Art Nouveau Postcards

Art Nouveau is a constant source of inspiration for me. I love the curvilinear style, motifs, colours, details and decorative aesthetic of this influential art and design movement. I have a set of 20 postcards of Art Nouveau posters at home, some of which I scanned to keep as reference on my computer. I just thought I'd share some of these postcards with you all today.

Hope these images inspire you too!



Today is Melbourne Cup day, and in the mid afternoon, I decided to buy a camera. I have been doing research on it for a while, and I figured that the shopping centre would be quiet today since people would be watching the race, so it would be a good time to shop, and I was right!

So I didn't have to circle the car park for a spot, I found one straight away, and at the store, I was immediately served at the counter (I hate waiting). So as Olivia Newton John sang Advance Australia Fair on the large plasma TVs at the store, the salesman was out in the storeroom looking for a camera for me. He said wasn't sure if he had any left. So I waited anxiously for several minutes until he came back.

The good news is that he did have the camera in stock, so now I'm the proud owner of a Nikon D90 DSLR camera... yay!! I'm really looking forward to learning how to use it. Yep and I managed to get home in time to watch the big race too. And this years winner was Shocking! :)

Fabric Swap Part 2

Hi Everyone, How are you this week? Hope you had a great weekend. I spent most of the weekend gardening. It was good to spend time outdoors. I recently participated in a fabric swap hosted by Lisa from Parallel Botany, and previously wrote about the lovely goodies I received from my swap partner, Mathyld at Encore Petite, who has a gorgeous crafty blog.



Here are some pictures of what I sent to Mathyld. Included was a pink and white fabric with a patchwork design, Moss Nouveau Trees by Amy Butler, a green and white hand printed fabric from Melbourne designer Pippijoe, and a pretty fabric with a pink and cream striped pattern. I also gave her a hair pin by Miss Piggy Tales, and a card by Susannah Tucker.



Mathyld wrote a lovely blog post about our fabric swap, and she's taken some very pretty images of the fabrics that she received from Lisa and I. (The above picture was taken by Mathyld). I also sent Mathyld a brochure of a lovely little exhibition that was showing at the NGV recently called Persuasion: Fashion in the Age of Jane Austen (also pictured in the above image).

Have a great week all, whatever you are doing! I'm enjoying a long weekend, and tomorrow is Melbourne Cup Day, which is a public holiday. The Melbourne Cup is an internationally famous horse race run over a distance of 3200 metres and is part of the Spring Racing Carnival. The Spring Racing Carnival is also really well known for women's fashion, hats, fun and frivolity!

Just a short post today...

Hi Everyone, how are you today? Its a warm sunshiny day today and although I have heaps of work to do on my school projects, a big load of laundry to wash, and huge pile of dirty dishes in the sink, (and oh dear, something has started growing in one of the cups), I'm not feeling stressed as I normally might be, despite the mayhem.

Just in my own little world today, thinking about buying a new camera, planning a holiday in December, and thinking about anything and everything but what needs doing! I just feel like going outside and lazing around. Actually I have been working hard and when I'm in the creative mode, I tend to forget about everything else including the housework. So now I probably just need a little break before getting back in to it again!

The American Express Membership rewards program booklet caught my eye this month. Its so dreamy & pretty, and giving a tantalising glimpse in to summer. Even the page of gift cards looks attractive! A gift card or two... or three, would come in handy at the moment! I don't have enough points yet to get one though. I guess it might seem odd to include images from the booklet here but I really thought it was quite pretty. I've never actually really paid much attention to the booklet before.

Thank you to everyone who has visited and commented, and welcome to my new followers! Sorry but I'm not able to visit anyone and comment at the moment as I've reached my data allowance for the month and Optus has slowed down my connection almost to a crawl (I hate it when that happens). I'll be back on 1 November. Have a great week!