ELEMENT EDEN HI SUMMER 12

...pastels, 1950's girly cuts, daisy trims, handcrafted crochet and detailed embroderies. 

Element Eden Hi Summer 12 collection has just been released. This time Element has used local Aussie musician Claire Rayner as the face of the campaign, one half of electronic duo DEJA.

Also checkout the Element Eden blog, lots of fun DIY projects and recipes to try out. I want to try making these Macrame plant hangers.

Quotes-Daily

People often say that motivation doesn't last.
Well, neither does bathing - that's why we recommend it daily.
- Zig Ziglar

Famous people quotes-One more time

Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is always to try just one more time.
- Thomas A. Edison

Deep thoughts-Progressive discovery

Education is a progressive discovery of our own ignorance.
- Will Durant

Madame Lolina

A new illustration love Madame Lolina,  found via Emma's blog  The Humble Sparrow.

She also did a collaboration with Audrey Grace Boutique earlier in the year illustrating looks from the Hollywood Film Awards, I love the one of Emma Stone!

Thought for the day-Failing organizations

Failing organizations are usually over-managed and under-led.
- Warren G. Bennis

Positive quotes-Bursts

A laugh is a smile that bursts.
- Mary H. Waldrip

Humor quotes-Stepped

Before I met my husband, I'd never fallen in love. I'd stepped in it a few times.
- Rita Rudner

Lounge Apparel

wearing: Silk cami from Lounge Apparel, Fieldguided Tote + Maurie & Eve Pants from Style Milk, watch Daniel Wellington,  sandals Rosabella Threads.

Lounge Apparel is designed by Carmen Bianco, wife of Anthony Bianco, the man behind Tony Bianco shoes. Carmen believes in designing pieces that are classic and timeless, the sort of pieces you need in your wardrobe and that will last more then a few seasons.

I think I'll have to get a few of these camis in different colours!  They're perfect for all the print pants I seem to be accumulating in my wardrobe.

Happy Weekend lovelies xx

Photos by Ally @ Unknown Pleasures

Sexual quotes-Art of procreation

The art of procreation and the members employed therein are so repulsive, that if it were not for the beauty of the faces and the adornments of the actors and the pent-up impulse, nature would lose the human species.
- Leonardo da Vinci

Hilarious quotes-Learning Statistics

Learning Statistics is like taking a Mediterranean cruise. You gain a new appreciation for the vastness of the world; You meet dozens of new characters, half of them with Greek names;and After 2 hours you feel utterly seasick.
- Jonathan Bernardi

Laughter quotes-Assault

Against the assault of laughter nothing can stand.
- Mark Twain

MILK FROM A THISTLE SS12/13

Always a favourite of mine, Milk From A Thistle know how to do amazing animal prints! This season features the ‘Birdhouse’ and ‘Fox Field’ digital silk prints along with pop-bright colours and classic stripes to mix and match in the warmer months.

Milk From A Thistle is also proudly designed and made in Australia.

View the current collection here.

Famous people quotes-Fibers that knit

It is easy to say how we love new friends, and what we think of them, but words can never trace out all the fibers that knit us to the old.
- George Eliot

Thought for the day-With Gratitude

With gratitude, all life appears as a blessing - without gratitude, all of life is perceived as a burden.

Philosophical quotes-Two handles

Every tomorrow has two handles.
We can take hold of it with the handle of anxiety or the handle of faith.
- Henry Ward Beecher

Sarcastic quotes-Politeness

Politeness, n. The most acceptable hypocrisy.
- Ambrose Bierce

Rosabella

My favourite outfit right now:  Secret South (formerly Secret Squirrel) dress from my shop Style Milk paired with Lillpilly Silk Sandals by Rosabella Threads. Key necklace NoneSuch Things, Fieldguided Tote, kit 'high roller' nail polish, ray-bans.

"Rosabella Threads create high quality, sustainable silk shoes, scarves and hair accessories, in the process creating employment and fair trade opportunities for talented silk weavers in rural Cambodia."

My long time blog friend Eva sent me these sandals from her new label Rosabella Threads to try out (they also come in a mid and wedge heel version). They remind me so much of my roman sandals I had growing up complete with interchangeable ribbons that I used to change out to suit my outfit. Ahh I loved those shoes, now I get to have a new grown up version of them!

You can view the Rosabella Threads collection of Lillypilly flats and wedges on their facebook HERE, and their soon to be released silk hair accessories range.

Photos by Ally superstar Unknown Pleasures

Short quotes-Cleanse

Tears and laughter cleanse the heart.

