i heart...lemons

A dear friend pointed this out to me, and I am awfully glad she did!

autumn collection

Some more from the autumn collection!
I am loving these new earrings and how gorgeous they are.
I am also loving autumn!

i heart

I love everything about these photos, they are just beautiful.
And not only are they beautiful, the lovely lady who took the photos also posted a DIY on how to make the paper flowers and the 'vintage pages wallpaper'. Divine.

autumn collection

I love cold, clear, bright blue mornings, the beautiful oranges and reds of the leaves turning and cups of tea in the afternoon in the yellow setting sun. And that’s what the sigh...Autumn Collection is all about – gorgeous greens, clear blues, deep reds and sparkling yellows. There will be new and sparkling additions over the next few weeks - come and have a look!

i love...design sponge

One of the blogs that I tend to gravitate towards is Design Sponge. It is a lovely mix of 'before and afters', DIY, inspiration and creativity. Today on Design Sponge I am loving...

The Heads of State

Madrid Guide

made with love: book plates

book happy

Today is a happy book day...for a few reasons.

Firstly, Popular Penguins have just realised their 75 new titles. The list is certainly different to what I thought it was going to be. I imagined it would be heavy on the Australian authors and that there would be a few more of the 'traditional' classics (Austen, Steinbeck, Camus). Instead we have Marx, 'The Communist Manifesto', Dante, 'Inferno' and much to my absolute delight, Dostoyevsky, 'Notes from Underground'.
I am involved in a lovely little Book Club which uses the Popular Penguin's as the reading list, so there was much excitement around the releasing of this list and much discussion already about which will make our short list. Fun times await our little book club!


Secondly, Alberto Moravia. I will admit that I don't know much about this guy, apart from him being Italian (what else is there to know?) and that my Italian teach highly recommended him. I have checked out a few of his titles and I am keen to delve in. I love discovering new authors and the Book Depository carry a few of Moravia's, so I think that will be my next purchase. Which leads me straight to...


...thirdly, The Book Depository. If you haven't discovered this little gem...do it now! It's basically an Amazon rival, but I have found it to be distinctly cheaper and it is free delivery!! Our most recent choice for book club is 'Madame Bovary' by Gustave Flaubert, and I was able to get a copy sent to my door for $3.80. Not all the books are so cheap, but many do seem cheaper than Amazon or our local chain bookstore, and free shipping thrown in - it's not a bad deal. Check it out!

library books

"I'm of a fearsome mind to throw my arms around every living librarian who crosses my path, on behalf of the souls they never knew they saved."
Barbara Kingsolver
American writer and activist


One of my most clearest memories of childhood is books. My mum was always reading something and we regularly went to the local library to stock up on goodies. Consequently these days, I am a big reader. I'll read almost anything (ok, that's not true - sci-fi and crime novels don't make my reading list very often!), and I read a lot. So thanks to my friend over at All Said And Done for this photo, it made me squeal with delight.