the chair under the green tree

I thought today it would be nice to show you some more photos that my amazing husband photographed. He is away at the moment on assignment shooting 3 beautiful architectural designed houses down the South Coast of NSW. I am sure he will let me share them on my blog at some stage in the near future. For now enjoy this divine house in Wamberal on the Central Coast, NSW.

I am personally in love with the interiors, the owner, Jenny, has some serious style. I just want to curl up on the green chair with a good book under the tree!

My husband photographed this beautiful photograph on the wall of Jenny's local beach and it was made as the feature of the room. He went back up to Wamberal to see it all come together and photograph it along with this cute children's table and chairs for Jenny's grandchildren!

blossoms are blooming

Friday was the start of the beautiful summer stock that will be arriving over the coming weeks. I received my first half of Rittenhouse and it is divine. For those of you who do not know about Rittenhouse it is the the brand that combines sophisticated graphics, beautiful fabrics and it also has a strong focus on quality Australian manufacturing. Rittenhouse sits somewhere between 'boutique' and 'street' and appeals to a customer who appreciates fine quality and is not trend-driven. To me it really is for the fashion conscious mum, but still a label that you can have your little one wear to the park. The creators of Rittenhouse, Sally McDonald and Micah Hamdorf use 'playful' as one of their recurring themes, which sits nicely with what I believe Little Pinwheel is all about and that is 'for playful and free spirited little people.'

Yesterday I did a new front page image for the website, to mark the start of Spring at Little Pinwheel. I know a month early, but in the fashion industry we are early! I used all my husband's fantastic equipment to come up with a shot I had in my head. I used my creative background in Graphic Design and my love of art to come up with a fun and playful image to launch Rittenhouse into Little Pinwheel. It was fun putting all the elements together to create a look that I feel reflects what Rittenhouse is all about.

Keely had a great time and loved imagining there was a butterfly on the end of her finger! We also came up with many other shots and these will be used in an advertisement I am designing for the new issue of LMNOP magazine.

photo a day-little ballerina

a photo a day-swimming lessons in winter

boomerang beach

'Nellies' is the most divine house! We had this beautiful beach holiday last August when I was very pregnant with my son Taj.

The images speak for themselves... enjoy lots of images for 'a photo a day.'

a photo a day

I have been inspired by the lovely Little Bubble to do a photo a day on my blog for the month of August. Somedays there will be a post along with the image and other days there will just be an image, which I am hoping will tell a story in itself. I think this is going to be fun and a challenge for me to remember to do it each day! I have missed a couple of days, so I will try to make up for it with two posts today!

I will also try and have the images reflect me, my family, friends and my life really. Something inspirational that shows the mum behind Little Pinwheel. I may even write a bit about what I do each day to balance my life with Little Pinwheel, being a mummy, a wife and a friend. I hope it will be interesting and a bit of fun!

The first images I have chosen are images of where I live. I have chosen them as I am into the swing of things with organising my Summer stock that is arriving next week! Yay! It also shows how lovely Summer is for my children as this is a place we go every day in the Summer.

My girlfriend, Trudie and I hosted a high tea on the weekend for our friend Pip's birthday. It was so much fun designing the invitation and organising all the yummy food. Trudie did a lovely job decorating the table and hosting it at her amazing home.

I made smoked salmon, cream cheese and chive sandwiches and chocolate dipped strawberries, which Trudie asked I make after seeing the photos from my previous post on treats. They were also great to go with the champagne Trudie had bought.

Trudie made cucumber sandwiches with butter and she also added treats for the adults, more chocolate goodies and a yummy cake. There was also a homemade tea cake made by one of our other friends, but there are no photos as we ate it all before an image was taken! I will have to get the recipe for that one!

It was a fantastic morning as the children got to play and have their own tea party.

The view was spectacular and Trudie's interior design concepts are divine. They are just about to renovate their home and I cannot wait to see how it all comes together.

The high tea all came together just from a simple conversation about teas.... I wonder what Trudie and I will come up with next!