in love with ... Chris Silas Neal

Lovely, lovely, Chris Silas Neal.

Bloghunt

I love discovering new blogs. Sometimes (when I have time) I go on a bloghunt and follow links from blogs I like and so on and so forth until I come across something truly lovely, such as Graphic exchange.

image via here

Lovely winter days

winter days, originally uploaded by things to make and do.

In-between the gusting winds and pouring rain, The boy and I popped outside to photograph some of the beauties bursting out of the ground. Grape hyacinth, hellebore and jonquils abound and a lovely light powdering of snow on Mount Wellington. You would think a view like this from my kitchen sink would inspire me to wash the dishes...

Determined to finish

Wool needle, originally uploaded by things to make and do.

It's been a busy few weeks and a bit difficult to find the time and motivation to finish off my granny project. This needle has been a great help though, something my Mum gave me for my birthday (thanks Mum). It's got a much bigger eye then other wool needles I've seen and the curve at the end is making light work of sewing together my grannies (well, lighter work then my last needle!) The colour stands out well against the black too.

Thrifty finds - 1983 pattern book

How fantastic is this! My sister found it at her local op-shop, nice one Erica! I can't wait to look at some of the patterns.

Imprintables

Today I've putting together an invitation for The Boy's christening. Maybe I should have taken this great short-cut! Imprintables makes stylish invitations for kids parties, birth announcements, christenings and other stationary. You can check them out here.

Between the folds

Octagonal Star Geometric Progression, (backlit) 3 of 3, originally uploaded by EricGjerde.

I'm enjoying a fabulous documentary about Origami called 'Between the folds' by Vanessa Gould on ABC iView. I'm in awe.

oink oink! Oinkganic milk chocolate

I could totally go some of this right about now! Lovely packaging too

by The Brooklyn Brothers via Lovely package, images via here

Fabric envy

I've been noticing some beautiful fabrics around and about. Here are some links to some lovely fabric goodness.

Spoonflower

Umbrella Prints

Ink & Spindle

Duckcloth

Frangipani fabrics (my local!)

Kelani fabric obsession

not to mention etsy!

Rooftops in deep red by Lara Cameron, available here

I want ... a Donna Wilson cushion

I love love love Donna Wilson. She makes lots of lovely things including furnishings, toys and sationary. You can visit her shop here.

This 'Rainy days' cushion is 100% lambswool, knitted in scotland. It comes with a duck feather cushion pad, available in 2 colourways: blue with white clouds and white with ebony clouds.

40cm x 40 cm - Price_ £42.00

A tooth!

To celebrate the appearance of the boy's first tooth here is a fun set of ice cubes.
You can pick up a set of your own frozen smiles here

I like... Scandinavian exposure

Offside steel hooks designed by Runa Klock can be found at Scandinavian Exposure. They have some other lovely things too, check them out here

Via Babyology

Yearbook yourself = procrastination

Got something important to do today? Put it off with this fun site yearbookyourself.com

Owl fats

My Mum bought me these cute japanese style fat quarters as a gift from her trip to Melbourne, thanks Mum!