Daydream Lily Blog

Take A Hike with me

2013-05-14T17:54:00.003+10:00

New collection with one of my favourite Aussie homewares label Pony Rider. This season introduces their brand new industrial throws, think giant printed canvas that can be used as a wall hanging, picnic rug or as a bed cover. As well as soft merino wool bed blankets, I love Pony Rider!

Lilly World

2013-05-11T07:20:00.003+10:00

Adorable new collaboration between Australian illustrator Lilly Piri and Japanese brand Milk. I want the tee dress!

Lilly shared some behind the scene of the project on her blog here.

Sorry for the lack of blogging lately, life has thrown me an unexpected surprise which I'll be sure to share soon.

GIVEAWAY: Daydream Lily x La La Land Showbags

2013-05-06T10:21:00.000+10:00

I've teamed up with La La Land to bring you this gorgeous Daydream Showbag. I love a showbags!! Reminds me of my days as a kid and the excitement of going to the local show with my Nanna.

The bag features a selection of art cards and prints from Bec Winnel (aka my super amazing sister), Lilly Piri, Lisa Falzon, Schmooks and Courtney Brims (who you may remember I worked with on my first Element Eden collection)

There are 10 Daydream Showbags up for grabs, to enter:

// Follow La La Land
// Send an email to the address above in the flyer with the subject "Daydream Showbag" along with your details.
//Competition closes 13th May 2013

UPDATE: Thank you all the entries, we had such a great response! the winners will be sent their bag of goodies very soon.

tiny pieces of my heart

2013-05-02T10:25:00.002+10:00

\\\\\ A little flickr friday \\\\\
Photography by the always amazing Bertha Pfirsich.

Substance Blog x Lilya

2013-04-30T18:02:00.003+10:00

wearing // Lilya Moonbeam knit // Raven boots from Bared

Ally previously of Unknown Pleasures has just launched her new blog ally.substance.cc. Ally is one of my dearest blogging friends but that aside her new blog is amazing! Highly recommend checking it out.

PS. How great does she look in the Lilya Moonbeam knit we have at Style Milk?! It comes in both a short and longer version and is such a soft and comfy knit. A staple winter piece.

How is your week going? Mine has been a week of exciting news and big changes ahead.

THE FIVE SENSES

2013-04-29T12:08:00.002+10:00

THE FIVE SENSES

Hi lovelies – this is Stacey here from the emerging Aussie fashion label casper&pearl. We were filled with joy when Liss asked us to do one of our ‘Five Senses’ chapters for her readers. This is a shiny new project we're doing on our blog to give you an insight into the essence of the dreamy c&p life. It's all about what we're loving, living, wearing and being. It's so important to stop and smell the roses and really appreciate everything around you. This is what we've been loving with our five senses:

SIGHT: the hand drawn embroidered flowers resting on the sides of our ‘Pocket Full of Posies’ shorts
SMELL: the scent of fresh peonies in our design studio
HEAR: the clips and clops of our ‘Wittner’ heels
TASTE: we’re obsessing over Thai food since our recent trip to Thailand, where we picked up this pretty porcelain elephant
FEEL: the warmth and comfort of our chunky ‘Kershaw’ knit

Lots of love from the c&p girls,
Follow our blog with Bloglovin xx

WIN:: Vamastyle Dress of your choice

2013-04-26T07:00:00.003+10:00

"A label that chases summer-year-round, Vamastyle’s latest Cruise Collection’ Stolen Moments’ takes on an urban elegance and was inspired by inimitable Parisian style, flair and sophistication. Australian designed and characterised by the highest quality silks and prints."

Thanks to Vamastyle I have a piece to give away from their new collection Stolen Moments, the winner gets to choose which they'd like from the options above.

// To WIN:

// leave a comment on this post.

// also you can join VamaMail for an extra chance to win

Closes Midnight Friday 3rd May AEST, the winner will be posted here Saturday morning and contacted by email.

Arabella Ramsay RYDER W13

2013-04-24T12:53:00.003+10:00

Arabella Ramsay's little sister label RYDER is now into it's second year, a collaboration of two friends, Arabella Ramsay and Penny Brown.

  Ryder plays with denim and leather, flannel, crochet and knits and outrageous prints. Provided by renowned Australian artist Dougal Ramsey, lobsters, fish, feral animals and butterflies adorn leggings and dresses and have become a trademark for the brand. 

The result is a label that is bright with individuality and easy-going style. One with longevity, timeless pieces with a modern edge, clothes that can be worn season after season.

La La Land

2013-04-23T16:57:00.002+10:00

top - to - bottom : Bec Winnel, Beth Emily {2 & 4}, Mel Stringer

My sister recently teamed up with La La Land to release three artworks Felt Carousel, Victoriya and Mary Pistashio as cards (the top picture is one of the artworks, one I'm so lucky to own the original of!! eek).

