....in July.



+ I was happy to return to my colourful home.



+ We had a picnic to celebrate getting married (I promise to share the photos when they come my way).  Image 1 is me laughing while C read his vows, image 2 is my best friend from high school, Manneh, and I making duck faces.


+ I played with my sister's adorable dog MoMo.



+ I got some paints out.



I arrived home to a bunch of awesome mail (and Rigby kindly sat on it).


+ The doorman at work collected all these shopping lists for me while I was away.




+ I learned how to make Intaglio prints.


+ I went to a cat show.


+ I put up some of the pom poms from our picnic in our hallway.


+ I went for a walk to Tamar Island.


+ My cats tried to keep warm in the elusive Tasmanian Winter sun!

I watched: The Secret World of Alex Mack, True Blood, Breaking Bad, The Tour De France, Wilfred Season 2.
I listened to: Peter, Bjorn & John, the new Magnetic Fields album, The Cars, David Bowie.
I consumed: Crumpets with honey.
I visited: My childhood home, C's 93 year old Nan, a cat show, the Evandale Markets.
I loved: Being married to my favourite person.
I wore: a onesie, coats, scarves, socks and beanies.
+ if you'd like to add me on Instagram my username is goodnightlittlespoon.

If I had a dollar for every time...
+ I've reapplied my lipstick
+ I've smashed my bike into my shins
+ I've apologised to a customer at work when it wasn't warranted
+ I've had to spell out my surname multiple times to a person
+ I've seen women in gym clothes buying chocolate at my work
+ I've stayed up past 2am by accident
+ I've stuck a stamp on an envelope
+ I've watched my favourite soccer team lose
+ I've ruined my nail polish within seconds of painting my nails
+ I've started a book and not finished it
+ My cat has woken me up to let him out by knocking objects off the furniture in our room

...I'd be a wealthy girl.

I made this series of collages for a drawing assignment for my 'Drawing The Body' class last semester. I hate drawing bodies and I took the class as a bit of a challenge for myself. One of the assignments was a self directed project that we were to work on outside of class for the 13 weeks and then submit at the end. I decided to draw silhouettes with poses that were a little out of the ordinary. I like the idea that a bunch of information might be able to be conveyed through a flat black silhouette and a bit of body language. I assigned each silhouette a colour and a song as a title. The collages were made using my collection of paper scraps, a pair of scissors and a glue stick on white card - then I scanned the images into Photoshop (to, um, edit out the bits of cat hair stuck all over them!).  

I'm thinking of getting them printed as sets of postcards - what do you think?


+ title: "call to arms" - beirut

+ title: "step into my office baby" - belle & sebastian

+ title: "fight for your right" - the beastie boys


+ title: "pregnant for the last time" - the smiths

+ title: "dog" - andy bull

+ title: "sundress" - ben kweller

+ title: "brick shithouse" - placebo

If you happen to be in my hometown of Newcastle in the next month or two, you might see prints of these collages in a lovely little shop called the Chop Shop Clinic. 

I'm a bit behind on my 100 Ideas but I've been looking forward to starting it up again.
This week I chose the idea: Draw all of the things in your purse/bag.
I've been trying to practice drawing with my graphics tablet. I'm still working on my technique. My parents have this graphics tablet which is pretty much my dream!




What are you carrying around with you?