Showing posts with label dreaming. Show all posts
Showing posts with label dreaming. Show all posts

Tuesday, December 6, 2011

Tilly's House

Well, I have been a bad blogger, haven't I?! I've had a few weeks from hell, but I don't want to go into that or be negative, so how about we just get on with it? :-)

I discovered these pictures below one day on flickr. They are pages in a book I used to have as a little girl and absolutely loved. It was a story of a little doll who was sick of being the scullery maid in a big doll house so she decided to try and make it on her own. I love the illustrations, don't you?






Wednesday, October 26, 2011

My Dream House...

Will have heaps of windows....



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 Lots of natural light.....

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Sunshine...

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 Maybe even a bit of nature!

Wednesday, October 12, 2011

Wednesday

Some links for your Wednesday!


1. Beautiful green colour therapy (via Pinterest)
2. A very inspirational, mezzanine office! I would love to work in a space like this! (via Design Attractor)
3. I've been looking at lots of entryways this week. I'm re-styling our little entry and needed some inspiration. Love the map on the wall and the unusual lamp (via Maurice & King)
4. Brrrr, it's supposed to be spring but it's been decidedly cold around here! I don't like it, but I do like this jumper! (via Pinterest)
5. Beautiful combination of colours in this painting (via Pinterest)
6. I really love all the indoor plants that seem to be popping up on blogs all over the place. I've been so inspired I've started an indoor plants board on Pinterest. Follow it here (image via Old Brand New)

Monday, October 10, 2011

Huettenpalast

Ever feel like going on a caravaning trip but the weather is just miserable? What about an indoor caravan experience!
I've done a lot of traveling in this past week and while on the plane between cities, I discovered this cutesy, German place to stay.

Sandstone walls. Skylight. Almost like sleeping in a cave....

I'd pick this one!

A mini grand palace!

The little cabins and caravans are arranged in neighbourly fashion.

Old-school spaceship sleeping quarters?

A cute little garden that I wish I were in right now. In the sun....

And a beer on the patio at dusk. Perfect!

~ All images from Huettenpalast ~

Friday, August 19, 2011

Pinterest Pretties

Are you addicted to this site too? I've seriously had to put measures in place to prevent me from wasting HOURS on this site! So bad!
I've decided I might start a little regular feature of "Pinterest Pretties" (a bit like Etsy inspiration!) showing some of the beautiful things I see on there (and I might add, some things on there are just rubbish, but I guess having different tastes is what makes everyone unique).
So here goes.....

A beautiful painting that looks like a quilt!
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Funky turquoise door on a rustic cabin.
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Love all this glass and sunlight!
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Beautiful mexican colours in this outfit.
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Lovely burnt, autumn colours, reminding me that our colder months are almost over!
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Hope you have a great weekend!

Friday, June 17, 2011

Lately

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Lately I've been feeling really quite down about life. I'm not having fun anymore, I have no time to do anything but work, my house is always a mess and I feel stressed all the time. Do you ever feel like this? I find it so easy sometimes to get really negative about life and be one of those annoying "glass half empty" people. I think these next "Lately's" need to be positive!

Lately I've been getting a bit excited for my husband who is about to complete his first semester of study at university! We made the difficult decision late last year that he would go back to uni, knowing that life would be a bit tight (ie money, haha) until he finishes. He's through one semester! Woohoo!

Lately I've been making plans for a little holiday we're going on in two weeks time (to celebrate the end of my husband's first semester - and no I don't think we're going to do this every semester). We're heading to the mountains and staying in a little cabin with a log fire! I can't wait! There's rumour that it might snow this winter too (almost unheard of here). I'll show you some photos when I get back, promise!

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Lately I've been trying to make my wardrobe brighter and wear more colour. I mentioned this in another post a little while back but years ago I used to wear bright clothes all the time and I've let myself slip into the habit of dressing in dull black all the time. Don't get me wrong, black can be really stylish at times, but sometimes really dreary too! I don't have a lot of money to spend on clothes, so I've been trying to find my old bright clothes I used to wear, or checking out second hand shops for colourful items.

Lately I've been making beautiful bouquets for beautiful friends and their wedding tomorrow!

Apologies for the iPhone shot.

Lately I've been getting my hair cut! I haven't had it cut in over six months so it was starting to look a little ratty. Sorry, no picture this time. (Next time, maybe ;-))

Lately I've been thinking about Christmas. Yes, crazy I know! It's ages away! This year we're hopefully having our families come to our place for Christmas, so I've been thinking about all the sweet little decor things we can do and the table decorations. Oh, it's going to be oh so much fun!

Lately I've been thinking....
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Thursday, April 21, 2011

Long weekend

I have been looking forward to this weekend for so long!! Five whole days off! Wow!
I feel like I've been falling behind with everything in the last two months, so these next 5 days will hopefully be a time for me to catch up, refresh and recharge.

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Things have been a bit quiet around here for the reasons above, but also because I've decided to do a blog redesign! I haven't quite been around for a whole year yet (so I hope this isn't too early), but I really want to start taking this blogging "thing" a bit more seriously, so I think a redesign is in order!

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And...I know this is like months late, but here is the photo of the curtains I made ages ago (sorry, bad photo I know). I'm actually planning to make another set this weekend.


Hope you all have a lovely, relaxing Easter with your family and friends.
Isn't this egg holder just gorgeous!

P.S. I've decided that from this weekend on I'm not going to chew my fingernails anymore (I've been doing it for years). Wish me luck!

Tuesday, February 22, 2011

Finding...

Three cute little finds that I came across recently....

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A very funky apartment in San Francisco (on Apartment Therapy). Loving that record player shelf!

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A very cute little sewing shed. Wish my sewing room looked as cute as this! See more pictures here...

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I totally wish I could visit this awesome shop! Alas it is in Florida. Beautiful illustrations from Rifle Paper Co.

Wednesday, October 6, 2010

Dreaming of....

gazing at imaginary stars....
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musing over good books....
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wandering the wild mists of my imagination...
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changing my work location....?
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having a tea party with the one I love...
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I'm so tired and it's only Wednesday! Today I'm dreaming of escaping into a wonderland teepee....