My Melbourne internet pal Brodie of With Love And Swallow will be guest posting today. I feel that we are kindred spirits and am hoping to meet her in the flesh before she jets off to become a New Yorker later in the year. She is a grand lady, x Bianca.

Firstly, I would like to thank the brilliant Bianca for asking me to guest contribute to Goodnight Little Spoon (AKA one of my faveeeesie blogs evz!). Secondly, I'll shut up and get down to the job at hand.

A picture of my handwriting:



Note: this is obvz a mirror image of my fancy (read: non-everyday) writing. This particular example is an infograph I made to hang in my room and teach myself the order of Manhattan avenues ahead of my move there in September. I've learned it already. Onto the subway map!

A series of pictures of my bedroom (which I recently posted on my blog):










What I was like in high school:

With my sister and grandpa. This picture was on the front page of the local paper on ANZAC day in 2004. Note: my white girl fro and revolving roster of badges I stuck to the collar of my school uniform.


My BFF Zoey and I at Splendour in the Grass 2007. We were front row for Hilltop Hoods and it was the breast.

My 17th birthday. I dug tequila for a while. I also lived in a really small town, so excuse the class in this picture.

My sister and dad before my school formal in 2007.

I have limited digital pictures from my high school years (2003-2007), but these are some I found on Facebook. Some of my favourite things in high school were: MySpace, 3/4 leggings, my iPod(s), spending my limited funds on Polaroid film, dreaming about moving to Melbourne and John Hughes.

What my parents look like:



Tie-in from the bedroom pictures: I have two 70s photobooth pictures of my mama stuck to my dresser mirror (it's a family joke that my mum smokes in every picture from her teen years, including in a photo booth. She reminds me of Lesley Arfin in these pictures, which rules).

I Skyped my dad this morning and blew his mind by holding up my iPhone to the screen and reflecting his image back to him

What makes me laugh:

A lot of stuff makes me laugh, nothing more than good TV shows. Lately I've been concerned with making other people laugh with my short-form comedy project Ham Alert, which I do with my buddy Anton. He makes me laugh a lot:



Five things that I would like to know about other people:
+ their favourite TV characters
+ their drink of choice
+ what their wardrobe looks like
+ what their computer desktop looks like
+ their favourite pair of shoes

Today's 'Things I Like To Discover About People' guest post is by Laura who writes one of my very favourite blogs, Make Do & Mend. She lives in the UK and is a wonderful, crafty lady. I participated in her travelling journal project, and she in mine, and have received many a beauteous letter from her. I know you'll like her as much as I do! x Bianca

Bianca asked if I'd like to write a little guest post including responses to her list entitled 5 Things I Like to Discover About People, so here goes!

1. What my handwriting looks like



2. What my bedroom looks like
I moved into a flat in an old Convent just last month, which means my bedroom contains a rather unusual feature; a stained glass window! It's a very cosy room, I've decorated my side of the bed with photos and postcards that make me happy.





3. What I was like at school
I was a pretty shy kid at school. The picture below shows me in the green dress, in the Christmas play at nursery school. I remember being really jealous of the girl on the left who got to dress up as the star in the nativity!



I enjoyed nursery school and junior school but not so much secondary school. I have happy memories of junior school where me and my best couple of friends would spend our free time making a school magazine (called Just Kids) and recording pretend radio shows in the broom cupboard.

4. What my parents look like
I love this photobooth picture, taken in the 70's when my parents first got together.



5. What makes me laugh
Hmm, all sorts of things. Silly things. Taking photos of silly things. This photo is a good example, taken last winter, my boyfriend trying on Christmas jumpers. He really should've bought this one, don't you think?



+ Things I Like To Discover About People:
- What they looked like as a kid
- Their favourite place in the world
- At what age they felt they were at their happiest
- What posters were on their wall growing up
- What foods they love/cannot stand

Today's lovely guest post is delivered to you by Katyha of Love Katyha. She takes fantastic photos and the everything about her blog has a beautiful, subtle, minimalist feel to it. She lives in my home state and I feel very fortunate to have crossed paths with her in my internet travels, x Bianca.

Hi there Goodnight Little Spoon friends! I'm Katyha from Love Katyha and I was overjoyed when Bianca asked me to guest blog for her while she is away celebrating her 21st and spending time with her family and friends.

So today I am here to share with you a little list that Bianca was curious about ;)






+ This was me at school - I was in Year 12 and the year is 1990


+ My parents - mum was pregnant with my brother so I think this is 1978. I am the one standing up and my older sister is next to our picnic box :P I am five and both my parents 25

+ What makes me laugh? nothing beats a Seinfeld episode - they never get old

+ And to add my list of things I like to discover about people:
- what is inside their bag
- what is on their desk
- what books are on your bookcase
- what is on the front of your fridge
- what you collect

Thank you Bianca for having me... it was a real pleasure & honour! I can't wait to see all the other guest posts :D

Another 'Things I Like To Discover About People' themed guest post, today from one of the sweetest ladies I've met on the interwebs, Micaela. She blogs at Dolce Vita, about her sweet life, x Bianca.

+ Snippets of ours bedroom at Casa Di M.


+ My husband makes me laugh... being freely silly with the man you love is the greatest blessing.


+ My parents on their wedding day, 40 years ago - my mom grew up relatively poor in the Philippines and went to a catholic school. In fact, she was such an Elvis lover (a passion she passed on to me) that she would save her lunch money so she could see his latest film at the theatre. But when I see old photographs of her, you'd never know that she grew up in a third world country - not by her smile, her bob hair, and a-line dresses. I love that she has kept her same big smile over the years. My father moved to East L.A. in California from Mexico City. He was an athlete and liked to party back in the day - which is crazy now considering he is pretty conservative as an outreach minister for our church back home. It's still weird to see photos of my father (with thick black hair!) holding a beer bottle and every once in awhile smoking a cigarette.


+ This is a photo of me in high school signing yearbooks in the hall, lol. I was a senior class favourite along with my twinkie Marianne. I wrote for the school newspaper and wrote about sex, eating disorders, giving up the Olympics, to raising tigers. I was also part of the French club but probably my favourite thing to belong to was being chosen for PALS - a mentoring program where we got paired up with elementary kids from the surrounding schools who needed a little extra attention and help with school work. I loved it!


+ My curiosities - the handwriting and bedroom one is such a fun one!!! I love seeing people's houses :) and as I love mail- I love seeing handwriting!