Festive Tuesday

 

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Dress: Starling Reine via City Chic viscose, guipure lace

Sandals: I Love Billy via Williams Shoes vegan leather

Brooch: Paper Boat Press via Queensland Art Gallery Gift Shop ceramic

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A week on from this lovely morning catch up with a dear friend from the Sunshine Coast, I'm sharing some pictures of the adorable outfit that I wore for the occasion. This stunning small-scale floral viscose midi dress with shirred bodice & straps & black lace hemline insert is a new-to-me label called Starling Reine that I discovered at the City Chic outlet store at DFO Jindalee & absolutely adored for its sweet, old-school print & prairie sensibilities. Although it can be dressed "up or down" depending on the occasion, I've styled it for casual comfort with a pair of brown vegan leather strappy sandals from I Love Billy via Williams Shoes & a cute Christmas handmade ceramic brooch in the shape of a gingerbread man from Paper Boat Press, stocked at the Queensland Art Gallery & GOMA gift shops, respectively.

Scroll down to see a few more snippets from the day including the gorgeous Minnie Mouse Ears pendant & chain that formed part of my thoughtful Christmas present! As someone who absolutely adores Disney - especially Minnie - I am absolutely in love & can't wait to find a plethora of places to wear it!

Backyardigans

 

Upgrading our beautiful back garden before Spring arrives with some stunning new additions - a wooden desk with drawers, painted black underneath & left in its natural state (aside from varnish) on top from Ipswich Antique Centre, beautiful handmade Turkish flower bowls in both blue & orange, gifted to me by some dear friends on my 30th birthday that just look perfect beside the William-Morris-inspired floral pillows from Redbubble & finally, a vintage rocking horse bike that my younger brother gave me for Christmas a few years ago that looks just darling in the very corner, right next to the dining table. It's always nice to have a bit of a rearrange or tidy up before the warmer weather arrives, particularly in the garden as it's a living, breathing & constantly CONSTANTLY growing thing that needs to be pruned & weeded & watered A LOT in order to keep the plants happy, the multitude of birds that like to visit every day for a bath or a drink happy, the bees happy, the butterflies happy & of course, the fairies at the bottom of the garden happy, too...

Keep scrolling to see the magic that happens when the fairy lights come on after dark...