Trip to Brisbane .....

I have to share our trip to Brisbane with you ... the most exciting thing happened.  As they had inadvertantly double-booked our suite we got upgraded to the "Presidential Suite"!  Oh my goodness ... what fun we did have but just for one night .... here is Georgiana sipping tea and the beautiful sitting area below ... we even had our own kitchen and dining room complete with a twinkling chandelier ...

 .....Whilst in Brisbane I visited my favourite distributors Verde Agencies who also represent Radford.  They stock three of my favourites ... Designers Guild, Ralph Lauren and Manuel Canovas.  Above is a gorgeous settee with the signature DG colours .... so fresh and beautiful and the green is perfect for spring ...

            Georgiana in front of one their display sofas .......

                                         
                                                    Designers Guild fabric .......

 Grace and Georgiana in amonst the sample books having a ball and pretending to be models .....

Popped into one of my favourite shops of a colleague of mine Robyn's beautiful store "Magnolia" .... I have my eye on these gorgeous ikat lampshades that Robyn had made up from a one off piece of fabric from Turkey!  Love the coral as well ... I am doing a job at our coast for some clients and I think this would work well ... also doing a real Hamptons style there ... will post more about that later ....

The Designers Guild towel range and a gorgeous lampshade ...

The outside of "Magnolia" ..... beautiful cushions!

A good friend of mine turned 40 so I arranged some cupcakes and some champagne and a present (a Limoges tea cup and saucer) and we had a little celebration in the hotel room .... it was also Harlie's twin daughters birthdays recently and I am godmother to them so we had a triple party event ....

Because I couldn't bake I bought these exquisite confections from a shop over at Ascot called "VanillaPod" and they were yum ....

I think even Marie Antoinette herself would have liked to have been at the party .... of course I did fill in for her!

I also caught up with two other very close friends Harriet and Claudia and we all went to dinner at "Libertine" ... a French/Vietnamese infusion restaurant and it was fabulous.  It was a beautiful few days and I was very lucky to be able to combine work with fun and catching up with wonderful friends and of course having cups of tea and delicate cakes and sandwiches with my gorgeous Georgie!  Have a wonderful week-end ...
hugs M.A. the 2nd