I have the song Feliz Navidad running through my head and driving me a little mental, but I really do want to wish you all a very merry Christmas.
Thanks for coming and hanging out here, for all your support and lovely comments. It's been fun!
I hope the Christmas season is a blessing to you and your family, I'll see you back here soon!
In the insanity of this season, oh, this was something lovely to stumble on very early thismorning! Via Creature Comforts, I came accross Clare Owen Illustration. Beautiful dreamy pictures, it's like it's soothing for my soul or something.
Oh, just so sweet and lovely. I'm really hoping she includes the dream bike picture in her store soon, it will be perfect for the art wall I'm planning!
For more Clare Owen goodness, check out her Flickr | Blog | Site | Etsy
Can anyone else believe how close we're getting to Christmas? We've been hanging decorations up at work the past two days, all the departments at the church are competing against each other for the best decorations. The downside would be that the winners have to host the entire staff (about 200 at this site) for afternoon tea. Still...hoping we win!
Anyway, apart from Christmas, I found Amor Designs today. Another Australian based shop which I always love, selling French and shabby chic items, some other things I always love! Go and have a little look see, and if you spend $200 you'll get a free cushion cover!
Happy Monday everyone! I hope you're excited about the new week, I'm definitely on the downhill slide to the Christmas break. I've been madly sewing costumes for my church's Christmas Eve play, I think I am sick of seeing wise men costumes! I'm very excited about some time off work so I can finally enjoy some of this hot hot weather we're getting in Sydney.
Jennifer from Whiteport contacted me today to tell me about her beautiful shop. As Jennifer says "Whiteport is an online homewares store specialising in decorative home furnishings & accessories all themed around a stylish white palette. Why white? Because white products are simple, timeless and complement any colour scheme. The possibilities are endless when you decorate with white." It's totally true. Sometimes I really wish I could redecorate my entire house and change the colour scheme to a white base...alas, the budget doesn't really allow for that!
Also, subscribe to Whiteport and you will receive 20% off your first order! Can't get better than that really, can you? Well...the only better thing is that they're Australian.
Have a great week everyone.
I'm sure many of you may have been introduced to this Etsy shop today, as Alice is Etsy's featured seller, but her work is just so gorgeous I thought I'd have to include it on my blog. Painted White is such a beautiful selection of vintage finds and handmade treasures. I am just in white heaven!
Why not take a look at Painted White, and Alice's beautiful blog.
It's a very Christmassy week this week, isn't it? Sorry for the overload!
I went to Donna Hay's General Store again last weekend and had another wonderful time. It really is a beautiful store so if you're in Sydney, take a trip to Woollahra and have a look. Actually, all of Woollahra is worth having a look at!
They kindly let me take some photos of the Christmas window displays, I really loved all the blue and white, just so fresh and beautiful.
My wonderful friend Brett has decided to restart his blog, Velvet Crumbs, named after his signature dish, Red Velvet Cake. Brett is an amazing cook and so he shares beautiful recipes, and the outcomes with us.
One of them is this gorgeous French Apple Tart...yum! I think I will have to drop in around dinner time one night.
Pop over and have a look, no doubt he'll be adding more delicious recipes in the coming days.
Is anyone else getting excited about Christmas? This year I am determined to be better than last year! I'd just started a new job and life was insane - I think I was lucky to actually get a tree up. This year I feel more organised, I'm starting to think about it and looking forward to it.
Today I had a look a look at Anthropologie at some of their Christmas decor. So, so much that I'd like! What do you love?
I received an email this week letting me know about the launch of Letters Lubell, and once I opened it and saw the beautiful eco chic cards and other stationery I knew I had to share.
The new line of letterpress products includes letterpress notebooks, note cards, recipe cards, gift tags and message cards.
Hand-drawn designs and graphics are inspired by everything - think bold Mexican textiles, lush fruits and downy feathers and are printed with soy-based inks on museum quality 100% recycled cotton paper stock.
There's also some gorgeous inspriation images so you can see the design process through from seeing some fabric to seeing that on paper...gorgeous!
I mentioned this a little while ago, but my work/church has a movie coming out TODAY in the US and in the following weeks for the rest of the world.
We're All In This Together follows Hillsong United on their tours and highlights some of the problems in the world today, I think it's going to be really impacting.
It's one night only, so head off and see it!
Happy Monday! Hope you all had a lovely weekend. Mine was filled with lots of time with friends which just makes everything better.
Thought I'd start this week with some lovely tea towels. I found out about To Dry For via Holly at Decor8, and now I want to go shopping mad. I really love tea towels, especially since I don't have a dishwasher and so I actually need them. I probably don't need as many as I'd likle to go and buy though, so perhaps all my friends are now about to get hit with tea towels for Christmas presents! And the bonus....they ship worldwide!
Mina from the lovely Etsy store Depuis contacted me recently with some of her beautiful photography. Since I'm a sucker for a beautiful photo, I had to share!
Aren't they beautiful? She also has a lovely blog, so have a peek here.