All Things Lovely

Design Genius

Happy Monday lovelies! How was your weekend?

Over the last few weeks, I've set myself up a little board over on Pinterest, called Design Genius. I kept finding the most amazing and lovely graphic design and had to keep them all in one place.

No mistakes by Stephanie Corfee

Heart Monogram by from  Loft Life Press via The Wedding Chicks. And, it's a free download!

Fortune Favors The Brave by Small Talk Studio

Letterpress and Gold Foil Invitations by Ruby and Willow via Magnolia Rouge

You can follow all my boards on Pinterest right here!

Happy Friday!

Happy Friday! I'm glad to see the beginning of the weekend coming, this week has been a long and hard one.

I thought I'd share a beautiful verse that the Pastor of my church is speaking over us for this year. I think it's beautiful and I love the truth in it.

Beautiful Little Owl painting by the very talented Chrissy Baker

Sydney Finders Keepers Market

I was fortunate enough to get to go to the Finders Keepers markets on Friday night, held only twice a year in The Carriageworks, in Sydney's Eveleigh. This two day event is truly food for the soul.

I didn't go too crazy, this is my small stash of shopping. Fortunately most stalls are cash only which helps reign it in. :)

Owl card from Nikki Catalano. I have lusted over this picture forever and i had no idea the artist was Australian!

Christmas tags by Maya Muse Textiles. They also have divine screen printed fabric wares.

My love of letterpress runs deep. These letterpressed bookmarks and card, as well as the card below are both from Bespoke Letterpress Boutique. I stayed at their stall for a long time, there was just way too many beautiful card, tags, envelopes and other eye candy.

If you're in Sydney, Melbourne or Brisbane do try and make it along. They really are just amazing.

Picture Gallery Wall

I have so many things to share with you all that I did to my home on my little blogging hiatus. One of my most favourite is this picture wall I put up in my lounge room.

This was about 12 months worth of hunting down and collecting exactly the right pictures. Without even noticing, I really stayed with the pastel pinks and aquas, and somehow it came together.

Normally I like things very symmetrical (it's the accountant in me) but for this I wanted it to kind of just get slapped up on the wall in a random display so I could keep adding to it, which I have. It also makes it easier to not be too precious that everything is lined up!

I love every single one of these pictures all for different reasons. I think this is one of my favourite places in the house.

Photos are, from left to right:

One :: Irene Suchocki 

Two :: The Black Apple 

Three :: Lola's Room

Four :: Lovely Sweet William

Five :: Alice B. Gardens

Six :: Skippy Designs 

Seven :: My Monography

Eight :: The Poppy Tree

Nine :: Susannah Tucker

Ten :: Marmee Craft

Eleven :: Alice B. Gardens 

Twelve :: Heather Future 

Thirteen :: Vol. 25

Fourteen :: Eva Juliet 

Fifteen :: Irene Suchocki

18 Months Later...

Hello! Oh my goodness. I've been away from this blog for 18 months, and am amazed to see people still leaving such lovely comments. I figured I should at least try and start posting again.

So...how huge has Pinterest become in the last year or so? Of course I'm on there, wasting so much time but I get so inspired and want to make everything! Do you have the same problem? If you want to follow my boards you can find me here.

 
Anyway, thought I'd just leave you with this cute picture from Etsy seller Gayana, and hopefully I'll be back soon with some more inspiration and ideas of what I've done around the place.

Love Kylie xx

Marmee Craft - Oh So Lovely

Happy Monday! Well, Monday is almost over for me thank goodness, but happy Monday none the less. It's going to be a pretty big week for me this week, so not sure if I'll be around much. My work runs an annual Colour Your World Conference, which starts this Thursday so I'll be at that, I can't wait! Lots of girliness, creativity and fun.

Anyway, I stumbled upon this loveliness recently, so thought I'd let you see it as well. Aren't these pictures by Marmee Craft just delightful? I like a bit of whimsy every now and then.

 

Happy Australia Day!

Today is Australia Day, and days like this make me so happy to be Australian. We really are the 'lucky country' in so many ways. Lots of space, amazing weather, stunning beaches and the coolest people on earth, so happy Australia Day to my Aussie friends.

Anyway, in honour of this day that we get off work to basically do nothing but have a BBQ with friends and hang at the beach being 'straylian I thought I would do a round up of some of my favourite little Aussie Etsy shops. Ready? Here we go.

Percy Handmade is based in our nations capital, Canberra! With lots of vintage style brooches, clutches to die for and more, it's just all too lovely.

Susannah Tucker; aren't these photos just the most lovely things? I have the butterfly print on my wish list. Etsy | Blog 

Wilkintie is from lovely Melbourne and has a cute little range of letterpress prints. I have a big crush on anything letterpress right now!

The Love Shop. Oh, I just love the name! Let alone the gorgeous prints.

Lucky last is Lovely Sweet William, oh lovely sweet prints!! Another shop from Melbourne, and I do hate to admit it being from Sydney, but they do have a lot of good stuff down there! Etsy | Blog | Flickr

Flickr Lovin'

I'm guessing everyone knows about the Interior Styling group set up by Decor8's Holly. I've been loving having a poke around and I'm feeling very inspired. Here are just a few of my favourites.

Go here to see sources and a few more of my favourites and some amazing inspiration.

Alli Coate

Happy Monday! Hope you had a lovely weekend creating, relaxing and just enjoying the beautiful things in life.

I think I'm a little addicted with illustration and other forms of artwork at the moment, so I apologise if you're finding it an overload, but I do find it lovely.

I found Alli Coate Illustration via Deocr8 recently, and just fell in love with her keys print. But then when I went to her website, I really just loved the whole way it was designed. Don't you love when you're pottering around the web and you just find beautiful websites? Even better when they're full of beautiful things to buy!

  

 
  
 If you have some time, pop on over and have a look. Etsy | Website | Blog

Clare Owen Illustration

In the insanity of this season, oh, this was something lovely to stumble on very early thismorning! Via Creature Comforts, I came accross Clare Owen Illustration. Beautiful dreamy pictures, it's like it's soothing for my soul or something.

Oh, just so sweet and lovely. I'm really hoping she includes the dream bike picture in her store soon, it will be perfect for the art wall I'm planning! 

For more Clare Owen goodness, check out her Flickr | Blog | Site | Etsy 
 

Typewriter Love

Is anyone else loving the plethora of typewriter inspired wares there are at the moment? On everything from T-Shirts, to jewellery to magnets - plus of course the gorgeous vintage pastel coloured typewriters that are coming out of their hiding spots.

Does it make you just want to sit and type out you amazing life story, or a letter to that boy you like or, like me, even just the shopping list? Gosh, I even love the fact when typing on my iPhone it sounds like a typewriter!

I have to show this first - my favourite so far. If only I had the money for it, so someone - please buy it and give it a good home!

From Poetic Home

Typewriter print by Volume Twenty Five

Magnet from Boy Girl Party

Print from Skippy Designs

Mixed media print by Michele Maule

Feed Your Soul

I must really have been living under a rock lately. How have I not know about Feed Your Soul, the free art project? Free art!

Feed Your Soul is a free art project. Each month artists are invited to participate and to contribute a print which is totally free and available for download. How cool is that? Some of my favourite artists have even contributed art which is just very cool.

Mara Girling and Amy Ruppel

Adrienne Vita and Mandy Sutcliffe

Cori Dantini and Jessica Rose

So, do yourself a favour and head on over. I think it's a brilliant idea, and I love that I've just discovered so many new favourite artists.