Monthly Archives: August 2013

Sydney Instagram Roundup

12.08.2013
Food & Travel, Getaway
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It feels good to be home after two fantastic jam-packed weeks in Sydney.  We had so much fun reconnecting with friends and family and soaking up the city again.  We were completely spoilt with the weather, the sun shone every day bar one, and temperatures reached a crazy (for winter) 24 degrees Celsius. I admit we were lucky because I was told that the weeks prior were wet and cold…

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Feng Shui for a Harmonious Home Part 5

09.08.2013
Lifestyle, Thoughts
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It took me a while to get here but finally I’m posting the last instalment of all of the directions of the feng shui bagua! If you’d like the links to previous posts, part 1-4  you can find them at the end of this post. If you are new to this, please note that for this post to make sense and to be able to implement the enhancements, it is very important to be familiar with your home’s bagua, so please read this first.

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My Space – Gudy Herder of Eclectic Trends

07.08.2013
Interior & Design, Voyeurist
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Since discovering Eclectic Trends over a year ago, I’ve been an avid follower. Gudy, the creator of the blog, is a German girl, living in Barcelona and puts together a very interesting selection of interior focused articles. Gudy’s day job is an interior stylist and international visual merchandising trainer and her work takes her to all of the major design trade shows around the world, giving her (and us) the advantage of keeping up to date the emerging trends. Gudy has also been invited to be on a panel of trend forecasters for Global Colour Research in London, posts a monthly trend report on Decor8 and has most recently contributed to an upcoming interior book to be launched next month. Thank you so much Gudy for taking part in Armoire, Pegs and Casserole’s “My Space” series and giving us a taste of your beautiful home and style – what a stunning setup and those tiles will no doubt be the envy of many!

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Shepherds Pie with a Twist

05.08.2013
Food & Travel, Make, Eat, Drink
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Shepherds pie is the ultimate comfort food and having a British father, it’s a dish I pretty much grew up on. I remember when we’d visit my Nanna, she’d always send us home with a huge dish of it and we’d eat it for days until we couldn’t bare the sight of it.

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