gold dust woman

Lately I've taken to creating real life moodboards out of the random junk I have on this table in my room. It bums me out that today is Black Friday because I'm not ready to let go of witchy vibes for fall but my high tolerance for the cold will be taken advantage of when it's at 10 degrees and I just want to wear ghost coats all the time.

This one is supposed to be a little cosmic and explorer-y and dusty. As always, it makes sense in my head.

Clockwise from up left: Yes, Rivkah, that is your tambourine. Yoshitomo Nara doll from his cafe in Tokyo (a year ago! Life is weird). Random box which houses my glitter glue. Guatemalan worry dolls. Yes, Rivkah, those are your optical illusion cards. Special journals. Romance Was Born headband sent to me by the folks there. Visually appealing book about deserts from a house-turned-book shop in Michigan. I Love Factory headband also sent to me by the folks there. Thrifted sun brooch. Stevie Nicks' Bella Donna. Grandma's old brooch. Random rock with fortune teller ring on top. Gara Danielle ring. Christian Sampson orange thing from Two Bridges Trading. Jamaican mask. Toothfairy box from Arizona. And all that stuff is sitting on a botanical illustrations booklet. And hanging above them is my New Orleans voodoo charm and a dreamcatcher.

122 comments:

  1. Like this idea! I really love looking at people's belongings. And don't worry. I totally get the look you were going for x

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  2. That is awesome. I love the headband. Too bad about the witchy vibez though. I thought that was rad.

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  4. Awesome photo! I really like the headbands :)

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  6. The headband is so lovely!


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  7. Seriously intrigueing, want to steal that deserts book. It kind of reminds me of indiana jones, if he married someone who owned a museum or something. In the best possible way.

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  9. cool idea, i will have to give it a go

    BM

    thebohemiangoods.blogspot.com

    x

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  10. Vey creative!

    I read an article about you in the paper the other day, very inspiring!

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    CAT x

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  11. i know your title is referring to hole, but it reminded me of this

    gold dust

    you may love the video and tori's threads as much as i do.

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  12. ohhh, the headbands are crazy cool! esp the romance was born one.

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  13. it does make sense.and stevie nicks!! i kinda yay everytime i hear her name.she's on the side of my blog.witch by the way you should check out xxx

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  14. i love the vintage style also fairy lights are awesome.maybe you'd like to follow me xx

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    nice!






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  16. Moodboard. Hmm. Sounds fascinating. I love it, except for the little mask and the skeleton face because disembodied faces creep me out.

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  17. As coisas antigas dão sempre um ar de contar histórias:}

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  18. great assortment.. interesting brain you got there... :)

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  19. sometimes i wish blogger was facebook. because then i would "like" this.

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  20. Great! Clear and simply - photo with spirit
    pss. Great hairband :)

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  21. Great! Clear and simply - photo with spirit
    pss. Great hairband :)

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  22. Great! Clear and simply - photo with spirit
    pss. Great hairband :)

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  23. The Stevie Nicks makes me happiest, ha!

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  24. this is great..
    is always good reading your post..

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  25. I'm listening to Stevie Nicks Landslide right now.No joke.MAGICAL.

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  26. I love it! I really like the vibe I'm getting from this mood "Table"

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  27. oh, what a lovely pic
    your idea is great
    xoxo
    nana
    http://nanajonesofficial.blogspot.com/

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  28. things like these save me from having to creepily rummage through peoples junk drawers when they aren't looking. i love looking through peoples junk.

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  29. How incredibly eclectic(:
    Looks like it could be in the house of someone with a lot of folk art tiles in their kitchen and sunflowers on their counter.

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  30. these journals look way cool. as if they're full of mysterious drawings and novel fragments in mirror writing ^__^ ­your place seems to be a real depository. if i had to pick one item i'd take either the mask or the rock.
    i also like the general idea. 3D moodboards border on installation art ^__^
    and fall is officially done over here, we already have the first snow.

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  31. I LOVE YOUR BLOG!! BTW I FORGOT TO ASK YOU BUT DO U LIVE IN CHICAGO OR HAVE YOU BEEN THERE THIS SUMMER?
    CUZ I WENT WITH MY FAMILY AND I THINK I SAW YOU HAHAHAH
    XOXO

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  33. especially love the book ! completely in line with my recent travel and leisure find this morning...

    http://www.travelandleisure.com/articles/10-great-american-drives-the-heartland-yosemite-the-elvis-trail-and-more

    great american drives through american deserts--roadtrip anyone ?!

    anyway, follow me on this lazy black friday...

