Tea and things

A pot of English Breakfast Tea, doilies, pink and lovely ladies.

I had my tea party today, it was so much fun hanging out with my aunt, mum and grandma, and it's interesting hearing about their stories and perception of things. Yummy food, great conversation.

This is sponge cake cut into cubes with freshly whipped cream and strawberries.

Sandwiches!
Egg and mayo,
egg and cucumber,
avocado and mayo,
avocado and vege ham,
grilled eggplant and cashew pesto.

All very very yum!

Roman Headdress

My gosh! Look at this stunning piece of wearable art! Click here to see the listing on etsy. The artist wishes to work in the film industry, I shall have to remember her if ever I do meet a costume designer.

On another note, I think we're going to Singapore! Matt got a job at the studio Lucasfilm, and hopefully I'll be able to join him soon after. Singapore... lovely warm weather, sooo looking forward to that :D I guess we'll be on the move again soon (and I havent even finished unpacking), we are digital nomads for sure.

Dreaming of...

... a tea party!

I've said it before in this post, and now that I am back home with lots of friends around, I want to carry out this wish! So far my research has provided me a list of basics for a tea party.

This is from About.com
Planning Your Tea Party - A Step by Step Guide

* Select a date and send out your invitations.
* Purchase your tea and related accessories.
* Review recipes for tea time sandwiches and treats.
* Plan your menu. Include both savory and sweet food.
* Set a beautiful table.
* Design an easy rose centerpiece.
* Brew and serve a proper pot of tea.
* Relax and enjoy your guests while musing on the merits of tea.

Some good info from Lifetoolsforwomen.com

And more info from ElegantWoman.org
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I'm quite excited, I've decided to hold a 'Ladies Tea Party' with my dear mum and aunty and grandma this week.

And in a few weeks time I'll hold another one with my friends, probably a themed party with some crazy hats? haha

Brissie and Goldy at it's best.

So to continue the reflection of our week of fun with Nouche and Dan...


Wednesday - Marina Mirage, The Spit, Broadbeach and the Q1. Under the bright blue sky (in the middle of Brisbane winter), we showed our friends the beach, the surf, the marina, the casino and then we went into the sky (took the lift up the Q1, the highest residential building in the southern hemisphere) and saw the whole city at night. After being away for so long, Matt and I seriously appreciated this as much as Nouche and Dan. We miss this place.

These are photos from the top of the Q1


Thursday - Mt Tambourine and Harbourtown. We had a relaxing lunch, followed by a relaxing wander in the crafty Gallery Walk, and finally a relaxing, lazy wine and cheese tasting at a winery called AU (Aussie Vineyards). Then we went to our regular haunt, Harbourtown and did some direct factory outlet shopping and ate some seriously good dinner.

And here we are, walking outside the winery.

Friday - Industry meet in Brisbane City at the bar called Barsoma. Basically a group of creative industries people gathered to catch up, meet new people and make contacts. I recognized so many faces but I seriously had no idea where I met them or what their names were haha. Must be getting old...

Saturday - Well our friends had to go to meet other friends (yes, we must share hehe), so I attended a friend's birthday dinner and had awesome sushi. After some yummy sush and seeing my Brisbane friends again, we decided to get some tea at a very Taiwanese tea place. So good catching up with them.

Sunday - My babe's birthday!! We went to a very famous and our favourite seafood restaurant in Sanctuary Cove: Georges Paragon. Sitting in a beautifully decorated room, with Nouche, Dan, Paul and Brit, with the light streaming in and eating top quality seafood - you could not ask for a better day. My man was so happy and content :)



We were going to meet again today for a goodbye afternoon tea, but we all ended up too exhausted to do so (not surprising after such an amazing, but extremely packed week hehe). I hope Nouche and Dan enjoyed the week as much as we did! And I do hope we get a chance to catch up again before we all go jetting off to all parts of the world next month.

All pictures taken by Anouchka with her very cool new camera :) Oh, but I think the one with Matt and the dessert was taken by Dan.

I'm back!

Hello!.... hello hello......

It's been a very long, but busy two weeks; first with my move back to Brisbane and then with a week of fun (thanks to two friends who gave us to opportunity to show them around our hometown). The two weeks ended with a beautiful day, celebrating my dear Matt's birthday.

So as you would expect the move isnt that interesting, so I'll skip over that and talk about the week where we showed our Sydney friends (Anouchka and Dan) around Brisbane and the Gold Coast. They came up with the hopes of escaping the cold Sydney weather, and boy did they get it! The weather was perfect for much of the week, blue sky, warm sun and gorgeous views. Our friends declared that they 'Officially want to move to Queensland' haha, please do!

Go here to read about what we did...