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Bulbs in bloom

Posted on October 16, 2011 by Cherry and me

Is it normal to get excited when a box of bulbs is delivered to your door? When I was a little girl, it was my dream to one day have my own garden filled with brightly coloured fragrant flowers. I used to order gardening catalogues through the post and imagine which flowers I’d choose to plant. Well, this Spring my dreams finally came true!Planting fragrant Freesias and pink Ranunculus in July earlier this year

And we wait… I watered my terracotta pots and garden beds daily. I also fed my bulbs with a liquid booster every 2 weeks.

Yay! Little seedling shoots!

These will be my first Tulips and Daffodils

My kitty Mienkki loves exploring our garden

A few of my favourites

Then in Spring I also planted Violes, Pansies and Poppies into terracotta pots that I’ve been saving for this very occasion.

We love our new garden!

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Milk of the poppy

Posted on October 9, 2011 by Cherry and me

Thursday night we attended the opening ofÂ Milk of the Poppy, a collaborative exhibition by Robert Doble & Simon Strong at Block Projects, Melbourne.

ArtistÂ Simon Strong and me

The hip gallery crowd

Bubbles

Artist Robert Doble and gallery manager Yasmin Nguyen

Model Jocelin in front of a Doble Strong artwork

Mum and me shmoozing and boozing. We had a great night!

Milk of the Poppy runs until 27th October 2011 at
Block Projects, 79Â Stephenson Street,Â Cremorne.Â Tel: +61 3 9429 0660
http://www.blockprojects.com/Â

To learn more about the art of Doble & Strong, visitÂ http://www.dobleandstrong.com/

PS. I must credit Robert and Simon for some of these beautiful photographs from opening the night. Thanx

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I â™¥ Flinders + Curio & Curio giveaway!

Posted on October 2, 2011 by Cherry and me

Today I dropped into one of my favourite homeware boutiques on the Mornington Peninsula,Â Curio & Curio, to pick up a custom designed lamp shade for my bedroom at the holiday house.Â Luckily I brought my camera along to share these beautiful pictures of the shop.

A sunny morning outsideÂ shop 4 at 50 Cook Street, Flinders.

The shop is filled with funky and quirky screeprints designed by the owners, Clair Wayman and Nick Young.

Curio & CurioÂ Herringbone & Robin bags, screen printed on 100% hessian linen displayed on an It’s beautiful here hat rack by hip South African designer Heath Nash.

Shelves stacked withÂ kookyÂ ceramic lamps, limited edition artworks and hand printed cushions.

Hand printed linenÂ cushions by Curio & Curio

Very trendy hand printed cottonÂ T-shirts and linen tea towels by Curio & Curio

It’s giveaway time!This week’s giveaway is a limited edition print by Curio & Curio, valued at $65.Â Isn’t it just the cutest? To be in the running to win, just visit the Facebook page and ‘Like’ Cherry and meÂ before next Sunday, 9th October 2011.Â It’s that easy!

And look what I bought for my bedroom at the holiday house… a Herringbone linen lampshade for my Silver Birch lamp base from the treasure troveÂ MontreuxÂ in Prahran.Lamp shade by Curio & Curio, bedside table by Mark Tuckey, pillow slips by Third Draw Down.

Click here to visit the Curio & CurioÂ website. You can also check out this great interview with Claire Wayman on The Design Files.

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Elleski goes retro

Posted on September 25, 2011 by Cherry and me

You know how I just looove to dress up, for any occasion, well last night I went retro for a 1950’s soirÃ©e. A piece of cake considering most of my wardrobe is vintage inspired!Â The best part of a dress-up party is getting dressed! This is what I wore and how I got there.

A slick of liquid liner, followed by loads of lashes.

Curling myÂ Bettie Page bangs

Pin-up girl hair inspired by Patty Simcox from Grease

Pearls, lots of pretty pearls!

A high waisted floral skirt with a neat cream blouse

My classicÂ Vivienne WestwoodÂ heels

Finished with a classic trench and ready to party!

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The day we moved in

Posted on September 18, 2011 by Cherry and me

About 2 years ago, we moved into our family holiday house in the country. I remember mum and I being so board waiting for the furniture to arrive, we started mucking around with my little digital camera. I set it up on the kitchen bench top facing the empty lounge room and snapped the entire process of us moving in. We continued happy snapping with the same camera in the same spot for one whole year! This is what we made.

The day we moved in

Watch this video on YouTube.

A few of my favourite stills from the clip

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My edible garden

Posted on September 11, 2011 by Cherry and me

Last weekend, Cherry, me and the family went to our place in the country. The weather was spectacular so we decided to replant last Summer’s veggie garden.

Before…Â Summer 2010