C and I took a drive to Bridestowe Lavender Farm with his parents last week and although the lavender is just ending its season it still looked very beautiful. It is the largest pure lavender farm in the world. Every ten seconds C said "I can smell lavender" and he messily devoured a honey and lavender ice cream. They put lavender in everything at this place - ice cream, cheese, jam, honey, tea, liqueur, tomato sauce. I bought some lavender cheese for my mum.

^ Daydream Nation



I am sorry for the crazy length of this post, I should really do these posts more often so they're not so long! I have received some gorgeous things lately;


^ Carissa, who lives not far from my home town, sent me an excellent package - so full of excellent papery goodies and miscellanea and chocolates :D Thank you kindly lady!


^ I was lucky enough to win Pip's giveaway and received a lovely bundle of handmade jewellery from her Etsy store. I adore her branding/packaging.


^ Lovely Christmas gifts from my sister - bright red kitchen canisters and vintage salt and pepper shakers.


^ An adorable Christmas card from Carly.


^ A postcard from the creator of Ask Alice Stationery, Sass.


^ I bought these great collage postcards from Vantiani on Etsy.


^ Wonderful papery things from my penpal Malu in the Philippines.


^ Another wonderful letter from Jaza in Argentina.


^ I was so glad to hear from lovely Caiti again after she's been moving around a bit.


^ An awesome postcard from Linsey.


^ My friend Soph sent me the cutest little mail themed brooches. Too good!


^ C's brother and sister-in-law sent me these excellent salt and pepper shakers.


^ An amazing gift from Carly. I was so glad it wasn't damaged at all in the post - it is so precious!


^ A little blue letter from Samantha in the UK.


^ Paul in Portland sent me this very creatively assembled letter shaped like a key in a lock.


^ One of the coolest Christmas cards I've ever received, from Olivia in Montreal.


^ Sweet letters from Kiyasu.


^ Garci catered to my pop tart love and sent me an excellent handmade postcard.


^ An excellent bit of mail art from Jessica in Canada.


^ A fun postcard from Missive Maven - I'll definitely join you for waffles and wine :D (I should mention that I've never had waffles before!)


^ An excellent Christmas card from Diana. She's not very well at the moment and she's the least deserving person for such pain and discomfort - get well soon lady :(


^ Another beautiful Christmas card, sent from Sophie in Melbourne.


^ A lovely note from Rokia.


^ Gorgeous red mail art and red papery things from Kerrod in Western Australia.

^ Kate Arends



I have given up hope of ever catching up with the never ending list of (73) letters to write but I am still hoping to find a little more time for mail pursuits this year around work and study. If I could write ten a day for seven days, I'd be up to date :D


^ A little something for my favourite Norway residing French lass, Adeline. I meant to photograph the contents as I included a funny little dachshund necklace. Hope she digs it!


^ For Kaatje in Belgium.


^ Bits and pieces for Sirpa in Finland.


^ My first letter to April, an sweet American lady living in New Zealand.


^ A bit of collage for Mad Madge.


^ A zine mail out for a lady in Croatia.


^ A minimalist envelope for Allana with a little embroidery I made in honour of her sweet blog.


^ I bought Keri Smith's 'Wreck This Journal' for my friend Rokia for Christmas. I will definitely be getting this book for myself, too good.


^ I sent my sister the Into The Wild book and dvd for Christmas with this cross stitch of a quote from the film.


^ Something colourful for Corinne.


^ A handmade collage postcard sent to Katrina of Pugly Pixel.

I wanted to find a really nice, happy, good-vibey image for my first post of 2011, but I couldn't find anything that really did the trick. The above photo is by Corey Arnold and made me laugh out loud when I first saw it. The more I think about it, the more it makes me laugh. I think it is ridiculous and amazing. I hope 2011 is ridiculous and amazing. Happy New Year :D