Christina Hopgood

concert, life, percussion, sticks and tones, xylophone

We were there at YouAreHere

March 27, 2013January 24, 2018 christinahopgood

So on Friday the 22nd of March we had a fun Sticks and Tones gig as part of the You Are Here festival. You Are Here is a fun Canberra arts festival that runs every year around this time. They have theatre, music, art, dance, writing, poetry, you name it!

Our concert was a lunchtime concert in the old Fletcher Jones building in civic. Sadly, Fletcher Jones (an Australian clothing company) closed last year. But it left this large shop space which was the You Are Here HQ. They blacked out the windows and set up a stage and lights, so it was like a real exciting night time gig at a venue! Here are some photos that people took at the festival (taken from Facebook).

These people with their big zoom lenses only got one of us together!

After us, another great band called Fun Machine played and it was super rad. We were also interviewed by Woroni (the ANU student newspaper) and the sound file can be found here. Unfortunately they didn’t get any footage of the actual gig!

We had such a lovely time! We’ve never had such an appreciative audience, they clapped and whooped the whole time! We really felt part of the scene and actually popular for the first time ^.^

Sticks and Tones on Facebook

Sticks and Tones on YouTube

Sticks and Tones website

You Are Here website

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Nail art!

March 25, 2013January 24, 2018 christinahopgood

Last night I did some nail art! I roughly used a tutorial that BubzBeauty did on youtube. I couldn’t get it quite as pretty as her but I’m pretty happy with the results! It kind of looks like easter eggs.

I used a hot pink, a blue, and a mauve as the base, and then applied white with a toothpick. My nail polish never seems to last very long for some reason, I think my nails are bendy.

Also look what arrived in the mail!

My Thurlow trousers and Cambie dress patterns! Can’t wait to make these. I remember about five years ago, I saw a girl in a silver dress which looked like the Cambie dress, I bought some fabric but never found a good pattern. I might have gone off the idea of a silver dress, but we’ll see! We’re going to make trousers for our course at CIT so I might get to make the Thurlows then.

lipstick, makeup, review

Maybelline Lipsticks – review and swatches.

March 21, 2013January 24, 2018 christinahopgood

I shall now share with you my favourite lipsticks! I havefour Maybelline lipsticks in Shocking Coral, Pink & Poper, Pink Peony, Juicy Bubblegum.

I really love their square shiny tubes.

As you can see, my Pink Peony one is the most used.

Juicy Bubblegum

When I first got this one, it seemed to be really sheer. But as I used it, it became more pigmented. I think maybe there was some coating on the lipstick when I got it that made it less pigmented at first.

It’s a kind of light mauve-pink. Very cute! This lipstick is shiny without being shimmery. I’d almost use this one as a gloss.

Pink and Proper

This is my latest addition. It’s a lovely warm pink with a bit of shimmer to it. I know it’s not really *fashionable*, but I love shimmery lipsticks as they don’t emphasise cracked skin and you can afford to be a bit messier with them. I wear this colour a lot!

Pink Peony

I’ve had this one the longest and I love it to bits! It’s very similar to Pink Peony, only a little darker and more sultry. Beautifully pigmented!

Shocking Coral

So when I got this I was confused by the name because this is really a HOT pink. Not really coral. However, this lipstick is amazing! Extremely pigmented and a gorgeous colour. I wouldn’t have normally picked this colour (remember I thought I was getting coral), but I adore this lipstick and wear it on weekends quite a bit! The pigment is so strong it stays for hours even through eating. It kind of stains.

All of these lipsticks have proved to be quite pigmented (especially the Shocking Coral), beautifully moisturising, non-irritating, and pleasant smelling. My pictures really don’t do them justice! I really love these lipsticks! Can’t wait to expand my collection.

percussion, sticks and tones, xylophone

Sticks and Tones – new YouTube channel!

March 18, 2013 christinahopgood

Announcing the new YouTube channel for Sticks and Tones!
So far we only have one song up, but we hope to put up one per week!

This week – The Humming Bird, by George Hamilton Green. I’m playing off the Bob Becker arrangement, and Charles is comping from chords we figured out.