In my quest for light blue inspiration this week I stumbled upon a single photo by Gabrielle Kai. I was going to include that photo (the one with the raspberries) but then decided to save her work for a whole post of it’s own. I’m so enchanted by the sweetness and light in her works. Her subject matter harps back to a not so distant past and the colours she captures just evoke a sense of calm. I would love to be able to take photos like these but I wonder if the Australian light is too harsh to get the same results. Or is it just working with what you’ve got.

I seem to have chosen quite a few variations on the colour today. I’m not really a blue person, I seem to always go for green. But I do like my choice for today. They are:

TOP: John W Golden’s Pal Roundbot Print. I’m a bit of a fan of John’s quirky prints and I don’t think this is the first time I have blogged about him. This little guy put a smile on my face I love that he’s so industrial and yet you just want to give him a cuddle.
MIDDLE: Buns Love Knits Felted Tea Cozy. I love tea cozys and felt so this is a nice choice for me. Fortunately my neighbour is making me a knitted tea cozy that the little one chose. She wants to ‘pay’ us for all the bike mechanical work the cyclist does on her bike. How nice for me that I’m the recipient of the payment for all his hard work.
BOTTOM: L & B Accessories Ella Handbag in Pale Blue Trees. Bags again… I know it’s an obsession. How could I go past this gorgeous bag in one of my favourite colour combinations?

There, he had learnt to distinguish between the steadiness of principle and the obstinacy of self-will, between the darings of heedlessness and the resolution of a collected mind. There, he had seen every thing to exalt in his estimation the woman he had lost, and there begun to deplore the pride, the folly, the madness of resentment, which had kept him from trying to regain her when thrown in his way.

Jane Austen ~ Persuasion

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I’m appealing to you for help with my next assignment… again. We have to design a small brochure for a restaurant opening and this is just the front cover. The assignment is quite prescriptive in terms of text content but the style of food that the restaurant serves is really up to us. I’m going for tappas style that’s fast and fresh. I know each of my designs are a variation on a theme but I’m really not sure which one to go for. Can you help?

I think the word comfort comes to mind when choosing my top three today. This is very fitting as it’s cold and raining outside and the little one and I have braved the cold to visit the markets, eat blueberry muffins, drink hot chocolate (him) and buy ‘secret chocolate’ (aka Green & Blacks Maya Gold) at the organic cafe. I love chocolate and I don’t just mean the sweet treat, I’m also a big fan of the colour. Here’s what my search found today:

TOP: Petite Threla’s Hot Chocolate All Natural Lip Balm. I love lip balm but it I don’t think to use it very often. I have a feeling that if this was in my bag it would be gone in no time.
MIDDLE: Broken Hallelujah’s Crochet Womens Mary Jane Slippers. I think these would be so cozy and just a little bit of fun on our cork floors. Love the mint and chocolate colour combination.
BOTTOM: Whimsy and Spice’s Chocolate Orange and Cardamom Shortbread Cookies. Don’t these sound divine? I think cardamom is one of the loveliest and under utilised spices. It’s probably fortunate for me that they don’t ship to Australia.

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