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  34. I'd love to see this in a box, Joseph Cornell-style.

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  35. I love the idea !! The result is so original !
    I was wondering if you had read the emails for your futur magazine.
    Did you choose any yet ? :)
    sorry but I'm really curious !

    alice

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  36. I have worry dolls from Guatemala too!

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  37. Gorgeous! I have little clusters like this all over the house but not laid out in an actual mood board. What a great idea. I love the optical illusion cards.

    Also, I'm hosting a give away. Check it out.

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  38. really earthy and pretty. I love the idea of real life moodboards. I also love your tambourine. I had such a cute tambourine when I was a kid.
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  39. OH MY GOODNESS Arcadia! I'm from Arcadia bahahaha.
    Okay I really like this color pallet. This feels like the contents of a 1920's explorer's knapsack who also owns a time machine.

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  40. That headband is gorgeous x

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  41. well it's all so aesthetically appealing, lovely combination and collection. I like the leafy journal and south american feel.

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  42. I heart Romance Was Born


    Paolina
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  43. Ahhh a real life moodboard - very clever!

    Inna
    thelittlebigspender.blogspot.com

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  45. I highly recommend 3 Women -- I'm getting some Altman vibes from this post.
    trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rf8iKMG8yFI

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  46. Ooo nice real life collage! I like the soft colors.

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  47. i love this idea! so interchangeable and living.

    naomi.

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  48. I love that you're still making collages, whether they're pictures or objects, they're all interesting and fun to dissect. I especially love the headband and Jamaican mask. I really enjoy your aesthetic and hope to design an outfit for you one day. :)

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  49. love it all tavi... :D nice moodboard, you have extraordianry eye for this :)

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  50. I see, it all does make sense. At least in my head too.
    And why not continue the teen witchy vibes with a ice-witchy-type vibes?

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  51. Love it! This is making me want to rent Practical Magic.

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  52. Tavi this is genius.
    Love the Yoshitomo Nara doll.


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  53. Really into witch vibes too this season, courtesy of the great Stevie Nicks. Digging the american deserts book and the headband on it.

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  54. http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3636/3527576772_f935ea85a5.jpg
    just reminded to you ♥

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  55. lovely mood board!
    xoxo
    jO
    http://fashionbyjo.blogspot.com/

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  56. i love how obsessed you are with eccentric japanese things. and is it a cafe in Nara? Cause I love it there (:

    check my blog sometime:

    www.stylechickie.blogspot.com

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  57. are you sure it's a jamaican mask? looks a bit more like a javanese mask to me, just my opinion though.

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  58. Nice! Tavi, you are the best!


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    xoxo <3

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  59. Love all your stuff.They have a vintage touch I think,lovely.The headband is my favorite <3

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  60. I'm fond of the mask - I love Pagan relics -, and the word Arcadia brings back lovely memories.

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  61. Nice collage you've made there! Beautiful

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  63. Tavi, I have a bunch of pretty cool stuff that you might like to feature!
    Could I send some pics to you?

    Big fan,

    Gra from
    www.descosido.com

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  64. Are you sure the mask is from Jamaica? Because to me it looks like indonesian mask. Cool Headband btw ;)

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  65. Lots of love... great blog!!! please visit...

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  66. This makes me want to do my own found object arrangement

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  67. You own a lot of strange things. It reminds me of me when I was younger. Then I moved and everything got jumbled thrown out or sold...ahhh those were the days. I remember I had quite the dreamcatcher and beanie baby collection as well as an array of glass figurines that I miss dearly.

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  68. I love the headband as well...very cute indeed!!

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  69. Dear Tavi,
    That mask is not from Jamaica. It's from Indonesia, Central Java to be precised. Oh, I also have the Guatemalan worry dolls and similar Arcadia truffle box which I use to keep my jewelries.

    luv,
    Dee

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  70. I'M FROM SPAIN, Y REALLY LIKE YOUR BLOG, I DON'T UNDERSTAND SOMETIMES, BUT I LIKE IT. wantpleasure.blogspot.com kisses

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  71. Lovely as always..Just wanted to say that your a true inspiration Tavi..thanks for all posts and creative views! xx Alice
    Hot Cake Fashion:-)

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  72. colours/prints/patterns all mesh perfectly well.

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  73. Would you be so kind :), and scan the post that The new yorker did on you? That is if you read this comment :), thanks
    J

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  75. i hope witches are real, life would be so much cooler and spooky.

    love everything in this, especially the guatemalen worry dolls

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  76. In the fine art world, what is you seem to call a "moodboard", we call an "installation" or a "staged photograph". Funny...

