where do the days go???

im working on a collection of fascinators for this coming racing season... i have been putting together & pulling apart pieces all day, but i think things are starting to work...

as well as designing & making all the pieces, i have also been calling stores this week to set up appointments to view the range, this always makes me nervous! i have a few stores that are interested, some would like to see photos before committing to an appointment so ill be getting up early tomorrow to photograph some of my favourite pieces.... i should have photographed everything today but im a night owl, the days seem to slip away & i feel the most creative in the afternoon & evening. i try to get up early & work during the day but it never seems to happen that way!

here is a peak at a book that i will blog about this week...

Carolyn Quartermaine... UNWRAPPED, an amazing book filled with a million stunning photographs! i did want to write about this today, but i ran out of time... where do the days go?

how do i choose?

my site has been up and running for a month now and i still do not have a business card! when people ask me "what is the address?" i have to spell it out..... lulki.com.au, i don't just hand over a lovely colour, matt laminate, perfect business card.

why???

i just cant decide on a design.... its something i will look at everyday, its a reflection of me & of my business. how does one choose?!

all i know for sure is that i want a pattern on the front and all of the information & the lulki logo on the back.

here are my 2 options

something light, subtle, i don't think ill get tired of this design.

bright, colourful, i love it now but will i love it 1000 business cards over?

what do you think? I'm leaning toward option 1...

where is lula??

i have just recently discovered Lula magazine & I'm hooked! I'm waiting patiently for the next issue... does anyone know when it will be available? i would hate to miss out, most newsagents only receive 1 or 2 issues so its first in, best dressed!

here are a couple of my favourite images...

erdem is the creative force behind these amazing designs and describes the clothing as "accidental and optimistic, hopeful and chic" i love it...

my collection...

i spent monday in the city looking around for bits & pieces for my new project,this is what i have collected so far...

feathers....

lulki... is a feather, bead & bag story, so as of monday ill start working on my feather story. till then, here is a lovely photo..

this image was taken on the day of the web shoot, anitra spent the last hour frantically taking all of these wonderful & interesting photos!

my space... (not the web site... my actual space)

years ago i came across this picture in a vogue living magazine...

i tore it out, pasted it into my scrap book & decided that one day i would have a table just like this, i would have brown paper patterns hanging in a corner & inspirational pictures on the walls.

it was going to be my studio. now years later here it is....

ok... i have a bright pink wall, its not all white & im still waiting on a big beautiful window, but i love it. i think i want to rip up the carpet & paint the concrete floor white but i haven't decided, i guess i would need to buy some rugs.

my brown paper patterns... i found the clothing rack at ikea for all of $10.00! :)

day dreaming of...

a dress like this...

detailing like this....

and a jacket lined exactly like this...

i had my eye on this book for weeks now...

and now that i finally have it i flick through its pages everyday for inspiration & every time i find something new. thank you Valentino!

all done now...

work in progress & this is the end result... i do have another necklace im working on but it's not quite finished.


im thinking of some new designs to be ready in time for spring, i have started to notice spring pieces filter into stores and im feeling quite inspired.

as well as the necklaces, im also starting to look for fabrics to design a new range of bags. florals, eclectic prints, silks, lilacs, soft corals.. i guess hunting through fabric stores will be job for monday....

inspiration...

here is part of my inspiration wall from my studio, it changes all the time, pictures, cards, fabrics... sometimes i remove everything and just leave a couple of images, but then i slowly build it up again.

work in progress...

sometimes a work in progress looks just as nice as the finished product. im working on a new necklace, a couple actually, inspired by the colours of the new luella collection & the cover of last months australian vogue...

thank you to a flair to remember for posting a step by step guide on how to turn your digital photos into polaroids. i think im addicted!

im torn....

i love clean simple photos... white backgrounds with strong images, black & grey tones. metallic. a strong statement

i also love colour, soft tones & clashing bright colours, textures, patterns, layers, shades of pink, coral, red...

( i love this skirt! its appears quite a bit on the site..)

(my favourite photo)


my photographer & friend Anitra (I'm very lucky to have such creative & talented friends!) did a wonderful job bringing both of these styles to life. she arrived with a vast array of props collected from around the globe that we used in some of the photos..




cant wait to start working on the next shoot....

in the begining.....

i was lucky enough to have the help of my good friend lady melbourne when styling my first photoshoot... a day of dressing up, mixing & matching and changing our minds was made all the more fun..