^ Using bits from Pugly Pixel and Graphics Fairy.

I've been keen to host a swap for a while and going through my music collection yesterday I decided I needed something fresh. Do you feel that way too? I thoroughly enjoyed participating in Kittycat's mix swap back in April and Swap-bot's old cd swaps and thought it might be time to share the music again.

The Mix Share Swap:
♡ You will send a mix cd to two different people, thus you will receive two mixes in return.
♡ Mixes should contain at least 10 songs and include a tracklisting.
♡ The people you send to are not necessarily the people you will receive a mix from.
♡ Mixes can have any theme you choose (ie. Songs from artists from your country, songs from your favourite movie soundtracks, songs that make you happy, your favourite acoustic songs, your favourite covers, songs with hand-claps/blistering guitar solos/tabourines, songs to drive to, songs with colours in the title, songs to go to sleep to, songs featuring place names, etc) or no theme.
♡ Decorate the packaging in whatever way takes your fancy - here is some mix cd inspiration I found today. Make sure the cd is safe and won't be easily damaged in transit.
♡ This swap is international and anyone can participate.

How to participate: Drop me an email at biancajagoe[at]gmail.com with 'Mix Share Swap' in the subject line with your;

Name:
Postal address:
Blog url: (if you have one)
+ indicate if you don't mind sending outside your country.
(you're also welcome to forward your LastFM profile or any other links to what kinds of music you dig - or you can write a few sentences about your music taste)

Sign ups will close on the Wednesday 11th of August (my ma's birthday!) and then I'll email you with your partners' details. After this you will have two weeks to mail out your mixes to your partners. Hope you're keen :)

SWAP IS OFFICIALLY CLOSED :)

^ 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.
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8




^ 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.

^ unknown.

♡ 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!

^ unknown.

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!