This past year I've had the incredible opportunity to team up with the talented team from Kinfolk Magazine. It was a pinch me moment getting to be a part of their global program and they continue to impress me with their friendly, humble and all around awesomeness.
From handwritten notes to hilarious emails I feel like I've known Julie for years and a few months back when I found out they were making a top secret trip to Australia I was over the moon to finally get to meet the team face to face.
The news was finally announced this morning so I can finally spill the beans that after a year full of workshops on making, learning, exploring and gathering around the table, Kinfolk will merge these experiences into a special two-day retreat right here in Sydney.
Join Kinfolk's Julie Pointer and Katie Searle-Williams, along with some pretty cool Australian collaborators (go Blog Society!), for some foraging, kneading, weaving, arranging, preserving and communing together. Tickets are limited so check out all the details here.
(Images: Kinfolk Magazine)
It happens every time time you come back from vacation and somewhere in between unpacking your suitcase and doing the 5th load of laundry do you realise that post holiday blues have set in.
Its the holiday come down, the realisation that tomorrow you'll have to replay to four thousands emails, sit through meetings while you wish were sipping rose in a cafe in Nice or sadly come to the conclusion you'll have to cook dinner for yourself. It's a tough time but only makes you appreciate the experience that much more and this week i was reminded yet again how grateful I am that we are able to travel so often - its a luxury that I do not take for granted and because of jimmy's travel perks I am trying to squeeze up as many overseas adventures while we can.
It's as if Sydney sensed we'd be missing our travel partners, Leanne & Nate, and those long beautiful French summer days so she turned on the summer weather despite it being only the first days of spring. The sunshine certainly helped us get back into the routine and this weekend we took advantage of catching up with friends, Psychlops Eyepatch gigs, beach time, baking and time spent flicking through photos of my beautiful new niece Lela, who made her grand appearance just as our flight was taking off to Dubai (I called from the plane to get the official announcement!).
Now that we're back home and things are back to normal, a trip as amazing as the one we just had really makes you stop and appreciate the small things - a phone call home, your own bed, knowing the next adventure is just around the corner, getting back into a routine and the promising beginning of spring.
Taking
a beautiful photograph, capturing a small moment and allowing it to
linger is a skill I long to have. It's one I hope to continue to work on
but I've decided that when possible its best to leave it to the pros.
That's why I was so elated when the beautiful Sarah Williams
agreed to fly all the way over from Tasmania to shoot our most recent
Melbourne Kinfolk Workshop: Honey Harvest. The girl is a beautiful soul
inside and out and we immediately clicked, in fact I couldn't have
pulled off the event without her help and that of the amazing Laura from
Once Was Lost
- together this Tasmania duo helped me from the start and word on the
street is that they are working on their own Tasmanian Kinfolk event
soon. Now that I'm back from our trip I am finally getting a chance to
post some of Sarah's pics from that wonderful afternoon - enjoy!
Additional thanks to the other members of our A team for helping put together such a great day: Cake Wines, Pop & Scott, Sarah Williams Photographer, Maya Sunny Honey, Once Was Lost, Melbourne City Rooftop Honey
I've noticed a reoccurring theme lately when speaking to friends or reading blogs and it's something I personally can relate to. It's all about finding or restoring balance and attempting to do less so that your life can be full of more meaning. It's about switching off the phone, putting down the computer, organizing your life and trying to be in the moment. With so much happening in my life lately I struggle in this area and I can't even image what it would be like if we had kids! So with that in mind I've been trying to take time out each weekend to do less and be in the moment. To try and enjoy the small things and find the beauty in images such as these that when pieced together tell our story.
It’s August so that means only one thing when it comes to my
life: trade show season.
Every August
since I’ve moved to Australia I’ve headed down to Melbourne for work and for 5
days get sucked into the vortex that are trade events. These days I don’t actually mind it, I love a
Melbourne getaway, the opportunity to
get room service and since Jimmy normally comes down we get to enjoy a quick date
night out in the city.
Mostly the days
are long and are spent running around Life Instyle but this year I had the
opportunity to speak at our Meet The Expert series along Jen Bishop from Interiors Addict, Jessica Bellef from Temple & Webster and Kylie Lewis from Of Kin. Anyone that knows
me understands I would rather jump off a building than speak in public but it's
an evil necessity and you just power through, one shaky word at a time. Luckily the show was buzzing and I can’t really complain about being surrounded
by so many beautiful products – it can be exhausting yet inspiring at the same
time. Until next year…
