Today I thought I'd take a break from uni work (one month to go!) and I played around with a fun little commission (drawing Clonettes!) and I made this free card and envelope set for you to download and print. I painted all of the elements in my sketchbook with gouache and watercolour and then scanned them and fiddled around with them.

I had them printed at Officeworks onto matte card, though my home printer did some very acceptable prints too. Just make sure that when you're printing the images, neither image gets resized/scaled down in the printing settings (or you can print them smaller if you like by setting the scale to say, 75% on both images). Enjoy!

+ You can download the card here and download the envelope here.




+ You can download and print my other free printables here.
+ For personal use only. Please do not modify or upload the original files elsewhere.

I am a self confessed shower singer. I can't help it, as soon as I get in there I feel like exercising my vocal cords. I used to sing a lot (outside of the shower) when I was in high school and eventually I stopped feeling nervous singing in front of people. Nowadays, I don't sing outside of the shower much and on the odd occasion I do so in front of others, my body shakes with nerves. What songs do you like to sing in the shower? (C'mon, I know you do it too).

I made some hanging plant holders from twine for my front verandah (so easy to make! I used this tutorial).


I posted out some more zines.


I did something creative that wasn't uni related.


I had some jaw pain and assumed it must have been me getting my wisdom teeth, but an x-ray and a $250 dentist appointment later, I realised I don't have any! The dentist told me I was "highly evolved" and that my jaw pain is probably caused by clenching my jaw from stress. I have one month left of my degree, so hopefully the stress dissipates after that.


I spent a lot of time in my little studio doing uni work (which is what I am avoiding as I write this post!).


I saw this cool foodscape map at Fresh cafe.


I enjoyed the company of this boy.


My sister sent me this text message and I laughed.


And then my mum put up this picture to demonstrate how similar the toothpaste and deep heat tubes were and I laughed again.


Theo and I went for a walk to the shops and the park and we were meant to share this icy pole, but someone was greedy. It was his first ever icy pole, so I guess he's forgiven.


I potted up some plants. I have always wanted a Ficus.

Listening | The Rubens, Big Scary & Dark Was The Night.
Reading | Art, Inc by Lisa Congdon & How To Be An Illustrator by Daryl Rees.
Watching | True Blood, The Mindy Project & Grand Designs (it's like comfort food for me).
Making | Have I mentioned that I've been doing UNI WORK A LOT?!
Consuming | Warm Vegemite scrolls.
Purchasing | Nice art books and art supplies.
Coveting | Free time.
Looking forward to | Being finished my degree and spending the Summer in my garden, going for nice drives around Tassie, playing with Theo and making non-uni related art.

C, Theo and I took a drive to Hobart yesterday to watch a soccer game. We also stopped into T2 to buy some more Liquorice Legs tea (my favourite), JB Hi-Fi to ogle old radios (I want an old fashioned looking digital radio for my studio so I can listen to Radio National) and Dangerfield (I don't buy clothes from anywhere else anymore) and I bought this sweet dress. I'd tried it on last time I was there, didn't buy it and regretted it, so thankfully 25% off sweetened the deal this time. I am wearing my purple suede Crocs in this picture - purple, suede and Crocs sounds like the worst combination ever, haha. I never knew that Crocs made shoes that aren't hideous. These shoes are ridiculously comfortable and I bought them at the opshop for $6.



The soccer game was good (Sydney FC vs Melbourne Victory) and C got to meet an internet friend (who he calls his Perth doppelgänger) who was visiting Hobart. Theo is at that age where he just will not sit still, everything and everywhere has to be explored. I see other little boys who just stand with their parents or sit on a picnic rug with their family - my boy is not that kind of boy. He has to be constantly moving. I don't think he cares where he is going, but he just has to be going somewhere. And so unless I strap him into his pram and keep him there, he'll just wander off and keep wandering! Occasionally he'll look back to see where we are, but that doesn't really seem to be of much concern to him. I like to let him just wander by himself, as long as I can see where he is, but at a heavily populated event like a football game, with sloping bitumen (which he fell over and grazed his face on a few times) it's not so easy.



I've been trying to ditch the pram more often and just go for a walk down the street, letting Theo walk alongside me. He gets easily sidetracked by his reflection in shop windows or the need to climb on things or go down alleyways or stuff his pockets with gravel, haha. There is a park just around the corner from our house, just an expansive grassed area - and Theo will just wander around that huge patch of grass for hours. I guess having just learned how to walk, the world is his oyster.



His favourite activity at the moment is watering the garden with C, with his own little yellow watering can. And playing with his big pink bouncy ball. He's also at that really mimicking age where you cough or sneeze or laugh and he'll copy you. He also makes that little clicking noise with his tongue and pats his knees, trying to make the cats come to him (like C does). Needless to say, I am loving this age.



Our garden is looking pretty lovely at this time of year. The waratahs are flowering and so is just about everything else. I've had severe hayfever, rhinitis and sinusitis since I can remember and I had an allergy blood test a few months ago which said that I had severe grass/pollen allergies (what a surprise). I had an intramuscular steroid hayfever injection which is actually helping a lot and means I can spend lots of time in my lovely garden without sneezing into catatonic state. I'm looking forward to making a proper veggie garden in it when my mum visits in December for my graduation. I want to plant snow peas and spinach and pumpkins and beetroot. C has already planted rhubarb and raspberries which are popping up.

+ dress: princess highway, top: dangerfield, shoes: crocs, collar clips: sweet & lovely.