A Short Absence and Some New Stuff

Sorry for being gone for a week or so. I've been knee deep in projects: planning my Mom's 50th birthday party which I'm hosting at my house this weekend and sewing curtains for my living room and dining room.  
I did however have time to shop! Here's a few things I bought.

I bought this dress at Rags. It's so adorable! It's gingham. Very Dorothy. So I thought I would pair it with some wicked red shoes! (The shoes are also new!)

Red Enamel Flower Earrings: Ricki's Sample Sale

50's Blue Gingham Dress: Ragpickers

Red Patent Belt: Thrifted

Red Strappy Flower Pumps: TownShoes

Red Wicker Clutch: Value Village

I LOVE this outfit!! It's all new (minus the shoes). I'm dying to wear it somewere. Just waiting for the right occasion. The hat was a steal at $16. The beach bag was $5!!

40's Straw Hat: Ragpickers

White Rose Earrings: Aldo

50's Pink and White Striped Dress: Ragpickers

50's Lace Crinoline: Vintage Glory

Wedges: George (Walmart)

Wicker Oversized Beach Bag: Goodwill

The irony of this super beachy/summery outfit is that it was pouring cats and dogs outside while I was taking the photos! haha! Our weather this summer has been so weird! Summer hot and humid!! Usually we get hot and dry! Oh well!

I hope everyone is having a great weekend!  

Lisa.xo

caroline saul . . .

wonderful sculptures from

caroline saul
recycling plastic

Straßenstil

via 1 2 3

My favorite streetstyles of the last weeks :)

Have a nice weekend!

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MasterChef, Jamie Oliver and Dressing the board

As many of you are probably aware, I live in Australia and am a big big fan of Australian reality show, MasterChef. Amateur cooks compete in these amazing challenges recreating siganture dishes from some of the world's biggest culinary icons - Matt Moran, Kylie Kwong, Neil Perry - and at the end one is left standing to be named the MasterChef and gets a publishing deal, money and prestige. Anyway if you haven't seen it - you should - the eps are here - http://www.masterchef.com.au

Anyhow, this week, the show's being filmed in London, home to some of the biggest cooking names around - including of course, Jamie Oliver. I've seen his shows, read about his philanthropic work - he was showcased in a cover story I had worked on at my old job. To see this guy doing his thing on ANOTHER show though I one he's not the producer of - was actually quite phenomenal. You can see Jamie is the real deal, passionate - bursting with energy - completely eccentric and running at 50 million miles a minute!

One of the interesting concepts he presented was a new way to cook steak - he called it "dressing the board" - quite a simple concept but really brought out some fresh new flavours. Here's what we tried:

Ingredients:

1 thick juicy 200 g sirloin steak
3 tbs mint, finely chopped
2 small chilis finely chopped
1 tsp mince garlic
2 tbs olive oil
1 tbs balsamic vinegar

Large wood chopping board

Method:

Cook the steak in a pan as desired. While the steak is cooking prepare your dressing ingredients and mix the mint and chili well on the board. Drizzle with olive oil and balsamic and stir through. When the steak is cooked take it straight out the pan, place it on the board with your dressing and coat liberally. As the steak starts to cool and seal off, it'll take on the flavours of the board - so you have a well flavoured piece of gorgeous and juicy steak - without the typical burning of the marinade! Genius!

Home & Garden.

Home & Garden Messe Hamburg. Nachdem

ich gestern bereits von Weiß im Sommer schwärmte,

trug ich mein neues weißes H&M-Kleid.

dress,bag:h&m. necklace: six. boots:pimkie.

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butterfly wings . . .

such delicate work

butterfly wings printed onto organza

"fluttery breathe of life"

by

derya aksoy

( to see this beautiful necklace

come to life do watch here )

Reach 120k finance and money professionals - we have this list and more

Here's some of the healthcare lists we have:

Physicians (34 specialties) - 788k records, 17k emails, 200k fax numbers
Chiropractors - 108,421 total records * 3,414 emails * 6,553 fax numbers
US Surgery Centers - 85k records and 14k emails

Theres many more too, just send me an email here for additional info/samples: supremelists@gmx.com

to get off please email takemeoff@gmx.com

White

via

White for summer? Thumbs up!

