I am just looking out the window and all I see is a rather grey October morning sky, so I wanted to create a post bursting with colour and beauty to keep us going until spring!
This beautiful yellow rose lives in a garden near to Johannesburg, South Africa.
Can you imagine having these beautiful flowers to wake up to every day? They would also be absolutely gorgeous at a wedding venue – colour scheme butter yellow for example.
See how beautifully the light shines through this ‘Durban July’ rose? Gosh it really is the little things in life…
We get so much beauty from nature, so let’s look after it well so that it keeps on giving!
It is so easy to be caught up in work, commitments and general stress that we suddenly forget to look at the beautiful things around us. I have probably told you before that one of my main reasons for loving vintage is that it is such a wonderful example of recycling, as you are not contributing to the headless mass production of jewellery today. In addition to this you get the intricate details, the wonderful handy work… they all just make the pieces so special to wear!
It is also very easy to think that my small every day choices can’t possibly make a difference, but I can promise you that they do – there are so many of us that producers simply have to listen. By buying fairtrade products or demanding that the merino wool jumper you are buying has been responsibly sourced, you can enjoy your items with a wonderfully clear conscience. Just think once extra before you buy something and together we will end up looking after our beautiful planet in the most wonderful way and our kids will be able to see the same animal species and surroundings that we are admiring today.
I know that this little seal family (and many others with them) is waving their thanks to you for looking after their home:
Happy seal family sunbathing outside the coast of Cape Town, October 2012
Decades of Elegance 