A new motto to live by...

{here}

Tweet Tweet

Festive Birds for the Festive Season!

{jenskelly}

Bird Necklace

Any of these would do...

nicely!

{one, two, three, four}

Also...

Kenzie Poo is having a giveaway

and there's Helen Rawlinson goodies up for grabs!

Cute stuff!

Make sure you check out Helen's shop and Kenziepoo!

Millicent & Frank

millicent & frank

Hello Birdie!

{dolan geiman}

The Old Spindly Trees {+birds}

You may remember when I told you about

my all time favourite wall paper

Well... I have stumbled upon this...

Birch Tree Silhouettes + Birds + Yellow!

All of my favouites!

I can't believe my eyes;

And the screen printed fabrics are available in these colours too;

{gold, red, robbins egg, chocolate}

All from Ink & Spindle

Happy Prints

Happy Little Birds,

Happy Little Prints

I am a pear girl not an apple girl but I do like this...

...from another talented Adelaide artist

Naomi Murrell

...

Happy Father's Day Dad

{and to the other Dads out there}

{sporadic surprise: Naomi Murrell write up in the Adelaide Matters this week... bet you by 3 days AM - added 8th Sept 2009}

Tweet Tweet - Spring is on the way!!

I woke to the sound of many birds cheeping! More beautiful bird sculptures...

Cotton Bird Designs makes these delightful little birdies by hand using stitched fabric and paper. Most of the sculptures are made from vintage and recycled materials.

I think they're charming!!!

Still not on the mend...

Still not feeling 100%

People keep telling me to eat as much honey as humanly possible...

but isn't it a spoon full of sugar that makes the medicine go down

{in the most delightful way}?

Perhaps if served in these spoons...

Spoons by beehive kitchenware co.

{sidenote: we had measuring spoons for the bombonieres at our wedding; they were heart shaped and had similar little sayings engraved onto the handles as these below which are also from beehive kitchenware co. but the ones we gifted were all stainless steel with a gorgeous little stainless ring holding them together and the metal was a much finer gauge than the spoons in the image below but you get the concept...

Ours Said...

"Recipe for a long and happy marrage

Take a "Heap of Love" = 1 tablespoon,

A "Spoonful of Laughter" = 1 teaspoon,

Plus a "Dash of Kindness" = 1/2 teaspoon,

and a "Pinch of Patience" = 1/4 teaspoon"

...and we packaged them in little black boxes with clear tops, tied with a bow and our thankyous.

They looked like this on our guests tables...

...you can just see the spoons behind the organza ribbon and to the left of the gift tag}

I've been happily making and baking with these spoons {add: cooking yummy things to the recipe above} for 2 1/2 years

Birdie Brooches

The latest Adelaide Matters lead me to find denardi on etsy today...

(So although I've already posted today I really had to blog about these little Wild Old Owls

{blue and red}

seeing as I love birdie brooches soooo much and also because denardi is an Adelaide Gal!)

Sydney... just a little bit

I'm home...

I'm inspired...

I'm exhausted...

Just a little taste of Sydney....

More coming soon...

Watch this space!

I've specified Bird Textiles before and seen the their wares in Little Bird in Pt Elliot but I'd never been to their "emporium" in Surry Hills... Until Yesterday (in between Saturday Indesign Showroom hopping)

From their "postcard"

Door Stops / Paper Weights

A little friend to keep out the draught (I almost took a green one home!)

And... I really wanted one of these - but it may have driven me Cuckoo!

See more here and here.

Figs and Ginger

Figs and Ginger make lovely jewellery... And you can keep buying as the family grows. First there is one bird, then two love birds in a circle, then two birds and one chick then 4 chicks... Perhaps they should come to my house to live with my Rose Wood and Stainless Steel Brooch from Elk Accessories. I am a long time Elk fan and have quite a few of their jewellery pieces. I get at least one lovely comment every time I wear my little bird brooch. He brings smiles to almost any outfit!

Origami

I went into Mary Martin Bookshop today and spied these little post-its on the front counter. I've been known to be a bit of a post-it-queen and seriously considered the purchase but origami is hard enough with large pieces of paper... can't imagine how difficult and time consuming it would be with post-its. Great idea though! You can get them from Mary Martin in Adelaide and Suck UK on line.

Some more origami

Swan Votive from Have You Met Miss Jones

Origami Pouch Pack from Kaylah7

Kimchi Blue Origami Dress from Urban Outfitters

Birds of a Feather from AMDcustomdesigns

Silver Origami Dove Earrings from AllegroArts