Love it!

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Family Chairs from Design House Stockholm

Here are the cool Family Chairs from Design House Stockholm. Designed by Lina Nordqvist, these chairs are based on the traditional Swedish stickback chairs - with a twist. Family Chairs won the Accent on Design Award, New York in August 2009 and are available in natural wood or black lacquered finish. I like how these chairs look good collectively as well as being unique individually.
Photographs via Design House Stockholm.

teddy valley . . .

teddy valley bears

so cute

by

judit molnar

east of the sun . . .

sculpture

east of the sun, west of the moon

by

michelle bradshaw

Reach 1 million manufacturers - we have the list and many more

We have many package deals on sale this week, here is one:

Physicians (34 specialties) - 788k records, 17k emails, 200k fax numbers
Hospitals - 23,747 Hospital Administrators in over 7,145 Hospitals (full contact info no emails)
Dentists - 164k records, 45k emails, 77k fax numbers
Chiropractors - 108,421 total records * 3,414 emails * 6,553 fax numbers
Pharmaceutical Companies - Email only list 47,000 emails of pharma company employees

All complete lists above: $395

There are more packages and not just for healthcare contact me here for more info or to get samples: therightlist@gmx.com

to get off please email rembot@gmx.com

Sharne

Sharne Scott by JAK&JIL.

Today's inspiration!

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pieces of dreams . . .

"pieces of dreams"

wonderful re-cycling of

such things as old sweaters

combined with embroidery

to create sumptuous works

by

morna crites-moore

Garlic and Ranch Turkey Burgers

I apologize for the extended absence! I was able to take a spur-of-the-moment trip to Idaho to visit my family for 10 days and had the BEST time! My hubby stayed home with our older kiddos, and I took off with our 3 year old. It's taken me the last 3 days to settle into being back home. Grocery shopping may have to wait until Friday, so things may not be back to normal around here until next week.

But for now, I was able to find an old recipe that I tried a while ago but forgot to post. I found it from a cooking blog called Mommy Meals, and she found it from Allrecipes. I didn't change a thing in this recipe. My hubby was really skeptical about the ground turkey. We've only ever tried ground turkey once before in a chili recipe, and it was TERRIBLE. But now I know it was the recipe's fault and not the turkey! These were really tasty!

Ingredients:
1 pound ground turkey
1 package ranch dressing mix
1 egg
3 cloves garlic, minced
1/4 cup Worcestershire sauce
salt and pepper

Preheat your grill on medium-high heat, and lightly oil the grate. Mix ingredients together and form into patties. Cook until well-done, about 5 minutes per side. An instant-read thermometer inserted into the center should read 165 degrees.

We topped ours with mayo, lettuce, tomato, bacon and avocado. Delish!

Are you a ground turkey fan?
What's your favorite ground turkey recipe?

Free Download Baby Wallpapers | Baby Desktop Wallpapers

Here are some the cute baby wallpapers, which are really looks sweet.

Merrion Square - Street Performance World Championships

blueblueblue

Der blaue Cardigan ist ebenfalls ein

Stück aus meiner H&M-Sale-Ausbeute

vom letzten Donnerstag. Dazu

trage ich ein Oversized-Shirt von H&M,

(unsichtbare) Jeansshorts von Levis,

Overknees von Pieces, Strumpfhosen von

Primark und Boots von Pimkie. Die Kette ist

eine meiner liebsten derzeit und von Six.

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bath or boats . . .

beautiful bath boat

by

weiki somers

( love the site design too)

Admiring...Australia Vogue Living.

The cover of Vogue Living from earlier this year.

Here is a good interview to read from The Design Files. It is with Vogue Living's editor David Clark and it coincides with the 'new look' of their latest edition - the July/August issue.

David talks about how he arrived to be the editor of the magazine as well as some tips about Sydney. Read the interview here.

Photograph via Design Files.

a midsummer's night . . .

a midsummer's night dream

by

ed org

Freiheit

"Die Welt hat nie eine gute Definition für das Wort Freiheit gefunden"

(Abraham Lincoln)

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