spot is a cool bike, whether road worthy or not!! This one is a fav from this week!
Inspired by the good people of Little Bali Love's Wednesday Words Of Wisdom, we decided to post our very own Paradise Gypsies LIVE YOUR DREAM PHILOSOPHY up from our wall....we hope you enjoy!
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