Beautiful Day

Friday, 1 March 2013

Life in One Day

For this week's A Snap, A Set and A Song the theme is Life. I looked around my garden for some inspiration, and decided that the leaves on these yucca plants were shining examples of life.

My set mirrors the greens and golds in my snap,

and the quote about life is one of my favourites:

Life by wendysice featuring a green maxi dress

Green maxi dress
$300 - johnlewis.com

Pier 1 Imports leather shoes
$64 - zalando.co.uk

Dorothy Perkins satchel bag
dorothyperkins.com

Kara Ross resin jewelry
saksfifthavenue.com

Cornelia Webb bangle bracelet
shopbop.com

Dolce gabbana belt
$695 - farfetch.com

AERIN lipstick
neimanmarcus.com

Chanel
$27 - harrods.com

Marc jacobs perfume
easyliving.co.uk

My song choice is a wonderful, uplifting tune from 1985. This is not the official video for the song, but it has some great stills of Howard Jones. So love the eighties!

Pop on over to Thea's blog to see other people's interpretations of the Life theme.

Love to you!

xxx

Tuesday, 26 February 2013

Songs from the Movies

It's Tuesday's Tune time, and this week we're talking Songs from the Movies.

The song I hear on tele all the time at the moment is on the ad for the movie Safe Haven

starring Julianne Hough and Josh Duhamel.

It's a song by Christina Perri called Arms. An unusual clip but pretty, pretty melody.

Pop over to A Snap, A Set and A Song for more beautiful tunes!

Love to you!

xxx

Thursday, 21 February 2013

A Date with Mr Grey

This week's A Snap A Set and A Song theme is Grey.

A month or so ago I travelled into the city for a teaching course which was held at the State Library. Coincidentally, I had worked there for five years about twenty years ago, and had a wonderful time amongst the books. Then the teaching bug got me and I was away...

The Alexander Library Building is like a big slab of polished stone.

You can go there to rustle through the archives of our state's history.

While looking for a grey outfit for this week's polyvore set, I found this pretty dress which looks a bit purplish but is called grey. So I ran with it:

A Date with Mr Grey by wendysice featuring diamond bangle bracelets

Sportmax short sleeve dress
matchesfashion.com

Manolo Blahnik clear cap toe heels
barneys.com

Ted baker
tedbaker-london.com

Dannijo
dannijo.com

Cartier diamond bangle bracelet
1stdibs.com

Giorgio Armani sheer lipstick
giorgioarmanibeauty-usa.com

Face powder
etsy.com

Estée lauder
bloomingdales.com

Bare escentual
beauty.com

For my Grey song, here is a song by Skylar Grey. Most people probably know it better as a song by Eminem and Rhianna, but this version is acoustic, haunting and sublime.

Tune into A Snap, A Set and A Song for more fun with photos, fashion and music!

Love to you!
xxx

Monday, 18 February 2013

It's Monday, What Are You Reading?

Hello, bookish friends!

(Clark Gable and Marion Davies)

For Valentine's Day, my lovely hubby gave me this book:

and it's a beauty! It only took about an hour to read, but it is a collection of short stories about different famous lovers from literature and real life, including Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor, Heathcliff and Cathy, and Lancelot and Elaine. Obviously some of the stories were very well known, but others I was reading for the first time. I was completely entranced by the sad story behind the building of the Taj Mahal, and by the heartwrenching story of Ranginui and Papatuanuku, the creation myth of the Maori people. There are 18 stories in all, and at the end of each chapter are the facts and figures of the story's origin.

Such an enjoyable, romantic,and often bittersweet read.

Popping over to Book Journey now to find out what people are reading this week.

Love to you!

xxx

TV Love - Heston's Feasts

On Saturday, I found a fantastic show on Foxtel called Heston's Feasts.

Heston Blumenthal is a chef with a flair for the unusual, and a love of science, history and literature.

He is interesting, intelligent and very talented!

In each episode, Heston chooses a fascinating moment from history, such as the Edwardian era,

or from literature, such as Alice in Wonderland,

and travels the world researching authentic dishes pertaining to that theme,

in order to create an amazing feast for 6 celebrities.

The episode I caught was the Titantic Feast which featured foods from the Edwardian era,

including curry ice cream;

camel burgers, as a nod to Laurence of Arabia;

an Antarctic Roll in reference to Scott's expedition to Antarctica;

and a flambe iceberg, which of course pays homage to the sinking of the Titanic.

Not only does Heston create fabulously clever dishes, he also hosts the feasts in magnificent venues, with elaborate decor and food displays to suit the theme.