FLEURS AVENUE - a peculiar floristry

arty Edinburgh

2014-07-30T17:46:00.001+01:00

The Red Door Gallery in Edinburgh. A whimsical little shop I stumbled upon last weekend in Edinburgh while taking shelter from the pouring rain. Filled with beautiful inspiring art pieces from handmade accessories that lined it's shelves to illustrations that decorated it's walls, The Red Door Gallery is a little piece of heaven that made me thankful that it rained. I would have stayed hours in to admire each piece if I didn't have to be somewhere else~ A must visit if you are ever in Edinburgh and stay hours perhaps to take shelter from the rain. ;P I know I l'll be back there if I'm ever back in Edinburgh!

The Clip Bag

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You might want to take a look again! This is not a gigantic binder clip but a functional clip bag designed by Peter Bristol, creative director at Seattle-based product development consultancy Carbon Design Group. The clip bag is constructed out of felt wool and aluminium tubing.

Do you love Peter Bristol's idea? Design ideas that are out of the box, innovative ideas that are taken from ordinary daily objects? Art that sets you thinking?

It's Summer, say hello!

2014-06-23T17:24:00.000+01:00

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Hurray~ it's the time for refreshing frappuccinos, cool sunglasses, sexy bikinis, funky sandals, crop tops, summer shorts, colours and a whole new beginning! :)

Paula Bonet Wall Painter

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What can I say? I'm adding her to favourites. Illustrator Paula Bonet's work is amazing - drawing on walls takes skills and courage. Watch her work.

Dreaming of Spring Flowers

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Dreamy spring flowers photography by Maria Starzyk

Feeling A Little Brown this Monday?

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Feeling A Little Brown this Monday?

Naturally beautiful home decor with a touch of creativity, discover 3 ways to decorate your home with recycled Mason glass jars.
’Make Today Ridiculously Amazing’ 8x10 Typography Art Print by Lucius Art
Jane shows you how to make an absolutely chic Chevon cork board through pictures.
Don't you want a Yorkie? Gizmo3, captured by Keiko Nakayama from Brooklyn, NY, United States.
A tranquil photograph of Paris covered in winter snow (via ohellobelle’s Pinterest)

Foods you are eating wrong

2014-01-30T10:00:00.000+00:00

From apples, eggs, oranges, bananas, chicken wings, down to Toblerone, BuzzFeed tells us we are eating them in a difficult way. I will give the bananas, chicken wings and oranges methods a go. As for apple and eggs, I'm actually pretty comfortable eating around it and I'd prefer boiling my eggs in salt water then peeling them. It also seems like blowing requires more effort. What do you think?

Liz Climo's Comics

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Absolutely witty and full of humor. These are some of my favourites from the works of Simpsons Animator Liz (Elizabeth) Climo.

Bear reminds me of someone.
Psy!

smart = glasses? brillant.

I can't get enough. I'm going back to her tumblr...
Source: lizclimo.tumblr.com | Facebook

Stage of Mind - Jee Young Lee

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Transforming her 3.6 x 4.1 x 2.4 meters studio into several meaningful dreamscapes, Korean artist Jee Young Lee does it without photoshop. Amazing woman.

Treasure Hunt

Nightmare ❤ my favourite ❤

In Nightmare, the figure is compared to a magnet; and paper clips, which are bent to fasten things together and also tend to respond to magnets, are employed to express the problems that are forever entangled in life. Here, the clips are seemingly about to stick to the figure, which shows a load of burdens that we have to carry on in our lives." - Jee Young Lee

Maiden Voyage

Black Birds

Source : opiom gallery

Good Morning

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Good Morning everybody~ How is your morning? I am really excited to share with you a couple of inspiring quotes and a song by Mandisa called "Good Morning" that I just came across. It really perks me up and I hope it does for you too. (If you feel like dancing, here is a zumba routine to get your energy pumping!)

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Have a lovely weekend!

2 Ropes That Caught My Attention.

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Preston Chaplin USA Nominee "Tightrope"

Henk van der Stouw Netherlands Nominee "confidence"

What is Your Comfort Food?

2013-04-24T17:45:00.000+01:00

Do you relate to Monica Ramos 's illustration of these comfort food (cereal, waffles, toast)? I am relating to the girl lying on the toast~...though I don't crave toast when I am down. For me, I crave chocolates, hot drinks and hot soupy stuff. How about you, what food do you reach for when you are down?

Will you vote for Francesca?

2013-04-23T16:19:00.001+01:00

Hello everyone! We are feeling so excited because we want to share a piece of news with you!
That is, Shopbevel has recently emailed saying they love our designs and invited us to join the Ear Party Design Challenge, for a chance to have our design manufactured and sold by Shopbevel! How exciting is that!

