weekend : autumn

This weekend reminded me why I love autumn. It was mild and a little sunny. Plus I got to kick around some leaves. If only it was going to stay this nice. 

kicking around leaves in my new boots from the vintage garage

daily quotes at parkhill cellars. hilarious. 

sweet window boxes in north melbourne. 

south side adventures

So my friends and family would be the first to tell you that I am a northern suburbs girl through and through. Northcote, Thornbury, Carlton - all my happy places. 

Anything south of the Yarra I have been raised to just not be that into. Mainly because where I grew up is about an hour by car away from the southside. And way longer by transport. And really what is worth travelling that far for and changing trains 3 times for?  Anyway, point is I don't really like going south of the river at all. I've never been to Chadstone. I don't like St Kilda. You get the picture. 

Anyway, today I spent the whole day wandering around the sites south of the Yarra and I actually enjoyed it. 

Yes, I am surprised as you are. I found some cool shops. I had a nice cupcake. I got a cheap vintage dress with love hearts on it. I had a few ciders with an old friend. It was bliss. So maybe I will have to lessen my full on hatred of the south side and start to embrace it. Maybe. And I took a few happy snaps along the way

Signed and numbered - amazing shop selling gorgeous prints by some of my favourite artists

in greville street

see that dress? yeah i bought it too

i may not have shared with you the fact that i LOVE FRECKLES.

I also had to go collect my artwork today from Guildford now that Fully Six exhibition is all done.  This was what my babies looked like in case you didn't get along to see them. More pics and a wee wrap up to come soon. 



So I hope you all had a great weekend too, I have had a truly crap and emotional couple of weeks with someone very close to me passing away, so having a nice weekend spent with friends was pretty amazing. 

counting down the hours

until I could get home and finish this:

until I could dance around the house to this: 

until it is finally the weekend and I can do more of the same

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cream + flowers + baguette = bliss

i bought a bike today. 

i am so excited i did a star jump. it is a schwinn cream. its coffee & cream colored and has pink stitching. i am so excited to go pick it up next week. so excited. and i can't wait to get a bunch of flowers and a baguette and cruise the streets. 

stuff and nonsense

i have a cold which isn't ideal. i do feel like i have been run over by the sniffles truck today and have spent the day curled up in a ball with a never ending supply of orange juice and warm water with lemon to help me break the cold. not sure it is working. 


on the bright side i did have a super weekend. wanna see what i did? 


ok .......

i picked up the new angus + julia stone album down the way on friday night. you should too. and gosh it's unreal. my faves so far are and the boys +  black crow. just dreamy. and i get to see them next week. 'swoon'

i went to drop off a heap of new goodies at fannyz - a pretty sweet boutique across the river at 174 chapel street windsor. drop in and say hi to pippa and pick up some of my prints, one of a kind cards & other goodies. i also stopped into the salvos on chapel and picked up some super glasses and dishes which i am making into more of these lovely cake stands which i think i will bring along to rose street this weekend. what do you think?

all of these lovelies for $12!

 and one of the finished platters

i then visited the new shop curious little oyster which stocks lots of amazing goodies from lovely people like twin set  and shadow theatre among many many others. its the sweetest little shop ever and i will absolutely be returning soon. If you are in Melbourne stop in and say hello ( 776 High St | Thornbury)

any place with outdoor furniture + amazing tile details is the place for me. oh and the food kicks butt too

then i spent the day exploring my fave area - northcote. gosh i love exploring the area around my home. 

tips for visitors : 

:: go to the estelle for lunch - sooooooo good

:: see some lovely art - i saw catherine campbell's latest show at kick gallery. stunning. 

:: checkout the great shoppes in the area in the woods +  dear gladys

i also went to costco with my mum. this was by no means NOT the highlight of my weekend. it is crazy. 5L bottles of windex. and kayaks in the same aisle. I am still recovering from the super size me style of this place. i did get a 8 kg pack of baking soda and 5L of vinegar for $6 total though so i am set for lots of earth friendly cleaning 

oh and then i baked a yummy strawberry butter cake with smashed strawberry topping. it may have turned out a little smaller than i expected, not that i had anything to do with that off course :) 


hope you had a nice weekend too xx

whatcha up to?

this weekend i am:

missing my special peeps. i don't do change well, so i miss them all the more at the moment.

by me

wishing i was as cool as these guys

still going gaga over this song months after i first heard it

back at rose street tomorrow 11-5 again so pop on by and see me! i only have 3 more left before my holiday which i am a little sad about but i mean i have a pretty good excuse - new york!

sunday

it's super cold here in melbourne town today. all foggy + almost like brigadoon, i am fully expecting gene kelly to come dancing down my street some time soon - that's the level of fog i am talking about. i like it, everything seems almost ethereal in this light. fog is the only thing i like about winter i think. 

i thought i would share some lovely music i found whilst trying to keep warm this morning. 

so pull on your mittens and check out these simply lovely songs:

washington

megan washington is amazing - i saw her opening for the grates a few weeks ago and quite simply was blown away. check out the clip for clementine + listen to my fave fred astaire.

ingrid michaelson

those who stop by regularly will know i heart this american gal's music in a big way so it is no surprise that two new songs from her (which you can hear here) are already in my top five. 

joshua radin

paperweight is one of my all time favourtite songs and this lovely song sky is certainly a very sweet song that i already can't get out of my head.

florence + the machine

there aren't words, its just awesome so go check them out here

happy sunday xx

ahh bliss

i had the most lovely weekend in the whole world. it's a big claim i know. but really, there couldn't have been much else that would have made it better. i went to the moonlight cinemas with two people i love doing girlie things with (i did get lost in the gardens though!). and today was great because well it's a public holiday here in melbourne & i got to spend it brunching at my fave coffee place and then lazing in the sun at a lovely bar in town. oh and munching ion some delightful baclava. like i said, it was an awesome 3 days.

i hope you all had as nice weekend as i did :)