:: Look Book - Friday Night Lights ::

Okay, so the title of this post is a bit of a lie. These photos were taken on a Wednesday night!

A little while ago Brisbane's Royal Show was on. I love going to the Ekka (as it's called, because it's held at the Exhibition Grounds). I love Sideshow Alley, the farm animals, the produce pavilion, the fireworks ... everything! I was excited to go this year and try out my new lens, but the day before we were planning on going I went home from work with bad asthma. So, I made the (sad) responsible choice not to go this year just in case I got sick again.

Instead, Mr LG and I went into the city and had a really nice dinner, then walked around the relatively quiet city enjoying some window shopping. I still got to play with my new lens, with Mr LG as my reluctant subject.

(Even though this photo it kind of blurry, I still really like it)

:: Jacket - Country Road / T-shirt - American Apparel / Jeans - Lee / Shoes - Vanishing Elephant ::

Today was the first day of Spring. I am so excited! I adore warm weather and can't wait to stop wearing so many layers and bring out my cute skirts and tops!

PS. I wanted to call this post 'Hot In The City' after the Billy Idol song, but Mr LG wouldn't let me! :(

:: Nail Love ::

I have always loved nail polish but, for the most part it's been a love affair from a far. I love all the different colours available, and I would always admire the brightly coloured nails of girls I saw in the street or on the train. It was never for me, though. I would stick to muted tones, and even then it was only on my toes where hardly anyone would see it. Sometimes I would lash out and do my toe nails bright pink ... but it was always the same pink as every other time I felt adventurous.

Lately I've been feeling brave and inspired! I adore Summer and I adore bright colours. I've been watching all the Summer fashion trends on some American blogs and one thing I have noticed is candy coloured nails. Fun! So, with a little pushing from the nail Queen Karina, I did it! I took the plunge, bought some new colours and started wearing brightly coloured nail polish ... on my fingers!

Bright aqua nails, bright yellow cardigan ... and a rainbow smash drink!

My namesake - lavender. Love this one.

This colour is my latest purchase (I took this photo about 15 minutes ago!). I was hoping for a bright sunshine yellow, but I quite like this egg-yolk yellow colour.

What do you think? My next colour purchases will hopefully be a pale mint green, a coral/peach, and to off-set all the colour a nice matte pale grey (for days when my outfit brings the colour!).

Do you wear coloured nail polish? What is your favourite brand? I really like OPI, but it's super expensive here.

Are there any other beauty trends you recommend? I love wearing fun eye shadow, but I'm practically a newbie when it comes to lipstick/gloss (I've only ever worn it a few times. I'm a balm kind of girl).

:: Snail Mail ::

Yay! Who doesn't love a lovely hand written letter? To me there is nothing better. Except maybe that first cup of tea in the morning. But if I had a lovely letter to accompany that first cup of tea, then I would be in bliss!

Incoming:

This lovely letter came from Felicia. Love the lavender cupcake notecard - it even had a recipe on the back!

An English Country Living magazine from Claire! I love that she put post-it notes throughout the magazine for me!

This lovely letter is from Alicia. I love it's whimsical French theme.

Another letter from Claire! I adore the postcard - it's to remind me of her - bird in her hair and all, haha!

Outgoing:

I am a bad pen pal and can't remember who I sent this too :(

Another letter I can't remember the recipient of! :/ Help me out pen pals!!

A letter to Gracie to say thank you for organising her Happy Mail Project!

For the lovely Megan!

 For Felicia! Love the hilarious post card.

For the French-loving Alicia!

We have a public holiday tomorrow, to celebrate our royal show. I love that the week is broken up by a day off - it's a great way to catch up on sleep and any chores I may have missed on the weekend ... which was most of them. Ha!

I hope you're having a great week!

:: Wedding Photography ::

Last month I was given the opportunity to be the second photographer at yet another wedding. Love, love, love weddings. I took photos of the boys getting ready before the ceremony and had so much fun. They were a great bunch of guys and I think we spent most of the morning laughing as they tried to get used to having someone take their photo every few minutes (while shooting me blue steel looks mid-conversation every now and then)!

Isn't the bride's dress classic? She looked incredible.

I'm lucky enough to be shooting another wedding this weekend - the wedding of Gracie's brother, to be exact! I'm so excited and couldn't think of a better way to spend my Sunday.

Do you have anything exciting planned for the weekend? I also have a ladies garden party to go to - so excited!