I was itching to make these apricot & orange bran muffins, but they were just too 'healthy' tasting (and that's coming from someone that likes dense, wholesome, uncake-like cardboardy muffins). They were great straight out of the oven, but the texture changed when they cooled, so even though the recipe didn't make the Urban Nectar cut, I thought I'd share the pics here. p.s. this little critter didn't seem to mind them. 
Why do we call pale yellow 'lemon' and pale green 'mint' when a lemon is bright yellow and mint is dark green?
An enchanted chat to the guy at Buds & Bowers ended in my buying these amazing branches (related to the eucalyptus tree). Their leaves are powdery grey and their little gumnuts and branches look as though they have been dipped in white paint. I didn't have a tall enough vase for them so they eneded up in a silver topped wine decanter. I loved that they were wrapped in grey paper to match their chalky grey leaves. This is not your average florist...other unique 'flowers' on display were cows udders, pink peppercorns, okra branches and echinacea.
After dropping my 'indelicates' to the laundromat last weekend, I hand washed my delicates and left them to dry in the beautiful Saturday sun. This Saturday I will finally have time to pick up my load, do a spot of cooking and shopping at Donna Hay's new store, buy a bunch of flowers and look forward to my afternoon facial.
Gülnur özdağlar is an architect in Ankara, Turkey who somehow magically takes something as ordinarily uninspiring as a discarded recyclable water bottle, and using an open flame, scissors, a knife and a soldering iron, she creates create these ethereal jellyfish-like sculptures. She hand pierces every single tiny hole individually. Her Etsy shop Tertium Non Data displays her fascinating range of products, from wearable art: brooches and necklaces to sculpture like useable art: bowls, vases and plastic petal chandeliers. What a beautiful way to make a statement about an adversity to waste.
These incredible images are by photography & design husband & wife team Thuss Farrell. Rebecca Thuss is a photo-stylist, creative director, wedding designer and crafter. Having spent a decade at Martha Stewart magazines and rising to Style Director and visionary of Martha Stewart Weddings, you can't even imagine how brilliant her portfolio is. Fab interview with Rebecca here and colourful images from their Block project here.
Since receiving an E for excellent blog award from Kit, I’ve had black and white on my mind. I’ve also been drinking inspiration from so many lovely blogs since this blog started that the time to pass on some blog appreciation is way overdue. Here is the first batch of places I spend my hours visiting. 1st row: music & moonlight by twistandfeelonebliss :: white rose white lace by danske - both via Blossom :: 2nd row: white lace curtain by sunshinesyrie via Blossom :: intensity via Loupita :: 3rd row: think pink by cowolipoli :: Natasha Poly for French Vogue 02/05 photographed by Patrick Demarchelier via Daydream Lily.
