lilysmakebelieve

Blissfully wed.

noreply@blogger.com (lily, rosemary and the jack of hearts) — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 23:10:00 +0000

This. Might be the best wedding I've ever seen. What do ya reckon?

Design Files.

noreply@blogger.com (lily, rosemary and the jack of hearts) — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 04:45:00 +0000

Does all kind of wonderfulness. A pop up home, it's genius. I wish I could have visited.

Here is a taste.

The Design Files Open House ! from The Design Files on Vimeo.

Too early?

noreply@blogger.com (lily, rosemary and the jack of hearts) — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 04:40:00 +0000

For chocolate? I think not!

Splorsome.

noreply@blogger.com (lily, rosemary and the jack of hearts) — Tue, 21 Feb 2012 21:38:00 +0000

A huge Splore photo essay to follow.

Wanderlust.

noreply@blogger.com (lily, rosemary and the jack of hearts) — Tue, 21 Feb 2012 20:45:00 +0000

A Taste of Vietnam from Daniel Klein on Vimeo.

Splore.

noreply@blogger.com (lily, rosemary and the jack of hearts) — Mon, 20 Feb 2012 22:59:00 +0000

So I didn't quite end up looking like Carmen Miranda, and I didn't get a full outfit shot to share. I looked like a kind of Frida Kahlo strawberry and here's the only shot to help the description.

Splore was amazing. I highly highly highly recommend going if you are ever wavering. The best! More pictures to come soon to show you what it was all about.

Help Boy take over the world.

noreply@blogger.com (lily, rosemary and the jack of hearts) — Mon, 20 Feb 2012 22:55:00 +0000

Pledge them some money on kickstarter! Pledges start at $1 and you know it's worth it you egg.

I'm sure many of you would agree that Boy is a little winnner of a film. It's charming, heartfelt, funny, understated and so much more. One year since it came out and director Taika Watiti has a new dream, a dream so big he needs your help in making it a reality.

Boy is due to be released in the United States in March and will be going head to head with the sea of blockbusters and rom coms they have to offer. As you can imagine, promotion in such a big land does not come cheap.

Send Taika some cash to help out!

I'm off!

noreply@blogger.com (lily, rosemary and the jack of hearts) — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 04:19:00 +0000

To Splore this weekend folks! And this Island of Hooha dress up has been doing my head in but! Finally I've found my inspiration.

Carmen Miranda!

A note.

noreply@blogger.com (lily, rosemary and the jack of hearts) — Mon, 13 Feb 2012 23:58:00 +0000

To my Valentine.

Yes to that.

noreply@blogger.com (lily, rosemary and the jack of hearts) — Mon, 13 Feb 2012 09:23:00 +0000

If you can this will be one bloomin' lovely evening in a bloomin' lovely spot. I so wish I could be there. Visiting these lovely ladies asap!

And I hear if you RSVP on facebook, you can win a $150 voucher. Ah, yes please.

A friendly reminder.

noreply@blogger.com (lily, rosemary and the jack of hearts) — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 22:28:00 +0000

About tomorrow! The Browser boys are locked in. I'm on lemonade making tonight (amongst a zillion other things, oh dear) and it looks like there will be a few showers but that won't deter us! I have a porch. This bad boy even has a facebook event page, we've made it!

Thanks Katherine, for spreading the word. It's true, you are awesome. Have a look at the other lovely sales in tomorrow in her Garage Sale Guide.

The Good Years.

noreply@blogger.com (lily, rosemary and the jack of hearts) — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 06:05:00 +0000

Just finished this lovely map, all ready for pick up.

And found some more bits a pieces for the yard sale! High waisted denim shorts (that no longer fit) and some gold lace up shoes (that never have fit, who was I kidding! my feet are not that small). Right I'm off! To see TinTin!

New walls.

noreply@blogger.com (lily, rosemary and the jack of hearts) — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 00:49:00 +0000

Need new art right? And if not I'm getting myself something practical at least.

This bad boy, from Chelsea Dyer will be one of the first things to go in my new room.

The hat has spoken.

noreply@blogger.com (lily, rosemary and the jack of hearts) — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 21:09:00 +0000

The Bag O' Goodies is all yours Abigail!

This weekend.

noreply@blogger.com (lily, rosemary and the jack of hearts) — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 20:19:00 +0000

I'm selling my things in my front yard. If you've got nothing better to do, come along and sip some lemonade and look through my lot. There will be designer, vintage and 'regular' heh heh clothes and a bunch of other things I've hoarded along the way- plus I'll have a little table of Make Believe things. The things, they will be cheap. Cheap I say!

