Check out this beautiful apple pie Chantelle at Little Things baked. Gorgeously styled and photographed, it looks delicious and she has also included the recipe; I'm really keen to try this out!
For more of her beautiful cooking, baking and drink mixing, including recipes, click here.
We did this a few weeks ago, but only had time to photograph on the weekend. Our outdoor planters had started to look a little tired, so we ventured to our local Bunnings who have an extensive outdoor/gardening section. Inspired by the Japanese Bento Box, we made a little square display in the corner of our balcony, in black. I really like the contrast between the glossy black and simplicity of shape in the smaller planters to the matte black with the slightly more ornate design of the large pot. The two back pots are small chili trees, the front one is a decorative plant, and I planted some seeds in the round one, however, I think they are not taking, so I might need to plant something new.
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Every Monday a lovely lady delivers a bunch of flowers to display in our office. I really love the arrangement this week. Maybe I should make a regular post of this..?
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It seem the Oktoberfest has become an exportable commodity - every venue around town has some kind of Oktoberfest-themed thing going on. However, the ultimate Oktoberfest experience in Brisbane is the aptly named Brisbane Oktoberfest, held at the RNA Showgrounds for two weekends every year. This isn't just a cash grab by an existing venue wanting to cash in on this great folk fest, this is organised by a bunch of Munich expats who wish to bring the fun and Gemütlichkeit of the original Oktoberfest to Munich. A massive tent is erected at the Showgrounds, with small rides for the kids outside, and they fly in an original Oktoberfest band to play in the tent.
I didn't bring the SRL to keep it from getting drenched in beer, so I just used have a short video of the festivities inside:
How does this compare to the actual Oktoberfest you ask? Well, let me oblige. This is a short video from our trip to Germany last year, complete with beer song!
Sadly, the weather has been terrible in Brisbane these last few days; it rained all day Friday and Saturday, so the showgrounds were a muddy mess. I was fairly careful with where I walked, but still, my shoes looked like this the next day:
Just got back from a super-inspiring talk by Paul Bennett, Chief Creative Officer of IDEO, a multi-disciplinary global design consultancy, who are creating real change in the World through design and design thinking.
Step back, I may just kill to work there!