Anyway, we seized the opportunity and officially today, our submission is released on Shopbevel. There are 12 days left now and we know we can't do it without you, so we were wondering if you will help us win this opportunity by voting for Francesca in the Ear Party design challenge? It will make us so happy if you could! :)

3 Architecture that Caught My Eye

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Win Goodies, Fleur Avenue's Instagram Photo Challenge

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Take part in Fleur Avenue’s weekly Instagram photo theme giveaway challenge to win goodies from Fleur Avenue's shop! For the next 7 weeks, there are 14 beautiful floral hair sets to be won, 2 sets to giveaway each week. Isn’t it perfect to welcome spring and summer?

Each Friday, we will release a new theme with a specific #hashtag for you to tag your photos with and preceding week entries will close each Friday before the release of a new theme. The photos that we love will then be selected and compiled into a specific Facebook album to share with you over the weekend. Thereafter, we will consider and select 2 weekly lucky winners, whose photos receive the most attention in terms of “likes”. Winners will be announced on Fleur Avenue’s blog (www.fleuravenue.com) every Tuesday.

Entry Requirements
1. Follow @fleuravenue on Instagram and submit your photo entry on Instagram with the relevant weekly hashtag.
2. Subscribe to Fleur Avenue’s blog www.fleuravenue.com (on either bloglovin, subscription or Google Friend Connect) Please see this page for instructions on how to subscribe to our blog~^^
3. Like Fleur Avenue’s Facebook Page
4. Share the contest on your Facebook wall.
5. After you have completed the above 4 steps, please complete your entry by leaving a comment (example below) on the respective week blog entry.

1. Instagram Id: e.g @renniyurib
2. Subscription Platform: (the method you used to subscribe to us.) e.g Bloglovin.
3. Facebook Id: for example, renniyurib@gmail.com
(P.S: As we like to make sure you are real and only allow one entry per person, please kindly provide us the email you register your account with because there might be many e.g Samantha Lee. We seek your understanding that if we are unable to verify your likes and shares, we will not be able to issue you the giveaway. ☹)
4. Valid Email: e,g. renniyurib@gmail.com (this allow us to contact you if you win)

Please note that if your hashtagged photo entry on Instagram is selected, we will be emailing you to verify against your Facebook id, and Instagram id ☺. If we do not receive a response from you within 3 days, another winner will be selected.

To be notified of our promotions, weekly goodie giveaways (e,g necklaces, earrings, rings, clips…etc) and news, please subscribe or like our Facebook page.

Are you Ready for Our Very First Challenge?

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today is the start of something beautiful

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~~~ by Maryna Kochetyga (via flickr) +

ソフトクリーム by valerie chua +

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winter rain by cocoip +

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Descent by PerisianPowerhouse (via Flickr) +
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Illustrator : Inmybackyard

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illustration by katie from inmybackyard

Life Size Monopoly Game

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'Bored' artist brought monopoly to life size in Chicago.
This is the reason I love art. Doesn't this bring excitement and zest to life?
Unfortunately, these type of art can only exist outside of Singapore, because if this is to happen in Singapore, he/she would probably face some charges as 'Singapore guerilla artist responsible for the works of street art that have been spotted around Singapore' in 2012. :/

(via 'New Street Artist ‘Bored’ Turns Chicago Sidewalks into an Alternative Monopoly Game' + )

Packaging Updates~!

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Packaging updated :)

Tachicom

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photographs by tachicom

A Little Bit of Red

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'We don't see things as they are, we see things as we are'
by Stockholm photography and writer Jessica Silversaga +
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+ Note: To the talented photographer(s) of the unknown photograph(s). Please contact me at fleurave@gmail.com if you see your photo here uncredited, or credited wrongly. I will be happy to amend and credit you~^^

Sooner or Later it All Comes Down

2013-03-26T23:34:00.001+00:00

An installation titled ‘Sooner or later it all comes down’for the Graffiti- and Streetartfestival Names in Prague. (via vgrfk)

Leafy Name Card Design

2013-03-26T19:40:00.000+00:00

New Fleur Avenue leafy name card design ~! Do you prefer it plain or do you prefer it with veins?

2 homes in a day

2013-03-26T01:39:00.003+00:00

2 homes found and loved in a day.
- Jessica McKay and Christopher Van Buskirk and,
- Lydia Nicholas and Julia Lines Wilson

Girls, you will love this exercise!

2013-01-31T01:24:00.000+00:00

Hey~ I'm sorry for not keeping the posts coming lately and I will most likely not be able to till next Tuesday. Why?

Sigh~ It is exam period and I am joining the geek club for revision and preparation because I am absolutely bad in it and it's causing me so much stress it is unbelievable (bad skin, bad hair, bad health...bad bad bad). It is keeping me off everything else other than researching and revising with my books. But thankfully, I finished one yesterday so I could at least breath a little today before I start turning back into a geek tomorrow.

Anyway~ anyway, this post is not for me to rant about how my life suck with exams but to share with you this absolutely hilarious video that lifted my spirits up a little tonight, so watch it and tell me what you think. I love it.