Lavender & Twill : June 2016

Oh, this day was such a perfect day!

The sun, the sand, the surf ~ there’s nothing better for an Australian summer holiday, especially on these golden beaches. Naturally, while I was up at the Gold Coast with Harlow Darling and my sister, we went to Surfer’s Paradise Beach to spend some time hanging out in the sunshine.

It’s a popular spot, so there were lots of people around, and I’m sure at least some would have been wondering who was the crazy chick dancing around in the surf taking photos, but eh… Life of a blogger right??!

After the lazy, sun kissed morning at the beach, we decided that some food was certainly in order, so we walked down to the QT Hotel which is just a block or two away. Boy, oh boy ~ the food was delicious! We had Mexican, and the yummiest tropical cocktails in the cutest tiki tumblers!

Unfortunately, the end of lunch also signalled the end of my little holiday ~ we had to say a fond farewell to Harlow and zip back to my sisters home… Oh, boy! You should have seen me run! Haha! ヾ(≧∇≦)ゞ

I’d tried to pack in the morning, but really there wasn’t much time, or much that I could actually put away. So when we got home I flew into a whirl wind of packing and craziness, and changing into warmer clothing for the flight home. We made it with fifteen minutes to shape ~ {yay! We were worried for a bit there!} and obviously I got home safely. Very tired, but very happy to have such a lovely time with my friends. It’s always a good thing to make memories with people you care about. ❀❤❀

This Lady K Loves seersucker two piece set was really the perfect beach outfit though! I’d ordered the matching blouse and skirt at the tail end of this summer season, and when it came I knew that I wanted to snap it at a beach. I hadn’t had that chance and it was suddenly the end of autumn! I resigned myself to waiting until next summer to wear it, when lo and behold… Yep! The Gold Coast trip happened, so into the extremely over-stuffed suitcase it went.

What I really loved about wearing it to the beach was the chance to style this set with a super casual look. Sometimes I feel like there’s a standard of ‘dressed up’ that my vintage outfits have to reach in order to be on the authentic side {which I do like to try for most of the time}, so it’s fun to pull together a ‘casual’ look once in a while. Annnd then you realise that your casual look can still be pretty darn dressed up; comparatively! Hat ~ good sun protection, matching sunglasses ~ fairly standard I suppose, and… a brooch? To the beach?? Haha!!

Well, anyway, I felt super relaxed and casual, and that’s all the really counts in the end I think! And yes, seersucker is the perfect summer fabric. I need more in my wardrobe, I really do. Cotton is awesome, don’t get me wrong, but for a lightweight, breathable fabric that is fairly nearly crush proof ~ you really can’t beat seersucker. I had to iron everything else from my suitcase, but not this!! (•̀o•́)ง✧

I do just want to ask though ~ for the sake of a good holiday photo, how crazy have you gone? Snaps in crowded locations? Sitting on the edge of a cliff or lookout? Sneaky pics in the *gasp* art gallery?

{Actually ~ side note, last time I was in France you were allowed to take photos in the museums and galleries {yes, even in the Louvre!} and it was actually really cool! Except that you couldn’t really see the Mona Lisa at all due to the amount of flashes in the protective glass casing… Haha! I laughed and moved on as there were many other amazing paintings and artworks to see besides that one.}

xox,

bonita

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Not too long ago I had the chance to take a weekend trip to the Gold Coast to hang out with Harlow from Harlow Darling, and my sister {and best friend} who had moved up there only two weeks before I was due to visit.

It was perfect timing, and I was so excited to have the chance to spend time with my lil’ sister and my lovely vintage gal pal. Of course, we were like: must. do. all. the. things! Having only two short, sweet days, we decided to start by meeting up at the Botanic Gardens at Mt Coot-tha in Brisbane. Okay, you may be laughing at me ~ but I like this kind of exploring when I am traveling. I’m a total tourist at heart.

Give me an ancient church, a historic building, an antique museum or gallery, a scenic garden or a panoramic promenade ~ if it’s a place of beauty or history in a new town, you can guarantee I will want to check it out. It’s either sightseeing or shopping {which you know came later on… (*>▽<)}! Some people like to eat around town, I like drinking in the views around town… Heehee.

So we wondered around the beautiful gardens and snapped some snaps ~ I wore the Maddison Toile Swing Dress by Collectif ~ I first saw it when the new toile collection came out and instantly fell head over my pretty pink heels in love with it. Toile print is a weakness of mine, and the navy and white is such a classic combination!

There are so many sweet details to this dress ~ the button band down the back is probably my favourite however… Or maybe the bow on the collar at the front? Gah! Can’t decide! Anyway, I knew it would be a perfect pairing with the Erstwilder Forget Me Nots earrings.

I adore Forget Me Not flowers, not only do they have the cutest name ever, but the tiny, dainty, baby blue petals with a freckled kiss of sunny yellow in the centre are such charming little things. So when Erstwilder came out with these pretty earrings, it was not a difficult choice for me.

They are not too big, not too small, and you know how some earrings will swing about so that you can’t see the design properly? Not so with these beauties, they were perfectly aligned the entire time I wore them.

Of course, we didn’t spend the whole day in the gardens, we had lunch at the popular Bare Bones Society Café, and then we headed to the Frock Up Vintage fair at the Mt. Gravatt Showgrounds {incidentally, the grounds have beautiful old mint and cream, 1910’s Australiana style buildings which were lovely to see!}.

Unfortunately, the fair was ~~totally~~ rather overpriced, {or fortunately perhaps? My wallet was happy!} so I didn’t come home with much, but I found a three pairs of milk glass earrings that I was very pleased with. That was nice, and they didn’t take up much room in my already over stuffed suitcase! We went home after that, but there was still another glorious day ~ yay! and I’ll leave that for a later post…

Sightseeing and shopping, a perfect first day at the Gold Coast! ʚ♡ɞ (o•ᴗ•o❁)

xox,

bonita

Disclosure | This post was created in collaboration with Erstwilder and the items I have reviewed were gifted to me, but all views and opinions expressed in this review are solely my own.

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