I've been a busy lady lately. Here are some pictures of things I've been doing lately.


I returned to my desk one day to find a lovely bundle of fabric with gorgeous children's imagery on them from my friend Holly. My mum wants to buy me a sewing machine for my birthday and my first order of business with it will be to turn this fabric into a couple of sets of pyjamas for Theo for when he's older.


We've been making a regular family weekend outing to the Harvest farmers markets in the city over the last few weeks. We have delicious breakfast pies from Wanderlust and homemade popsicles from Mmm..Yum. I call this my market hat (it was on sale on ASOS years ago and I've only just started wearing it).


Today we went to vote in our state election. Unfortunately Tasmania decided to vote in a very conservative premier (goodbye beautiful Tasmanian forests) but it was nice to visit this school because it is probably where Theo will go if we get to stay in the house we're in for the next few years. It is just around the corner from our house (so we'll be able to walk him to school) and while we were there a teacher who was helping out started chatting to us and invited us to bring Theo along to their babies program which goes all the way up until they start school. Look at that greenery!


I've been working on a fun little commission for a lovely lady who asked me to draw some flowers from her bouquet for a thank you card. I'll share the finished product soon.


Theodore and I went opshopping this week and picked up a couple of goodies.




I found these boring tiered shelves for $5 at the opshop and thought they'd look nice in my uni nook with a coat of paint. I gave them a good sand and clean and then two coats of purple left over enamel. And a bit of washi tape just for fun.


I really love the work of Amber Koroluk-Stephenson. She had a bunch of great work in Sawtooth Gallery when I popped in this week (I'm required to visit lots of galleries as part of one of my uni subjects). I'm a big fan. I wish so much I could own one of her paintings.


I caught these two having a little snooze together.



My uni desk has been nice and messy lately.


C and I have an arrangement wherein I tend to Theo when he wakes up during the night and then he gets up when Theo wakes up (usually around 6.30am) while I have a sleep-in. My sleep ins have been getting longer and longer and so C has been making big delicious breakfasts to lure me out of bed at about 8am each morning. They are so very good and definitely worth dragging myself out of bed for, all bleary eyed.


I've been finding so many gorgeous baby girl dresses while opshopping lately. I'm not planning on having another baby for a while yet (much to C's dismay) but I have quite an extensive collection for my 'one-day girl'.


I had to share this gif I made of Theo today. He hasn't been himself lately as he's growing a big, nasty old top tooth (it looks huuuuuge in his gum!) but he has still been making me laugh. He's also been standing up by himself for a couple of seconds before falling back down onto his butt. Clever clogs.

(some of the food from our housewarming)

Dear intimidating looking men in dark clothes with facial tattoos standing around looking suspicious in my neighbourhood,
I thought you looked scary but then you said "Havin' a good day darlin'?" and I was too taken back to answer as I rode past on my bike, I hope my smile sufficed.
Yours, possibly judgemental Bianca.

To the man who drove in front of me today when I was walking across a crossing with my pram (and said a half-hearted sorry and an "I'm in a rush" out of his car window) AND to the boys who made me wait on the road with my pram while they dawdled at the path entrance AND to the older man who pushed in front of me at the fruit shop while I was moving my heavy pram to the counter,
What is wrong with you people?
Yours, enraged.

Dear Cameron,
Thank you for taking such great care of our son all day every day while I'm at uni. I know how much you hate it when people ask you, "Are you spending the day with the baby?" or "Babysitting today are we?" as if you're just minding him until I get home, when in reality, you put in the hard yards (like 5.45am wakeups and messy changes and grumbly bedtimes). You deserve the 'MUM' badge much more than I do. I don't ever take for granted how supportive and caring you are and I would be lost without you. You were made to be a dad.
Love, Ank.

Dear ASOS,
Please have a ridiculously big sale so that I can afford to buy these shoes for myself for my birthday. Pretty, pretty please?! (They have 20% off at the moment, but still...)
Yours, obsessed.

Dear Jennifer Lawrence,
How do I be as cool and funny and gorgeous as you?
Yours, jealous.

Dear friends,
Thank you for coming to our housewarming and making it so lovely and fun and making us feel especially good about living in Tasmania.
Your friend, Bianca.

Dear Atticus,
I wish that you could speak human so that you could tell me how you lost all of the fur on one side of your body and why the end of your tail doesn't move anymore. You don't seem too bothered by it, but I am. Please don't wander too far from our yard or hurt yourself. You are my favourite cat (don't tell the other cats) and I wish I spent more time enjoying your lovely affectionate nature. IOU 1 chin scratch.
Love, your neglectful owner.

Dear businesses that put up political signs,
Do you realise that you are putting customers off by having right wing propaganda displayed proudly at the front of your store?
Yours, left-winged.

Dear C's dad's new kidney,
Please be happy inside your new home and help C's dad to be happy and healthy again.
Yours, concerned daughter in law.

To the lady at uni with the awesome boots,
I love your boots!
From Bianca.

Dear lovely young guy on my bus,
Thanks for telling me how cute you think my baby is and that I should enter him in baby contests (I'm not going to, but it's nice to have him admired) and for chatting to me about your baby girl Mabel (best name!). We were both really awkward but it was really nice of you to come introduce yourself.
Yours, hope to see you on a bus again soon.

Dear Theodore H. Jagoe,
You are the sweetest. I can't get enough of you and I miss you so much when I'm at uni. I have to make sure I don't wish the time away, wanting you to be bigger so that we can play together and chat. You have such a sweet, playful nature and you are highly ambitious, getting into lots of mischief. Don't grow up too quickly. You're a good guy.
Love, your Ma.

As I've mentioned a few times recently (I'm really excited about my nook obviously!), I have my own little space at uni now where I can sit all day and make things in (relative) privacy and stick things all over the walls. I share the space with a couple of other people but each of our spaces is pretty private and we don't have to interact with one another if we don't want to. I thought I'd share some pictures of what it looks like right now - it doesn't have much in it yet as I'm still starting out and developing my major project, but I'm really enjoying having a dedicated spot to sit and make things. The only problem is that as soon as I sit down, the time flies by. The fact that the sun still doesn't set until 8pm is a bit deceptive - but that will change pretty soon and Tasmania's 4pm Winter sunsets will be normal again.





The subject I'm doing is called Studio Project A and it's part 1 of a 2 part unit that runs until the end of the year, wherein you develop and create a self set project. There are several assessable items in the unit and a class for 3 hours once a week, but the majority of it is self directed making. I'm based generally in the area of mixed media, but thankfully I don't have to choose a 'major' (painting, drawing, ceramics, etc) because it would be so difficult to choose just one medium.



Hopefully I'll get to share some of the work I do in this space and the messes made. I've started working with some ideas about my childhood and it's kind of nice to unearth some of those memories.

I bought this skirt from Dangerfield recently on sale and I like to wear it around the house with an apron on while I cook. It probably makes C laugh because I am so not domestic (he is though). But I do like to cook. Tonight I'm making delicious fluffy pesto polenta with roast potatoes and pumpkin.




I wish I could find a way to stop my nail polish from chipping after two days! No amount of top coats will make it last.



I was a ridiculously photogenic child, but these days 99% of photos I see of myself I am pulling a ridiculous face in (there are some crackers in our wedding photos - when I laugh, my whole face laughs and I have untagged myself in so many Facebook photos). Lately when C takes my picture he makes me jump up in the air and then takes photos of me afterwards and I always look happy because my skirt has usually flown up above my head mid-jump and revealed my underwear (I'll spare you those photos) and C is laughing at me and I've made a fool of myself. Works every time.

NB. I only do this in the privacy of my own backyard, heh.