Tuesday 8 January 2013

2012 IN REVIEW | part one


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. . . as we all adjust to a new year, fresh beginnings & writing a new date -- a quick review of the whirlwind of a year that was 2012. . . 

flowers, flowers & more flowers ; birthday picnics ; a new puppy ; furnishing the house ; jaunts through the countryside & cross-country travels ; the seaside ; a coveted item ; cupcakes ; long summer days ; & a chance to be on television

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2012 IN REVIEW | part two



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. . . with 2013 already racing by at an alarming pace, here is part two of 2012 in review . . .

pretty pink ribbons ; days spent at the zoo ; heart shaped waffles ; visiting iconic australian landmarks ; a sky full of birdcages ; a day at the races ; exciting deliveries in the post ; the view from above ; still more flowers ; a crafternoon ; layers upon layers of chiffon & tulle & georgette   

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- wishing you the prettiest start to 2013 -

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Sunday 6 January 2013

The Calling Card







In an age of emails & mobile phones & contact lists & text messages it is so easy to forget an era gone by where friends called on one another for tea, wrote long & languid correspondence & the mail box was always full of exciting & enthralling news. . .  Having already purchased many stationery sets over the years, & being an avid letter-writer of the snail-mail kind, I realised one such etiquette I had not covered was the calling card. & so today, I have been venturing through the internets in search of the perfect card to impart to new acquaintances, leave at the front doors of friends visited who are not in & in general, be a much lovelier, & far more glamorous mode of divulging ones contact information. . . 

Below are a few early favourites :



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Images one & two