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Ballad Of Petra Doe

So, you want to know who Petra Doe is? As submissions came in for The Little Book of Horrors theme (all together now) Petra Doe didn’t end up looking how we expected her to. In our minds eye, Little Book of Horrors was going to be full on vintage hammer horror, 60s beehives and a load of LBD’s, but such is the nature of Ballad, of course, you lot had other things on your mind. As we leaf through the pages of Petra, she is calm, quiet and spine tinglingly haunting. She is, essentially a collection…

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Valerie Chiang

by Lindsey & Claire on 07 May 2012

We are pretty much speechless with this one. I mean, our jaws are on the floor and our hearts are beating out of our chests. We're going to let you get over the amazingness…

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Greta Tuckute

by Lindsey & Claire on 06 May 2012

Greta Tuckute emailed us her gorgeous photographer the other week, so naturally, we had to show you. We love her use of lighting and the naturalness of her imagery. Just…

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Sophia Kahlenberg

by Lindsey & Claire on 05 May 2012

We've just had this stunner through from Sophia Kahlenberg "Dull Flame of Desire" it's got us looking forward to frolicking in the woods with flowers in our hair. Got to…

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Elne

by Lindsey & Claire on 04 May 2012

The photography of Elne is right up our street. Clean and girlie and straight to the point... So when she e mailed us interested in what we're about here ay Ballad, we…

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Aliya Zaidi

by Lindsey & Claire on 03 May 2012

Today we are enjoying the styling of Aliya Zaidi. Here she has a beautiful blend of cute and classy ... with ... CANDY POP!! She is currently in 3rd year of uni and you…

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Holly Broomhall

by Lindsey & Claire on 01 May 2012

Um...WOW. Holly Broomhall has literally beam from ear to ear with her photography today and we are thrilled to bring to Ballad this gorgeous collection of photographs. Holly…

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Bahar Özdemir

by Lindsey & Claire on 30 April 2012

Bahar Ozdemir has a section on her website quite close to our hearts and that would be her self portraits. After a massive stint at of concentrating and doing my final major…

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Lou Deeley

by Erd Yakingun on 29 April 2012

Todays feature belongs to Lou Deeley and we are adoring her easy breezy, summer of love shots! Now its time to drift off and dream of sunny days and lazy evenings so we can…

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Alexandra Cameron

by Lindsey & Claire on 29 April 2012

Alexandra Cameron is todays amazing talent here in Ballad Of...

How fantastic have our photographers being lately? Alexandra is no exception, with different styles and…

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Hanna Kristina

by Lindsey & Claire on 28 April 2012

Favouritism is a pretty hard trait to not have when someones photography looks this good! Hanna Kristina gets us every time and literally leaves us speechless! So enjoy her…

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Charlotte Patmore

by Lindsey & Claire on 27 April 2012

Charlotte Patmore is a newbie to Ballad, so we're even more excited to show her off to you all and whilst getting lost in her blog for at least 20 minutes, we chose these…

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Alexandra Rolfe

by Lindsey & Claire on 26 April 2012

One of our most loved illustrators Alexandra Rolfe has just informed us she's got a brand new spanking website, naturally we headed straight over there to check it out! You…

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Jade Boylan

by Lindsey & Claire on 25 April 2012

Jade Boylan is JUST what we need today! Jade is full of sugary sweet goodness and we literally want to eat EVERYTHING on her website and her drawings are pretty much perfect…

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Double Up

by Lindsey & Claire on 24 April 2012

We love nothing more than coming across a Northern Duet of creative lasses, so today we are very excited to show you the Double Up Collective. The two ladies in questions…

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Louise Ashton Cornish...again

by Lindsey & Claire on 19 April 2012

We know you've already seen her this week, but why not share her talent again ey? Here again is some of Louise's Polaroids we just couldnt get enough of...ENJOY this super…

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Murray Somerville

by Lindsey & Claire on 18 April 2012

We're always so keen to know what our favorite artists are up to, and today we have a very exciting update to share with you. Murray Somerville, the genius behind the abs…

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Theo Williams

by Lindsey & Claire on 17 April 2012

Our favorite shoot on Theo Williams website just has to be the one titled Rush, I mean don't get us wrong, the rest is brilliant dont get us wrong. But this gorgeous black…

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Louise Ashton Cornish

by Lindsey & Claire on 16 April 2012

So as the traditions goes whenever I go up north to see the family, my sis Louise, gets her newest photography work out and shoes me...and again as tradition goes, I wack…

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Laura Gee

by Lindsey & Claire on 15 April 2012

It's been a pretty feel good week here on Ballad! Laura Gee is the perfect continuation of our happy happy mood. Let these lovely words wash over you, and enjoy a little…

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How Petra Came to be - Behind the scenes

by Lindsey & Claire on 14 April 2012

Location Beach Blanket Babylon, Notting Hill…

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Emma Rush

by Lindsey & Claire on 14 April 2012

Emma Rush is undeniably incredibly talented, her paintings of film and pop stars are in one word WOW. So lifelike words cant describe, and we're huge huge fans here at…

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How Petra came to be - Paulina Otylie Surys interview, RIP Petra Doe

by Lindsey & Claire on 13 April 2012

INTERVIEW: Balladette Alexandra MacLeod interviewed the hauntingly beautiful Paulina Otylie Surys; Photographer for the lost sole Ballad Of Petra Doe. We have an extra treat…

