Creative Monsoon

Colour

On - Sunday 19 April 2009

Back in our new place only one day and we've already made a trip to the DIY store. I've been looking at colour swatches for the rooms and thinking about what to do with the newly constructed day bed... then I came across these two great shots. The first from Marie Claire Maison, I can see these gorgeous cushions really standing out in an all white room.

And secondly as Ive spent the day looking at colour swatches, I guess if you cant decide what colour to pick... why not pick them all like Scott Prendergast did!? Pic from design sponge.

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Art Gallery of South Australia

On - Sunday 19 April 2009

We checked out the Art Gallery of South Australia while we were in Adelaide. It's a good sized little gallery, enough to keep you busy for a couple of hours or so. But, warning... the gallery attendants are more than a little overzealous. Grumpy uniformed grouches that would seem more at home in some Eastern European dictatorship. But I digress...

My favourite work in the gallery I think has to be 'Rhinoceros' by James Angus, just for its total randomness. You turn the corner and there it is - a life sized fluorescent yellow rhinoceros. What makes it even more weird and wonderful is the fact that its attached sideways to the wall.

Photos from the Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery.

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Awww...

On - Saturday 18 April 2009

We're back from the Outback. Its been a very busy but relaxing couple of weeks. Where to start? There are so many photos!

Well first off we spent some time in Adelaide with friends, their new baby Jacob and his big brother Josh. So Aaron got to work testing out his new camera. Awww.... aren't they cute :) You can see some more pics on Aarons blog.

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Waiting

On - Monday 13 April 2009

Sitting at Alice Springs airport waiting and playing with photoshop.

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Happy Easter

On - Wednesday 8 April 2009

Happy Easter everyone! We'll be away for a while exploring central Australia...back soon with lots more lovely things.

This gorgeous photos is by the very clever Sharon Montrose. How cute is it!? Prints are available on her etsy site.

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Crazy cushions

On - Wednesday 8 April 2009

Its a shame you can't see more detail in these amazing cushions by designer Catherine Hammerton. She also has a very cool website and produces some stunning wallpaper.

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More butterflies

On - Tuesday 7 April 2009

Butterflies are so popular still. I love this work by artist Mami Yamanaka called Continous Dream I. Its a very similar idea to the illustrations by London designers Kapitza that I mentioned a few months ago where the image is seen through a cutout. But I like in this instance the way the image doesn't fill the whole cutout.

Mami Yamanaka's work is available through Flinders Lane Gallery.

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Inside Out Blog

On - Monday 6 April 2009

Yeay! Not only is the latest issue of Inside Out... out, but they have launched a blog. It's full of lovely finds like these amazing butterflies made from old saucers from Lightly.

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Find of the week: Paper mache vase

On - Monday 6 April 2009

I came across this beautiful paper mache vase by Danish mixed media artist Tracy Lorna Nors this week (via sfgirlbybay who did an interview with her). I haven't done paper mache since school - its inspiring me to have a go again.