La La Land have been around since 2009 and collaborate with many of my favourite artists like Lilly Piri, Mel Stringer, Catherine Campbell, Kareena Zerefo, Schmooks, Courtney Brims and Beth Emily (I have a lot of favourites, hah!) to promote Australian art in the form of affordable cards, prints and posters. All made in Australia using eco-friendly products too!

I can remember buying Bec one of their art and ghosts cards as her bday card a few years back so it's a little surreal to now be seeing her work on them! Such a super star my sis.

I've been working behind the scenes on a little collaboration with La La Land, which I'll be revealing next week.

so many tiny pieces

2013-04-19T07:28:00.002+10:00

Now I see you, trouble, it's coming up ahead

Photography by Caede Ramsay, Brisbane. Australian fashion, beauty and portraiture photographer. ]

A Hidden Place

2013-04-18T12:40:00.001+10:00

I blogged about the Beci Orpin x Kat Macleod collaboration a few days ago and so so excited to now see more works from it.

It's opening tonight at Lamington Drive Gallery in Melbourne, a must see show if you're going to be in Melbourne tonight or the coming weeks!

The Design Files, has more of a write up about the show. see the post here.

Beci Orpin x Kat Macleod

2013-04-16T07:20:00.003+10:00

Two of Melbourne's most loved illustrators Beci Orpin and Kat Macleod have collaborated on a joint show A Hidden Place, opening this Thursday at Lamington Drive gallery.

The show will feature works from each of them as well as pieces they worked on together.

Ahh it's times like this I wish I still lived in Melbourne! I love both their work and would of loved to go to this show.

PS. Check out more of the art works in The Design Files post here.

ANNA-LIISA LIIVER

2013-04-15T07:16:00.001+10:00

Photography by Anna-Liisa Liiver, Estonia.

GIVEAWAY: Jelly Sandals

2013-04-10T11:00:00.000+10:00

Remember Jelly Sandals?...Well they're back and as fun and colourful as ever.

I've been spotting Jelly Sandals on many a fashionista lately, like Mali @ Casper & Pearl. Doesn't she wear them well with socks? The clear sparkle are my favourites, I must try wearing them with socks too.

/// Thanks to JellyBeans I have two pairs to giveaway.///

///To be in the running leave a comment on this post with what colour you would love to win. (See their website here for the full range.)

Competition open to all readers, international included. Winner will be drawn using Random.org Friday night 9pm AEST.

PS. I've found these to be a small fit so best to go up a size to what you normally would be. I'm normally 37, but the 38 even the 39 fit me much better.

UPDATE: Comment number #76 Caede and #70 Alli are the winners, yay!. I have more giveaways lined up for the coming weeks.

stefany alves

2013-04-09T08:12:00.000+10:00

It's fashion week and blogs are exploding with perfectly polished beauties. Last year I was there for my first ever fashion week experience. This year I'm stuck at home studying but my social media is keeping me updated. Instead of blogging fashion I decided to take a trip down memory lane to revisit some photography loves like Stefany Alves.

Stefany's work has been a favourite since my early days of blogging, I've blogged her work many times before like here and she was also in the Frankie Photo Album.

But I didn't know she now has a blog (or maybe I did and forgot, that is happening a lot these days in PhD madness). yay! more inspiration for me to follow.

PS. there is an interview here if you like reading more about photographers as I do: A talk with Stefany Alves

Dolly Model Search x Boohoo.com

2013-04-04T20:18:00.000+11:00

Over Easter long weekend I went along to the Dolly Model search taking pictures for boohoo.com. Boohoo.com is one of the official sponsors for the event releasing a capsule collection which was at their Styling Lounge on the day, you can view the capsule collection here: Dolly Collection at boohoo.com

Having been a big Dolly girl back in the day it was a little surreal to be at the event now as a blogger. I used to spend ages reading every page of my Dolly mags and cutting out the pictures to cover my school books, I even remember when Miranda Kerr won Dolly Model search launching her mega career. So who would of thought I would be here all these years later covering the day for my blog!

There was a huge turn out of young Queensland beauties and I went in search of pretty details to capture, which being inside a shopping mall and small space was a new challenge for my camera!

You can see more coverage including some street style snaps on the boohoo.com facebook page here and coverage from the other bloggers for each state.

The Horse AW 13

2013-04-04T08:12:00.000+11:00

New winter collection from my shoe loves The Horse.

I particularly love Hermine and Daisy.

