A Merry Mishap

 photography: manchik photography / styling: jennifer hagler / lookbook design: julia manchik / ink illustration: jeremiah hagler

A Merry Mishap just shared their beautiful lookbook  Fall 2012 collection. Here are some of my favourite shots. I know it's my second post on inspirational jewellery but I had to shop this week for a necklace to wear to the Qatar Choice Awards and got super nervous and ended up not finding much around Doha, but I found some good shops online I would like to recommend and this is one of them.

Love Polli xx

Origami Jewellery

This weekend on Instagram, a follower by the name of #Ceciliarosati mentioned this French jewellery brand to me over the weekend. Visit their website www.origamijewellery.com & have a little looksie at the uniquely origami folded jewellery pieces. I blogged about some of my favourite pieces just to share but honestly I could probably have selected about 10 more.

 Love Polli x

Inside My Work Life

Photography: Jessie Palanca
Wearing: Red Zara pants / Black H&M Peter pan collard top /  Necklace from H&M

I work in the creative team for a magazine and when two graphic designers come together (one from Lebanon) + (me from New Zealand/South Africa) with a photographer from the Philippines we get up to some fun stuff in the office!

Love Polli xx

Free Printable "Let's Do Coffee" Cards

Invite your friend for a coffee with these Eat Drink Chic coffee invite cards :)

Download the template from here

 Love Polli xx

Deco!

Blue top & love mug: Urban Outfitters 
Photography: The Cherry Blossom Girl

It's a sick day at home today. Feeling rather sorry for myself I must say, while sitting in a pile of tissues and a red nose.

Thanks to The Cherry Blossom Girl for inspiring her with her amazing photography & french influence. Got to love that girl! Ok, well back to bed for me.

Love Polli xx

Sweet Dreams

Art Director: Julie Marie Gene

It's always at 3:00pm in the afternoon when my sweet tooth comes to out to remind of a cupcake or macaroon. It's probably a good thing we don't work or live close to bakery because I would probably roll out of the office.

Perhaps if I switch careers and start my own bakery, maybe then I might be satisfied playing with zesty peach icing and lemon merengue pies all day instead of a key board and computer.

Love Polli xx

Sway

Credit: The Drifter And The Gypsy sourced from Greg's Pth's

It's the weekend, I'm potting around and can't stay focused for the life of me, all I can think of is lunch! Lucky enough I am getting to go to The Ritz Carlton for lunch today which is very exciting.

On Saturday me and few friends will be hanging out at the Market they have here in Qatar which should be good fun to some home baked goodness, arts & crafts and some other Doha randomness.

Happy weekend everybody.

Love Polli

xx

Fringe Balloon DIY

Sweet Thing always have so many inspirational posts to check out for DIY projects. To tackle this DIY project yourself click here.

I know I haven't been posting many DIY projects anymore and the reason behind it is that Qatar doesn't really cater for that market, plus I work demanding hours which leaves me exhausted and in zombie mode majority of the time.

When I saw this post it did however sparked up something in me to perhaps start again... let's see how it goes. I might surprise myself and pick up a little project sometime.

Love Polli xx

Holy Fulton Lips

Holy Fulton Spring Summer 2013 two toned lip colors is a grand hit on the runway. The second hot pink picture I found on this awesome blog called Blog Milk. A graphic & web designer Ana Degenaar who is based in Brazil who had also been a source of inspiration.

You probably would have seen some of her work on Hello Friend.

Love Polli xx

Tusk

   

Tusk designer rings is a New Zealand based brand which I discovered while sitting at home on the laptop trying to get rid of my flu bug. I can easily spend my day just finding new shops, creative inspiration and beautiful photography.


Reading...blogs & graphic design portfolios and looking through new blog templates. Got any suggestions?

Drinking... red bush tea, orange juice and I tried making my very own Arabian mint tea which turned out amazing. I try not to use too many sugars as they use 20 sugars for a pot of tea for 4 people.

Listening...  The Xx, Mike's always on the look out for new tunes for us to listen to and discovered this cool band. Weird name I know, I promise it's not some porn related band.

Watching... The X Factor with Britney Spears in it, yes it's true it's rather entertaining, we have also been watching endless amounts of 'Come Dine With Me' episodes which has been rather funny.

Love Polli xx

Confetti Cupcakes

I am sure it's almost every girls fantasy to own her own Cupcakery somewhere in the world, or if not eat one of them at least. While I am trying to get rid of this flu I have been looking at endless graphic design portfolios to get inspiration from and found this awesome Mexican designer who branded a cupcake shop called Confetti. The photography is so amazing I feel like I can taste perfection...yum!

Hope you are all having a blast of a weekend, mine's been pretty low key. My body is just telling me to rest and play zombie which has been very frustrating but it's probably been a good thing to catch up on some much needed rest and relaxing time.

Love Polli xx

Harper's Bazaar Arabia Fashion Event

Wearing: Zara minty green top / Pull&Bear necklace / Zara Blazer / H&M Hat

This month we have exciting news here at Polli blog. We where invited to a grand fashion event by Harper's Bazaar Arabia here in Doha. It was hosted by the W Hotel in Doha and I got to meet other fashionistas and also got a chance to catch up with a good blogger friend Carla Mallari from Nomad blog.

Polli blog also got featured in this months Harper's Bazaar Arabia on page 47 for those who are interested in having a little looksie.

Thanks Harper's Bazaar for the lovely evening. It was fab!

Love Polli xx

Later Afternoons

Minty dress: Zara /  Necklace: Pull & Bear / Sunglasses: H&M

Me & Mike enjoyed an afternoon strole at Aspire Park in Doha. It's the greenest place in Doha and it's such a lovely place to clear your mind, have a coffee or go for a walk.

Tomorrow night I will be attending Harper's Bazaar's Fashion Show which I am super excited for. I will be taking a few photos on the night so stay tuned for pictures.

Love Polli xx

Tea For Two

How cool are these tea coasters? I found this on Etsy. It's been a while since I last even flicked through Etsy which is rather sad. Work life has taken over so it's a bit difficult to make time for the things I do enjoy in life sometimes, and a cup of tea is definitely one them.

It is the weekend and it's great to finally put my feet up, enjoy a cup of tea and jump into the pool.
Happy weekend!

Love Polli xx

So Chic

Dress: Kling / Barbie Handbag: Kling  / Shoes: Zara

I bought this dress from Kling over in Bordeaux in France along with a cute purple number which I promise to share soon. My favorite outfit at this very moment probably have to be this dress.

My weekend was lovely and lazy. We watched the movie The Artist, watched a bit of rugby and strolled along Aspire Park here in Doha. I also baked a yummy lemon meringue tart which lasted a day in our fridge and enjoyed some cool summer drinks by the pool.

Love Polli