Lake House

 The beautiful views from our table onto the lake.

 My beautiful beau who took me to lunch.

 Moving into the sunshine.

On the day of my birthday I was taken on a surprise road trip to Daylesford and to the Lake House for lunch. For those of you who don't know, the Lake House is an award winning restaurant/hotel/spa that is situated on the lake in a gorgeous township about an hour and half outside Melbourne. The menu changes seasonally according to local produce and it makes an attempt to produce everything on the premises from the bread to the charcuterie range.
I also received my brand new camera that morning so spent most of lunch fiddling around with the settings and zoom and just generally taking pictures of everything I saw!

Mimmy xx

I'm a lucky girl!

Pictures by... well... ME!

Such a lucky girl. For my birthday I was lucky enough to receive the Cannon EOS 500D from the wonderful man in my life. Thankyou monkey!!

Mimmy xx

Lanterns, lanterns, everywhere...

Last Sunday was my birthday. So to celebrate, Saturday night I had a dinner party at my house in my back garden. Friday night and Saturday morning was spent with my house mate working out the logistics of stringing 30m of fairy lights across the roof of our courtyard to give the effect of a ceiling of lights and then engineering and working out how to hang 15-20 lanterns of all different sizes across the middle of the space.

After a lot of nailing down of cords, tying and retying of fishing wire, identifying issues, working out logistics and hoping that a single nail and umbrella would be sturdy enough to support the whole concoction we finally ended up with the desired effect.

Throw in some Country Road homewares and  several bunches of oriental lilies (my fave flower) and Vogue Living eat your heart out!

Mimmy xx

Looks i'm currently coveting...

LOVE her skirt.

 Effortless chic... And those shoes!

 The sleeves on this top are magical. And I love her bracelets!

Images: theyallhateus, vanillascented, style.com, tna

All these outfits have elements I am currently coveting. From high waisted skirts to simple dresses and outfits with amazing shoes, silks and eye catching accessories to comfy summer tracksuit shorts and fine knit jumpers for those cool spring evenings.

Mimmy xx

My inner hippie...

Photos from: fade to black, christeric, they all hate us

There is a small part (ok, maybe not that small!) of me that loves everything hippie hippie shake... 

Tie dye, multi-coloured woven bags, cut off vintage Levis, layers of chains, rings and accessories, silk camies and kaftans.

Whilst I don't think that I can personally pull off this fabulous retro style all the time, this summer I think I will be embracing this very unique and delicate way of dressing and putting my own spin on it to hopefully get that care free, free-loving feel.

Mimmy xx

It's all about priorities.

Never a truer word spoken.

Mimmy xx

Couldn't have put it better myself...

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Mimmy xx

Leopard print...

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So, whilst i've never been a huge fan of the animal print, the one place where it is timeless and there is always a place for it, is on shoes or accessories. Seeing the above images of fashionistas from NY Fashion Week and pics from  garry pepper vintage I am inspired to go out and find myself that perfect pair of leopard print heels... Or maybe more the wedge variety... Hmmmm decisions!

Mimmy xx

Rearrange...

(images from Vanilla Scented)

I have been wanting to rearrange my room for a while now. I found these photos from Vanilla Scented the other day and they have inspired and spurred me on to do so... I was thinking this weekend I may have a go at it.
My room is certainly not as big as hers (so no sitting area) and unfortunately I don't have the luxury of wooden floorboards. However, I do have a window feature, high ceilings and white walls. I think what really grabbed my attention was her make shift walk in robe. I too do not have the luxury of a built in so, I thought the way she sectioned off the area was a great way to create that space.
Any other ideas or inspirations please let me know!

Mimmy xx

Oh Stevie

(images sourced from Jak&Jil, Garance Dore)

Oh Stevie.... What else really can one say about the beautiful, striking, cool and classic Stevie Dance, editor of Russh magazine. Who else could pair a classic white men's shirt with blue denim jeans and look SO effortless cool. One word... envious!

Mimmy xx