Today I love Blue

Could these be any more amazing if they tried? I think not - today I am totally obsessed with Blue, these utterly divine shots by Hans Blomquist, see more of my Blue inspiration here. 

A Melbourne Gem harnesses Feng Shui

Shot by the incredibly talented Sharyn Cairns and Styled by the Guru himself Glen Proebstel - Houzz has featured my very own house on their website titled "A Melbourne Gem harnesses Feng Shui" 
loving the title!

Ellis and her husband met with a feng shui expert before they moved into their house. "She told us that the place had a great feeling, that it was a happy place. But she also pointed out the changes we needed to make, like changing door-opening directions and moving doors, so that we could keep the good energy," says Ellis. 

Head over to their website if you would like to see more. Thank you Houzz!

Winter Wonderland Workshop - This Saturday

The lovely ladies at Prunella in Kyneton are having a workshop on making their "Winter Wonderland Glass Cloche" this Saturday 30th July if you would like be included - I would love to go if I wasnt going to be on an island with my husband for my birthday (sorry!!!) hopefully next time, or in the future when hubby and I buy a beautiful house in the country. There are limited spaces so for contact information visit their website and i'd love to see some shots of the day.........

Beautiful Blues

Could these shots be anymore beautiful if they tried! We are always searching for inspiration for our up and coming AURA shoots and our Marketing Manager Jaine (it is no secret that Jaine is a lover of blue!) found these very inspiring, totally gorgeous blues today. I love deep, dark sexy saturated tones - and these shots make me lost for words. Just stunning from the amazing Elephant Ceramics, all the way over in Manhattan! Why cant they be closer! 

Take me to Somerset!

These amazing images are of the Dinger House, built in 1801 it is amongst other things a Georgian mansion in Somerset, England on 23 acres of garden. Who wouldnt want to live here?? I certainly havent appreciated Georgian houses in the past but I do now and with the design by the very talented Ilse Crawford im ready to move right now! The huge ballroom was made into a very contemporary kitchen and the kids have their own "Lego" room! For more images of this very exotic house have a read of the NY Times I especially liked some of the comments on the NY Times - apparently this house is not to everyone's taste! 

Prunella - Flowers make you happy

Above and below, gorgeous colours and styling at Prunella, Kyneton Victoria. I love the little bud vases and the green glassware, as well as the sign - Prunella - flowers make you happy - oh so true!

 Stunning dark walls below, help the foliage sing in the store.

The deepest dark walls and the most inspirational styling, that's what we found at Prunella, a florist in Kyneton that I can only describe as simply scrumptious. A few weekends ago my husband and I were out and about in Kyneton, Victoria and came across this little oasis of colour in the country. Prunella is more than just a florist it is a treasure trove of lovely objects styled in perfect harmony - truely beautiful. Sometimes things that are small and special are oh so much more perfect - Vanessa and Caris your lovely store took my breath away - Congratulations. Tracie x

Shades of Grey in Belle

Thank you Belle Magazine for featuring us in their brand new Issue in this lovely Shades of Grey shot - its pretty dark and moody but thats our new Ankita Natural and Inka Smoke pillowcases staring!! 

Terrace Outdoor Living Sydney

My favorite chair that I would love for my back deck! 

While I was in Sydney last week I popped in to visit the lovely Paul Hopper at his sensational new store Terrace Outdoor Living. Paul and his business partner Bianca, have done such a wonderful job and I was very inspired and secretly jealous of their beautiful store. I love the 1960's building with a layer of welcoming ivy, a really refreshing new outdoor concept store. Paul will even visit you for a consultation on your new outdoor furniture and help you plan any marvelous outdoor events you have coming up! So much colour it made me wish I lived in Sydney with all of that outdoor weather!

Myer - Interesting Styling

Very interesting styling concept in the new Myer Melbourne store. I think it could be abit Princess and the Pea, does Anthropologie does abit of Bon Marche? Not sure they totally pulled it off but very well done for giving it a go! 

5 rooms Barcelona

The beautiful 5 rooms in Barcelona,  a perfect retreat in the middle of bustling Barcelona, I totally recommend it. The lovely Jessica has stylistly renovated 2 floors of a traditional spanish apartment in stunning earthy shades and fabulous furnishings - I was totally inspired. I loved the rustic exposed brick work and how she had mixed new with old. Our room had a typical woven sea grass rug under a beautiful natural wooden block side table and the simplist white linen. Perfect for our stay in the big city! 

Behind the scenes of our new AURA Summer 2010 catalogue shoot

Simply beautiful table linen styling. 

Our Maison collection is part of a brand new AURA tablelinen range for our Spring/Summer collection. 

Wonderful exciting props ready for action! 

And more props! 

It never ceases to amaze me the fabulous shots we get in less then ideal spaces - Thanks Issey for the use of your car park again! 

I thought I would share some behind the scenes shots with you from our recent Spring Summer 2010/11 shoot - a new era for us at Aura as this is our 10 year anniversary collection! And for 10 years we have been shooting still life so this was a pretty fun shoot with us trying our hand at fashion photography! This season we are launching a brand new range of Kaftans and scarves so we let our fabulous photographer loose with a model! The shots all look beautiful, I cant think of a better word to describe them - I would like to thank our amazing team - Photographer Isamu Sawa, Stylist Glen Proebstel and the wonderful Jessica from AURA!