[I heart ________ ] : Dad's Day

Missing home today as the family is all together at our best family friends house celebrating Father's day! I just got off the phone with my dad and he had just opened his iPad that we all got him![thanks mom!] He is so excited to play with it and take it on the road with him. I usually resorted to a book for Father's day for my dad, however now with all the great new gadgets for i-Phones and now i-Pads I can get a little more creative with my gift giving to my dad!


Here are a few of my favourite guy gadgets and pressies for all those dads, husbands, boyfriends, brothers and mates...[no cheezy golf related items here]



                                {custom i-Phone & i-Touch covers by uncommon} 

                                                              

                    {programmable Vodka bottles by Medea}                              

                                                

 {leather i-Pad and i-Phone gadget pouch

 by Saddleback Leather Co.}

                                    

{iRetrofone Base for i-Phone by freeland studios on etsy}

[i might have to save up for one of these!]

                                                          

 [what i heart the most....]

                                    {image taken by noelle from images by noelle}

[one creative day]...what is a journey?

What is a journey?

A journey is not a trip….

It’s not a vacation.

It’s a process. A discovery

It’s a process of Self-discovery.

A Journey brings us face to face with ourselves.

A journey shows us not only the world, but how we fit in it.

Does the person create the journey or does the journey create the person ?

The journey is life itself.

Where will life take you?

-Louis Vuitton ad [view ad here]



i have created this blog as an attempt to find my creative way again.


 after owning a wedding floral and event design studio at the age of 21 thinking that was what my life's calling was...i now find myself 5 years later, engaged to the most amazing man, living in australia, finished interior design school and still feeling ...LOST! Creatively and inspirationally that is. I feel as if all the other puzzle pieces are in place except for the one...
i am inspired by everything and almost anything...from fashion to history to colour to nature. i love finding treasures on the side of the road [one of my favourites was an old trunk probably dated back to the because 40's with all of the treasures i found in it! that became my coffee table when living in california...i miss it] i love painting, drawing, taking pictures, rearranging furniture, puzzles, kittens and cats, the ocean, the sand, my family and friends...the list is practically endless....

with all of that said here i am today...i graduated from Sydney Design School in december. i went back and took an advanced colour course with my favourite teacher/mentor/owner of colour dot...Di Swinborn...she recommended me to a designer from LA she met here in sydney while she was giving a lecture...well long story short...i am now going to intern with this designer [name TBA] in september for a little over a month before i get married.


however with all of this exciting stuff happening...like i already said, i feel lost. i do believe that we create ourselves rather than find ourselves...so i am not feeling like i need to find myself...i am feeling like i need to find my way again... a HEAP [aussie for ALOT] of big changes have gone on in the last couple years and i am a little all over the place in my head...


so with this blog i plan on doing one creative thing a week...anything from painting and fixing up furniture to creating resin jewelry...i will interview inspirational creatives...give you sneak peaks of some of our wedding inspirations...take you on home tours...provide you with before and after pictures...
i will take you on a little creative journey...
please feel free to comment, email, call, fax, send a letter via snail mail..


and stay tuned for next weeks [one creative day]...i will be featuring "octopus art" from myself as well as "some friends" of mine!

                                           
                           painting by [myself] circa 2008


{this is just a little motto i like to live by. so one day i saw these 3 canvases and decided to paint them in bright bold colours with block lettering. they are now in a friends house in California. i think it is time that our unit here in Sydney enjoyed a little peace.love.creativity.}

what am i...

I remember reading childhood books that would have a description of something and then it would ask what am I? Lets play a little game of "what am I?"

I like to write.

I like to read other people's creative insights.

I need an outlet for my creativity.

What am I?

I am a blogger! Well I guess the right thing to say would be, "I am becoming a blogger!" 

I am addicted to blogs myself and thought that it would be yet another perfect outlet for this ever busy and crazy mind of mine. I will try my best at frequent updates but do promise weekly posts for now. [ as a blog reader I know how bummed I get when my favourite bloggers do not post something new!]

Below is a list of the different posts that you can expect to see! 


[A word with: ________________]  interviews with inspiring and creative individuals
[colour palettes] monthly i will be providing you with a new colour palette 
[I heart __________] things that i love and that inspire me
[lost & found] "trash" that i have turned into treasures
[home sweet home] transformations of houses to turn them into people's homes
[one creative day]  my goal is to every week do ONE creative thing. I am constantly doing creative things but this is one planned creative thing a week 
[wedding inspiration] behind the inspirations of our wedding


So those are just a few of the many things I plan and hope to bring to you all!
I hope you enjoy! xx ccc 


(does this mean I can tell people I am a blogger when asked?)

little gold heart

{i took this picture at the bottom of the stairs to our unit. it is someone's rubbish that i found the beauty in! i would like to encourage everyone to not always look straight ahead as sometimes beauty is found by looking down or looking up! it is amazing what we miss by just looking straight ahead}