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How Petra came to be - We're going all out for the outcast dead. RIP

by Lindsey & Claire on 13 April 2012

As news hits the papers about Petra Doe's stomping ground being eyed up by developers, we are going all out for Petra Doe and the Winchester Geese. Remembering the life of…

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Natalie Bennett

by Lindsey & Claire on 13 April 2012

Today its a grungy fashion in black and white thats caught our arty eyes. Natalie Bennett and her team have created such a wonderful set of photographs that we just couldn't…

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Bethany Grace

by Lindsey & Claire on 12 April 2012

The amazing run of talent we have going on in Ballad World carries on today with the super duper Bethany Grace. Another 19 year old lady who has blown us away with her…

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Petra Doe SPOTTED!

by Lindsey & Claire on 11 April 2012

Petra Doe has been spotted back in Tate Modern. Pretty lady (: Maybe a bit more text here or something. Petra Doe has been spotted back in Tate Modern. Pretty lady (: Maybe…

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Katie Eleanor

by Lindsey & Claire on 11 April 2012

We LOVE LOVE LOVE it when we find a treat like Katie Eleanor, it literally makes our day to see such talent especially at the young age of 19!!! We're going to let the…

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Spice Girls Tee...

by Lindsey & Claire on 10 April 2012

...Why the hell not!! We went to see the amazing Spice Girls at the o2 arena for their 10 year reunion and here is Lindsey's sister (Sporty Spice) in the one of the t shirts…

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Anna Jane Searle

by Lindsey & Claire on 10 April 2012

Anna Jane Searle is another fave illustrator here at Ballad Of...you've seen her before, and no doubt you will see her again. Today we're going to shoe you some of her book…

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Yum!!

by Lindsey & Claire on 09 April 2012

Yum!! Sweet Treats for a bank holiday Monday! All our favorites! CANDY POPPIN'!!! Obviously Paco is more than thrilled, naughty sausage doggy - but a very cute one at that…

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Scarlett Langdon

by Lindsey & Claire on 08 April 2012

Its time to fall in love again folks, this time with the fabby Scarlett Landgon. Her retro but still very edgy style works wonders together, and once again we had a hard…

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Geri Dress: The Story

by Lindsey & Claire on 07 April 2012

You most likely know, that Claire and I absolutely love the Spice Girls. Love may be too tame of a word, lets try adore, admire, worship! That's more like it.

On the hunt…

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Cachetejack

by Lindsey & Claire on 07 April 2012

Ballad loves cute, and these guys are CUUUTE!! Cachetejack is a duo of Spanish illustrators. Nuria and Raquel, met 6 years ago at university but started to work together as…

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You know when they just GET IT?

by Lindsey & Claire on 06 April 2012

Well Wildfox have just stolen our hearts, they just get it right EVERYTIME. Their range, the photography...just perfect. SOOOOOO in love right now and I think my easter will…

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Hannah Coates

by Lindsey & Claire on 04 April 2012

The photography of Hannah Coates got us all nostalgic. Not only has she shot in Lavender fields - but check out this series called Curious Collections. C-c-c-CUUTE! Go…

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The Second Bus Home - Sara Gomes <3

by Lindsey & Claire on 03 April 2012

Every so often an artist pops up that makes us re look at the world. Reminds us why we love what we do and gets us WELL excited. Luckily for us this is a regular occurrence…

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Lindsey & Claire do bridal modelling...

by Lindsey & Claire on 02 April 2012

So, one week we are Superstar DJs, the next we are vintage bridal models (no, thats not an over the hill comment thank you!!) ... wonder where next week will take us in…

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That's not how you spell your name Cla ... i ... re !!

by Lindsey & Claire on 02 April 2012

That's not how you spell your name Cla ... i ... re !! We came across this road and decided to make it my own! We need to go on a mission to find one with the missing 'i'…

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Manon Parent

by Lindsey & Claire on 02 April 2012

Manon Parent 's work is pretty exciting, and we we're chuffed when she sent us a little email introducing herself to us. So now its our turn to conduct the introductions,…

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Ingela Furustig

by Lindsey & Claire on 01 April 2012

We're still in our Candy Pop! reign and we're still head over heels in love with it, the magazine is looking super colourful and we want to show you more work of one of our…

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PowWow nails

by Lindsey & Claire on 31 March 2012

Eeee we know it's a while off BUT we are very excited to announce that the dears at PowWow nails will be joining us on our CANDY POP! launch!!! HOW EXCITING!! So, we can't…

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Eleanor Hardwick

by Lindsey & Claire on 30 March 2012

So, firstly forgive us on how many photos we have actually shown you today Balladeers, but we just couldn't help ourselves. Secondly, introducing Eleanor Hardwick, an 18 …

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Kira Bucca

by Lindsey & Claire on 29 March 2012

Kira Bucca dropped us a little email showing us her website all the way from the USA, well NY to be precise. Specialising in crisp, clean cut editorials and beauty shots…

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Katrina Spectre

by Lindsey & Claire on 28 March 2012

Katrina Spectre, has such an eerie style about her work. The creepy subject matter matched with the scratched and grainy photography and double exposures certainly sends…

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