Hanging with Jars

I really want to try this. I love the idea of hanging these mason jars around the patio awning. Perfect for a cool Spring night.

Here are the list of ideas to put inside the mason jars:

Candles

Flowers

Lightbulbs

What about origami shapes, ribbons or buttons?

-charli

Wedding invite jealousy

Just when you thought wedding invites couldn't be more creative, here's another post to 'wow' you yet again!

Over at Head vs. Heart, these beauties were lovingly crafted for Courtney's own wedding. I love the personalised story book that guests received. The whole package would have been such a joy to receive in the mail. A definite keepsake!

Can I make my invites over again?



kay

...Best Served Cold

After seeing these gorgeous desserts at The Burj, I've been looking for something similar to serve dessert in.

Found these at Crate&Barrel. They keep your Martinis cold when you're not carrying it. Beautiful, isn't it?

-charli

Happy Friday!

Affogato....DroooLLll..

-charli

It's Getting Cold in Here

With Winter setting in now, why not recycle an old sweater and warm up household objects?

Ideas found at Country Living.

I feel warmer already...

-charli

Marchesa Drool

Jessica Garner & Jessica Biel had a photoshoot with Marie Claire and they had some awesome Marchesa dresses on. I'm absolutely in love with Garner's dress below. Price? "price upon request." ...that's never a good sign.

-charli

My OWN Harinezumi!

I have one!!!

My birthday pressie from my boy was a Harinezumi camera. YAY!

This camera is truly the simplest and cutest thing to use. It's so cool.

We played with it on the weekend. Our friends and I headed out to the Yarra Valley for the Shortest Lunch - a lovely (bit chilly) day of delicious food, live music and warming conversation.




kay

Rabbit Joy

Happy Birthday Kay! and to celebrate this moment...I give you rabbits!

Reminds me of when you were little and refused to drink rabbit soup cos your favourite toy was a rabbit.

One more for the road...

Images found on flickr.com

-charli

Happy Friday!

What to wear?!! The universal question.

(Love the undies)

-charli

i crave warmth

i wish i had a living room like this.

winters are much better with a fire place, don't you think?


{image via: grey}


kay

only hearts lingerie

Loving these delicate and sweet pieces from Only Hearts by NYC designer Helena Stuart.





kay

Crafty mountains

A lovely use of landscape photos by talented Melburnian Liesl Pfeffer.
Her artworks are available via Poppytalk and her own etsy site.

Kay

Ah Mr Darcy...

Pride and Prejudice.
Timeless and we at Oddsundays swoon over it again and again.

Nothing quite gives you those warm feelings like Colin Firth's Mr Darcy (thank you BBC!) and this line of all lines, is truly my favourite.

Ahhhhh!

{Image via: The Violet Hours}


kay

Happy Friday!

Photography by Liz Ham

-Charli

My Lady's Dress

Found this new designer, Jo Demontis on etsy. I love her structured look and fabric.

These dresses look perfect for the onset of winter...hmmm, I probably could wear these to work even.

-charli

There will be Plants

I've been quite domesticated this year. After going to the Home & Garden Show & Home Reno show, I've had my eye out for creative ways to well...create a minimalist, no-fuss garden. These wooden planter pots from Rezo Design are perfect! I can imagine a scattering of these across the garden.

-charli

DIY velvet bow brooch

so it's winter sale time and i picked up a great bargain with this beret.

however i thought i'd jazz it up with a little bow.

by attaching it to a brooch backing i can move it between my hats or cardis!

here's how it's done:

what you need:

velvet ribbon

sewing thread and needle

brooch backing

hat to decorate

Instructions:

1) cut one length of ribbon and sew the ends together to make a loop

2) cut another smaller length to wrap around the middle of the loop and form the centre of your bow

3) stitch the small section securely so both ends attach at the 'back' of the bow

4) cut another length of ribbon to be the tails of your bow.

5) crease and slightly overlap it at the centre so both ends of the tails of your bow will have the velvet on the top.

6) stitch this to the 'back' of the bow

7) attach a brooch backing to the bow

8) position on beret and voila! new beret!

kay

Indie rock alphabet book

i found this very humorous alphabet book inspired by indie bands by paste magazine.

why?

who knows but i love the graphics.

can you guess the bands in the pics above?

from the top: R is for Radiohead and J is for Joy Division .

kay

Happy Friday

One of my classic childhood movie memories. Last year, I remember listening to Suffer from Hilltop Hoods reviewing Back to the Future. He deducted a point, claiming racism as it depicted a white person inventing Rock&Roll. Then it lost another point for not featuring zombies. Hilarious stuff...

-charli

my brekkie

i made poached pears with wine sauce on the weekend for the family. i tweaked this jamie oliver recipe substituting the walnuts for almonds and a sprinkle of vanillin sugar at the end for my lack of vanilla bean! it turned out a treat but i had so much delicious syrup leftover. so i've been using it on my own 'cafe' brekkie in the mornings. which is great because it's like the dish that keeps on giving!

RECIPE 1

Banana and crumpets with marmalade, yoghurt and wine and almond syrup

Ingredients:

crumpets

banana, cut into wedges

tangelo or orange marmalade

natural yoghurt

wine and almond syrup (see recipe below)

optional: cinnamon to dust

Method:

1) toast your crumpet til golden brown

2) spread crumpet with marmalade

3) arrange banana slices

4) spoon some natural yoghurt on top

5) drizzle syrup and scatter almonds

6) dust with cinnamon and enjoy!

RECIPE 2

(my modified version of ) Poached pears with wine and almond syrup

Ingredients:

4-5 washed and peel pears

125g castor sugar

2 large glasses of white wine

1 large orange: peeled and juice reserved

handfull of raw almonds

vanillin sugar

Method:

1) preheat over to 170 degrees C

2) pack the pears into a baking dish

3) add sugar, orange zest, juice and wine. bring to boil on stove

4) sprinkle almonds on top of pears

5) place in over for 20-30 minutes. baste the pears or rotate them so they have a nice glaze at the end

6) pears are ready when they are soft and 'tender'! (note...i tried one nashi pear and they definitely need longer than 30 minutes but it was still tasty!)

7) sprinkle vanillin sugar to taste and stir to dissolve in syrup

8) allow pears to cool slightly before serving

9) serve pears with some poaching syrup

10) keep remaining syrup in a sealed jar in the fridge for brekkie the next morning!

kay

Pug post for sus

Sus, i'm telling you that because of you, everywhere i look i see pug merchandise!

Check out these cute pug drawings (and other doggie breeds...yes and there are options for those cat lovers out there too) by Gemma Corell. She has a etsy shop and great blog to boot.

Seen via sfgirlbybay

kay

wedding video

what do you get when you combine the talents of two professional video teams for your wedding?

well you get this! an amazingly high quality and perfectly edited video of your special day. just like a real movie.

heck! she bought him a new SLR for a present on the day? hello. this couple were very serious about quality. can't you tell?

we're not getting professional videographers for the wedding but if i did, this would certainly be the kind of video i'd be proud to look at again years later!

amazing work by MIND|Castle Studios and Stillmotion Photo and Cinema.

{via June Bug Weddings}

kay