A couple of stylish elements to this home that belongs to stylist, Colette Harvey.
images via shoptilyoudrop
Wednesday, January 18, 2012
Donate to Heal Amelia's Life
Thank you all for your comments and emails regarding the below post, I have forwarded onto Amelia.
To know she has support, even from strangers I'm sure helps her get through the day to day
of her battle just even a little bit.
I now have details to make a donation for her via paypal, her paypal account is :
Whatever you can donate will be amazing.
And I know Amelia would want to be saying a big thank you to everyone out there who can help her.
Monday, January 16, 2012
Special Post ...
This is a bit of a special post that if you have time, please read.
I have a friend who I have known for many years. Her name is Amelia, we met at school and instantly had a connection with a love of fashion. When we met, her health wasn't 100% but we used to sit for hours watching anything and everything that involved fashion, vogue, supermodels (oh and a bit of Oprah) and talking about our dreams of her one day having her own fashion label and me my own modelling agency.
Proud to say we both had a go at both our dreams.
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| Amelia in blue and I taken exactly 13 years ago today at a Studio 54 party |
But our lives different paths - boyfriends, new friends, careers took different directions...
And as does happen in life, we drifted apart.
Not long after I started this blog, I had a surprise email from Amelia.
And funnily enough even the years apart we had both grown to have a love of interiors,
as Amelia said not surprising really.
And funnily enough even the years apart we had both grown to have a love of interiors,
as Amelia said not surprising really.
Amelia is a very creative woman whether it be in fashion, photography, styling, writing - everything she touches. You may have even read some of her work in Australian home magazines.
The reason I'm posting this is Amelia needs our help.
A big ask of strangers I know, but one thing I have learnt about this blog community
is the compassion and care that people have.
To explain a little bit more about her illness, here's some snippets from the Facebook Page that has been dedicated to her :
Initially, medical and health professionals thought Amelia had severe Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS) together with some other complications involving significant breathing difficulties & constant shortness of
breath. But during the last 3 years Amelia has also developed ' EI ' Environmental Illness and ' MCS ' Multiple Chemical Sensitivity and Reactive Airway Disease (RAD). Much like the 'Girl in the Bubble',
Amelia is dealing with MULTIPLE issues every minute of every day and night … and for most of the time, she is completely alone in one room trying to manage.
She has been having back to back anaphylactic type reactions to most foods she ingests. She finally received indoor mold test results for her current apartment. The test results show high levels of toxic mold spores with active growth and the report recommends immediate relocation. Toxic mold exposure can be fatal and should not be taken lightly. Your daughter has test results showing a genetic inability to remove mold neurotoxins from her body and they are re-poisoning her as they recirculate over and over in her system. She has had severe breathing problems this last year and her health is at grave risk if she remains in her apartment.
Amelia's situation has become very extreme - she is now housebound and bedbound, and requires daily care - but she has no assets or income to improve her situation above the aid she receives from the government. She spends 22-24 hours a day alone without help or companionship, just wasting away while she breathes in more toxic mold spores every minute. She can barely access the Internet from her phone due to severe electromagnetic sensitivity, and cannot read any books or magazines due to the fumes from the printing inks. For such a previously vibrant woman who is still so young and has her whole life ahead of her, this is just not acceptable. She is trying to organize fundraisers locally but we are afraid her time is running out and she needs to be relocated quickly in order to save her life. The life threatening reactions to food are becoming more frequent and her body is not accepting many foods at this point.
You can read the full letter from her mum by clicking here :
Letter from Amelia's mum
If you would like to donate to Heal Amelia's Life, to help her move into a safer environment that will save her life, you can make a donation here at the FB page dedicated to her.
Amelia might not read this post anytime soon, but Amelia I am sending out all the good energies I can to you and wish for your relocation to happen very soon so you can regain your life back.
Thinking of you
xox
A big ask of strangers I know, but one thing I have learnt about this blog community
is the compassion and care that people have.
To explain a little bit more about her illness, here's some snippets from the Facebook Page that has been dedicated to her :
Initially, medical and health professionals thought Amelia had severe Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS) together with some other complications involving significant breathing difficulties & constant shortness of
breath. But during the last 3 years Amelia has also developed ' EI ' Environmental Illness and ' MCS ' Multiple Chemical Sensitivity and Reactive Airway Disease (RAD). Much like the 'Girl in the Bubble',
Amelia is dealing with MULTIPLE issues every minute of every day and night … and for most of the time, she is completely alone in one room trying to manage.
She has been having back to back anaphylactic type reactions to most foods she ingests. She finally received indoor mold test results for her current apartment. The test results show high levels of toxic mold spores with active growth and the report recommends immediate relocation. Toxic mold exposure can be fatal and should not be taken lightly. Your daughter has test results showing a genetic inability to remove mold neurotoxins from her body and they are re-poisoning her as they recirculate over and over in her system. She has had severe breathing problems this last year and her health is at grave risk if she remains in her apartment.
