Spring wedding shoot at Figueroa Mountain Farmhouse

 Gloriously beautiful shoot by KT Merry, who teamed with Joy de Vivre and Kelly Kaufman Design to create this wonderful editorial at Figueroa Mountain Farmhouse, in Santa Ynez, California.
I love just about everything in this shoot, in particular the florals, which are so fresh and vibrant, and really embody spring in all its loveliness.

Source ktmerry.com

beauty in black and white

*Source: sayitasitis

*Source: A well traveled woman

*Source: Jose Villa

*Source: Benoit Courti on 500px

*Source: Feather & Stone via everything is new

in my actual wardrobe... at Writer's Week

I had a great time on Sunday going to the Adelaide Writer's Week.
Mum, the sisters and I listened to a panel about writing for and about girls with Isobelle Carmody, Justine Larbalestier, and Vikki Wakefield. The next was a talk by Karen Lord, who was absolutely fantastic, and I am now really wanting to read her books (I think I'll start with The Best of All Possible Worlds).
The last was a talk by Scott Westerfeld, who is the author of one of my favourite series. I took along Leviathan to get it signed, which now makes it that much more awesome.  

Anyway, this is my first ever outfit post. In fact, it's the first time I've ever done outfit photos, and man is it hard! I had no idea what to do with myself, and I was so focused on that that I ended up with weird facial expressions in most of them. :P

Shirt: Colorado │ Skirt: modcloth │ Shoes: Diana Ferrari │Necklace: Jewelflyt │ Watch: Skagen

scenes of the city

Some photographs (by me) from a recent trip into the city.
I live in the country, with the nearest (proper) city being beautiful Adelaide, where myself and my siblings were all born. Most of our family lives there so we make the 2 and 1/2 hour drive there reasonably regularly, but going from the relative tranquillity of our little town to the bustle of the city is still always a bit of a shock to the system.
Anyway, the trip before last I took the camera and spent most of the day wondering around Rundle Mall, the results of which you can see below;

flour + eggs + suger + everything nice

Oh, the joys of baking; carefully measuring out (and snacking on) the ingredients, whipping out the big Kenwood mixer and beating the crickets of some sugar and butter, the anticipation while it bakes, the torture while it cools, that special kind of joy that only icing can bring.  

 I find baking most blissfully enjoyable when I can have everything ordered and neatly set out, which means measuring all the ingredients first then following the mixing instructions. This does probably take a bit longer, but I think baking should be done slowly and enjoyed, not rushed through. Start early and keep it clean. That's my approach to cooking in general, I love doing it when I can take my time with it and do the dishes as I go. There's just something about a messy kitchen that sets me on edge. (We'll call this being 'eccentric' rather than 'Just a bit weird')

This morning I tried baking a White Chocolate and Cherry Swiss Roll. It was mostly a success, I would have liked the sponge to be a bit thicker and lighter, but that's probably my fault for using a bigger pan than the recipe recommended. That's the picture on the right, the picture on the left is mine and my sister's attempt at the "I Can't Believe You Made That!" Cake from Lorraine Pascale. We didn't decorate ours like she did, so actually people did believe we made it. A bit too much icing, but if I'm completely honest I didn't actually mind.

On rediscovering old hobbies and trying new techniques

After barely picking up the camera at all in 2012, I've very recently starting toying around with it again. I'd forgotten just how much I enjoy it!
I'm also trying something new; shooting in RAW. I've only tried it once, but I'm hoping to get out with the camera again soon.

I thought I'd just do a quick post, so here's one of the photos I've taken recently.