Sexual quotes-In the morning

Men wake up aroused in the morning. We can't help it. We just wake up and we want you. And the women are thinking, "How can he want me the way I look in the morning?" It's because we can't see you. We have no blood anywhere near our optic nerve.
- Andy Rooney

Island Escape

I've been loving these amazing statement necklaces from Fiel Sol ever since seeing them on Jasmin, can you believe they're all handmade by the Fiel Sol team in Sydney. Amazing!

This latest collection has me dreaming of a tropical honeymoon lazing by the pool wearing a gorgeous white dress and chunky neon statement pieces, a pile of magazines and a cocktail...ahh can't wait.

Famous people quotes-Working on Macintosh

"I don't think I've ever worked so hard on something, but working on Macintosh was the neatest experience of my life. Almost everyone who worked on it will say that. None of us wanted to release it at the end. It was as though we knew that once it was out of our hands, it wouldn't be ours anymore. When we finally presented it at the shareholders' meeting, everyone in the auditorium stood up and gave it a 5-minute ovation. What was incredible to me was that I could see the Mac team in the first few rows. It was as though none of us could believe that we'd actually finished it. Everyone started crying."

-STEVE JOBS, APPLE PRODUCT LAUNCH, JUNE 2011

Thought for the day-Blame

A man can fail many times, but he isn't a failure until he begins to blame somebody else.
- John Burroughs

Philosophical quotes-Good water and air

Take a course in good water and air;
and in the eternal youth of Nature you may renew your own.
Go quietly, alone; no harm will befall you.
- John Muir

Deep thoughts-Love and attachment

Love allows your beloved the freedom to be unlike you.
Attachment asks for conformity to your needs and desires.
Love imposes no demands.
Attachment expresses an overwhelming demand – "Make me feel whole."
Love expands beyond the limits of two people.
Attachment tries to exclude everything but two people.
- Deepak Chopra in The Path to Love

Thought for the day-Lie well

Any fool can tell the truth, but it requires a man of some sense to know how to lie well.
- Samuel Butler

Inspirational quotes-Your best

Simply do your best, and you will avoid self-judgment, self-abuse and regret.
- don Miguel Angel Ruiz

Thoughts-Patience

Patience with family is love,
Patience with others is respect,
Patience with self is confidence
and Patience with GOD is faith.

Element Eden Hi Summer Recipes

I love these illustrated recipes my sister did for Element Eden's Hi Summer campaign. The illustration style is very different for her but I think she nailed it!!  I want a set of them as postcards.

You can find a few more on the Element Eden blog here,  like Cupcakes and Old fashioned apple pie....yum!

Famous people quotes-Compliment

No compliment can be eloquent, except as an expression of indifference.
- George Eliot

Sexual quotes-Desire

Desire is in men a hunger, in women only an appetite.
- Mignon McLaughlin, The Neurotic's Notebook, 1960

Proverbs-Moment of anger

If you are patient in one moment of anger, you will escape a hundred days of sorrow.
- Chinese Proverb

GIVEAWAY : Frankie Diary Pack {{CLOSED}}

 
 
 
 
 


It's become a yearly tradition on Daydream Lily to host a giveaway of a copy of the Frankie Diary and Calendar, thanks to Mag Nation & Nation State.  This year though ties in with the 50th Issue of Frankie Magazine!! So the pack also includes a copy of the of the special 50th issue of Frankie Magazine.... making this one heck of an awesome Frankie prize pack.. yay!

What you win:
// Frankie Diary 2013
// Frankie Calendar
// Special 50th Issue of Frankie Magazine

To be in the Running:
//Leave a comment on this post.
Open Worldwide!  Winner will be drawn at random on Friday night.

UPDATE:  Thank you for all the entires, the winner is Kat Cameron. yay!

Grace Loves Lace

I guess it wasn't to be long before I came across this local dress designer, Grace Loves Lace. In fact I've already had a few readers comment to check them out and then this morning looking around blogs I came across this editorial and thought "oh this name is familiar" and that looks like Ali Mitton's photography.  What a perfect match!

I know for sure I couldn't do a beach wedding, sand in my toes (and who knows where else).... no thanks.  I know, I know, the beach is so beautiful blah blah,  I'm just not a beach girl. In fact I live so close to the beach and I've been only twice this entire year. I love beach lifestyle, just not the actual beach. I think it is what you grow up with and where I grew up the nearest beach was 5 hours drive away. I'm leaning more towards a gorgeous country wedding down south.