Amelia's situation has become very extreme - she is now housebound and bedbound, and requires daily care - but she has no assets or income to improve her situation above the aid she receives from the government. She spends 22-24 hours a day alone without help or companionship, just wasting away while she breathes in more toxic mold spores every minute. She can barely access the Internet from her phone due to severe electromagnetic sensitivity, and cannot read any books or magazines due to the fumes from the printing inks. For such a previously vibrant woman who is still so young and has her whole life ahead of her, this is just not acceptable. She is trying to organize fundraisers locally but we are afraid her time is running out and she needs to be relocated quickly in order to save her life. The life threatening reactions to food are becoming more frequent and her body is not accepting many foods at this point.
You can read the full letter from her mum by clicking here :
Letter from Amelia's mum
If you would like to donate to Heal Amelia's Life, to help her move into a safer environment that will save her life, you can make a donation here at the FB page dedicated to her.
UPDATE : Sorry the link isn't currently working. I am trying to gain some more information so that if you like you can donate. Please check back shortly.
Amelia might not read this post anytime soon, but Amelia I am sending out all the good energies I can to you and wish for your relocation to happen very soon so you can regain your life back.
Thinking of you
xox
Sunday, January 15, 2012
Closet Envy
Mmmm which one would you like ??
images via birchandlily, elledecor, fashionstylist, habituallychic, elledecor, livingetc, thisisglamorous
Friday, January 13, 2012
Pretty ...
Have a pretty weekend
xox
Wednesday, January 11, 2012
Beautiful way to start the day ...
I did the most beautiful thing today.
Picked up at 4am (!!!) we headed up to Mareeba which is about one hour
out of Cairns to go Hot Air Ballooning.
It's something I had always thought about doing so we decided why not.
I wasn't nervous at all, surprisingly but just excited.
As we arrived, the group before us was just taking off ...
Then it was time for our balloon to get ready ...
Eeek I'm chosen to be the first one in the basket ...
And up we went!
It's just not what I thought it would be at all.It is so quiet, so calm.
You don't even feel like you're moving at all but then you realise the ground
is getting further and further away and you just don't feel any fear.
There is no desire to be holding on, you kind of feel free.
We got so high, 4,200 feet to be exact and we were surrounded by the clouds.
It was just white and silence - amazing. Such a surreal feeling.
In the picture above you can see around the shadow of our balloon a rainbow circle.
Before we knew it we had to come back down.
Our pilot Jay was amazing at what he does, it was so smooth.
Smack bang in the middle of a field there was one bump as we landed and
then another slight one, but that was all.
Fun part was you get to help the boys pack up the balloon
which involved getting all the air out of it!
Now you all know I don't advertise or do any of that stuff on my blog.
I share what I truly love and if you are ever in the Cairns region you need to do this.
And you need to go through Hot Air.
They are also located on the Gold Coast and Brisbane.
It was a truly beautiful experience and the views just lovely.
The pilot and all crew were really great, professional and alot of fun.
all images via myfirstlittleplace
Saturday, January 7, 2012
The Offices of Ruby Press
It's no secret that I have a love of gorgeous, stylish workspaces or
that one day I would like to have my own little business.
So that's why I must share with you the offices of Ruby Press, a boutique Public Relations Agency representing style driven businesses.
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| How beautiful is the detail on the facade of the building |
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| Founder, Melissa Davis |
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| A touch of modern in the space with the red Knoll stool |
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| A must have - inspiration board |
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| How lovely to work in a space everyday that has those windows |
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| Believe it or not, but the chairs are from Pottery Barn Teen! |
You can read more about Ruby Press and their gorgeous workspace here at The Glitter Guide.
If you know of any stylish workspaces you can link me to, I would love to know.
images via theglitterguide
Friday, January 6, 2012
Tuesday, January 3, 2012
Home Tour - Bachelor Pad
What a perfect bachelor pad!
It's the Manhattan apartment of Jason Caroll who is a national correspondent for CNN.
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all images via Michael Mundy @ An Afternoon With ...
Monday, January 2, 2012
Perfect Outdoors
The weather is beautiful here today, warm with a really lovely breeze.
Perfect for sitting outside relaxing with friends.
Sunday, January 1, 2012
Memory Jar
How cute is this little idea, a Memory Jar.
Through the year note down your good, your bad, your happy, your sad moments and put it in the jar.
Then next New Year's Eve, tip them all out and read them.
Truly remember the year you've had!
I'm definitely doing this in 2012.
images via bfastwithtiffany
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