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Sew Mini

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Last week I bought my first sewing machine. It is tiny and not terribly hi-tech, but it does everything I need it to and I've had a lot of fun sewing up envelopes and fixing ripped clothes so far, ha. I love its name too - Sew Mini;



My mum and her partner got back from Japan on the weekend and she supplied me with a bunch of cool Japanese paper and a pair of odd-toed geisha socks;



Here are some photos I've been taking for a uni assignment (that I'm fairly certain I'm going to fail);


^ Coorei mountain, Dungog.


^ Barrington Tops.


^ View across Newcastle Harbour to the shipyard.


^ Powerlines leading to Dungog hills.


^ The pattern on my parents' bedroom ceiling.


^ Leadlight colours on my parents' front door.






^ A very cute postcard from Linsey in OK.


^ A very sweet giveaway package from lovely miss Kelly of The Tea Children. It included an awesome little zine by Kirbee Lawler.



Uni doom is upon me, but I pushed it aside to write some quick letters to include with postcard packs;


^ For my childhood friend Sal, who purchased some postcards.


^ For giveaway winner number one, Tiffany.


^ For giveaway winner number two, Beatriz.


^ For giveaway winner number three, Rondy.


^ A letter and a postcard pack for lovely Bree.

Now, back to the uni grindstone. Boo.

Soundtrack To My Week #3

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The Night Starts Here - Stars
Silver - Josh Pyke
Down To The Cemetery - Kid Sam
Can't Fight It - Oh Mercy
Hitler In My Heart - Antony and the Johnsons
The Barber's Son - Jack Ladder
Neon Love - Holiday
Dipped In Vaseline - Mickey Avalon
Take Me To The Riot - Stars
Fire - Kasabian
Baobabs - Regina Spektor
Country Mile - Camera Obscura
Falling Without Knowing - Tilly & The Wall
Marry Me - St Vincent
Winnings



I decided that Random.org is too boring for drawing out fun giveaways and wrote out the names of each of the 70 entries on paper, cut them out, put them in my mail pencil case and drew out two winners. As I have enough postcards to spare I thought I might give away a third pack to a particularly creative entry, C and I deliberated and chose our favourite;



So, the three very worthy winners are Kittycat, Penpalling and Letters and Call Me Rondy. I'll be in touch to send your packages to you asap!

Of course, to any one who didn't win and would still like some of these postcards, they're for sale here for $5/5-pack or $1.50 each. Thank you so much for entering and participating, I loved reading each answer - I love giveaways and I can't wait to do another.