^ From Black and WTF, a tumblr blog full of odd old black and white photos.

+ French Navy - Camera Obscura
+ River - Angus Stone
+ Paper Ships - Dead Man's Bones
+ Seaweed Song - Passion Pit
+ All This Beauty - The Weepies
+ I Know It's Over - Jeff Buckley
+ Better Times - Beach House
+ What If I Leave - Rachael Yamagata
+ The Giant Of Illinois - Andrew Bird
+ Flower's Grave - Tom Waits
+ Don't Ask Me To Explain - Of Montreal

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Last night C's brother and his wife and children came over for dinner and we made sushi and I baked cupcakes. Very delicious;



When I was seven I really wanted a violin, and my dad, who lived alone in a housing commission flat on government payments bought me one (probably with some help from my mum), however I never got lessons or learned how to play, and now the violin is too small for me. C's eight year old niece has wanted to play violin for about a year and I finally got it back this week from a friend who had borrowed it, so I donated it to eight year old Elly for as long as she'll play it.


^ I don't do outfit photos very often, but this is what I wore when C and I went out on Thursday night. I realised that all of my clothes are too old for me to remember where they were from!


^ These are all of my red shoes; L-R Portland, Sportsgirl, Havaianas, Diana Ferrari, Betts, no name and I Love Billy.


^ I bought some cute tape airmail tape last week from Pretty Tape.

Incoming;

^ This letter came from Ria in New Mexico. She even sent me a package of New Mexican sand!


^ A lovely letter from Livia, she has a good sense of humour.

Outgoing;


^ A package for Megan. The little box I used was sent to me by my bank and I thought I'd repurpose it. Full of lots of bits and pieces. She requested a mix cd, but I realised it wouldn't fit in this package, so I made two packages to send her;




^ A package of ephemera for Jennie of Red Letter Day.

Items I have out from the library;
♡ Alas I Cannot Swim - Laura Marling
♡ Coachella (dvd)
♡ For Emma Forever Ago - Bon Iver
♡ Gilmore Girls Season 1
♡ How To Be (dvd)
♡ Into The Wild (dvd)
♡ John Safran Vs God series
♡ Lars and the Real Girl (dvd)
♡ Pineapple Express
♡ Thankyou For Smoking (dvd)
♡ Thankyou For Smoking (book)
♡ The Dangerous Lives of Altar Boys (dvd)
♡ The L Word Season 1
♡ The Good Life (dvd)
♡ The Science of Sleep (dvd)

Some more of my favourite downloadable-printable goodies from around the interwebz. Hope you can put some to good use!;


^ Pretty A Print A Day lady portrait labels, here.


^ Blah Blah Blahg Lil' Pretty mailing label, here.


^ Feather labels from A Print A Day, here.


^ Thank you notes to print and colour from Givers Log, here.


^ Holiday mail stripes gift tag from Eat Drink Chic, here.


^ Blah Blah Blahg gift tag cards, here.


^ DIY Birdseed Wedding Tosses: Mini Airmail Envelopes from Eat Drink Chic, here.


^ Jinerup flip-flop note cards, here.


^ Martha Stewart gift tags, here.


^ Creature Comforts library card and pocket, here.


^ Oh Hello Friend mailing labels, here.


^ Vintage popcorn boxes from Natalie Jost, here (I'm thinking of making one to put pens and stationery in).


^ Terrarium writing paper from A Print A Day, here.


^ Toy A Day foldable David Bowie, here.


^ Jinerup Owlways Yours Notecards, here.


^ Babalisme bee envelope, here.


^ Just Something I Made note card and envelope, here.


^ A Print A Day matrioshka t0-do pad and labels, here.


^ Martha Stewart postcard templates, here.


^ The Small Object Flying Floating Mailing Labels, here.

I skipped uni today to write letters. Today was quite productive, though the letter pile still stands at 26. My week-long uni break just started and I have to drive my parents to the airport tomorrow in lieu of their holiday to Japan, then head up to their house in the country to mind the kidlets (my sister and step siblings) mid next week. This would be more enjoyable if I didn't have something due for every subject as soon as I return!


^ An overdue letter for Carla, made from one of C's Fray comics.


^ A letter to little Shona in the UK.


^ For Kati, who sent me a lovely first letter.


^ A Buffy comic envelope for Stephanie.


^ A little note to Sophie with an envelope made from a Sportsgirl catalogue.


^ And my Benevolent Postcard Society mail out for April. I picked up this odd postcard while passing through a tiny little town in South East Tasmania called DOOTOWN. All of the houses there have signs out front with names featuring the word 'Doo'. There are probably only a few more houses there than are featured on this postcard and many of them were for sale. The town sits on some of the most beautiful coastline I've ever seen. Can you think of any other 'Doo' words you'd name your house? Doo Ron Ron, Doo Be Doo Be Doo...

I called up two different Officeworks shops the other day to track down a set of drawers I saw there a few weeks back. I ended up finding what I wanted, but it was a bit of a bus ride away and I'd have to take the drawers (flat packed into a box) home on the bus. I trekked out, bussed back and had a fair walk home after that with this box on my shoulder, awkward to carry and heavy, in the rain, just as it was getting dark. Good times;



C helped me assemble it, then I filled it up with stuff! It's a much better system for crafty things than I had previously and fits a lot and has wheels. It's definitely a cheap, easy way to store things and it makes everything really accessible;


I thought it would be funny to give a tour through my drawers, in order from top to bottom, ha;


^ Labels, stickers, tea, miscellanea.


^ Envelopes; handmade and store bought.


^ Stationery and writing paper.


^ Postcards, about a hundred of 'em.


^ Miscellanea including airmail stamps, paper cutter, pencils, thread, inks, camera batteries, cords, etc.


^ Miscellaneous paper for envelope making and collages.


^ Magazines for chopping.


^ Boring uni notebooks, they needed somewhere to go.


^ Zines!


^ Boring 'important paperwork'.

How do you keep your creative bits and pieces sorted?