Ah, Auckland… you were grand…. This has turned into a travel blog of sorts hasn’t it, ha… last week Hamilton Island, this week New Zealand… … so I arrived in Auckland and picked up the hire car and went straight to Father Rabbit.… isn’t it funny, you never feel alone in a city which hosts your […]

©Kara Rosenlund … And just like that I am back on the road again…this time with my passport…. I have packed my essentials and am bound for Auckland to teach my Vignette Workshop as part of The School’s New Zealand Roadshow. All spots have been taken, so it is a sold out affair on Friday […]

©Kara Rosenlund Where to start…my heart is still pumping from the magical weekend gone past… filled with beautiful blues, sheer obscene natural beauty and enough laughter to make my ribs sore still as I write this…On Friday morning I headed to qualia, the luxury resort nestled into the northern most tip of Hamilton Island, surrounded […]

©Kara Rosenlund Boy, am I going to have a treat for you on Monday on the blog…… I’m on location at qualia, Hamilton Island…. I’ll be updating my instagram and Facebook over the weekend as all the fun unfolds. Come along too. K xx

©Kara Rosenlund Oh, I can almost feel the New Zealand air…..I’m going to be in Auckland in just under three weeks to share my ‘Vignette Magic’ workshop when Megan Morton’s The School goes to NZ. The upcoming trip has prompted me to go back through last years’ honeymoon images  (click here if you missed them) when […]

I was recently asked to share some of my design favourites by Share Design for their ‘Insider Favourites’. It took a while though I did manage to narrow it down to just ten favourites too much good stuff. Click on the image above to have a proper read and to be taken to Share Design’s website. Be […]

©Kara Rosenlund We won’t be at the farmers market tomorrow at the Powerhouse… I am going to have a much needed casual day and a cheeky sleep in, no 3am start for me…. looking forward to seeing you all again the following fortnight. K x

©Kara Rosenlund The past few days have been an absolute floral frenzy around here (ha)… there has been bright colours pops and petals ahoy everywhere I look…. I have been working with Westfield and Urban Art Projects on this enormous floral mobile to celebrate spring… ring a ding ding…. Bring on the flower season… … […]

©Kara Rosenlund Some rather big things have been happening around here lately; one of the MOST exciting things would have to be being featured in my most loved interiors magazine Elle Decoration UK and being named ‘A Modern Day Martha Stewart’. To be featured in the pages of this magazine has filled me with so […]

©Kara Rosenlund Nothing quite beats a long weekend in spring… three days to catch up on things and enjoy the balmy outdoor weather…. and exactly that was had over the last weekend….. On Saturday night Timothy O’s mother had her 1970’s inspired disco 60th birthday party… Timothy O went as one of the village people […]

©Kara Rosenlund What a weekend it was…. we were at the farmers market here in Brisbane and as I was setting up the stall at 4.30pm in the dark all I could see was the sky lighting up… not from the sun rising, rather strikes of lightenng and rumbles of thunder….shit not ideal conditions for […]

©Kara Rosenlund  I’m loving all this spring sunshine right now and I absolutely can’t wait for this weekends market. I always plan out a few special recipes for the weekend when the market is on, so I can zip around the market with my big market bag accidentally knocking people out of the way and […]