What:nots...

Happy Monday eve! Thanks for hanging in there in my absence - my blurgy cold has been laid to rest, and I am slowly getting back on top of what seems like a rather long to-do list. School starts in a few weeks, there's packing up all our belongings and shipping them home to think about, a small side trip early next month to plan, a house to sell, a garage sale to hold, a few random work ideas to investigate, and a reading pile that is growing by the day...busy, but pleasant, times. Have a great week

Stunning photographs by Shelli Breidenbach.

Maurie & Eve's Belle Tux Shirt.

Distraction, a perfect pink for one's nails.

A pretty vignette from Lonny's August issue.

Let Love necklace from Betsy & Iya a wonderful Portland jeweller.

Aroha & Friends' Male Huia Portrait.

Diana Vreeland: The Eye Has to Travel.

Follow Studio's lovely custom stamps.

Images from Shelli Breidenbach, The Iconic, Chanel, Lonny, Betsy & Iya, Aroha & Friends, Diana Vreeland, and Follow Studio.

Weekly what:nots...

How has your week been? Thanks for hanging in there in my absence! I'm still striving to achieve the sense of calm in this image. And with our things from New Zealand arriving next week I think it may be a while. The new place is great though - it has a really lovely feel to it, and given that it is four times the size of our last place we have oodles of space. Mind you trying to round up two dreamy eleven-year-olds on school mornings has proved a challenge, but I figure all the running up and down flights of stairs is good for one's fitness. Anyhoo I hope all is well in your neck of the woods and the past week has been kind to you.

Love this image of Phoebe Philo from The Trend Report.

Sky Flower, 2003 by Nobuyoshi Araki - a wall montage of a 1000 polaroids.

Looking forward to reading the latest issue of The Gentlewoman.

Humanoid's double blouse found via Aubrey Road.

Utterly lovely colours in Cave by Michelle Armas. Discovered via Joslyn of Simple Lovely.

Scosha & Co's tan bracelet.

A perfectly mis-matched set of frames, not to mention that plant pot.

Proenza Schouler's Spring 2011 collection.

Fauno from local chocolatier Cocanú - yum!

Have a wonderful weekend.

Images from The Trend Report, the gentlewoman, AnOther, Humanoid, Michelle Armas, Scosha & Co, Lonny March/April 2011, Proenza Schouler, and Cocanú.

Monday madness...

How was your weekend? I hope you had fun and the sun shone for you. Ours was very relaxing and quiet - real bliss. Today has been the usual round of Monday madness - roll on Tuesday when things should (fingers crossed) calm down. Loving the head in the sand ostrich wallpaper from Lonny.

Image from Lonny.

Weekly what:nots...

Goodness it's hard to believe another week has rolled by! I hope you've had a lovely one. We've been busy with camp organising and so forth. I must admit I will miss Turtle & Mu when they head off next week. To help life the spirits, here's this weeks what:nots - I hope you enjoy them!

Is this a turkey? It appears in the feature on Carolina Irving's home in Lonny. I'm not exactly sure what it is but it's rather nifty all the same!

The perfect new bag for Fall.

Seeing this dress from Requiem Spring 2010, reminded me of

this beautiful green dress from Atonement.

I adore this sweet posey of flowers from here.

Have you visited Terrain? They have a fab collection of all things house and garden-y, including this great clam basket, and lovely carrot hand cream.

The perfect industrial bookshelf - found here.

A non-profit that distributes community-grown produce to low income people free of charge. A brilliant idea well worth sharing and supporting!

Images from Lonny, Piperlime, Style.com, Design Sponge, Terrain, European Antiques, and Produce to the People.

Tardy, tardy, tardy...

We've been busy with this'n that and the days just seem to get sucked up and disappear. And this week Turtle & Mu have Friday off, so to all intents and purposes tomorrow is our Friday. The good thing about this though is we get a three-day weekend - hooray! And in other exciting news our new chairs arrived this morning and we are rather pleased. Next on the list is the sofa.... So while we're on interiors and the like here are some inspiring images.

I love this 'Wall of Curiosities' in Kevin O'Shea's NY apartment.

A simple, and pretty way to store things.

The perfect solution for a desk in the lounge. Not too big and not too small.

Fabulous shelves found here.

Simple and elegant seen here.

And how can one mention interiors and not mention Lonny!

Images from Design Sponge, You are my Fav, Cookie Magazine, Desire to Inspire, Ellen Silverman, and Lonny.

A lovely apartment...

Look at this lovely apartment belonging to designer Michelle Adams of the gorgeous Rubie Green.

I just love the way books are turned so you can see their covers. Don't you just love the cover of Painting People by Charlotte Mullins.

Michelle is one part of the duo Lonny a photography/styling duo. This fab pic of these fab yellow shoes is on their site.

And watch this space. Michelle and Patrick Cline (her business partner) have rounded up some fabulous editors, designers, artists, bloggers and friends, and in September, 2009 will be launching the premiere issue of an online decorating and lifestyle magazine called Lonny. I can't wait - it's rumoured to fill the void left by Domino!