As a regular Martha Stewart Living reader, I've been coming across Anna William's fabulous photography but today I took some time to look over her website and it blew me away.
Her images are refreshing and so inspiring.. To see more of her work, you can visit her website..
(images via Anna Williams website)
Tuesday, May 24, 2011
Ballet Recital
A perfect start to Mother's Day weekend this year was attending Z's ballet recital. Z has been doing ballet for a semester now and she loves it. She anxiously waits for Wednesday and is most sad at the end of her class. We were a bit anxious as to Z's stage nerves. She seemed excited in the week leading up to the show but with a three-year old, it's sometimes hard to tell what their excitement will translate to in front of an audience. She was awesome - she seemed to be enjoying herself on stage and actually performed, following her teacher's cues!
Her teacher, Jeanelle is super awesome! She is almost full term pregnant and still teaching a handful of classes and she put together an awesome show! I can only imagine what goes into hosting/organizing a performance with kids aged 3-8.
We celebrated with a sushi dinner and mango ice cream...
Her teacher, Jeanelle is super awesome! She is almost full term pregnant and still teaching a handful of classes and she put together an awesome show! I can only imagine what goes into hosting/organizing a performance with kids aged 3-8.
We celebrated with a sushi dinner and mango ice cream...
Friday, May 20, 2011
Modern Cave
Influenced by the '70s organic architecture, Alexandre de Betak created a modern cave home that he spent 10 years dreaming about, five years looking for a location to build it, two years designing it and two years actually building it. Located in a small coastal village in Majorca, it is modern yet warm.
I love it, aren't the tree bark bookshelves gorgeous?
(photos via T Magazine)
Labels:
interiors
Wednesday, May 11, 2011
I spy...
Z's favourite car-game after her visit to Austin is, 'I spy'. Since spelling and alphabets is still a bit overwhelming for her; we play the 'colour' version of the game. On our drive home from my mom's last night, after sunset, we're (ofcourse) playing I spy and it happens to be Z's turn...
Z: I spy with my teeny meeny eye, something that is the colour yellow!
A: The lid of your milk bottle?
Z: No.
Me: The bag holding your toys, the penguin's nose?
Z: No, mama, NO.
A: The street sign! OH, wait - I got it, the traffic light!
Z: No, it's the sun abba.. Wait, where did the sun go?
Z: I spy with my teeny meeny eye, something that is the colour yellow!
A: The lid of your milk bottle?
Z: No.
Me: The bag holding your toys, the penguin's nose?
Z: No, mama, NO.
A: The street sign! OH, wait - I got it, the traffic light!
Z: No, it's the sun abba.. Wait, where did the sun go?
Labels:
memories,
random quotes
Friday, April 29, 2011
Have a great weekend!
Z is down with a flu so our weekend plans might go up in the air! I hope she feels better soon!
Meanwhile, here's a lovely video I came across earlier this week. It's a tribute from a man to a city he lived in and loved. He attached theatre tickets to balloons that he set free from a building top; he wanted people to enjoy, explore and love the city as much as he did.
What a great idea; the video made me happy!
Labels:
Inkspiration,
Photography,
Pretty Things
Bunny Finger Puppets
For Easter this year, Z and I made bunny finger puppets to give to her classmates along with mini chocolate eggs. I was inspired by a craft I came across on Purl Soho. The puppets were really easy and fun to make but it took a lot longer than I had anticipated which is why the puppets have no eye or tail. If I had managed my time better or realised how long it would take, I would have added buttons for eyes and a small wool pom-pom as a tail.
If you would like to make them; it's fairly simple.
1) For each puppet you will need two colours of felt (we used pale pink/white, fuschia/white, red/white and dark grey/light grey combos - our white felt had a lovely silver shimmer to it). We had some felt in our craft closet and picked up the rest from Fabricland.
2) Draw an outline of a bunny so that it's height from head to the base (without the bunny ears) is as long as your index finger (ours was roughly 3" and the bunny ears were an additional 1.5" long). Cut two of each colour for one finger puppet.
3) Sandwich one colour between the other (for example, I placed both dark grey bunny pieces between the light grey ones) and stitch around the body using a blanket stitch. To make the nose, use several blanket stitches in pink.
Easter Weekend Memories...
We took a short trip with A's family for a couple of days over the Easter weekend to the lovely town of Collingwood. The Blue Mountain village was festive; we enjoyed an outdoor concert, chocolate covered apples and Beaver Tails. Z had a great time with her cousins and enjoyed the music while basking in the sun.
Saturday, April 23, 2011
Crumpled City Maps
Aren't these Crumpled City Maps just lovely? They would make a perfect gift for A. He loves to travel, has a lot going on, packs last minute and never folds his paper maps! Given that it weighs less than 20 grams and is 100% water proof, it's also great for parents!
Designed by Enanuele Pizzolorusso, an Italian industrial designer; each map proposes 10 SoulSights, places that are chosen to excite you. These are places filled with intense emotions that are brought to life by the people passing through or stopping off in them. I think this would be the most exciting aspect of the map! And would make a great Father's Day Gift!
(via NOTCOT, images via Palomarweb)
Designed by Enanuele Pizzolorusso, an Italian industrial designer; each map proposes 10 SoulSights, places that are chosen to excite you. These are places filled with intense emotions that are brought to life by the people passing through or stopping off in them. I think this would be the most exciting aspect of the map! And would make a great Father's Day Gift!
(via NOTCOT, images via Palomarweb)
Labels:
gifts,
Pretty Things,
Product Design
Wednesday, April 20, 2011
Art & Fear
I am at a stage in my life where I am overwhelmed and over-inspired. I have all these ideas floating around; bumping and slowly crowding the other. I realised today, that I just have to pick one to start and keep going; there's really no other way around it. There's an excellent parable from the book Art & Fear by David Bayles, that I came across in an interview I read recently and I had to share:
His procedure was simple: on the final day of class he would bring in his bathroom scales and weigh the work of the “quantity” group: fifty pound of pots rated an “A”, forty pounds a “B”, and so on. Those being graded on “quality”, however, needed to produce only one pot—albeit a perfect one—to get an “A”.
Labels:
memories,
reflections
Pottery Workshop
A few months ago, a couple of friends and I visit spent a Wednesday evening at the Gardiner Museum. I had been wanting to try the drop-in clay workshop for a while and finally, enticed by the company of two friends, I ventured downtown on a cold day.
We spent all our time at the potter's wheel, trying to get the right balance between shape and speed. I probably worked with five pieces of clay and ended up with two pieces (both bowls) that I was happy with. I have to admit there is a certain thrill attached to molding something raw and ugly into something beautiful.
(images by nisreen halai for the inkpression blog)
Labels:
Art,
city,
memories,
reflections
Tuesday, April 12, 2011
Mid-week craziness
My list of things to do for this week seems endless to the point where I don't know where to start. I'm dreaming of sitting on the daybed in the picture, reading a good book!
Hope you're enjoying your week so far!
(photo via apartmenttherapy)
Hope you're enjoying your week so far!
(photo via apartmenttherapy)
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