Tranquility ....... Chinese Style!

Luckily, I had one and a half days of free time in Shanghai at the end of my very tiring trip! And in a busy city of a few hundred million (feels like it, anyway), its just about impossible to find a quiet place!! But I did!!!! :-) - and here's the proof.








I got up very early, and it was raining, so thankfully the gardens were quiet! Although, after about an hour it was pandemonium when the thousands of tourists started to arrive.

Located in the old town, the Yuyuan gardens are stunning - definately my favourite place! I was able to recharge my batteries before heading to Nanjing Road - the famous shopping strip, which is approx 10km long of shops :-) More on that later!

Have a lovely day - I hope these pictures give you a lovely feeling of tranquility! :-)

Back from China!

We're back!! Its been a long absence, as I couldn't access my blog or any others from China - I've missed you all!!

Got lots to tell, but I'm too tired right now. A big thankyou to sweet Patsy, who worked so hard while I was away taking your orders and running the business (with Mr Dragonfly's help)! Here she is with her souvenier Panda. She loves it!!




So many great new lanterns and wedding accessories are on their way to Lanternshop. More details soon!!!! Will share my China pics too as soon as I can!
Have a great week!!

Wedding flowers and lanterns!

Brides to be in Australia ........



Look at these stunning wedding flowers!!! Images courtesy of www.weddingbloomguru.com.au

Meet Lisa, the creator of these fabulous designs at the Bridal Fair - 22/23 May, Melbourne Exhibition Centre, South Wharf site #62 - Weddingbloomguru.
Lisa will also be featuring my silk and paper lanterns in her display (even more reason to visit her!!!!)

Well, its nearly time for me to be in China!!! Very excited :-) I've got so many great items lined up for me see, and hopefully loads more great stuff to be available at Lanternshop soon!!! I'm planning to blog while I'm away, if possible. If not - I'll see you all again in two weeks!!!

Skeleton staff of Mr Dragonfly and Patsy will be taking care of orders while I'm gone :-)

Hello from Patsy

Hello friends! Its Patsy here today :-)
We have been too busy this last week to visit blogland, sadly :-( So I thought I'd post some pictures of myself to let you know what I did last week!!

I spent 2 days eating this magnificent treatie!!


Then I rested,


I snuggled with my favourite friend Dolly,



And I cuddled with my second favourite friend Monkey!



We hope to visit you all again very soon :-)

Floating flower

Hello friends. Tonight is a balmy, tropical evening here in Brisbane (unusual for Autumn). We have been outside enjoying a lovely BBQ and a couple of cold ones :-)

Perfect opportunity for me to try another sample lantern I recently received .... the floating flower.



I put it in the pool in time for the first late afternoon drink, and enjoyed watching it float around during sunset.




So peaceful ..........
What do you think? Should I order these for my next shipment???? I'm thinking so. I really like the look of these floating paper lanterns!

Summer garden parties!

Battery paper lanterns for night garden parties! It looks like fairy-land to me!!



Here they are surrounding my Ganesha! (a little hard to tell in the night shot!)





In response to the many requests we received, we now have white and pink for garden weddings!



I'm so loving these .... pity there are so many mosquitoes around after all our rain - I was eaten alive last night in my quest for the perfect photo!!

7 colours now available in these lanterns (PL15B 15 x 20cm) - white, pink, fuscia pink, blue, green, yellow, red. As the lanterns are small, the light is very bright! Visit us at www.lanternshop.com.au for more information! These can be found in the rice paper lantern page!

Good luck & Prosperity Fishes

Hello friends! Hope you are all having a lovely weekend!

The waiting is over - the new lantern shipment is here! It arrived Friday in the pouring rain, which wasn't too much fun unloading. But, good news, we have had lovely sunny weekend weather in Brisbane, and I've cranked up the camera and taken loads of pics of all the new goodies!



I'm very excited that the prosperity/goodluck gold fish is back (the orange one in the middle). They were really popular for Chinese New Year and we sold out very quickly. Now available here.

I also requested some samples: new styles of fishes in green, blue, yellow and purple. So I'm wanting to ask my blog friends with impeccable taste and style (yes, that's all of you)! which, if any, I should add to the range.

Personally, I like the green and the purple the best. What do you think??

My customers tell me they use them as xmas tree decorations, in their kids bedrooms and for parties. I have my goldfish hanging in my office for prosperity! How would you use them??

Thanking you all in advance!!!! More rice paper lantern pictures to come soon ....
Cheers, Karen & Patsy www.lanternshop.com.au