Let's Go Shopping

Out with the old and in with the new? 

Not today.  BrisStyle is loving the vintage era with these gorgeous finds!

Vintage 60's Jan Brady I Presume White and Mauve Party Dress

Ruby Red Studios

Wartime Retro Ladies Note Paper Set

Jellygnite

Pear Shaped Pillow

Moose and Bird

Whispering Low Softly and Slow Vintage Sheet Music Locket

Mrs Smiley

Vintage chenille wash cloths

Bubba Chenille

To take part in our weekly Let's Go Shopping meme, post your Etsy finds on your blog then pop back here and add the blog post link below. Don't forget to link back to this post so everyone can check out all the fabulous Etsy finds. Anyone can play along so come join in the fun!

Subgreen Design: Less Is More

This made us smile around here - hope you enjoy it as much as we did.  Enjoy the weekend everyone - may it be lovely, and fun, and restful. And may the sun shine on your back. 

5 Weeks til Back to School

A great Back to School treasury made by clonehardware.  My coloring bag is such in good company!  Thanks!!!

'5 Weeks' by clonehardware

til Back to School

BOGO SALE - Summer Fun ... Raceytay $30.00	plaid lunchbox lilyandrubyvin... $14.00	Reusable Sandwich and S... TheSilverBobbi... $11.25	size 5.5 honey suede la... lisazain $35.00
Fisher Price School Bus... OldGreenCanoe $17.00	Bitten Apple Charm Ring... CsCharms $5.95	Vintage mechanical penc... thankyoulucky $15.00	Mathematics blandysnorhal $8.00
Upcycled Bookmark Stran... 42things $5.00	Fabric Bulletin Board, ... jensdreamdecor $29.50	Whale of a Time Zipper ... emmsgems $5.00	Apple cozy jacket cosy ... knotworkshop $10.00
Cars Coloring Bag in re... lachiffonniere $35.00	Tiger Comic Book Geek B... Yermit $65.00	Pump It Up Boom Box Ste... rjcharms $10.00	Vintage Postcard TORONT... TheOldBarnDoor $4.00

Treasury tool by Red Row Studio.

colour palette : peachy keen...

Image credits, clockwise from top left : 1. Ink Whimsy, 2. White Wonder, 3. Ameelia Bedelia, 4. kiamichi7, 5. New Ivy Style

I don't know about you guys, but whenever I put together one of these pastel themed colour palettes I can't help but think of ice cream flavours!? These lovely peach and mint finds from Etsy are making me think about just that... delicious peach flavoured ice cream sprinkled with mint infused sugar, yum! Oh, and if said creamy desert was featured on one of those fancy foodie blogs I can totally picture it being topped with some tiny, edible gold leaf leaves... just like this gorgeous musical tree from White Wonder, how yummy would that be... !?

I am also thinking these peachy perfect finds would make the sweetest summer vignette for a bare shelf. You could gather together all the wee items on a snippet of vintage linen fabric, lean the wee notebook against the wall and add a fragrant mint plant to the basket. Then you could pin Ivy's lovely paper garland to the wall and drape it casually by your wee collection. I'd also be tempted to use lovely Ivy's idea of adding the pin to a lovely white frame and draping her garland from that... :) Of course that's just me thinking in black and white as I don't have a peachy collection to decorate my own wee shelf right at this moment... ;)

Wishing you all a fabulous weekend filled with lots of ice cream in your most favourite flavour, mine will be peanut butter please... !
Emma, x

::::September 10::::BrisStyle Information Session:::: ::Lights, Camera, Action::Photography Tips & Tricks for Online Selling

BrisStyle's resident photographer and Kimono aficionado Melanie Gray Augustin is back to share her insighful online photography expertise.

:::Diana Camera Print :: Hey Harriet::: 

In this session Mel will impart her easy to apply tips on:

• Lighting, including super easy lighting set ups
• Camera angles
• Image styling including backdrops and using props and models
• Basic camera know how
• Photo editing

:::Teapot Brooch ::  Kimono Reincarnate:::

Crisp, gorgeous, contemporary photos are the key to selling your work online and this session will show you how to convey the style and feeling of your brand as well as the shape, size, color and texture of your work. You’ll leave with practical tips, as well as lots of great links to transform your online shops ready for selling success!

Date:  Saturday September 10,  2011

Time: 10am - 12noon

Place: St. Augustine's Church Hall, Racecourse Road, Hamilton, Brisbane

Price: Free to BrisStyle members. $20 for non-members

Bookings open from: Now -  29th August

RSVP by emailing: brisstylemarketing@gmail.com with your name (s) and business details (if applicable)

Non-member payments due:  September 1st

NB: Payments are non refundable or transferable

Bring along:

• Your sense of adventure and humour
• A notebook and pen
• Your business cards to leave on our 'networking' table

Tea and Coffee are provided but please feel free bring along a small plate of goodies to share for morning tea.

:: STOP PRESS ::

Be the first to book in and WIN one of 10  in-season double passes to see Hopscotch 's new indie flick  'Beginners' starring Ewan McGregor!

PLACES ARE LIMITED SO BOOK NOW!

To get all the news on the upcoming BrisStyle Information Sessions subscribe to our Monthly eNewsletter ( via the little box on the side bar).

inaluxe round about coin purse

Coin purses are so fabulous! Their size makes them perfect to fit in anywhere! And I'm very excited to say we have now designed one! The 'Round About' coin purse from Blue Q is a whole lot of retro print graphic goodness!  That slice of red just makes me smile.  Size is 4.3 inches x 3.2 inches. Sweet as! 

