a royal friday

i'm just going to admit, i love a royal wedding.

i'm no fanatic, but i am about to go home and watch the ceremony.

maybe just to see the dress.

maybe cause i'm a big romantic at heart.

(shhh… don't tell anyone that).

anyway, have a wonderful weekend.

i'm going to attempt to buy a new car (sigh).

must also go grocery shopping (even bigger sigh).

but all that aside hopefully have a happy one.

a bit of love for your weekend:

some great smoothie recipes.

(i'm currently smoothie obsessed).

an amazing spot to soak up the sun.

a very cute project with rubber duckies.

just about the coolest tricycle ever.

photo link

jasper james silhouettes

such serenity in these amazing images.

love a long, long, long weekend

// adoring my new t2 tea cup.

// my lazy saturday morning breakfast burrito at home.

with bacon, parsley scrambled eggs, cheese and tomato.

// beautiful farmers market blush roses from housemate mel.

// relaxing (+ catch up on royal wedding gos) down in busselton at d&c's new house.

// late afternoon bike ride along the busselton foreshore.

// margaret river bakery goodness.

(ps. vego breakfast is amazingly good)

// sweetest seat at the bakery.

marcelle finds some amazing vintage furniture!

i'm jealous of this little treasure.

hello pretty

princess and the pea // dressing room // bride at the bar // vintage hair tutorial

dress like a parisian

how adorable is this!

from the latest lonny mag.

(click the image to enlarge)

favourite design blogs

links // pillar box post // grain edit // twig and thistle

hi there

hit here?

kind of relevant at the moment.

sorry for my uncharacteristic blog absence.

i'll be back in the swing of things soon.

one of those overwhelming weeks.

but no more negativity.

my blog is a happy place :)

keep smiling.

i am.

spoonful happiness

i got asked to write a "happiness is" list for the latest spoonful magazine!

first time i've ever been asked to write anything.

design yes, write no.

i'm a bit honoured.

it's kind of great to see my thoughts in print.

thanks anthea.

more info on the spoonful magazine.

(all photos from the magazine, by me.)

papercut inspiration

links 1 // 2 // 3 // 4 // 5 // 6

cherries are not red

they are black and sweet in a perfect aussie summer*.

how amazing are the colours of this photo.

inspired me.

captured by little sister friend elise on our summer picnic in kings park in january.

beautiful model hand by me.

*yes, i know it's autumn – but possibly the last super-summer day here for a while.

looking forward to some rain!

inspiration: horses

ever since i was a little girl i've thought horses were the most beautiful animals.

hasn't changed.

horse riding in costa rica // florence broadhurst horses stampede fabric // foal in bridgenorth // black horse // bec winnel drawing // anna wili highfield sculptures // woman and horse photo

book worm... 30 before 30

20. read the great gatsby again [done]

loved it.

ask anyone who was around me on the weekend, cause i spent most of with with my nose buried in this intriguing tale.

“he must have felt that he had lost the old warm world, paid a high price for living too long with a single dream. he must have looked up at an unfamiliar sky through frightening leaves and shivered as he found what a grotesque thing a rose is and how raw the sunlight was upon the scarcely created grass. a new world, material without being real, where poor ghosts, breathing dreams like air, drifted fortuitously about...like that ashen, fantastic figure gliding toward him through the amorphous trees.”

the great gatsby.

chapter 8.

friday joy

there is something so romantic and intriguing about old photos.

i love this one.

sheer joy.

it also cools me of a bit.

dreaming of cooler weather believe it or not.

it is meant to be autumn.

meant being the operative word.

i'm a little over the heat.

especially when i've committed myself (in my own head)

to go for a run after work at the beach.

there is no love in friday peak hour traffic.

so train or run.

i chose run.

kick start my weekend.

hopefully.

here is a few other little bits of joy i've found this week:

did you know that RAWR means i love you in dinosaur?

a pictorial guide to avoiding camera loss. (so so so so funny)

wouldn't you love to spend your friday night like this!

have a lovely weekend!

poster art

hello simple bold graphic wall art.

a few of my favourite's from i need nice things.