The Wedding Harvest :: Part 2

2013-03-31T08:32:00.000+11:00

As promised here is part two of the photos from The Wedding Harvest bridal fair in Byron Bay. Incase you missed it check out my post The Wedding Harvest:: Part 1 for all the details on the day and this simply gorgeous wedding fair!

A complete list of vendors is on their website here.

Happy Easter lovelies.

PS. I had some spare time being Easter break so I did some editing on the photos using my favourite curves by Julia Trotti and Nirrimi. What do you think?

I like better than the raw from the camera, something about raw photos from the camera feels a little vulnerable, like leaving home without doing your hair...but I'm still trying to develop my editing style and get used to working in digital. The whole process of learning digital editing as well as how to use the DSLR is so time consuming, I learnt it all back at uni but switched to film and feel like I'm relearning it all over again and there is so much more you can do now. I'm just doing bits at a time and eventually I'll get the hang of it all again.

Lena Dunham x Rachel Antonoff

2013-03-26T20:55:00.001+11:00

Lena Dunham has teamed up with New York designer Rachel Antonoff on her latest Best Friends collection concept video. Think girls meets fashion meets nature documentary staring Lena's little sister Grace Dunham and Adam as the voice over.

I love Girls and I love Lena Dunham, regardless of how much she likes to get naked in girls. In fact find it refreshing she is so comfortable in her own body and doesn't seem to care what anyone thinks. Except for that one episode where she was naked nearly the entire episode, hmm ok that one was a bit too much, when I described that episode to people it was basically "Hannah meets a guy and gets naked the whole episode, yep thats about it". If you watch girls I'm sure you'll know what episode I mean. What do you think of Girls? Do you watch it?

The Wedding Harvest :: Part 1

2013-03-25T12:37:00.000+11:00

Last month I went to my first ever bridal fair The Wedding Harvest @ Byron Bay. To be honest I didn't know what to expect as I am still very early in planning the Wedding but gosh I was just so excited the whole time. I think I walked around with a big smile the whole day!! and couldn't get enough of all the pretty. It was definitely the motivation and inspiration I needed to get started planning my dream wedding.

And it was also so so fun to go with the girls and have such a girly fun day! Topped off with a debrief and lunch at the surf club.

from top to bottom:

Little Gray Station - Wedding Styling / Hire
Prop Box - Photobooth fun

Sweet Details - Dessert and lolly table styling

OneLove gorgeous Wedding Ceremonies - including the design and styling

Woody's Surf Car Hire

Bo and Luca Bridal Dresses and Headpieces. So stunning!

The Cake That Ate Paris -Wedding cakes and cupcakes.

Float Party confetti and special balloons (the LOVE balloon).

All these are local designers and creatives in the Northern NSW - Brisbane area. I believe in supporting local wherever possible, I figure that if I'm going to be spending a huge amount for a wedding then I want to spend that money supporting local small business. Even down to the food and wine!

Part 2 coming in the next few days.

Lomography Top Blog Awards

2013-03-19T09:55:00.001+11:00

camera: 1. LC-A+, 2.Minolta x300

A few weeks back Lomography announced their first ever Lomographic Society “Lomo Love” Blog Awards 2013. I was so completely stunned and excited to be announced a winner! Film photography has been a big love of mine so it is so nice to recieve this honour.

A total of 5 winners and 20 runners up were announced. So do have a look to discover lots more amazing blogs, including some long time favourites like Kisses and cross stitches and my blogging bestie Here Comes The Sun.

Check out more of my film photos under the About Liss section in my header which is a mix of personal posts and film photos I've taken. I've also tagged posts under each camera if you are interested in a particular camera. ie, Minolta x300, LC-A, Diana Mini ect.

PS. A little interview I did on Amanda's blog about my love of film photography here.

Kustom Footwear W13

2013-03-15T08:24:00.001+11:00

Kustom Footwear collection for Winter 13 featuring the gorgeous Samie.

Loving all the boots!

Sretsis

2013-03-14T08:36:00.004+11:00

I heart you all over again.

New collection from Sretsis. Horses and polkadots, it's love!

Gosh I wish I could buy so many of these pieces for my wardrobe.

Margaret Durow

2013-03-12T08:31:00.003+11:00

I want to create beautiful poetic images that don’t just capture or mimic reality, but that show my feelings and create a new feeling for the viewer.

Film photography by Margaret Durow, quote from interview with her at HUH mag here.

Meadowlark Stacker Rings

2013-03-09T11:05:00.000+11:00

New Arrival @ Style Milk :: Gorgeous stackers rings collection from New Zealand designer Meadowlark. So amazing. Wear them by themselves or stack multiple designs together.

Did you know it was Style Milk's second birthday yesterday! Holy wow, two years in business. I never ever could of imagined I would one day have my own business, life keeps surprising me!