NEW at Blue Q - the inaluxe round about coin purse 

summer...

Today I've spent a blissful few hours sorting through all my summery photos from the weekend, doing my best to edit them down to the very best ones and my most favourite. Such a tough job when you have a snap happy trigger finger and an eye that can see potential in almost every photo! I think I've done okay though...
Of the fifty I took I narrowed it down to around fifteen for my Flickr pages, then four for yesterday's post and another five for today. Honestly, that is really good going for me! It's been such a good exercise in learning to edit more and stop being so obsessive. Although I do like to have lots of images to choose from in the first place, because sometimes you capture wee details that you didn't know were there, so I don't think I will be trying to tame that snap happy trigger finger any time soon!
Anyhoo, these are my favourites of my grass seed macro shots. Almost all of the seed heads had this lovely pinkish purple shade to them which created a really soft haze that floated above the bright green grasses... so pretty!

While I was snapping away on that hot sunny day I discovered a great new instant filter to give some of pictures a fabulous retro vibe, see the with and without snippets above. No need for fancy Holga, Lomo or Polaroid kit and don't even mention Instagram! Nope, my wee technique is so much simpler than that and a bargain because I picked it up a few years ago for a few quid in a sale...

Yes, of course it was my sunglasses... ;) I just held them right in front of the lens 'et voila' groovy, funky retro pictures of a wee pup who looks like has has just stepped out of the seventies! I must confess I did a wee bit of tweaking to lighten this up and add the all important rounded corners too, but I am completely in love with the finished effect ~ that dreamy sense of nostalgia that reminds you of endless childhood summers when every day was hot and filled with fun... :)

Yes, I shall definitely be printing this wee picture for framing and I'll definitely be playing with this lovely idea again... :)
Emma, x

etsy faves : lucius art...

Hi guys... so I didn't get round to organising the promised photos as I wanted to today, I ended up going off on another tangent as I so often do! But in the light of my last wee post I figured I just had to share this print from Lucius Art over on Etsy...

...but of course I am completely biased and would think that about my wee Spanner! As would any dog owner about their own gorgeous wee pup... :) If you're also like me with a man in your household, then this next print might be quite appropriate too...

...yeah, and we're not talking trousers here are we!?!?

See you guys tomorrow... :)
Emma, x

today I'm loving...

A few pictures from our weekend, a walk around our favourite Arthur's Seat while taking in the summer sun and spending time in each other's company... Mostly these few are of Spanner, but who's complaining... ;)

Basking in the summer sun... :)

Arthur's Seat, Edinburgh... and I can never remember the name of this wee loch!

The mighty and majestic(!?) cocker spaniel... ;)

Cooling his wee paws... !

I love this last picture of my wee man so much... He could smell the water from the top of the hill and kept running on ahead of us trying to find it through the long grass. We just assumed he was desperate for a drink but as soon as he found it he plonked himself right in the middle, up to his wee belly and just stood there, cooling his hot paws... :)

I have a whole bunch of other pictures I want to share too, because you guys know I can't go anywhere without getting a few pretty macro shots... Plus I found myself a great new filter... ! I'll be back later with those once I've had the chance to upload them... :)
Emma, x

winter with inaluxe

It's cold this winter - colder than usual. It's the time to hibernate, eat hot soup, enjoy roast dinners, drink plenty of red wine, and keep those toes warm.  We are feeling it - and as much as we are enjoying it, spring is in the air -  and we say YES to spring: bring it on.  We are smack bang in the middle of new work, a shop re-vamp, blog and web fun, and NEW larger print sizes.  It's a long process really, and we appreciate everyone being patient while we find the time to make these things happen! Slowly but surely.  

Kibi - the only hibernating inaluxe team member. (doin' it in style!)

New BrisStyle Members

Please give a warm welcome to our latest BrisStyle members, and check out their fantastic stores online.

Holly and Mereana at Me and Holly.B

Fiona at Design By Fee

Simone at A Touch of Glass

Rishka at RB Johnson

Claire at Lil Curly Top

Pattie from PM Ceramics

colour your monday happy...

Image credits: 1. {brooke} april two eighty, 2. RubyRed06, 3. wood & wool stool, 4. lulaland, 5. LULUBLOOM :: lucia

Happy, happy Monday everyone... Oh, and what a gorgeous day it look likely to be... ! Actually it has been perfectly summery all weekend here in Edinburgh too and it was so great to spend some quality time with my two men, going off for lovely picnics and soaking up all that sunshiny goodness... blissful!

Amongst all the r'n'r I've been squeezing in lots of work around my wee shop too. I picked up some great tips from this Etsy shop critique video from their Livestream channel. I'm way to disorganised to actually take part in one of these live chats so it's great to see them all archived. I really did get some great ideas, that I am still working on putting into practice, so I'll definitely be having a wee peek at a few others. Have you guys watched or taken part in any of these films? If you've got any recommendations do pop a wee link in the comments for us... :)

Oh, and today's wee collection from 'all colours in..' are amongst some of my favourites this morning. I must confess that I almost went for a more autumn inspired collection, but really it's far too summery for that today! So these lovely soft greys and sprinklings of bright colours won out in the end... :)

Wishing you all a fabulous day,
Emma, x