stripes and stripes

i love summer. i do. but being bombarded with "fall" ideas from the northern hemisphere, it's getting me excited for some layers and knits...

and this. this sweater is so perfect. 

via frolic

{listening} flags

image :: brooke fraser

i live my life to music. constantly. always something playing in my mind.

right now, it's brooke fraser's new album flags. stunningly beautiful songs & melodies.

i've just found her purdy new blog. i was totally wowed by the pictorial essay by her drummer, aaron redfield. lovely photos to lose yourself in...

image :: aaron redfield

lets go there, hey? right now? ok. 

before a neon night's lighting i'm right beside you/the fire in motion/the fire in motion
the desert sun sinking/sleepy and low/but we're just waking/we are waking
river time is a mountain tonight/before tomorrow she flows on/carving valleys in the skin on our faces
i am bright as the sun/you are high as a kite/we are daughters, sons, brothers and sisters tonight/at coachella/coachella
come on now darling, let's shake off these blues/i'll let my hair out, you'll slip off your shoes/i feel like a baby, newborn in the spring/i'm setting down the sadness and I won't remember it
i'm a warm bleeding heart/you're a generous soul/and i love you though i'd never met you before to coachella/coachella
we are standing on the shore/in the smoke, in the starlight/on the edge of a human sea/and the tide is in

"coachella" lyrics by brooke fraser

gold star

if i had a gold star, i would give it to carl kleiner (photography) & evelina bratell (styling). this is the most crazy amazing food photography i think i've seen. ever.

it's for the ikea cookbook, and i know it's been everywhere in the blog-o-sphere but i just couldn't resist!

{making} patchwork dreams

i love it when what's old is new again. that's quilting for me, right now. it's (thankfully) not all about the Saw-Tooth star anymore, but rather contemporary design and modern colour choices. it's also very therapeutic!

purl soho is a new york based fabric/pattern store  mecca (online and bricks-and-mortar). they have totally been fuelling my patchwork inspiration. just have a look. A-maz-ing.

and then... well isn't it funny how this book arrived in the post just a week or so later?

last minute patchwork + quilted gifts is by joelle hoverson, and the owner of purl. oh my this book is a beauty. ranging from less-than-2-hours, to more-than-12-hours, there is some kind of patchwork to make for everyone. i've already made a handful of the flannel baby blankets... so easy yet so so beautiful! (and they turn out just like the picture - that never happens!!)

this book (thankfully) also has detailed instructions. so the amatuer quilter in me can fumble through without having to call my mum!

quilting is a pretty special thing, isn't it? i still remember going to a grade one sleepover at school... all the kids had sleeping bags. i had a quilt my mum had made for me. and i still have it.

{blog love} irresistable discoveries

run, don't walk, to this fab blog: irresistible discoveries

everyone loves a little bit of cute/craft/fashion/new inspiration - and here you can find it daily. this week, the rooftop garden from re-nest they featured made me gasp. love!!

head over and say hello!

kitsch of the seat variety

typography is pretty awesome. typography you can sit on? yes. please.

"kitsch can make you ritsch but art can break your heart"

these stools by artcanbreakyourheart. seen on swiss miss. image :: stilsucht

what letter would you get?

{shopping} in paris

oh paris. i can't say how excited i am to finally meet you.

i can't wait to be introduced to your...

patisseries :: markets

cheese shops :: champagne

 le eiffel tower :: your beautiful beautiful style

and your beautiful stores like this one...

merci :: 111 Boulevard Beaumarchais 

image via inside out

i hope this is the beginning of a beautiful relationship, oui?!

asphalt & petunias

 

image :: pete dungey

i wonder if i'll see any of these pothole gardens on our adventures in britain? 

artist pete dungey is using these public installations of artwork in potholes to highlight "the problem of surface imperfections on Britain's roads." - Pete Dungey . i think they're a little bit of lovely!

via a cup of jo