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I hope you've been enjoying the past couple of days and that none of the giant hail landed near you. Wherever else you may be reading this from I hope your days have been safe, fun and relaxing too.
I'm taking a little break from this space for the next week or so but look forward to catching up again in 2012!
Enjoy x
whatcha doin?
Learning you are never to old to be a fashion icon — loving this co-lab between Iris Apfel and MAC.
Reading how to mix the liquid fertiliser I bought for our plants — fingers crossed I don't kill anything
Making greeting cards — including a b'day, congratulation, farewell and a Christmas card or two
Watching BONES. Yes it's sad I know but I can't help it, BONES is Sunday night veg-out TV. My husband hates it!
Listening to some old school Beastie Boys. It never really seems old though does it?!
Listening to some old school Beastie Boys. It never really seems old though does it?!
Drinking as suspected last Friday, the work Christmas party saw far too much of a good thing was consumed
Wishing every one of you — my gorgeous readers — a very Merry Christmas!!!
the heat is on
photos courtesy of dad
This is an outdoor wood heater my ingenious younger brother built. Re-purposed from on old hot water service tank and truck exhaust!
whatcha doin?
lisa hannigan by nicholas laclair
This is the second last 'whatcha doin?' post before Christmas. I hope you are all on track for your celebrations or however you are spending this time of the year.
Learning to trust my instinct and listen to that inner voice of wisdom
Reading nothing new but I did manage to finish Conversations with Creative Women
Making cotton crocheted dish clothes like these
Eating fresh apricots and strawberriess
Drinking coffee, tea and water seem to be this weeks staples... however my work Christmas party is tonight so I'm sure things are about to change!
Wishing a dear college all the happiness she deserves for the year ahead on her new adventure
What did you learn this week?
learning to veg out!
As previously mentioned I spent last Thursday evening attending, 'Watercolour Food Fun with Dawn Tan' at Harvest Workroom were lots about watercolour painting — Dawn Tan style — was learned. Dawn is a wonderful teacher, passing on encouragement plus lots of tips and tricks that she has acquired over her many years experience. It was not only Dawn's knowledge and generosity which I found inspiring but also the way that she effortlessly and fearlessly marks a blank piece of paper. I love her gusto! And all of that teamed with her cheery disposition makes for a fun and almost playful way to learn. I loved it!
We didn't finish our pieces in class (although Dawn shows you through each step) so above are some pictures of the work I did afterward. Perhaps I got a little carried away and overworked it in the end but I was having such a good time I found it hard to stop?!
If you do ever get the opportunity to attend a class run by Dawn and you have an interest in learning a bit about watercolour painting, you would be crazy to miss out. Now I can't wait to try some more watercolour.
Thanks Dawn for a wonderful workshop x
bonjour johanna
Another awesome 'present' arrived in my mail box recently — all the way from Berlin. This time it was a colouring zine and a small tote bag, hand painted by Johanna (there is a peek of the bag in the post below) + in this package was an extra little handmade notebook. Inside this notebook was the following sweet message.
"I created this notebook to give it to people I love but can't see. They're far away from me, in other cities.
On these pages they can write all the little things they would tell mi if I could be with them.
Please think about somebody you love when you write in this notebook."
I'm a fan of Johanna's giant paste-up monsters, 'Copains' and since I do not live near them when I saw that she'd created this mini colouring zine, I couldn't resist!
Also unbeknown to me at the time, I've actually crossed paths with one of Johanna's Copain's in person and if it wasn't for the internet I may never have realised. You can read about our encounter here, if you like.
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We are getting close now kiddies and big kids at heart — Christmas is just around the corner!
Another week full of blurry snippets. Blurry not because I'm drunk on festivities, but more for the speed it went by in!
Learning from the super cleaver, lovely lady Dawn Tan how to do a foodie water colour painting. So fun and lots learned!
Reading and loving, Conversations with Creative Women (pictured above, under a shady tree on my lunch break)
Making not much craftyness this week, I'm working on design project outside of work which are keeping me busy
Watching Gone Baby Gone I really enjoyed this movie and was surprised to find out it was directed by Ben Affleck
Listening mostly the radio this week — a mix of RRR and JJJ
Listening mostly the radio this week — a mix of RRR and JJJ
Eating Almond M&M's — yum! New to Australia but much older elsewhere
Drinking a delicious fruity French Earl Grey from T2 Tea
Wishing I had more sleep this week — I bet I am not the only one!?
I hope your week has been filled with fun and excitement. Any highlights?
to the park
Pics off my phone from my walk to the park on my lunch break yesterday. I take the shortcut to the park which is through the lane-ways. I like the lane-ways there is usually something unusual to discover. Yesterday as I turned the corner down this particular one I was stuck by the amazing scale and beauty of this flowering tree amongst it's grey surrounds and a perfect blue sky backdrop. These pics don't do it justice at all.
presents...
...not really — more like a purchase.
And the purchase was the vintage floral skirt you can see a peek of in the top image, made at The Loved One's Etsy store. You may know of TLO through the blog, Hannah and Landon — the vintage store is part ran by Hannah. Given how dreamy Hannah's blog is there was no surprise this purchase arrived just as beautifully presented!
morris
I finally made the finishing touches to Morris last week. He is my first attempt at amigurumi and I'm pretty happy with the way he turned out. I can also see why this could be a very addictive form of crocheting. Once I figured out decreasing and increasing my imagination started picturing all sorts of wonderful creations. I love that this is such a portable craft too, easy to do on public transport or in the park on lunch breaks!
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Wowsers its actually December!
Snippets of the week that lead me here;
Learning that I like it better when I do my taxes earlier rather than later
Reading about phobias and anxieties — something which has played a big part in my life this year
Making or rather finishing my version of Morris, which I will show you soon
Drinking a whole lotta water — straight from the tap, no schmancy designer water here
Wishing I could have magically formed a bridge over an instant river (caused by torrential rain over the weekend) to help the elderly man carrying his freshly baked bread, get to the other side!
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