Pin Cushion Palooza

Mother's Day is coming up, Hurrah! We get to show those women in our lives how much we love them, and give them a day off from all those nitty gritty daily tasks they do, that means no - mending your jeans, taxiing you around, or making you sandwiches for lunch!

I made a pincushion for my article in the paper, and it would be a great Mothers Day gift for all those craft savvy mothers out there! It's stuffed with plenty of fluff to make it nice and plump for all those pins, and is sitting in prime position on my shelf! My mother has pincushions coming out of her ears, so I think this one will be staying with me! luckily I have her present already under wraps!

Anyhoo, here is the link for you to get crafting for Mothers Day ----> Design Sponge Pincushion

A Bird for Bird

Bird, was having a not too chirpy day yesterday.  So we went out for French Toast and Coffee, and skipped on over to Spotlight so we could pick out some fabulous material to fashion a new pillow for her. 

I love this little owl, and so does Bird.  Twas a lovely day.  x

Let's Go Shopping

I am a full time student. I have masses of assignments to complete, yet I would much prefer to browse online avenues and stock up on things I can not really afford woooops, slap my wrist please!

So, in procrastination for my essay I skipped on over to Notemaker - a shop that should ban me - and purchased some stamps, stickers and sticky tape! Hurrah!

I love Notemaker, I buy from them all the time. Go check it out, browse for hours - I surely do.  I like to think of what I will do with my purchases.  My tape has come in handy for packaging presents, making cards, loot bags and decorating jars.  The babushka cards I bought have been stashed away for a special person worthy of their awesomness, and my small notebooks have been piled high in my room for sewing patterns, painting and other scribblings.

The love stickers are to die for.  Maybe they will be used for love letters? The red star tape, maybe it will be used for love letters too? or even wrapping up presents to my love.

The stamps are definitely going to be put to use when they arrive.  Birthday cards, wrapping paper and sometimes, even little notes to slip under Bird's door.  Why not? x

Cush For Your Tush

I may have become a tad obsessed with pillows. Every year I buy a stash, then when uni holidays begin I pack them up into my car, drive home and unload them onto my old bed. 

Then, the process starts all over again, I buy all new ones and then offload them again. 

This year however, I have started to sew  pillows. I had no where to put this new one, so I had to get a chair. Let's hope I don't start buying chairs to put all of my cushions on.  They are good for my tush though x

You Made My Day

Notemaker I am talking about you! Yes you, for adding the magnificent and extremely talented duo of Yellow Owl Workshop to your fantastic shop!

I have been stalking their website, blog and online shopping guides for a long time, yes it's pretty serious. I so desperately wanted their stamp sets. And now, VOILA! I can.

I am covetting the rain stamp set, the paris and the tea one too... oh they are delightful, to the check out please! wrap them up to go x

Mixed Tape Mondays

Music is the food for our souls, or something like that.  Shakespeare am I correct?

Anyhoo, I love mixing tapes (cd's actually, but tapes sound much better) When I was little I would always have mixed tapes in my walkman, with a big strip of masking tape splashed across the cassette with black marker stating the obvious which was always - Meg's Mixed Tape - followed with a drawing of a flower. It was my thing, sad I know, but it just doesn't seem as cool now that we have mp3's, cd players and all that jazz...

If I were to make a mixed tape now it would have the following spun onto its record, to show off my mood for the moment. I would want to listen to it just as I did as a little one - jeans on, long plait in my hair, sitting downstairs with my cat thinking I was a dreamer.  Hurrah to mixed tapes!


1. Regina Spektor - Us
2. Cat Power - He War
3. She & Him - Don't Look Back
4. Feist - Mushaboom
5. Led Zeppelin - Tangerine
6. Frou Frou - Let Go
7. Nick Drake - One of these Things First
8. Simon & Garfunkel - The Only Living Boy in New York
9. The Waifs - Highway One
10. Whitley - Poison in Our Pocket
11. Sia - Buttons
12. Antsy Pants - Tree hugger
13. Barry Louis Polisar - All I Want Is You
14. Ben Kweller - Penny On A Train Track
15. Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros - Home

What would yours be? right now? for this moment, the songs to describe your mood, strangely enough each song title is something that has crossed my mind during the past couple of days - with the exception of "The Only Living Boy in New York".  x