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Spring Fresh! From all directions ...

Living - Fashion - Garden - Accessories [love that purse], and Home....

Enjoy,

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Friday Flowers - Pretty Palatial Pastels...

Not sure how much more alliteration I could try to achieve in 1 post title... but it certainly explains this post!

How lovely are these very pretty pastel floral arrangements from a fave mag of mine - Australian Country Style [April 2010 issue]! I particularly love the mood & style boards they have created from the extracted colours of the floral arrangements. A wonderful way to cue your inspiration directly from nature. This issue also explores two more floral palettes that have inspired me & I will post about in the upcoming Fridays... so stay tuned!

Hope you have a wonderful weekend & get the chance to have some fresh flowers of your own! Thank you for stopping by at Palatial Living this week. See you soon. S x

Images from Australian Country Style - April 2010 issue, out now.

Counting Down...

Counting down... Not long now to Christmas Day - with only 2 sleeps to go!

Without doubt there has been a number of parties and celebrations that we have attended over the past week in the lead up to the festive season and Christmas will be a welcomed by sitting down amongst family and friends with good food, and a few bubbles... I think that is one of the reasons I love this image it has hint of surprise and an element of anticipation - the rubbed back painted buckets filled with white heather seem to be peering out from the crisp clean lines of the lanterns. I love the use of festive colour utilised in a clean, decorative & contemporary way.

Image courtesy of Southern Living

{Gorgeous} Floral Arrangements...

On the weekend we had my {little} sister, Felicity's, engagement party - she's back from London with her fiance, Alex, to celebrate with the family and their friends their engagement & Christmas with us here in Sydney.

I promised to share with you their floral arrangements that Sarah Cox - Floral Stylist, put together for the cafe tables under the marquee that we had in arranged on our parents garden lawn.....

Images by Sarah Verity - Verandah Home & Garden Living Solutions

{More} Christmas Florals....

Above: This is the image I decided upon for this years cards - I love the detail ,

the subtle texture and the natural pattern within the petal.

The other day I posted my Christmas cards that I made for this year, and thought I would share the inspiration behind the floral images - that are my Grandmother's , aka Sarah & 'Grandma', beautiful & luscious - Hippeastrums. Their large petals in cherry tomato red, bright white, and long juicy, lime greens stems are sublimely perfect epitomising the freshness of a southern hemisphere summer Christmas

Images 'Grandma's Hippeastrums' by Sarah Verity/ Verandah Home & Garden Living Solutions

Christmas Inspired Florals...

Having taken photos of my Grandma's Hippeastrums for my Christmas cards this year (yesterday's post) I thought I would share some of my other favourite Christmas inspired florals.

Hope you're inspired to incorporate some floral arrangements into your Christmas decorating! Enjoy....

Images courtesy of Martha Stewart

Floral Christmas Cards...

Here's a little snapshot of the Christmas Cards I made this year.... the floral image is one I photographed up at my Grandma's house in the Blue Mountains of her Hippeastrums. I just love these bulb flowers - their striking red & white stripes and bright green stems & centres, perfect for Christmas... Needless to say my Grandmother's garden is also a wondrous treat of natural delight - I always learn something about gardening when I am with her hoping to hang onto her gardening secrets!

Images - by Sarah Verity - Verandah Home & Garden Living Solutions