Little Wisdom

Happy Friday!

Happy Friday everyone - enjoy the long weekend! A few of my favorite images ive stumbled over this week that made me smile ;)

This is Glamourous

 This is Glamourous

This is Glamourous

La Belle Vie

Justine Taylor

This is glamourous

Beach house bathrooms

Im working on a beachfront property at the moment - it is just gorgeous - think ultra stylish beach shack (hardly a shack actually!) here are some of my inspiration images for the bathrooms!

Wedding Wednesday - Let them eat cake!

Or just look at it - cause it looks waaaaaay too pretty to eat!

We never thought we wanted a 'tradtional' wedding cake, and were considering wheels of cheese or some kind of macaroon creation.......untill i came across these divine cakes from Yummy Cupcakes & Cakes.....

Arent they amazing? The last 2 are my favourite i think, simple but with one or 2 beautiful flowers.... Its definitely the flowers that get me, such detail! Patricia from Yummy Cupcakes & Cakes has been so helpful answering all my millions of questions & giving suggestions to help with sticking to budget etc if we do decide to go down the 'proper' cake route! If your in the market for a cake i would highly reccomend checking her out!

Id love to hear what you guys have done or are planning when it comes to wedding cakes?

Savvy Home - My Guest Post!

I was honoured to be asked by Gab from Savvy Home to put together a post for her while she was away holidaying in France (lucky thing!!!). I themed it my 'ultimate dinner party decor'....it looks so amazing after Gab put it all together i want it all even more! Although we were lucky enough to be given those amazing 'Loop' candelabras as an engagement present!! Head over to Savvy Home to see the full post & links!

Detox - update

Its been one week since i made my delcaration of 'detoxing'! I have survived the week with no wine (or any other alcohol) and have got beack into the hot yoga! 2 classes this week - has been really good! And trying a vinyasa flow hot class rather than my ususal Bikram which is a nice change (& a bloody hard workout too!) I have had these divine images of Alessandra Ambrosio (victorias secret model) from French 'Elle' magazine in my inspiration file for a while - really does encourgae you to get to your yoga studio doesnt it!?

Tonight im off to see a natropath reccomended by a friend. For years ive been feeling...well...tired! I rarely wake up refreshed & constantly feel a bit 'dull'.....you know a tad on the 'plump' side & just not 100%? Hope she'll be able to shed some light on it all. Im diabetic (type one) so my blood sugars do have alot to do with it, but thought couldnt hurt to try something new! If nothing else it will be intersting as i have never seen a natropath before - have any of you guys? How have you found it? Worthwhile?

Before & After - Gorgeous Apartment Kitchen renovation!

A freind of mine who lives in Melbourne was kind enough to let me share the renovation she & her hubby recently did of their apartment kitchen! How totally gorgeous is it!

Before....

During....

After!!!

A chadelier in the kitchen!?

Woman you are my kind of renovator!

Digging that champagne cork artwork too!

LOVE the marble top & the ceramic sink!

Oh & the pannelled cabinets & butchers tiles!

and this wallpaper is really the icing on the cake!

6 Degrees of separation

Well less actually! The funniest thing happened last night....this is kind of a long story so settle in.....

Back when i started my blog last year, someone else had the done same only a few weeks before; Sonja of Tied with A Bouw...

i really enjoyed her blog & we started commenting on each others blogs, which soon turned into emails, then facebook friends & now you could say quite good friends who are in contact almost daily (awww how nice is the bloggy world! Though weird we have never met we both agree!). Sonja & her husband Matt are Melbourne-ites living in Malaysia & Dubai before that for his work....

So a few months ago when Sonja told me her husband Matt was being 'courted' by a recruiter for a job in Sydney we were quite excited & began emailing back & forward about different suburbs & living in Sydney and she would keep me updated on how this recruiter was interviewing matt etc. Turns out they have found a house they are very interested in & get this, its about 800m away from MY house! So on Wednesday night i met the real estate agent for them & did an inspection, got home & emailed them all the details.......Sonja & i proceed to get all excited about the prospect of being neighbors...

this is when it gets weirder.......

We were chatting about something & i said "you should go & have a look at this facebook album of mine so you can see the photos"...so off she went. About 2 mins later i get an email notification from facebook saying Sonja had commented on a photo of my mum & dad at his 60th birthday party (seems she got a bit sidetracked on her facebook stalk!) saying how hot my mum looked (which she does i might say, hope i look that good at 54!) .......

Almost instantly i get a text from my dad (who had also got the comment notification because he was tagged in the photo) saying "so tell me how you know Sonja Bouw, tell me its not the same one whos married to Matt Bouw & is living in Malaysia? If it is its a very small world"..... A flurry of facebook comments later......Turns out MY DAD is the recruiter who has been 'woo'ing' Matt & has sealed the deal that is brining them to Australia! He has even been talking to Sonja on email & had just been on the phone to Matt hours before!

We were gobsmacked......and then in Sonjas words "we proceeded to get a little giddy like one of those Lynsay Lohan-type movies where the sisters are separated at birth only to be reunited later in life by sheer fate" (ok so we got a bit carried away...there was even discussions of when we moved in together who would get the top bunk hahahaha). 

So there you go - how crazy is that! Not only will these two bloggy friends get to actually meet, but possibly live a block away from each other and it was my dad that made it happen! Ahhh the warm fuzzies! It was meant to be Sonja! Start packing & become my neighbour!!

Happy Friday Everyone!! 

xxxxxx

Sonja also posted about this today - read her version here!

Adore Magazine - My blog loving feature!

The latest edition of Adore Magazine is online now! First up how drool worthy is the cover!!!! Can i please have this entire room?!?! AND im very excited to say ive taken part in the Blog Loving feature on page 57! Thanks Loni for asking me to be part of this issue! Go check it all out! .....

Can i just add, how good is an online mag...yes, it means you can read them while at work....as long as you have some kind of spreadhsheet or something open to flick back to when the boss walks past ;)

Wedding Wednesday - Sequiny Sparkly goodness!

Lets indulge in some mid-week sequins!

Rachel Gilbert - great shape & draping..

Very cute! Wonder what they say?

Anna Sui dress via Net-a-porter

Would be such a fun 'dancing dress' for the reception of you could justify having 2 dresses!

Rachel Gilbert - LOVE this dress!

Need to have more black tie or functions where floor length sequins are appropriate!

Via a Glmourous side project

Elie Saab

Bridesmaids perhaps?!

Via The Lane

GORGEOUS!!!

Via This is Glamourous

A tad OTT but fun none the less!

The Lane

more divine Rachel Gilbert