^ Ink dropped in water; Alberto Seveso.

Stuck in my head: Knickerbocker - Fujiya & Miyagi
Watching: Mad Men
Devouring: Pumpkin soup and buttery bread
Sipping: Hot chocolate
Temperature: 11°C/52°F (it's 4°C in Launceston!)
Time: 1:57am *yaaaaawn*




Some things my mail box has been lucky enough to eat up lately;


^ I was lucky enough to win one of Paper Pastries' recent giveaways and this is the little haul I came away with. I am a bit in love with the library card, I don't know if I'll ever be able to part with it! And the packaging of the whole thing was to die for.


^ Carly sent me a fantastic letter and cute package.


^ A lovely first letter from Kaatje.


^ It took its time in transit, but Jennlui's pretty little package from Megan's stationery swap finally found its way to me and it was so worth the wait. Thank you Jenn!


^ Danielle of Dinosaur Toes sent me these two beautifully decorated mixes for Kittycat's mix cd swap.


^ This was one helluva letter, it was actually a small book! Mary totally outdid herself, this is one of the most unique and special things I've ever received. Just gorgeous!


^ Megan sent me such a fantastic little collection of things, including a bunch of vintage photographs which are so one of a kind.


^ Another lovely letter full of goodies from Rebecca in England. Customs likes opening my mail it seems!


^ This letter was such a delight to read (and she has such beautiful handwriting). Letters from Misss Belen are some of my favourites.


^ A letter from this miss could brighten any day, thank you so much Micaela! A beautiful letter accompanied this beautiful package. The red-shoed postcard is definitely a favourite. I put the socks on as soon as I had photographed them. I will need a whole lot for of cute warm socks like these in cold Tasmania in two months!;


^ Mesca checking out my stripy feet.


^ Yesterday C and I minded his nephew Marley for the day. I swear, when I have children, if they're anything like this little kid, I'll be in heaven. He's so damn sweet. I got him to pose with my letter from Lauren. Thanks lady!


^ It seems to be the giveaway season! I nabbed this gorgeous Japanese tape from the giveaway at Uguisu.


^ I treated myself to some fabulous stationery from cute NZ company Nut And Bee - I got Sky Slide labels and Where Rainbows Come From notepad. I am so keen to make another order.


^ Can you say free shipping? I certainly can. I am keeping myself away from Bookdepository.co.uk from now on! I picked up a box of Stuff On My Cat postcards, a copy of the Ghost World comic I've been trying to track down for years, a Kath Kidston labels and stickers book and stationery box for $40. I still feel pretty guilty about spoiling myself with stationery, but I'm sure it will wear off. Ha.

I have to make a poster for a hypothetical fashion parade for one of my classes and so far I have a long way to go. I do have my font down-pat though, ha;



Now I have an intensive weekend of work ahead - I hope yours is far more relaxing!

Well folks, a little over a week (and a lot of work) and I'm done uni (for a while). If you're waiting on a letter from me, never fear! It will be signed, sealed and delivered shortly.

I've been trying to get out and take photos around the city lately for an assignment. Trying to take the 'perfect' photo, for a purpose, with a deadline, in wet weather, has not been as fruitful as I'd like. Here are a few I thought I'd share;

Blogosphere, meet (some of) Newcastle...

 
   
 
 
 
 
 
 

^ Before We Begin by Christopher Jonassen.

As I'm strapped for time for any proper posts, I thought I'd fill out a 'Six Senses Saturday Sunday' meme (started by this lady, and found via this lady);



Right Now I'm...

Tasting: Schrogetten yoghurt-strawberry flavoured chocolate from Aldi, mmyum. 

Smelling: Incense and C's cooking. 

Seeing: One of our cats snuggled up all in a ball on the couch. 

Hearing: C unpacking groceries (he's such a good wife :P) and 'Sydney from a 727' by Paul Kelly (it contains the line, "have you ever fallen for a girl with different coloured eyes and sent her letters full of lies?", heh). 

Touching: Freshly cleaned keyboard keys; never again will I purchase a white computer. 

Feeling: Inexplicably exhausted and definitely not inclined to start my poster project. I wish I could buy some motivation. I need a personal uni trainer, someone to stand over my shoulder and egg me on to finish assignments. Any takers? I'll pay you $20 for every assignment I get done? I've got four due in two weeks.

You might not be able to tell that there have been some little changes around here; a quick layout tidy-up and I decided on a whim to purchase a url. Blogger offers them for $10/year (Dashboard > Settings > Publishing) and I thought why not, so, hello from www.goodnightlittlespoon.com! :)

Here's one of my all-time favourite Youtube videos;



Happy weekend!

^ Billy Shire.

Hello blog,
I've missed writing to you.
I am sorry and I will make it up to you in three weeks when I have finished failing my first year of university!
Love, Bianca.



These three lovelies came this morning, total mood lifter.


^ Rondy sent me this impeccably decorated little package with some gorgeous vintage postcards that once belonged to her grandparents collection. I'm particularly fond of the Continental Airlines postcard in the centre. She also included a little package of red! Love it!


^ Holy cow, it was like Christmas when I opened this package this morning. One of my absolute favourite bloggers, Katrina of Pugly Pixel, sent me so many goodies from her store Mr Rabbit Sir. I had so many of her items in my wishlist, how did she know?! I hung up the pretty garland she sent me straight away (don't mind my dirty windows). Uhh-mazing! I can't wait to use the bits and pieces she sent me, though a part of me wants to save and hoard them.


^ I thought it was about time I bought myself a Letter Writers Alliance membership. You get access to some sweet donwloads and a cute badge. I loved their envelope decor too.


^ Soph sent me gorgeous things! Blackbird paperclips! That tea smelled so good I had to track some more down.



Screw you uni work, hello letters!


^ A very bloated envelope for Jane. The envelope is made from ridiculously expensive textured Japanese paper.


^ Bits and pieces for the lovely Angelia. The envelope is made from a page of Frankie magazine.


^ To little Bella.


^ One of my last Cavallini & Co envelopes and a handful of postcards for Jenny.


^ A bundle of bits for Milly - she requested a zine, so I popped in my copy of a great local zine full of wonderfully detailed pictures of places and things around Newcastle (most of which i know). Look see;




^ A long overdue package for Sylvia, my first elephant dung envelope sent out!


^ Another overdue letter, for lovely Nely in Oregon. Envelope made from a page of a Sportsgirl catalogue.


^ A colourful package for miss Zoe.


^ For Amy, overdue!


^ I've always been terrible at origami, but I finally mastered the art of the paper crane and made a small army (C said it was only a squadron). I attached these ones, made from paper my mum brought back from Japan, to a frame with fishing line and made a mobile for our room, it's real pretty. And I made another for C's niece for her birthday.


^ The sad demise of the new letter opener. A particularly hefty letter was no match for this little guy this morning and he snapped in two, not before he cut me up real good. Blood, everywhere! Well, not everywhere, but there was some and it hurt. I need to find something really heavy duty to open my mail!

Also, my little sister is staying with me tonight and I asked her to pick a winner for the Flickr account giveaway and she drew out Van. Congratulations lady, I'll be in touch!

Okay, now back to the uni grind stone. Waaaaaaaah.