diy: painted terracotta pots

I bought a whole bunch of new paints a few weeks ago and since then nothing has been safe from my painter's brush. My latest project involved sprucing up a few tiny terracotta pots. All you need for this DIY is some pots and paints and you're pretty much good to go. Before painting the pots I coated the rims with gesso to prevent colour from soaking into the terracotta. I also wrapped masking tape underneath the rims to ensure a clean finish. I chose to plant succulents (borrowed/stolen from my mum's garden) but I also like the idea of planting herbs for an indoor kitchen garden. This is a seriously simple DIY but works wonders for livening up a space. 

inspiration: all the colours

Has it really been almost two weeks since my last blog post? Whoops. Whenever I seem to be losing my blogging mojo or am lacking in creativity, nothing gets the creative juices flowing again quite like a quick scroll through Pinterest. And by "quick scroll" I mean "getting sucked into a never ending wormhole of outfit inspiration, interiors shots, DIY ideas, and recipes that I'll bookmark and will likely never make". This is just an example of what I've been pinning, liking, and generally drawing inspiration from lately.

1. Colourful winter outfit inspiration via Who What Wear.

2. Paintings by Yolanda Sanchez.

3. Romance Was Born looks as featured in Harper's Bazaar Australia.

4. Paper pouf chandelier from Parcel.

5. Sophia Webster flamingo heels.

instagram diaries: patterns

These Instagram round-ups are becoming kind of redundant since I added an Instagram widget to my sidebar. But I thought I'd do one anyway because this is my blog and I can. Lately I've noticed that I'm developing a pattern for gravitating towards all things, well, patterned. Cases in point:

1. This Gorman tee I bought during a sale the other week. Happy face.

2. DIY striped canvas, which you can find the tutorial on a couple of posts down.

3. Fabric scouting. Found these super cute chevron and spotty patterns at Spotlight.

4. Chevrons! Vogue! Karlie! Gatsby! 

5. Mum's birthday cake, heavily disguised by icing sugar. Plus spotty wrapping paper.

6. Tiled brick walls in Spencer Lane for some Arabian themed markets. It was a bust.

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