Showing posts with label Party. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Party. Show all posts

Wednesday, July 20, 2011

Bonjour Samedi!

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Goddamn fabulous if you ask me
For those of you who don't speak French (like me), Hello Saturday (thanks google translater!).

This past Saturday, the annual Brisbane French Festival took part in Brisbane. This basically gave The Boy and I an excuse to gorge ourselves on crepes, macarons and petit quiches. Delicous no?

We also attended a French themed Housewarming party where everyone got into the theme with black and white stripes with a touch of red...including moi. T'was tres chic.
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Ze french pout oui?
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Mon Amour
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Berets in every colour!
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I couldn't resist posting some photos of the delicious Macarons which we devoured in less than 24 hours. Yum yum yum yum yum!
xx

Monday, April 25, 2011

It's a mad, mad world

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Hello everybody! I trust you're all having a wonderful Easter long weekend and that you may have spent some time today remembering the ANZACs.

This is just a few pics from my friend Matt's 'Mad Men' themed party on Saturday night. I think my hair makes me look about 50 years old but I have to say that it was really fun to get dressed up a little differently. Don't you think everyone looks uh-maz-ing!
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The 60s were a fun and glamourous time and I was aiming for that kind of feel when I paired my beautiful gold Mimco necklace that was a gift from some dear friends with this old Witchery dress.
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After reading about how Blair creates the super volume in her hair I got me some Nak done and dusted hair texturising powder and managed to created this beehivey hairstyle in about 10 minutes. I tell you you put this stuff in and your hair appears ten times fuller - it makes me so happy! I honestly don't think the photos do my beehive and its massive volume justice though...The gold nail polish is Ulta 3's Gold Rush Fever and I am totally OBSSESSED with it. I also bought Silver Grey but I seem to be having a 'gold' moment so I'm going to roll with it.
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That's all for now, have a lovely evening!

Sunday, March 13, 2011

Growing pains and goodbyes

As a child, what did you want to be when you grew up? 

Was it a marine biologist, an astronaut or a painter? Perhaps you dreamt you would discover a new species of dinosaur as an archeologist or that you’d win an Academy award.

Whatever it was you wanted to be, I would like to know – are you doing it now? Does your current reality resemble your childhood imagination in any way?

And if (like me) it doesn’t, when was the point you realized that you weren’t really cut out to be a Pilot/Baker/Zoo Keeper because you hate flying, can’t eat bread or have an abnormal fear of giraffes? (For the record I love flying and giraffes but could probably live without bread).

I can’t remember a single time in my childhood where I thought to myself ‘you know I really want to grow up and work in marketing’. Not once. Where did that idea even come from? Oh my father…moving on then. 
Anyway, this weekend I was able to live my childhood career fantasy at a ‘When I grow up’ themed house party.

Naturally, I went as Snow White……..
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Nordic Princess + Disney Princess (and yes I know my cleavage is ridiculous, just avert your eye if it offends)
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Mmmm Fairy Bread. Just as delicious as I remember.
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Shenanigans
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Snow White and A the Masterchef
I also went to my friend KL’s going away brunch at Sassafras – a Paddington institution. KL is going to London for a working holiday. This makes me jealous. BUT if all goes well I will be over there in no time myself.
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Lovely brunching ladies - Bon voyage KL!
In other news I have been inspired by Gem Fatale’s colourful digits and decided to try something a bit different on my nails. I’m still a bit unsure where I sit on the nail art scale (I don’t generally love it but the more blogs I read and the more of it I see the more I am beginning to like it –call me a follower if you want, I don’t really care).

Anyway, with the costume party looming (giving me a convenient excuse to have ‘crazy’ nails if I needed one) I had my first foray into nail art: a Half-Moon mani using Kit’s High Kick.

I freehanded the white half moon so it’s not exactly perfect but for a first timer it’s not totally atrocious either. And of course it matched my costume too – win-win!
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What are your thoughts? I’m actually quite partial to it and think I may try it again with some different colour combinations...how does Ulta3's Spring Blossom and OPI's Chapel of Love sound? 

Oh and this is how my first attempt at Rose Macaron's went. I know. They are far from how they are meant to look but they tasted perfection.
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Rose and White Chocolate Macarons
Until next time xx