Pinterest Persuasion #4 - Beth | {local milk}

Take a look at my first few Pinterest Persuasions if you'd like the backstory behind this series. This time I'm featuring the lovely boards of Beth | {local milk}. She has an incredible amount of floral pins, beautiful photography and a definite style. I also like her naming system, the little descriptions below each board name are so evocative. I have chosen some of my favourite boards to share with you today.

{florals & minerals}

flowers, rocks, plants

{wear}

accoutrements & aesthetic inspiration

{ephemeral} all that is lovely, fleeting and young

{sylvan} of rustic things: woodland reverie & pastoral woolgathering

I hope you enjoy checking out more of Beth's collection on Pinterest. You can find my little hoard right here. I love finding new collections, so feel free to link to yours, or any of your favourites in the comments and I'll be sure to take a look.

Kitty

xo

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Wordless Weekend #26

From a day trip to Katoomba. All photos by C. (It's a long weekend here, so technically it's still the weekend)

Kitty
xo

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Found #63

I'm forever looking at light fittings to put in the music room. I never commit to one, usually because I need to get really organised and book the electrician, buy the lights, make sure they're suitable for Australian voltage. Sigh. It's all to hard sometimes ;) Yet another one that caught my eye is this lovely "Godfrey" copper pendant.

via: Lightly

Helen Jones uses charcoal and black pigment to create these beautiful, moody drawings. Lost at sea, menacing clouds and the odd beacon of light shining through.

via: Helen Jones Art

Jana & Bodie are a Tasmanian based brother and sister accessories design team. They use sustainable Tasmanian timber, hand paint it and voila, pretty things to make your outfit complete.

via: Jana & Bodie

Do you love the "smell of rain" as much as I do? It's not actually the rain that smells, it's the combination of oils from certain plants and bacteria in the dry soil activating from the moisture and it's called Petrichor. Regardless of all of the scientific talk, you can apparently get the smell in a bottle.

via: Blushie

This dress is so pretty, I love the contrast shape in the bodice ans straps. And the bright white buttons and belt! Are those pockets I spy? Perfect!

via: ModCloth

via: Note To Self Blog

I'm always on the look out for design advice and inspiration, so I love Note To Self Blog. This week's advice column is encouraging creatives to... /gasp/ think about their motivations for aesthetic and design choices, rather than copy what is pretty. It's useful advice, not only for designers, but for anyone in the business of creating something. Hello bloggers. Check it out!

So, it's a long weekend here, but it's a busy one. I'm still considering whether or not to attend the Blog Society launch here in Sydney. Is anyone heading along? That's on tomorrow actually. On Sunday, I'm so excited to be heading to see a talk with James Nachtwey. And on my extra day off on Monday... hm. I'm not sure yet. I was hoping for a little day trip last weekend but we got rained out. So perhaps on Monday? Do you have any fun plans?

Kitty
xo

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A Visit From Your Future Self

In my feeble attempt to keep a blogging calendar, I had a note in my schedule to write a post about being thankful today. As hard as I've thought about it, I'm suffering a serious case of the grumps and I'm finding it hard to write a happy, reflective post. I don't think I can share the details right now, but there are a few things going on that are providing quite the challenge. Thankfully I have the sweet support of C and my family and friends, and I know once this little period is over I will be stronger and happier than before.

It's easy when you're feeling a bit hard-done-by to throw a big ol' pity party for one. But I'm going to do my best to look outward and appreciate the good things (and there are a lot!) I was reading one of my favourite blogs, Silly Grrl, and she had a link to this article by Laura Simms called the "The 'I'm not far enough along' Antidote". I get this feeling a lot. I see people who seem to have it all together, they have their dream job, a wonderful group of friends, a beautifully cosy home and a wealth of opportunity at their fingertips. Obviously this isn't the whole reality, and comparison is one of the worst ways to bring yourself down. Laura asks her readers at the end to share what the "me from three years ago" would be amazed to know now.

So here goes:

In the next few years, you will live in London and meet new friends from all over the world. You will play music in London, Paris and the USA, travel through 27 states in America, and have an amazing adventure in Japan. You will become engaged to the guy of your dreams, who also happens to be your best friend. Even though you thought you'd work in retail, or perhaps an office, you managed to get through university, and became an art director and professional designer. In between all of this, you will run the dancing school that you attended and loved since you were 6 years old. You can also talk to people without blushing, sometimes.

I'd love for you guys to do the same thing in the comments too! It's really helpful to reflect on your achievements, especially when things are depressing, or you feel inadequate. Life is a big journey and you need to stop and smell the roses sometime!

Thanks to Laura and Sarah for inspiring this post!

Kitty
xo

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Giveaway with Notional Notions

Today I'm pleased to introduce you to Chelsea from Notional Notions Etsy Shop. She has gathered together a lovely prize pack for one lucky Kitty & Buck reader. Chelsea is a talented illustrator, printmaker and generally creative lady! Check out her Etsy shop for more good stuff, or her blog to learn a little more behind the scenes info. If you'd like to get your hot little hands on this awesome handmade prize pack, simply enter the giveaway using the rafflecopter widget below. Good Luck!
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Kitty
xo

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