Just a few photos I love at the moment…
The Moment by Khomenko
Be Your Fairytale by Lord Kevinz
Memory Brushes The Same Years by iNeedChemicalX
No-one Could Resist This by bigcitydreams
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Sorry for the blog delay! What a week it’s been, it seems everything I touched this week fell apart or died! So don’t stand too close 
Finally I have my new laptop up and running the way I like (yes my old faithful laptop was one of the casualites). I think this beautiful image sums up everything I am feeling today:
I’ll leave the interpretations of how I am feeling up to you.
Back to work tomorrow. As always the holidays seem to fly by. I don’t feel prepared for work and I will miss, miss, miss my sleep ins and late nights.
Take care,
MOS x
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I love days like this. Even though I hate the heat, (Queensland, Australia gets very hot in Summer) I love how everything looks, sounds and smells. I can smell fresh cut grass today. Makes me want to go and do somersaults down grassy hills until I itch all over I’m feeling inspired by these images today:
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Summer always makes me feel like wearing white sun dresses and crisp white shirts with cut-off denim shorts. The best colour to compliment this is of course turquoise. One of the best examples of wearing white with turquoise has to be Eva Mendes.
Image courtesy of blueearthjewelry.com Blog
Eva was a vision in white at the 2009 Golden Globe Awards. The actress hit the red carpet in beautiful white silk Dior dress and turquoise statement necklace by Van Cleef & Arpels. The outfit was put together by stylist Rachel Zoe. Nothing is more gorgeous then a statement piece of turquoise jewellery:
Image courtesy of blueearthjewelry.com Blog
Turquoise Dancer earrings by Laughingdogstudios
Ocean Couture Beaded Crystal Cuff by nansglam
Revamped Copper Charm Bracelet by Jane Dean
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I just adore typography. I love when typography is combined with everyday functional items as well.
Here are some of my favourite prints:
Bedtime Bus Roll Print by MySweetPrints
Love Candy Steel Screen Print by jenniferramos
Live What You Love by Hijirik Studio
I Don’t Care Too Much For Money by Candi Mandi
Choose Joy by evajuliet
Make It Happen by evajuliet
It’s Never Too Late by evajuliet
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Well it’s hard to believe that another year is over. My mum always said that the older you get, the quicker the years fly by and I am beginning to think she is right.
I am looking forward to 2010 and for that reason, I am not really that interested in saying goodbye to 2009 tonight. I have always found New Years Eve to be somewhat overrated.
For my final blog of 2009, I want to share with you the artwork for Kelly Smith. I am definitely not the first person to discover Kelly’s work but I am so in awe of it, that I just had to share.
Can you believe these are drawings! If you’d like to learn more about Kelly Smith and explore more of her work check out her blog Birdy & Me.
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Hello I’m Chantal and I am addicted to coin purses!
From a young age I was fascinated with small, fabric coin purses. I now have an impressive collection of gorgeous coin purses – you know the sort with metal frames that your Nanna might own. As a true addict, I won’t say exactly how many I have but enough that I had to buy special storage boxes to keep them all safe!
The dilemma is that they are rare and hard to find, especially here in Australia! There are an impressive amount on Etsy and Made-It but often the fabrics don’t appeal to me much. There are a number of free and commercial coin purse sewing patterns out there, some that seem easy and some that are very fiddly and difficult. I bought a rather difficult pattern online ( won’t say where from) and managed to create this:
This was such a difficult pattern to follow, that I’ve been reluctant to try another! Although today I stumbled upon some coin purse beauties which may have inspired me again to give it another go!
I love these coin purses made by Karyn @ theworkroom.ca The pleating is such a nice detail:
I love the pairing of fabrics for both the outside and inside of each purse. Such a great way to use up fabric scraps and fat quarters.
So my mission is to now find an easier and hopefully free pattern to use. I will let you know how I go and post my end results if I have success. Check out more of these gorgeous coin purses here.
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It’s raining here today and I love it! I slept in late and I’ve spent the afternoon listening to music and blog-hunting.
Which is whyI’m sending out some blog love to the House of Turquoise. Not only is it a blog all about my favourite colour but it also has beautiful style and design ideas. All of the following images are featured on the blog.
See more of Suzanne’s house here.
I think Margot Austin’s house is my favourite though. It’s actually designed as a teenager’s bedroom! I’m sure I could act like a teen again, if this is where I get to gossip with my friends, study for my assignments and whisper about boys!
Finally just a little shout out to this gorgeous little desk space. The wallpaper is to die for!
Be sure to show some blog love at House of Turquoise.
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