Red Food

to eat: menu and recipes here.

to drink: red wine

Set Up

Personalised placesetting: An orchid with a strip of paper holding 3 words (see below). Each persons words are different and are characteristics that I love about them and make me feel lucky to have them as a friend. My guests were able to recognise themselves by their set of words (phew) and then they took their seats and were poured a glass of red wine.

accepting : positive : warm

spirited : genuine : giving

humour : energy : style

beauty : dignity : grace

Grape Red

The inspiration for my dinner party was a colour. A deep grapey red (almost purple) - like the frills on a red oak lettuce, the glossy dark red of a cherry or the skin of an aubergine, the leaves of radicchio and treviso, red onions, radishes, red pears, raspberries...the list goes on. These orchids were exactly the colour I was after as was this begonia leaf .

My House Looks Like a Flower Shop

When I started this blog, I thought it would act as a place where I could electronically file my many magazine clippings of inspirational spaces and products. I felt like I had finally found a place and a reason for my years of mad magazine collecting and page tearing (which made me feel a little less silly for my obsessive buying, reading and filing). So I started my blog and figured I'd see where it took me. Strangely enough it reawakened my passion for flowers, colour and fashion and for admiring talented creative people (I would otherwise never have discovered). I was beyond delighted when withing a few months, blogs that inspired me knew that I existed. Now I can't put down the camera, I style everything within sight and I notice everything around me. I had a dinner party last night to celebrate friendship and food and show my appreciation for their support and inspiration respectively.

Wish I Was There

I'm adoring the chalky colours of this Bali house, similar in style to Bali Cafe. I am putting together a Best of Bali guide to all the gorgeous places to sleep, see and taste - stay tuned.

Images from Living etc.

Three Ways w/ Lilacs

Lilacs by Poli

Lilacs by Chelsea for Project Wedding

Lilacs by Jeska

There are some posts that just stick in my head and I can't move on until I have given them air and share them here. I loved each of these lilac posts. Why is it that I haven't seen lilacs in the florsists here in spring?

Carolyn Quartermaine

Stylist's stylist and artist Carolyn Quartermaine's style is sheer perfection. I am yet to come across anyone whose work I love as much. This is her London studio.

Images from Vogue Living 08/09 by Martin Morrell.

Sundrenched & Dusty

For some unknown reason, I am loving this dusty purple colour at the moment...I wonder why, its' so unlike me...

Softly, Softly

More gorgeous table pics here.