...mannequin madness...

ok...some of you might know that I have a complete obsession with mannequins. I have been begging Wollie to get me a dressmakers mannequin for my birthday. He did buy me one a couple of years back, her name is 'Gretchen' and I will show her to you guys soon...i just have to paint her as she is now going up against my grey wall....I do love her lots!!!

Anyway...I have been looking through my photo album to find some pictures to print for the travel wall and came across these beauties. 

I took these pics last year when JayLow and me went to Paris. Its the window display of the Lanvin shop in Rue du Faubourg Saint Honore, Paris and I totally fell in love. Jaylow was inside admiring the clothes and I was standing outside photographing these beautiful window displays... I would love to go back there and see what the windows currently look like. I would also love to be part of the team that comes up with these amazing ideas...I love the beaks on the male mannequins.

...ideas by heart...

I found this pretty video via eat drink chic and just had to repost it....Its called "Ideas by heart" and is  done by annika bäckström for her school (KY akademien)...Its so pretty!!!!
http://www.vimeo.com/15059917


Ideas by heart from annika bäckström on Vimeo.

...work in progress...

So, we finally had our DIY weekend...and it was so much fun and a lot of hard work...Its still not 100% finished and I have a feeling it will never be, cause once I am done with the current project there is something else that I want to do.

But here are my pretty grey walls (please excuse the mess, its still a work in progress)!!!

This one is the lounge wall. I want to make it our study area. I am planning on hanging some clipboards here and making it a pin board type thing...will update again once its done....

This one is the dining room wall....It desperately needs new lights and a painting or shelf or something.... (and a clean dining room table...hehehe)

And here is me working very very hard....

...more shop inspiration...

Everyone always says that you should visualise your goals as it makes them more achievable. I am using my blog for that visualisation....that is valid isn't it? Someday I will have a little shop space of my own and it will be beautiful!

Look at this pretty boutique shop. Its called Brass Razoo Boutique. It's located in the heart of historic downtown Nampa, Idaho and their motto is restoring worth and value by redesigning and recreating recycled items. I love it. Everything is unique and eclectic and ranges from vintage to retro to modern. I love love love it. They have all sorts of stuff...mirrors, furniture, jewellery and....wait for it....mannequins !!!! All I wanna do now is go to Idaho and shop!

Images from http://brassrazooboutique.com/home.html

They also have a facebook page where they update their stock! Check it out!
http://www.facebook.com/brassrazooboutique

...DIY weekend....

I know its only Tuesday but I am very very excited for this weekend. We had a massive tree taken out in the garden yesterday and that just spurred on some DIY. So, we have big plans for our little housie. I am repainting the grey wall to a darker shade of grey, and the rest of the living room a light shade of grey! Then we wanna replant some plants and buy some other stuffies for our garden. This will be the first as Wollie and me have never done some gardening ever...will post some pictures of our hard work...promise!

I also really want a new TV stand as the one we have currently is one that belonged to the previous owner....its yukky! I stumbled across these beautiful thingies...don't think it will work as a TV cabinet but definitely gonna try and fit it in somewhere else in the house....its so pretty!

Images via pinterest...from http://www.futu.pl/futu,2,367.html?locale=pl_PL

PS: Cash converters and Pule will be very very happy on Monday as we are clearing out the garage and the extra room! Hopefully we will get some monies for some of the things!!!

...looky...

wow wow wow...so much inspiration on the interweb...look at these beautiful spaces!

Images from Country Living

...one day when i am big...

... I am going to open a beautiful shop...I have been wanting to open a little pretty space for ages now, that sells the most amazing stuff...cards, wrapping paper, photography, art, bags, cushions, jewellery, ipad covers and bearded hats (especially for Melinda), clothes, vintage suitcases (if I can find some) and all sorts of cool shiat. You can spend the afternoon at the shop drinking delicious coffee or a nice glass of wine, while relaxing in the sun and reading a good book, chatting with friends or listening to the playlists that jaylow will put together (thanks).

This blog Eat Drink Chic is what my shop looks like in my head...with all sorts of pretty!
Here is some of my inspiration...!

images are all from a combination of blogs i read daily...the list is on the side under ...blogs i love...

Come on people who will come and visit my shop?