The Shins.

Three weeks.

Actually, less than three weeks.

In less than three weeks I'll be singing along to James Mercer's blissful songs. Oh yeah baby.

Vintage Paris Dreaming.

I think I need to go back to Paris.

I have been dreaming of that magical minx. She with her creamy cheese and cobbled streets and vintage gramophone soundtracks.

She has been on my mind. And on my TV. And when I received a (spam) email from a friend currently living in Paris when I was halfway through this post I took it as a sign.

She needs me.

(Parisians, 1963, shot by Alfred Eisenstaedt)

Chelsea's Carnival.

When the overexcited birthday girl kept yelling 'I WANT TO GO TO THE MIRRORS!!!' the anticipation was a little one-sided.

But when we walked through the Luna Park jaws and saw the lights, mirrors and (you know me) those skies every grown woman quickly turned into a screaming, giggling girl. 

Somehow nine years have passed and the birthday celebration wave is on again, only this time it's the number 30 stealing the show.

And Chelsea always knows how to take something to the next level. What started as a beautifully formal ladies lunch quickly stumbled into hens territory. Utterly brilliant.

Girls just wanna have fun.

Pretty.

Oh, hey you.

(via Wilderness and Wonders)

Winter Jammies.

Aren't these new Peter Alexander threads the best wintery PJs? If you wore these while hanging in front of an open fire and drinking mulled wine I can pretty much guarantee you your happiness levels would at least double.

Herriott Grace.

Herriott Grace is one of my most favourite finds from my blogsearching adventures.

Lance and Nikole Herriott are a father-and-daughter team. Lance is a masterful craftsman and Nikole is a talented creative - a pastry chef/designer/ceramicist/stylist/photographer. I'm not even going to try and explain their amazing package-sharing story. You should read it, in Nikole's own words, here.

And, if you love the above insight into their world as much as I do, then you should click here to watch the full film (directed by wonderful photographer John Cullen).

A Week of...Smallness.

This week has been all about special moments spent with an awesome bunch of people with BIG hearts and small egos. The best kind of person, right?

It was a week of quite full-on busy-ness (and business) including lots of catch ups on phones, in favourite watering holes, in homes (including a special roadtrip to check out Ro's new digs) and inside my packed-to-the-brim brain.

But, shared with the right people (those aforementioned BIGsmalls) even the busiest of weeks are never arduous. Quite the opposite, in fact.

Here is my week in photos...

First light at the Whole Larder Love school house.

Fashion adventuring in soon-to-be-re-launched, Clara Fox, Melbourne's vintage Narnia.

A full Fitzroy rainbow. Adventure shared with new beanie from Dagmar Rousset.

Laughter, love, sesame dip, a few sneaky tears and mulled wine at Catty Cat's 30th.