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  77. As always such a cool post :) I'm digging the American Deserts book and the Guatemalan worry dolls.

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  78. so refreshing to visit your blog. I'm amazed how someone so young is well beyond her years, keep doing you!!

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  79. so refreshing to visit your blog. I'm amazed how someone so young is well beyond her years, keep doing you!!

    Fellow bloggers im looking for some support for my bambino blog, if you wud like some support back lemme know
    http://fashiongeekchronicles.blogspot.com/

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  80. so refreshing to visit your blog. I'm amazed how someone so young is well beyond her years, keep doing you!!

    Fellow bloggers im looking for some support for my bambino blog, if you wud like some support back lemme know
    http://fashiongeekchronicles.blogspot.com/

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  81. this. is. awesome. love the Yoshitomo Nara doll. Colors are great- and it makes sense in my head, too.

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  82. omg that tambourine is so cute! Just like all that stuff actually :)

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  83. Nice items! You have a so sweet blog.
    www.benisweetlife.blogspot.com

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  84. Cool idea. It's neat that you can actually touch the stuff instead of merely looking at it.

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  85. Yes, Rivkah, it would appear that Tavi is stealing all your stuff ;-) And this is such a nice collage! Perhaps you should try some set/stage design?

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  86. Somehow when I look at these objects they remind me of something a traveling gypsy and witch caravan hailing Palm Springs, CA. I mean that in the best possible way!

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  87. Inspiring! I especially like the books :)

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  88. this is great! very intresting and ur so creative!

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    D.

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  89. I should print this image and put it on my wall - it's so arty....

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    Have agreat week!!!!!

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  90. I should print this image and put it on my wall - it's so arty....

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    Have agreat week!!!!!

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  91. I should print this image and put it on my wall - it's so arty....

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    Have agreat week!!!!!

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  92. Absolutely love your blog, and this post.
    I like how all of these random items, totally fit together, and the different places you got them. they all tell a story :-), and start a new one together ?

    laura

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  93. Tavi i love you ! you amaze and inspire me ! your older posts were a bit funner but they still are so incredulous ! love your floral headpiece ..

    love Chloé

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  94. Ah, so inventive!

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  95. Hello headband! Love it! This whole real life moodboard is very cool! xxx

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  96. I love your blog! It's so different!

    Check my different blog, too. :)

    kiss from switzerland

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    Debby

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  97. I used to do this all the time back in school(I was homeschooled) and it annoyed the hell out of my mom because I would leave it for like a week and after awhile it just started to look like a pile of junk , so I stopped doing it, but I think you've inspierd me to start it up again!!

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  98. I love the kinda earthy vibes from the skull on the optical illusion cards and mask. Gorgeous tambourine. The idea of another seventh grader who will do things like this makes me so happy.

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  99. I remember one time when I was a kid my dad took a trip to Oregon and brought me back a book about deserts and a post card with a roadrunner on it.

    I love those journals. Beautiful covers, is the brown one made of leaves?

    Also the headband with blue and white detailing is lovely. I've been looking for nice headbands for work, since I have to wear a boring head to toe black uniform, but we're allowed hair accessories and earings.

    Here's my outfit of the day/happiness project vlog:
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  100. Love this...lol at your sister's belongings.
    Love your blog, btw.
    xo,
    Lourdes
    Please feel free to stop by my blog if you have a moment. Thanks!
    http://lajolielavie.wordpress.com

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  101. You are very admirable for a young person :)

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  102. you intrigue... please follow - http://oncewild.blogspot.com/

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  103. Very cut idea. I'm doing online mood boards, but this seem like something I should try out as well. :]

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  104. ohhhh, I love old things like these!

    nice pics!

    well done, Tavi =o)

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  105. i love yuor neat coolecitons of items, its nice to look at others belognings.

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  106. haha im the one who told you the cherry thing. im cute. i really like your new hair but i could tell you cut it youself. see you saturday! ( i know you wont read this)
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    oh look at me shameless self promotion! teehee

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  107. World objects .. It's interesting !

    xoxo

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  108. I LOVE the bangs Tavi! I cut mine that short once, only to discover that I had a heretore previously unknown cowlick right in front! I spent several months compulsively slicking it down. Ugh!

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  109. Great Post, It's the first time i see these Guatemalan worry dolls, those objects are so rare and exotic... They inspire me like thinking I am on a distant place or.... i'm still thinking about it and love it

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