Daisy Balloon

You should know by now that I'm a huge fan of balloons but Rie Hosokai takes it to a whole new level with her fantastic plastic wearable balloon creations.

Be sure to head to her website for some truly amazing eye candy. WOW.

So Frenchy

la Marquise des Anges does really pretty clothes and exquisite jewellery....so chic!

Smell the roses

If there anything I've learnt, it is to always take time to smell the roses.

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Desert flowers

How are you today?

I'm having a bit of an icky day (sick), and cheered myself up by looking at my photos during my recent trip to Uluru. Doing that makes me happy and reminds me of better days to come.

I want to share with you photos I took of the desert flowers at Uluru. Thanks to the rain that's been falling on Australian soil, desert flowers were in bloom...what a rare sight!

Meet me by candlelight

There's something I love about the glow from a candle that's so soft and inviting. I could content myself with watching the light flicker and wax melt in the dark.

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Sponsor shoutout: Nevertheless

My purse strings may be tight, nevertheless, I'll never stop yearning for pretty gorgeous things. Are you with me?

Sheryl, the talented designer behind lovingly handmade label Nevertheless does the sweetest, most darling prints and fantastic jewellery...I want them all so bad!!

Girls just wanna have fun

Laura Taylor's beautiful photography shows us just how much fun being a girl can be...makes me feel so glad to be a girly girl!

From the darling life.

Castaway

Lilya's beautiful breezy "Castaway" collection has me yearning for hot summer days spent on the beach...oooooooooo I can almost feel the warm sand under my feet. Bring on summer!

See more at ilovelilya.

Go bush!

Stu and I just came back from the bush where we explored the Australian outback, rode on camel back, got a taste of crocodile meat and viewed the magnicent Ayers Rock aka Uluru. It was so amazing to watch this sacred site change colors as the sun sets - a lifetime experience for me!

Pop up cards giveaway

My eyes popped when I saw these beautifully crafted pop up cards. Luckily for you, the folks at Xoox are as generous as they are talented; they have 5 cards to give away to my readers (yay!)

This giveaway is open to readers worldwide but you must be a follower of my blog to enter. For your chance to win, visit House of cards by Xoox and tell me as a comment in this post, what your fav card is. Giveaway closes next Friday, 13th Aug, 5pm EST, 5 lucky winners will be drawn at random and contacted via email.

You get extra entries if you blog or tweet about this , just leave a separate comment to tell me how you've promoted the giveaway. So spread the word, and good luck!

Update: The 5 winners are: LiLi, Laura Gerencser, Brandi, its simple love, and Haidee.

Mad men wow

Wow weee! These ladies are serious contenders for Banana Republic's Mad Men casting call...I am so impressed.

Submit your very own entry, or cast your vote here.

Sweet surprise

Stu is such a sweetie. He saw me perving at these Chanel sunnies one day so he snucked back to the store and bought them for me!

Love my man and new sunnies. :)