Some of you have told me how much you enjoy getting a glimpse behind the scenes when I am on a shoot. You’ll be pleased to know that I was able to take some snaps during the winter buffet shoot that I posted about the other day, and here they are…

how divine is that wooden board I borrowed from Julie and Odette’s antique store! Can I be in love with a piece of wood? ’cause I am.

For this shoot we set up camp in Yvette’s gorgeous lounge room. The light from her windows is rather glorious, and she had a lovely buffet table that I wanted to use. You can see I have claimed most of the space for my props (oops). Below is photographer Jeroen capturing the pineapple turnover cake which is basked in beautiful natural light…

…oh yeah and that’s me ironing! With a smile on my face of course. I’m smoothing out a tablecloth for the next shot while Yvette is busy in the kitchen, cooking up a storm…

And do you remember for the last behind the scenes post, we had a little helper named Marie. So where is she for this shoot? we called out to her many times but she was no where to be seen. Finally, we found her…

She refused to help! Obviously snuggling up was more what she has in mind for the day. But she soon realised we were having fun without her out in the lounge room so she came to join us in the end.

can you see marie snuggled up on her bed by the window? perhaps she is dreaming about treehouses…

And here are some snaps of my props laying about the place. In the basket are some pineapples that I decided I needed as props so I walked down to the grocery store with my shopping basket and bought some…

choices choices, what will I decide to use in the end…

Toward the end of the day we packed up and went over to our other location which was the house of Yvette’s friend Karlein, and with daughter’s Luna and Madelief we baked up some evening treats…

It was a super long day but super fun as always!

It was my blog-anniversary giveaway back in December, with many thanks to Dinosaur Designs. The lucky winner was Devi, and I’m happy to announce that it finally arrived to her home in Germany. Devi absolutely adores it and says it’s a perfect little reminder of how much she loves visiting Australia. I’m so glad the vase has found it’s owner! Home sweet home dear vase, I do hope you will enjoy each other’s company.

xx

…living in a treehouse. again. I know, its as if living in un bateau isn’t interesting enough. But you know, it’s the ol’ grass is greener thing, right? I can just imagine lazing quietly about in such a place, reading a book while eavesdropping on the trees talking amongst themselves. the ultimate escape…

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the above beauties are from cherry coloured and country home magazine, who has even supplied a rather perfect menu for dining in a treehouse. pimm’s anyone?

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ooh i just realised that i wrote my first post about living in a treehouse exactly a year ago! how coincidental is that?! weird.

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actually that is really weird, non?

I’ve been out on a treasure hunt this morning. With Emiliana’s Me and Armini album as my soundtrack, I’ve been jiving, skipping and flying through the blogosphere and now I have (blog)baskets filled with (blog)treasures. So then, who’s ready for another round of blog favourites?

the beautiful aesthetic of {this is glamorous}

First up I want to take you over to {this is glamorous} (as seen above) whose posts titled seaglass and endless possibilities have my mouth watering at the sight of such gorgeous colour combinations. soft, simple and elegant.

a montage of photographs taken by nicola at concrete and honey

Then take a wander over to a new blog discovery for me called concrete and honey by Sydney lass Nicola, which I found via The Design Files. Nicola has a beautiful aesthetic and fills her blog with inspirations, splashed with her own incredible photographs as you see above. Her blog is only young, so be sure to give her a nice welcome and leave lots of comments. Welcome to the blogosphere Nicola!

This story about the old guy and his workshop on the blog of Melbourne-based musician Martin Kennedy (aka the “nerdy muso with thick glasses” from All India Radio) really moved me. I have a number of similar observations throughout my own life, and I loved finding that someone notices the same things. Martin’s quick snaps of the place reminded me to take photos of such observations. I won’t say anything more about the post, just take a moment to read it here and lets just make this an ode to the old man, wherever he may now be.

I’ve been ogling Chelsea’s flickr set from one of her recent photo sessions at a beautiful place called luscher farm. She took a plethora of polaroids that I think are fit for a catalogue, check them all out here. But wait, here are a few more, just because…

Well there you have it, I do hope you’ve enjoyed this installment of…