Birds

Sanderson Options 10 Finches in Yellow

I was meaning to post last night but my little boy has come down with a cold so this will be a quick post while he sleeps.

I am back to considering wallpaper for the bedroom. To be honest, I think I will tire of the stripes over time. Unfortunately the Broadhurst samples I brought home yesterday aren't quite what I'm after although they are pretty. Above is the latest design I'm obsessing over.

Have a nice weekend. I think I'm coming down with a cold too so I'll be spending it looking after my son and drinking lots of tea.

(Image top decorsupplies.co.uk and bottom wandrlust.com/Signature Prints)

Florence Broadhurst tour

Someone pinch me. I was just given a tour of the area where the Broadhurst fabrics and wallpapers are printed. It was amazing to see all the design screens stacked alongside each other on the archive shelves. There are so many! Here are some samples I was given. I'll tell you more about these tonight.

-- Post From My iPhone

More wallpaper

When does a collection become a collection? After you purchase three, four, more? Seems I'm on my way regardless with wallpaper purchases.

I bought a roll of this Crown paper late last night. As in, very late last night. But at $50 (AUD) for 10 metres it's not a bad price. I was toying with the idea of using it in the spare bathroom but I still like the striped wall idea. It might be good to use inside cupboards perhaps?

PS: The wallpaper is actually Crown not Graham & Brown as previously mentioned. Told you it was a late night!

Talented friends

Model Liz Westworth

Model Sherie Lee Godfrey

Do you have super talented friends that somehow manage to turn anything they do into magic?

That's how I would describe my friend Gemma. She's recently started her own makeup artistry business and is building a portfolio full of her lovely work including the above photos taken by photographer Geoff Francis. I can't stop staring at them.

Gem has kindly shared all the products she used to achieve the two looks. I think I need to get my paws on her makeup kit. I don't have nearly as many products in my collection:

Look #1 (top)

FACE
MAC Studio Sculpt Foundation
MAC Select Moisturecover Concealer
MAC Prep + Prime Transparent Finishing Powder
MAC True Romantic Beauty Powder Blush
MAC Lily White Pigment to highlight cheeks

EYES
MAC Painterly Paint Pot
MAC Naked Pigment on eyelids
Makeup Forever #75 Neon Pink Eyeshadow on inner crease and lower lashline
MAC Passionate Eyeshadow on lower lashline
MAC Lily White Pigment on brow bone
MAC Smolder Eye Kohl
MAC Mascara X
MAC Stud Brow Pencil
MAC Mink Brow set

LIPS
MAC Dervish Lipliner
MAC Faux Lipstick
MAC Nice Kitty Lipglass

Look #2 (bottom)

FACE
MAC Studio Fix Fluid Foundation
MAC Select Moisturecover Concealer
MAC Prep + Prime Transparent Finishing Powder
MAC Golden Bronzer
MAC Fleur Power and Gingerly Blushes

EYES
MAC Groundwork Paint Pot
MAC Brule Eyeshadow on brow bone
MAC Era Eyeshadow through crease
MAC Mulch Eyeshadow on eyelid
MAC Magnetic Fields Eyeshadow on outer eyelid and outer crease
MAC Stubborn Brown Powerpoint Pencil
MAC Zoomblack Mascara
Ardell Duralash Short Flare lashes
MAC Fling Brow pencil
MAC Beguile Brow Set

LIPS
MAC Redd Lipliner
MAC Chili lipstick + MAC Lady Danger Lipstick

I can't wait to see more of your work Gem and thank you for letting me share these photos!

The laundry

The laundry and spare bathroom is an extension to the house by the previous owners. They left behind an apricot coloured sink and toilet and rather unattractive floor tiles. We do have plenty of storage though.

I've got a tiny budget to pretty up and organise this space so the sink, toilet and floor tiles will have to stay. Here's what I do plan to do:

I'm hoping to get a start on it this weekend!

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Fashion Friday... err, Monday

Just testing the Blogpress app on my new iPhone. Today I wore my French Connection coat which I bought one size too small. Oops. It's red as a little belated 4th of July celebration for our USA friends. Hope you had a fun day!

-- Post From My iPhone

I heart weekends

Maybe not as spider-y?

These days every day seems to blend into the next but there's still something refreshing about the weekend. We have an event to go to so I'll be getting my hair done and wearing makeup (gasp), maybe even a buff and polish and a nip and tuck. Okay, I lie about that last part.

Makeup will be a-la twiggy style. I look nothing like her and it may end up a mascara smudged mess but I have the falsies* and I'm going to give it a go. Wish me luck and have a great weekend!

*By falsies I mean false eyelashes not this.




(Images via Beauty and the Street, Whatever Happened To)

Silly fears

I know I'm 30 years old and probably shouldn't be so afraid of bugs and creepy crawlies but every time I go to sleep at night I throw open the sheets to see if there are any bugs lurking.

Which is why, although I absolutely love the photo above (the stripes, white floorboards, high ceiling!), I don't think I could rest easy at night without climbing up there first to check nothing has made its home on the canopy. Pity because it is a lovely idea.

And let's not talk about the weird noises I hear at night. This old house plays havoc with my imaginative mind. What will happen when my son is older and wants me to check under his bed for the boogeyman?


(Image Paul Costello, Domino, June 2006 via Flickr)

Black & Spiro

Dear Anna,

Your store Black & Spiro looks so deliciously beautiful. I would love to spend a day in your showroom looking at the displays and touching the lovely fabrics.

Pretty please open a store in Sydney.

Kindest regards,




(All images Absolutely Beautiful Things)

Alice in Wonderland

Did anyone catch Alice in Wonderland on TV the other week? It was nice to watch it again after all these years and I couldn't believe I still remembered a lot of the lines.

Browsing Etsy, I came across The Black Apple's Alice in Wonderland print set and snapped it up for my home as, I suppose, a small reminder of my childhood.

Are there any movies you used to watch as a child and love again as an adult?

(Image The Black Apple)