A trip to Teufelsberg.

noreply@blogger.com (lily, rosemary and the jack of hearts) — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 07:06:00 +0000

I made it to Berlin over the summer (into the winter) break to visit my dear friend Rosie, two London dwelling friends joined me and it was grand! While we were there we went on a mission to Teufelsberg, German for Devil's Mountain. When Rosie and I visited Berlin in 2009, the lovely folk we stayed with told us of this place but we ran out of time to visit it- there is a lot to see in Berlin! So finally we went.

Wiki says:
It is an artificial hill with a curious history: it was built by the Allies after the Second World War from the rubble of Berlin during the following twenty years as the city was rebuilt. One estimate for the amount of rubble is about 12 million cubic meters, or about 400,000 buildings. It is as high as the highest natural hill (Großer Müggelberg) in the Berlin area.

The curiousness begins with what is buried underneath the hill: a Nazi military-technical college designed by Albert Speer. The Allies tried using explosives to demolish the school, but it was so sturdy that covering it with debris turned out to be easier.

The US National Security Agency (NSA) built one of its largest listening stations on top of the hill. "The Hill", as it was known colloquially by the many American soldiers who worked there around the clock and who commuted there from their quarters in the American Sector, was located in the British Sector. Prior to establishing the first permanent buildings there in the very late 1950s, Mobile Allied listening units had driven to various other locales throughout West Berlin hoping to gain the best vantage point for listening to Soviet, East German, and other Warsaw Pact nations military traffic. The station continued to operate until the fall of East Germany and the Berlin Wall, but after that the station was closed and the equipment removed. The buildings and radar domes still remain in place.

So that's what we went to see! We heard its a long walk from the train station, but it was lovely through the forest and then we had to find our way through 3 fences. Not going to lie, we were all a bit nervous about being chucked out but once we were in it was great and there were so many people there we figured looking around the place (at your own risk) can't be as naughty as we thought!

Anyway, enough natter. Here are some photos, including our Teufelsberg picnic, complete with triangle bread.

Mapo.

noreply@blogger.com (lily, rosemary and the jack of hearts) — Sun, 05 Feb 2012 19:45:00 +0000

I'm sure you know by now that I love maps and here is a particularly great one. Made by deLovely Arts, they truly are just that.

And here is my latest post on NZgirl, about some pretty good Valentine Day cards out there in the net-o-sphere. Hope you like! Another Valentine Post will be up there by the end of the week!

Wow wee.

noreply@blogger.com (lily, rosemary and the jack of hearts) — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 02:08:00 +0000

My mouth is watering over how good this stuff looks on Sunday Suppers, and the photography is pretty pleasing to my eyes. Makes me want to get good. At both making and shooting. Oh yes sir, one chocolate lavender pie coming right up.

Blog lovin'.

V Day.

noreply@blogger.com (lily, rosemary and the jack of hearts) — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 22:45:00 +0000

It's coming and it's love-ly.

In Tent City

noreply@blogger.com (lily, rosemary and the jack of hearts) — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 01:16:00 +0000

If you've ever wondered what Rhythm and Vines is like. My friends made this video, the first of a 3 part series so show you what it's allll about.

Happiness for your walls.

noreply@blogger.com (lily, rosemary and the jack of hearts) — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 23:29:00 +0000

Or perhaps a little piece of Shanna Murray's lovely stuff would be a sufficient self house warming gift?

Getting fancy.

noreply@blogger.com (lily, rosemary and the jack of hearts) — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 21:54:00 +0000

Oh the things there are to learn about 'social media'- I feel like it's this huge abyss where it's really easy to hit or miss. I've just spruced up the Pauanesia facebook page, it now comes with a welcome message. If you aren't a fan already, have a look? And tell me what you think! I hope it convinces you, if you are teetering to 'like'.

Oh facebook, you silly thing.

Kin Ship Press.

noreply@blogger.com (lily, rosemary and the jack of hearts) — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 21:33:00 +0000

Makes a whole pile of lovely things. I've been wanting one of their coffee cups a good while and now I've found a new home (yes folks, locked it!) I think I might just need to buy myself a house warming gift.

What do ya reckon? See all their goodness here.

So wonderful.

noreply@blogger.com (lily, rosemary and the jack of hearts) — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 02:17:00 +0000

The sale sounds like it's shaping up to be at Swonderful's lovely but to be left behind, Victoria St store. Wish I could be there to say good bye. But alas! Cuba St awaits!

Get in there Wellingtonians.

On the move.

noreply@blogger.com (lily, rosemary and the jack of hearts) — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 23:19:00 +0000

So I'm going to be homeless again soon, our landlords selling. No more backyard movies, and I have to start thinking about transplanting my plants to a new home.

If anyone knows of any rooms going HOLLA!