^ Lawralies.


It's been a while - a mail post.


^ Mail from Jane is fabulous.


^ Sweet miss Shona sent me this pretty envelope.


^ Such a great postcard, from Linsey. This postcard totally sells Tennessee for me :D


^ Something slightly mysterious looking from Missive Maven.


^ Lovely blue from Sarah in South Aus.


^ Pretty and pink from Argentinean Jaza.


^ I ordered some of Definatalie's pretty postcards and she sent them to me in this gorgeously decorated envelope, they're 5cents each so you should probably grab a bundle!


^ Something cute from Faiza, the envelope inside this envelope was also gorgeous but I forgot to capture it.


^ A wonderful collaged postcard from Mad Madge of Can I Mail This?


^ This unassuming envelope contained a very odd assortment of things and no explanation. At first I was very confused and had no idea who it was from but I worked out it was from a friend of a friend, now I'm considering what to send back.


^ A second sweet letter from Melissa in Georgia.


^ Something wonderful and green from Delwyn in Queensland.


^ A brilliant little letter from Monica, she's had a penpal hiatus for several months so I'm very happy to be corresponding with her again.


^ A cute stamp adorned envelope from Kendra. It arrived post-damaged and in a plastic bag so I hope nothing was lost!

ALSO: These three lovely letters came to me weeks ago but were some how hidden in the depths of my camera :( Thankfully Zoë commented to ask if I'd received her letter and I realised I'd never posted it;


^ My name in sparkles and a bundle of wonderful things from Zoë. I have searched high and low and cannot find those 'Hello My Name Is' labels anywhere in Aus so I am more than happy to have received some!


^ A lovely little note from Eve with a great fruit stamp.


^ A little decorated envelope with a bow from Tessica.


^ I ordered a bundle of vinyl stickers from various Redbubble artists last week and they just arrived, aren't they gorgeous? The white space around each image isn't part of the sticker, they're all perfectly cut to shape.
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^ I didn't get to see him before we left, but I stuck this thank you card to the front of our mailbox for our postman - hope he got it! He never did tell us his name so he will forever be the Fern Street Postman (Ps. He used to call C 'Captain').


^ A postcard of a place called 'The Nut' in Tasmania which I have never visited, for my ex-housemate back at Fern Street.


^ Belated mail for Belen.


^ Writing Blanca's name really feels like I'm misspelling my own!

And this may just be the biggest item of mail I'll ever receive;

^ It's my bicycle! I have to wait until C comes home from uni to assemble it though! Pictures will follow!

Listening: Triple J.
Consuming: Warm Milo, muesli with Greek yoghurt & honey.

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♡ Much Love Anna's gorgeous Silent Mint bracelet giveaway ends today, here (24th July).
♡ Paisley Wallpaper's 5 year blogiversary giveaway includes gorgeous prints, cards and magnets to the value of $100, checkit here (25th July).
♡ For The Easily Distracted's Holga giveaway ends on Monday, get in! Here, (26th July).
♡ Handmade Love is giving away one of her hand-bound books and a print, here (27th July).
♡ La Dolce Vita is hosting a $50 Taigan voucher giveaway, here (27th July).
♡ Lovely Paper is giving away lovely vintage papers, here (29th July).
♡ How Many Kilometres is giving away a bunch of paper goodness, here (30th July).
♡ Dinosaur Toes is giving away a bullet and aquamarine necklace, here (31st July).
♡ Messy Carla is giving away two lovely fashion inspired parcels, here (1st August).
♡ In The Next Room is hosting a 100 followers CSN stores giveaway for US & Canadian residents, here (2nd August).
♡ Inaluxe is giving away a bunch of goodies; prints, postcards and card packs, here (4th August).

I hope you win something sweet!

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I don't have much to say today except that I am (finally) in Launceston, Tasmania and it is very, very cold, as anticipated. (I think I've mentioned before that) C's parents live in Launceston and they're currently on holidays back in Newcastle, so we're able to mind their house down here rent and bill free for at least two months while they're away so that we can suss out rentals. So far we've hardly been out, but C's friend Ben took us on a mini-tour of Launceston last night and we had the most delicious vegetarian burgers known to man at a place called Flip. I got my first bundle of redirected mail today in C's parents' mailbox and my bicycle should be arriving today or tomorrow. As for the removalists' truck carrying all of my worldly possessions, I have no idea whatsoever when we'll be seeing it again, so I have two pairs of clothes to wear indefinitely! Tonight we're going out to see Inception - Leonardo DiCaprio & Joseph Gordon Levitt <3

Just in case you were wondering, this is where I have moved to and from;



Launceston (pronounced; Lon-sess-ton) is 1565.1km from Newcastle and is Tasmania's second largest city (Hobart is the capital). Tasmania is not attached to the Australian mainland and it is an island, but it is still a state of Australia. To get to the mainland you either catch a boat or a plane. The whole state of Tasmania only has a population of 500 000 (the greater area of Newcastle is about that amount). I miss Newcastle, friends, family and our housemate a lot, but I am feeling optimistic about being here.

In other news, I dyed my hair;

^ By the end of the week I may have returned full-circle to the hair I was born with, white blonde.

Promise to blog again with some substance soon!

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We've spent the last week catching up with various lovely people in between some light box packing. Today we got a call from the removalists asking if they can come a day earlier than planned (tomorrow) to pick everything up, so tonight may well be sleepless! I am feeling pretty anxious about it all, and on the flight we can only take carry-on luggage (I think I need to re-read Lauren's 'How-to Cram Your Life Into A Carry-On' post) so after our things have been picked up we have two days left here to clean and won't see our things again for almost a week (clothes, toiletries, stationery, knick knacks, other important things!). However, I am still very excited and I can't wait to be there.

Just to verify, if you've sent me a letter or are going to in the next three months it will still reach me if you send it to my old address and at approximately the same rate. What would I do without mail forwarding!? Here are a couple of pictures I found on my camera from this week to share;


^ I couldn't decide what kind of sandwich to make for my lunch the other day so I made three different slices; vegemite and cheese, banana and honey and nutella. Yum! Ignore disgusting floor!


^ My first packed box. It was like practical tetris. Seeing this now I'm wishing I'd kept that Ghost World comic to read on the plane.


^ C bought eleven packets of cheap organic Aldi coffee for taking to Tasmania because TASMANIA DOESN'T HAVE AN ALDI :( I think that box might last him, what, a month?!


^ Our friend Sylvia came over yesterday with her two delectable little children and she gave C and I gifts each. This is what she gifted to me (there was also a block of Green & Blacks chocolate but it is long gone). I have ALWAYS wanted a Keri Smith book. I haven't found the time to read a page yet but it will be my plane reading material.


^ Low on packing space for paper goods, C said that I could fill his filing cabinet full of stuff - so this drawer was completely full of old letters and postcards.

When next I blog, it will be from Launceston, Tasmania! Hope you have a far more relaxing weekend! :)