Nat and the girls looked gorgeous and both the sunshine and the good music just kept coming (anybody who signs their marriage certificate to a Ben Harper song is alright by me!). It was a beautiful day, and ended with a big party at Fenix that was only getting bigger when I left.

Nat and Luke, it’s been an absolute honour sharing your special day today and capturing it for you. Here are a few of my favourites, and many more are on their way!

I was lucky enough to be invited to the launch party for this years Carbon Conference at The Cullen Hotel in Prahran, a place I became familiar with late last year. There were a whole bunch of events and street art bits ‘n’ pieces throughout the whole day, which I unfortunately missed due to work, but I had to make it down for the free booze and vibe that was going down later on in the day. Drinks were flowing, beats were bumpin’ and people were chatting, I never really thought I’d be invited to an event like this through the blog, but I’m always up for trying anything new, whether it was for me or not. In the end, it was a good idea to go down, as I got a “street art tour” of the hotel [thanks to Fletch from Invurt], while revisiting the room I spent watching D*Face paint, here’s some flicks from the night, did I mention the booze?

Blek Le Rat

Swoon

D*Face / Watch it go down!

One of the big reasons for the launch was the new addition to the Gym Room by Heesco, although I say it to myself a fair bit, this could be my favourite piece of his that I’ve seen, just amazing. Just so everybody knows, I overheard a conversation while in the room and it turns out those “scribbles” are actually tradition Mongolian scripture, did we really need even more reason to love this piece?

Heesco

Thanks again to Camilla and all the team down at The Cullen & Art Series Hotels for the invite to the launch, I had a great time, can’t wait to see who else travels through this place!

The Cullen – Art Series Hotels

Checked into The Cullen hotel, then out for some drinks and snacks.

Tried a sparkling red at a bar close to the hotel. If the local bar turns its nose up at serving fizzy red its also fun discovering new sparkling reds at Dan Murphy’s.

With a recent cocktail preview of the Cullen Hotel currently being constructed in Prahran, Melbourne, the series of art hotels is back in the spotlight. The Cullen is the third of seven artist themed boutique hotels (the first to open was Tim Storier in Sydney, the second, The Makin in East Melbourne) planned by the Asian Pacific Building Corporation to be built around Australia. Other names to be included are Charles Blackman and Brett Whiteley and other significant Australian artists. Unfortunately not one female artist has been named – which is equally expected as it is disappointing. Although I am sure each of the artist represented is deserving I wonder why this decision was made. The inclusion of an artist’s name clearly attaches the hotel to concepts of inventiveness, creativeness and vision – do no Australian female artists have these?