creativity

love this quote..

 

let's look at the world differently

A great ad that made me smile :)

carousel

Kinda dying a little over Louis Vuitton's carousel at Paris Fashion week. 

brilliance

dream mary poppins party

I'll admit I was thrown some pretty neat birthday parties as a kid; for my 5th birthday party I had  a hired clown that did balloon tricks and my birthday cake was shaped as a butterfly with snake lollies around its wings, and smarties as its antennas :)

But my goly gosh I was blown away at the beautiful and intricate detail that Sharnel of My-Life- My Loves put into making her daughters "Mary Poppins" themed 7th birthday party extra special. She credits Loralie Lewis with the pretty pastel decorations which you can take a look at via her Etsy store.

fabulous felt

Talented embroidery by Rachel Castle

Esspecially heart this as these lyrics are sung by my all-time favourite singer, Frank Sinatra!

See more at: CASTLE



a baby shower

On Saturday I attended my cousin Stacey's baby shower. It was held at her brother's and his wife Alicia's  (my cousin-in-law?) house. The place is gorgeous and has lots of nice little features like a magenta upholstered velvet chair, a ghost chair in the study, pops of turquoise cushions and chandelliers. Alicia and all the other women involved had put so much effort into making the baby shower really special. The table was set with cupcake stands, teacups and lot of yummy food!  Here are a few pictures I took.

Kitchen preparation

The morning tea- I love the detail of the pastel egg cupcakes (baby chick about to hatch in their nest!)

and baby rattes and baby feet cupcakes 

Boy or Girl handmade quilt- The other side was pink with love hearts and stars! What a thoughful baby shower gift.



Chandellier above the dining room table, and looking into the living room

The mother-to-be present opening chair!

The white chairs that were brought in from outside were decorated for the guests to sit on with mini bouquets- cut out cardboard flowers, with a spotted bow ribbon

The study- A ghost chair and a white lacqured table! I like the colour of the walls too- a nice taupe colour.

Alicia if your reading this I hope you don't mind I put some photos of your house up! I loved it and I found lots of inspiration for my townhouse! Stacey and Aunty Joce- thank-you for having mum and I at the baby shower, we both had a really lovely time.

kooky katy

How much energy does this girl have? And what a lot of fun. I was flipping through a magazine and saw this picture of Katy Perry dressed in a giant cupcake skirt! She always looks a picture of health- bright eyed and oozing confidence. Theses are some of my fav photos of her...

reply all

Has this ever happened to you? It hasn't happened to me...yet. ha. This was my favourite out of the dozens of all of the Superbowl ads. At $30 million a pop (30 seconds for each ad equates to $1 million per second!) they all oughta be as good as this one. It is kinda relevant in my life at the moment too as a few close people in my life are now paying the price for the dreaded accidental "reply all"! I would hope its the kinda mistake you only make once, and can look back and laugh about oneday...  

 

credit: Bridgestone

You can find other Superbowl ads here

like no other

Sometimes I think advertising was an odd choice for me to study at university. I always had an inkling that I wouldn't pursue it professionally as a career. 

But then I see an ad like this and I remember why. 

I studied it because I wanted to connect with people, I wanted to focus on the beauty in the world, I wanted to move people and be moved.  

To be part of a creative movement, where a bunch of passionate people get together and think "we want to create something that is meaningful and fulfilling and transcends to the extra-ordinary". To live for those small celebratory moments where a creative spark suddenly ignites. Looking back, studying it was a real blessing- and in fact, some of my closest friends also studied it.

I can imagine everyone involved in the below felt a real sense of joy and pride in creating this piece of art... and, after all, it's not everyday you get to be part of 250,000 bouncy balls being thrown down a San Fransisco street...

like.no.other 

 

credit: sony (click here to see making of)