+ Peter Granser

+ I am dying to try out this love heart tights DIY by The Pineneedle Collective.
+ I'm holding out for a less busy month to get into the 30 Day Drawing Challenge. So excited though!
+ Ashley & Brad shared some photos of their dreamy bedroom.
+ Kyla Roma wrote a really important post about getting your blog love back.
+ Studio of Mae is offering some lovely free printable birthday cards.
+ No link for this one, but I just really liked this quote by Maurice Sendak:
"Once a little boy sent me a charming card with a little drawing on it. I loved it. I answer all my children’s letters — sometimes very hastily — but this one I lingered over. I sent him a card and I drew a picture of a Wild Thing on it. I wrote, “Dear Jim: I loved your card.” Then I got a letter back from his mother and she said, “Jim loved your card so much he ate it.” That to me was one of the highest compliments I’ve ever received. He didn’t care that it was an original Maurice Sendak drawing or anything. He saw it, he loved it, he ate it."

Christine from Flapper Girl was so kind to send me one of her lovely lady ties. I am going opshopping this afternoon in pursuit of more collared shirts and dresses to wear this tie with - I want to wear it every day! I have a habit of teaming colours together that shouldn't really work. In theory aqua and red sounds like a hideous combination, but I think I'm okay with it. Also, stockings and sandals - is that totally uncool? Oh well.

+ lady tie: c/o flapper girl
+ dress: nanna's
+ shoes: saltwater sandals/modcloth
+ tights: sussan
+ sweater: unknown
+ belt: thrifted
+ earrings: sara kitty

...in April.


+ I did some doodling (uniball eye micros are my all time favourite pens).



+ We made quite a few visits to Milkbar.


+ Our friend Chris came to stay for a few days (that's his silhouette).


+ I sent some mail.




+ I reorganised my office space a little.


+ I got through a few more 100 ideas.



+ I found this lovely skirt and painted my nails probably a dozen times.


+ My coffee table got a new tablecloth.


+ I unearthed all of my badges and brooches and pins.


+ I went opshopping and came home with these guys.




+ I got bored at uni and took photos of my books and feet and paint pallet.


+ One of my neighbours houses got re-painted with this lovely red door.




+ Dexter was very photogenic. We also discovered that our little boy cat... is actually a girl. Dexter is a lady. Ps. Yes, her collar is too big - I've got to find her a new one until she fits this one.



+ C and I treated ourselves to a couple of cafe outings.

Watching: Game of Thrones, Angel, New Girl.
Reading: The Hunger Games.
Listening: Daughter, Miike Snow & Foster The People.
Consuming: A lot of tea, red velvet cupcakes, soups and cider (I actually found a type of alcohol that I don't hate! It's the only cider I've ever tried that I've liked - it's called Herrljunga, delicious sweet pear)
Loving: Having visitors, day trips, craft supplies, my lovely boyfriend and our little cat family.
Wearing: Bed socks, a lot of yellow, tights, stripes, jackets.
Spending money on: the official part of getting married (not too far away).

+ image credit.

This week I chose the idea: list 100 uses for a tin can. When I first saw this idea, it didn't really strike me as being hugely interesting, but as I thought more about it, the tin can is such a ridiculously useful, versatile object. I thought 100 ideas was a bit ambitious, so I settled for 25. Have any to add to the list?

1. wrap with twine and use as a vase for flowers
2. hammer in tiny holes and put a tea light inside to make a little lamp
3. make tin can cakes
4. decorate and use as a container to hold pens and pencils
5. turn a can into a pin hole camera
6. tie string to two cans and make stilts
7. stack them up like bowling pins and knock them over with a ball
8. decorate and fill with sand and use as bookends
9. grow little plants in them
10. use as a money tin
11. fill with rice and shake to make music
12. tie to the back of wedding car
13. make a time capsule
15. use pretty ones to store kitchen utensils
16. make a tin can toy
17. make a lantern
18. add a piece of string and make a tin-can phone
19. cut into shapes and attach to a necklace
20. make a tin can flower
21. make a tin can pin cushion
22. turn into little drums
23. make a craft caddy
24. use a campbells soup can as a lamp shade
25. make tin can stars