Mr & Mrs.

So I reckon 2011 will be another wedding filled year for me! Already I have three weddings that will be coming up this year, so I am getting super excited! One particular one I have the great honour of being Maid of Honour, and it's so exciting as the style of dress we will be wearing is completely up to us :) YAY! Which means, I have to start looking for some gorgeous bridesmaid dresses! The only thing is, it's quite hard to find some sites dedicated to bridesmaid dresses, or that has some nice samples. So please, if anyone has any links, please let me know!

In the meantime, feast your eyes on these gorgeous wedding snapshots by
Emma Case via Ruffled.

The Suitcase Series.

Yay what a lovely Christmas! Well I just got back from a lovely get away with the famdamily the last couple of days and back for a few days over New Years before we head off into the wilderness again to go camping! I must say, I am still stuffed from Christmas and it's only just starting!

Now this has brought me great joy...I just discovered that Dottie Angel is releasing her second book! Everyone must be familiar now with the lovely crafts and interiors featured on her blog and flickr, but I only just found out about her book! The Suitcase Series will be released in 2011 and can be pre-ordered from here. Joy! I have a birthday coming up early next year, so expect this little one on my list :)

Happy holidays everyone!

The Christmas List.

(Pepper Sprouts)

Had the best night EVER! Seriously, I love Christmas! Amanda and I, along with the husbands had a Christmas night out, filled with yummy dinner, Christmas drinks, walks and talks along the neighborehood covered in amazing Christmas lights and decorations. One thing that came up in our crazy conversations, was the list. The list is made of things you would have to tick off to officially finish off Christmas. We came to the conclusion that ours would have to be:

- Bake gingerbread cookies
- Make decorations and decorate the Christmas tree
- Make a Christmas CD
- Watch Christmas movies
- Buy seasonal drinks (Toffee Nut latte from Starbucks)
- Take a walk down Harrowfield, which is a street renowned for having the most amazing Christmas lights.
- Buy all our pressies
- Wrap all our pressies
- Sings Christmas songs (or in Amanda's case, whisper them)
- Do the river float (on Christmas eve at 11.30pm float down the river in anything floatable with a group of friends)
- Feast, feast and feast!

Done most of them, just still need to wrap the pressies, float down the river (buying our little paddling pool tomorrow as our floating device!) and FEAST!

Does anyone else have anything to add to the list of things to do before Christmas?

I. LOVE. CHRISTMAS!

Yeo, Ashley.

Just stumbled across this amazing artist Ashley Yeo through The Artist and His Model. I adore her work! There are some amazing paper clipping works too which is stunning! A bit of inspiration for you all today :)

Almost Christmas time!!! I am getting waaay to excited!!

Cute as a button.

How sweet are these fine prints by Eva Juliet? I love the sweet simplicity of the last print especially. Oh how I would love to fill my little home with so many prints!

Well only FIVE more sleeps till Christmas! I've managed to pull myself together and get the hubby's gift done yesterday, but still have quite a few left to go! Eeep! Fingers crossed I can get some done tomorrow :) Fun times!

Crease + Fold.

(Crease + Fold via Craft Zine)

I've always been a fan of origami creations, so when I saw these amazing creations I couldn't help but share! Crease + Fold is a gorgeous book by Sok Song full of origami creations that gives you instructions for making these. Very tempted to order this book now so that I have something to do while on holiday in the new year.

Thrifting finds.

These are some gorgeous thrifting finds by Thuisavontuur. Oh gosh how I am going to miss this for a while! The busyness of working in retail during Christmas time doesn't leave you with much spare time. But I can wait till next year :)

AND I have still only done three gifts! Inspiration, please come my way!

Happy weekend everyone :)

x

Everything will be alright.

Absolutely adore this print by Jackie Lehmann. So sweet and simple, and sometimes that is just all you need to hear :)

Stitch my heart.

How's this for unique! What an incredible necklace idea by Vector Cloud to create a "make your own design" within a necklace! This cross stitch heart comes with a handy manual of ways you can cross stitch your heart, as well as providing you with the alphabet in cross stitch so you can create your own words and phrases.

I love your blog.

(Rory Cole)
I really, really, really would like a bunny like this for Christmas. Thank you very much.

So sweet, Laura from See Hear Say has tagged me in her "I love your blog" prize and I have to say I am completely flattered and honoured! So here we go, I am going to attempt to answer these questions for you :)

the rules of the prize are:

- do an entry with the prize.

- answer the questions.

- give the prize to 10 blogs.

1. why did you create the blog?

I won't lie, it took me a while to get into blogging. Amanda initially got me into it, but I gave up after a few months as life just got busy. Then when things slowed down again and inspiration started to stir, I needed some way to "scrapbook" all the ideas I was getting and blogging seemed to be the easiest and most convenient way to store all my ideas and inspirations. It's fascinating then to find that in return, these inspire others.

2. what kind of blogs do you follow?

Oh dear, I follow blogs that have similar taste as mine I suppose. There are so many incredible ones out there, but the ones that display the best originality and are unique capture me the most.

3. favorite makeup brand?

I am not particular about brands. Give me anything that looks good and I will be fine with it :)

4. favorite clothing brand?

Again, I don't really stick to brands too much. I must say, my favourite, most worn dress is an $5 op shop find with no label.

5. your indispensable makeup product:

Mascara!! Oh what would I do without my mascara :)

6. your favorite color:

I'm trying to venture out and try new colours, as I have been stuck in black and white for so long. My favourites change with the seasons, so at the moment they are peach, mint and a dusty pink. Loving the pastels.

7. your perfume:

My favourite is Lovely by Sarah Jessica Parker.

8. your favorite film:

Okay, I am a bit of a kid and a cheeseball but Beauty & the Beast will always be one of my ultimate favourites!

9. what country would you like to visit and why?

Too many for so many reasons. The Greek Islands - I've always wanted to use a donkey as transportation up those hills on the cobbled streets and sleep with the windows wide open overlooking the ocean. Israel - the history of this place is just spectacular, I cannot imagine the emotions that would well up walking along the paths and streets that are forever written in history. And this is just silly, but one day I would love to spend Christmas in New York and share in on the fun of white Christmas!

10. make the last question and answer to yourself: how would you describe your perfect saturday?

Sleeping in. Having breakfast at this cute little French cafe. Off to a day at the beach/snow (depending which season it is) and documenting the trip with the Diana. Returning home to make our traditional braai (bbq) with all of our close ones. And to top it off, share around the fire with cigar and whiskey (as the boys would do it) but my preference being Baileys. Ah the perfect Saturday!

and the 10 blogs i give the prize to:

but honestly//here comes the sun//polli//kelli murray//tornadoes and tigers//andrew & carissa//pugly pixel//eat drink chic//i art you//that unreliable girl