All Things Lovely

It's Beginning To Look A Lot Like An Anthropologie Christmas

Is anyone else getting excited about Christmas? This year I am determined to be better than last year! I'd just started a new job and life was insane - I think I was lucky to actually get a tree up. This year I feel more organised, I'm starting to think about it and looking forward to it.

 
Today I had a look a look at Anthropologie at some of their Christmas decor. So, so much that I'd like! What do you love?

Letters Lubell

I received an email this week letting me know about the launch of Letters Lubell, and once I opened it and saw the beautiful eco chic cards and other stationery I knew I had to share.

The new line of letterpress products includes letterpress notebooks, note cards, recipe cards, gift tags and message cards.

 
Hand-drawn designs and graphics are inspired by everything - think bold Mexican textiles, lush fruits and downy feathers and are printed with soy-based inks on museum quality 100% recycled cotton paper stock. 

There's also some gorgeous inspriation images so you can see the design process through from seeing some fabric to seeing that on paper...gorgeous! 

We're All In This Together

I mentioned this a little while ago, but my work/church has a movie coming out TODAY in the US and in the following weeks for the rest of the world.

We're All In This Together follows Hillsong United on their tours and highlights some of the problems in the world today, I think it's going to be really impacting.

It's one night only, so head off and see it!

To Dry For

Happy Monday! Hope you all had a lovely weekend. Mine was filled with lots of time with friends which just makes everything better.

Thought I'd start this week with some lovely tea towels. I found out about To Dry For via Holly at Decor8, and now I want to go shopping mad. I really love tea towels, especially since I don't have a dishwasher and so I actually need them. I probably don't need as many as I'd likle to go and buy though, so perhaps all my friends are now about to get hit with tea towels for Christmas presents! And the bonus....they ship worldwide!

Depuis

Mina from the lovely Etsy store Depuis contacted me recently with some of her beautiful photography. Since I'm a sucker for a beautiful photo, I had to share!

Aren't they beautiful? She also has a lovely blog, so have a peek here.

New Packaging - New Everything!

I don't know if you're anything like me, but I get bored with things very easily. Take my logo for Avonlea, I think I change it way too regularly, which isn't a good thing.

Anyway, I've been playing around and I thought I would go for a more natural look, so I now have a new logo and packaging! Yay! So, thought I'd show you, here's my new business cards.

And, my new packaging.

Don't forget, everything in my shop is 20% off until the end of the month!
 

20% Off Everything Pre Christmas Sale!

I've started my Christmas shopping and I thought perhaps you all might be starting yours soon, so.... I'm offering 20% off EVERYTHING in my shop to help you on your way!

Head on over to Avonlea and save on baby bibs, casserole carriers, knitting bags and more!

Just wait until I send over your amended invoice before paying, and happy shopping!

Roses A Blooming!!

You can't understand how excited these pictures make me. I am so not a gardener so the fact these roses are alive and blooming astounds me and makes my little heart sing.

  

 

Yes, it's Pink!

I've been wanting to do this for quite a while, but finally got the time to do it. Paint my outdoor setting. I bought it about a year ago, but it's been bashed around a fair bit outside, and started to look pretty dodgy. Inspired by Nicole at Making It Lovely, I took the plunge and painted it.

Here's the dreadful before so you can see what I was working with!

I decided to use Wattyl Solagard to paint it, they have a fair few colours, but I chose Fig Sweet.

And here you go! Yes, it's prety bright. I think I'm happy with it, but I'm happy to incorporate some charcoal into my garden to kind of tone it down a bit.

 

The September Issue

I went and saw The September Issue last weeknd, has everyone else already seen it? Did you LOVE it? I really did. I think I want to go and work with Grace Coddington now styling amazing shoots.

I've tried to find some of the shots online that I really loved but I can't seem to find them, but these are some others I loved.

What about you? What did you think about it all? Do you have links to more images?

 

Oh, Donna Hay!

Well...I'm selling some of my Donna Hay magazines. I need some space! Grab yourself a bargain if you want some of them.

Backyard Climbers

Spring has totally sprung here in Sydney. The weather is warm and beautiful, and all the wisteria, cherry blossoms, roses and everything else is out. Driving to work now is such a delight as I pass so many beautiful homes with beautiful blooming gardens!

It's got me thinking about my own backyard which sadly has not had much attention over winter. The best thing that has happened is the neighbours behind me have cut down a dreadfully ugly cactus plant they had. I can handle it's ugliness, but when it was flowering, the flowers would fall on my lawn and in my garden and rot away if I didn't get out quick enough to pick them up. See it in the back corner? Ugly, hey?

Anyway, now that it's gone the backyard is really open and I can see about 5 houses down the street. My new plan is to build a screen and have a beautiful flowering climber do it's thing. The first plant on my shortlist is wisteria... it just is so beautiful to me.

Image from Flickr; Neosnaps

My other thought was jasmine. I would love to walk outside and just have that beautiful fragrance in the air!

Has anyone grown either and got any tips or recommendations for me? I'm not a good gardener, so I need to know if it's easy to kill as well!