Ethereal White & Pretty

I have had the first picture above of the white table and setting for a while and so I began a search as to where I originally found it. To my absolute delight I discovered it from a gorgeous pretty Turkish blog
http://ustagiremez.blogspot.com by Arzu.  
It is full of the prettiest pictures, all white with lots of light and space.

November is style month in Hollywood

I haven't blogged for a month so thought I'd share one of my favourite magazines, Architectural Digest.  https://magazine.architecturaldigest.com

Hooked on Pink

Both practical and pretty. This 'storm' pink front door posted by Sherry on http://www.younghouselove.com/

Of course this month's September 2011 issue of 'home beautiful' reveals all things pretty, practical and pink. Their website is great too! Loads of renovating and decorating ideas.

http://au.lifestyle.yahoo.com/home-beautiful/

I just love these floor-to-ceiling glass doors, opening directly to the outdoors. 

The light fixture is by Kevin Reilly, and the antique wing chairs by Philippe Hurel, are upholstered in Bennison fabric. The gorgeous pink and white chairs were featured in Elle Decor.

This is the interior of Hoteliers, Kit and Tim Kemp’s London townhouse.

http://www.elledecor.com/image/tid/6264?page=6&pause=1

Of course there's Anna Spiro's own interiors from her blog http://www.absolutelybeautifulthings.com/ and her fabulous devinely gorgeous items from http://www.blackandspiro.com/.

Bumble Bees and Other Things



Sunny Bees




Happening Hot Pink Bees





Reddy Red Bees



Grassy Green Bees





Perfect Pineapples



My favourite so far ... Wild and Ribbony





Navy Empire



Recording my latest designs for Spring. I'll just have to wait until I receive my new samples and test these out on furniture cushions and anything else.











Spring is ...Pretty in Pink?

As the Camellia petals fall..(forgot to 'crop out' the bins in the background).



...in come all the pretty pink blossoms.



OK, not so pretty graffiti on that green box thing?  



I wanted to keep a record of the pretty streets of Mosman in Spring. For a short time pink blossom trees appear around every second street. And, as you may have guessed, these are Camellias.



It's just warm enough to take off my shoes and start running barefoot in the park. 

Pink pillow over a chair I recently painted white. 

Fresh flowers at my desk. 



And one of the prettiest pinks of all is this Artel-Sakura Cherry Blossom Bowl :http://blog.hgtv.com/design/?s=Artel-sakura+cherry+bowl



My First Fabric Designs



First look at my 'Bumble Bee' design on white linen/cotton.



My 'bird' blob folding experiment?




The 'Bumble Bee' (brick) layout white fine 100% cotton.


My first foray into fabric design. 
I do like my Bumble Bees although I will take out the black lines in between each Bee. Will this design printed onto the upholstery linen/cotton fabric.
The 100% cotton was just a bit too fine in thickness.

Not so sure about my 'blob' experient? The colours are just a tad too 'quiet' for me.  The background on my bird blog pattern is a dull grey/blue.

Next step is to get a 'brick layout' with the red background and yellow background.  Think I may try for another colour or two. 

I'm already thinking pineapples and birds... 

More soon from Lillyxx

Camellias and a beautiful winter's day

My mum's beautiful Camellias on my windowsill
(Yes, it was raining when I took this picture.)

Looking outside today - A beautiful winter's day.

Beautiful Camellias everywhere 

The weather has been so beautiful it feels like summer is just around the corner. 


These warm days have brought back happy memories and its as though there's a good feeling in the air.