friends and readers
not making excuses, but posting is likely to get limited this week.
because the Once Upon exhibition opens on Thursday
which seriously blows me away.
Angela and I have very sore fingers from all the framing
but gosh they look amazing.
make sure you come.
please.
p.s. how fantastic is this blog post from one of the lovely artists Jordan Clarke?
I am stressing about my outfit. All I know for sure is that I will be wearing a vintage handmade lace collar that was my great grandma's that my Nan gave me last week.
kate // liekeroomijs // library
i've got lots planned.
hard work.
some relaxing.
some creating.
some preparing.
some more hard work.
and some laughter.
see you on the other side.
six more sleeps.
[image from the Style Collective website]
ok ok, so I know that the wonderful reJenerate blog has already done a little post about this, but gosh I am allowed to brag too!
if you haven't already, go check out this pretty super (Australian!) website, Style Collective which has a whole host of sweet sections dedicated to things such as eco-style, and indie designers.
Angela, from our favourite Leeloo.com.au is now a contributor, and I must say (non bias-ly of course) that I am loving her most recent post, busting those myths about Eco-Fashion equaling a bigger price tag.
Go have a read, because look, the fantastic organic tee from Foreshore Dynamic and the gorgeous slouchy handbag from ReJenerate battle it out against some big namers. Eco-Fashion more expensive? Head on over to find out!
a perfectly made bed and a fresh loaf of sourdough
would anyone else find it as lovely?
[gorgeous images by the wonderfully talented Holly Becker via decor8]
any one of these lamps [just need to find them first!]
art from here and especially here
I will happily give you my postal address if you are feeling generous ;)
xxx
oh and p.s. //
I create my images like that using big huge labs.
and be sure to click on the links to be taken to the original image source for the pictures!
when a new post comes into my inbox from these kids, I tend to get just a little overexcited. drop. everything. and. read(er). 
[daydream lily]
[a beautiful mess]
[hello sandwich]
[bleubird vintage]
[here comes the sun]
[ish and chi]
[the brick house]
[sandra juto]
would love to hear what your must read blogs are.
fridays I am usually feeling pretty good. I do yoga on Thursday nights, and so I always wake up with a fresh and new outlook on things. things tend to look, feel and smell better. which I think must be a good thing.
this morning during my morning routine, I was reading my most recent purchase :: the latest issue of Inside Out magazine, the CHRISTMAS issue. I have already been secretly planning my christmas decorations, and doing a bit of present shopping, and so I love it when the retail and media world can confirm with me that this is ok, by decorating and publishing gift guides and christmas themed issues.
so today, my fave fab friday find, is going to be pages 15 and 16 from this latest CHRISTMAS 09 issue from Inside Out. as you know, I am a hard core handmade, indie, local, nice things shopper, and I am just loving that these "bigger" mags are jumping on board this "trend" for want of a better word. from what I can tell, they are recommending us gorgeous things, which are mostly handmade, locally made, unique, eco-friendly or just generally pretty special.
I thought I would try and itemise and link to everything on these pages, for my own reference (because I was going to be adding them to my favourites anyway) and of course for your own!
you can click on the image and be taken to my flickr page, from there I have made notes which include links to all the things featured on the page! cool huh! does that make sense? otherwise, I have included the "stockist list" here too.
[.elsie*cake.]
[simply photo]
[.elsie*cake.]
[paperNstitch]
[iseloom]
[simply photo]
have I got you craving for one?
dim lighting and lamps // it is all I have ever asked for
2 comments Posted by renee anne at 4:57 PM
[courtney brims]
welcome home!
gosh did I even post that I was going to Brisbane? well I did! I am home now. Many of the Australian internet peeps will no doubt have heard of the Finders Keepers markets?! They are a super amazing market, that have prevously been held in Sydney (every 6 months or so). Last weekend however, they made the big trip up to Brissie, and brought the super market magic to the lovely sweet lovely people of Brisbane!!
I had my Leeloo hat on for the entire weekend which was just fantastic, and for those of you who went, I was one of the tired, sweaty, exhausted, happy, excited and hopefully friendly ladies standing behind the gorgeous Leeloo stall! It was a big task to get all the pretty Leeloo things up to Brisbane, then get ourselves up there, then set everything up and still keep our spirits up for the nine hours to follow as the people just constantly poured in (and all again the following day!)But I think we did ok.
[little jane st]
The adrenelin was pumping at the time, and while I felt tired, I never once felt sad. The smiling faces, the sweet comments, the happy people, the kind words, the inspiration, the community element all made the whole experience more than worthwhile. Plus, I got to meet so many online "buddies", and in the 4.3 minutes I had spare, got to do a little bit of shopping!
[chi designs]
I am just going to do a bit of a shout out to some of the peeps I met, bought from, spoke to, smiled at, or whatevers. If I have left you off, I am so sorry. Slap me and I will fix that right up!
blossom creations :: bespoke letterpress :: chi designs :: courtney brims :: electric boy :: elodi magazine :: frankie magazine :: girl made this :: kim wallace :: kindling :: little jane st :: lola & bailey :: neu creative :: and the rest of the wonderful stallholders at the markets ::
[blossom creations]
for those of you who were not there, or ran out of cash be sure to check out the stallholder directory, because lots of the talented peeps sell online!
and of course, keep your diarys marked for the next Sydney markets, which are going to be held on the 4th and 5th of December, at the CarriageWorks in Sydney’s Inner West. I am also so very excited to share that my talented boyfriend was acceped as a stallholder for these markets, and so Foreshore Dynamic will be there to enjoy all of the excitement! Yipee!
[neu creative]
so, that was my market experience (in a very small nutshell), be sure it let me know if you said hi to me, or visited the Leeloo stall. also, share with me your finder keepers posts, I love to see and hear things from a different angle to my own ;)
[the well deserved breakfast, post market experience]
all images, unless otherwise stated, were from the Finders Keepers website.
