Young Hearts Magazine

While flicking through the endless amount of Internet pages sourcing photo's and inspiration for the magazine I work for I did stumbled upon Young Hearts Magazine.

You can read it online for free and it's filled with delicate feminine photography. This blogger started her very own online magazine and when she isn't busy working full time by day she is editing and blogging by night.

Love Polli xx

Natural Brown

Dress c/o Element Eden Handbag c/o Element Eden  Necklace from That Vintage  Shoes from Aldo

Last week I received some lovely clothes from Element Eden and it included this lovely dress & handbag! So stoked to have some new clothes to take with me to Europe. We leave on the 8th of July and come back on the 9th of August. I can hardly wait anymore.

I do still need to organize some accommodation and get my backpack ready. For those of you who don't know yet, me, my husband and Anna will be backpacking Italy, France & Spain over the summer for about a month. It will be our first big trip so we are really looking forward to it!  

Love Polli xx

Macarons, Desert, Design & Clothes ♥

My last couple of weeks have been filled with:

♥ Macarons from Jones the Grocer

♥ Receiving a box full of clothes from Element Eden 

   (highlight of my year, can't wait to blog about it)

♥ Drawing endless amounts of illustrations for a project at work

♥ Eating devine deserts at Gordon Ramsey's — at The St. Regis Doha

♥ Visiting Katara Cultura Village art exhibitions in Doha

We are also moving offices at my work at the moment, and our offices are filled with boxes! Wish us luck with the big move tomorrow!

To get the latest updates of my adventures in Qatar, Doha as an expat feel free to look me up on Instagram under Polliblog.

Love Polli xx

French Pink Mood Board

So many things I am inspired by at the moment it's hard to keep it all in a box and contained. Especially knowing that our trip to France is coming up it's hard to imagine what the Paris will look like. All I know is that visiting Europe for the first time has probably been one of my biggest dreams yet ! And knowing that we will be leaving on the 10th of July makes me sort of nervous not knowing what to expects and all.

 
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I am also looking into finding out about Fashion Week in Paris and Milan and finding dates for it. Does anybody have any information on it as I am a newbie at it? It really would be amazing to attend at least a show while we are backpacking through Europe.

If you do have info please send me an email on sonevz@gmail.com.

Love Polli xx

Zara Store Opening

Blouse & Long Skirt: Zara 

 Necklace: Splash 

Rose gold rings: Calvin Klein

Nailpolish: Cloud by Revlon

Photographer: Mike Moriarty

Paintings & Illustrations: Done by me (Soné Moriarty)

Zara recently opened a new store in Landmark Mall here Qatar. It's stunning if you haven't checked it out yet. We now have two Zara stores in Qatar. 

I also wanted to share some favorite pieces from my wardrobe from Zara which includes a Peter Pan Collared blouse and a long peach skirt which is my absolute favorite!

Zara Store Opening in Landmark Mall Qatar

Band of Outsiders

By recent discovery some gorgeous photos of Michelle Williams getting cute for
Band of Outsiders. Could they have picked a better celebrity? She is one of my inspirations for cutting my hair into a pixie I have to admit.

These cute instax/polaroid pictures just reminds me of my recent trip to Greece, which reminds me that I am still yet to share those with you! Next up we me and my hubby and my sister-in-law are planning our next trip to France, Italy & Spain. So if your around the area give me a shout out, I love meeting other bloggers around the world.

Love Polli xx

A blurry haze

It's production week and I am designing my little fingers of around this time every month. However I had some fun events and meetings to attend.

We had my husband's Birthday Celebration which was great, he turned 32 this year and it was rather weird celebrating it in a foreign country, I had to admit it was a bit of a sad Birthday. Atleast he got his favorite cake for his Birthday which is carrot cake!

We also head out to the beach last weekend, I took some photo's, got very sunburned and enjoyed the Doha heat! Because baby you got to make the most while you are in 45 degree heat!

We got to book our tickets to Europe which is huge! We are planning on visiting Italy, France & Spain in a month. We will be leaving in July up until early August. We are head hunting backpacks and saving pennies. It's going to be a fun adventure which I can't wait for.

I also found this great song on uTube at the moment which I have kept on repeat for the last hour or so..check it out.



Love Polli xx

Milk & Honey Blogger Collaboration

The road is home blog collaborated with Milk & Honey on their lookbook which is something I would like to strive for one day. I think it's great when companies collaborate with bloggers. Check out The road is home blog for behind the scene snaps.

On another note I want to wish my amazing husband Mike a Happy Birthday!! Give him a shout out on twitter ( @mr_pukeho ).

Love Polli xx

All Knitwear

Now for a bit of fun I found a shop called All Knitwear. This collection encourages mixing and matching,from cactus to confetti. Made from ringspun cotton on a Brother Electroknit 965i knitting machine. When I see this collection I see FUN! I loved scrolling through the different styles and the blog of course.

 Love Polli xx

Aprés Ski

Après Ski is the line of accessories of Lucia Vergara, a designer based in Barcelona that after working for Lydia Delgado and Ailanto, and without forgetting her collaborations with both companies, launched her own collection in 2009.


Love Polli xx

Polkadots & Poppy's

 (Dress: Mr Price, Hat: H&M, Necklace: Splash, Sunglasses: Splash) 

Visiting Athens was my highlight of the year, seeing the Acropolis and all the ancient Greek ruined blew my mind. This part of our trip was taken in Athens, Monastariki.

We strolled through the poppy fields, ate delicious food and drank ridiculously good wine. It was tourist central and the locals where so lovely and helpful. It's a city of culture and history filled with cute bakeries, shops, fresh fruit markets & breathtaking landscapes.


 Love Polli xx

Minted Rose Water

Sunday Suppers made my day! I am frying up like a piece of shrimp in this heat. It's been 40 degrees here in Qatar, Doha and the only saving grace we have for it is living in air conditioned buildings and drinking lots of fluids. So to keep things fun, I wanted to share this minted rose water recipe with you all, since it's healthy, fresh and oh so cool!

Ingredients:

Rose Water + Mint

2 Cups Sparkling Water

1/4 tsp Rosewater

2 Sprigs Mint

A few Rose Petals for garnish

Method:

Mix all ingredients together. Serve over crushed ice. Garnish your drink with rose petals.

Love Polli xx

True Love & Daisies

 (Top: Valley girl, Skirt: H&M, Nailpolish: OPI) 

As I scrolled through my pictures from South Africa I stumbled upon a little photoshoot me and my Mum had when we visited our family in December/January. We had a lovely afternoon tea with traditional koeksisters. It was delightful. My grandmother & some family came over to join us.

The old tea set was my mothers and it got passed onto the another family member in South Africa. 

It's such a beautiful tea set, I remember it from when I was a little girl. It was nice reminiscing 

'the olden days' with my mum  from when I was a little girl. 

Love Polli xx