r's adventure

round-upped

i haven't finished my favours yet... still looking for the perfect candy to fill the bags so in the meantime thought i would share a couple of things filling my memory card & bookmark page at the moment. 

 

  

i found this postcard in an antique store on the way home from christchurch on sunday. i'm not too sure what my final plans are for it are, but i couldn't leave it behind. the handwriting is amazing.

a welcome to the newest addition to my garden family. miniature strawberries. they are so cute!

this necklace found in the september issue of vogue uk is totally inspiring me to buy some beads at the store this weekend and maybe have a go myself...

also very inspired by this post and the photo below by verabiryukova found via le love is currently adorning my desktop

love it.

the mix

floor collages

+ the latest addition to the garden family, will have some pics when the weather gets better

+ grid paper {make your own here}

+ which is totally inspired by shelby dimarco found via not paper

 

+ the amazing-ness that is ffffound

= thank goodness we have a 4 day weekend coming up!

coming up roses

thanks urban outfitters. you inspire me weekly.

 

is it sad that i love it more because it features my name? 

raisin-ology

 

race day headband: part I

it's race day here in the beautiful hawkes bay on saturday. this is the second year we've gone along and this year i decided {through a combination of disorganisation & low funds} that i wasn't going to buy a new dress/heels/earrings/necklace. i was instead going to wear a dress i already owned... {cue scary music!}

i will at this point add the disclaimer that if past form is anything to go by, come saturday morning i will be in an utter panic and be wishing against all hope that karen walker is going to drop by with a gorgeous spring dress...

anyways. so the dress i'm wearing is grey and very pretty but grey all the same. it needs a splash of colour. so monday night i decided to get a little crafty. totally inspired by rachel from heart of light & 100 layer cake i've  started making my very own ruffly headband.

will hopefully have some finished pics to share tonight...

frame it

today i found a new respect for picture framers after spending most of the afternoon helping my flatmate re-frame a series of photographs. 

it went a little something like this...

measure twice. 

cut once. 

cut again because something went crooked with your 30cm ruler (and the frames are 70+cm so just imagine the frustration). 

abandon all hope. 

draw around the insert that came with the frame. voila!

stand back and admire your handiwork.

realise the inside of the glass is dirty.

shake head. move picture to outer edge of arrangement.

the end.

today i also fell head-over-heels in love with this print from aroha lamour... 

The Birdman represents the man spirit, the bird divine and the man supreme. Throughout the pacific, from Rapa Nui to Aotearoa, the bird man is an icon that reappears connecting us to the sky, land, sea and to each other.

it looks much brighter in real life. the colour is a sort of turquoise/green. absolutely stunning. 

fffelts

something crazy musta happened in my dreams last night because i woke up with the strongest urge to colour. with markers, or nz we call them felts. i.e. felt tip colouring pens. brings back all the favourite childhood memories... when your felts were new and the tips still nice, before your younger brother got hold of them and mushed them down and left the lids off so they dried out and then you had to add a little vinegar to them so yea, they'd colour a little longer but they would always smell weird... 

wallpaper

 "when i'm asked about my work, i try to explain that there is no mystery involved. it is work. but things happen all the time that are unexpected, uncontrolled, unexplained, even magical. the work prepares you for that moment."

annie leibovitz

tonight, intead of watching tv, i started mucking around in photoshop and this desktop wallpaper emerged. a little random + a splash of watercolour + perhaps a smidge of magic...

{click to view image larger, then right click to save to your desktop}

inspiration files

i really need a new journal.

i have a handbag full of scraps of paper with internet addresses scrawled on them, held together with paper-clips. my inspiration file.

so i thought i'd share a few of the things that have recently stolen my heart...

first up. two brunettes.

who coincidentally are also in love with ruffles. check out the link to thepaperapartment ruffle cards. j'adore.

and then if you scroll down a little further you'll see the beautiful package she sent lindsay {who also participated in the swap - amazing! more ruffles & fabric goodness}

lots of lovely ideas for wrapping christmas presents {i know, it really is too soon to mention it, but there are a lot of people out there who have already done all their shopping!} ok, rambling onto the next...

another very inspiring lady is the lovely rachel, who not only has a great blog {with laugh-out-loud funny stories about her sweet dog} but has also started selling her jewelry on etsy.

did i mention i've started a list for father christmas already? ;)

i came across little jane street via the always inspiring dumbofeather. alarna designs a range of boutique stationery items and these heart garlands are so so cute!

i love to read stories about people following their creative passions. having a day job that doesn't just simply 'pay-the-bills'. if you've got really good eyesight you can read a little of alarna's story here.

so then onto my little paper adventure... i've been sketching all week and haven't quite had the space in my head to put it all together but thought i would share a little peek at the printable project i mentioned earlier in the week...

my life plan just didn't feel right jotted in the back of an exercise book, so i thought i'd make some pretty 'workbook' pages... more to come! feedback always welcome...

crafty business

there's something totally delicious about the potential the weekend brings... and one of my favourite parts of friday is taking the time to cruise through my google reader {instead of rushing through in order to keep the unread list manageable!} and be inspired by all the amazing creativity out there in blog-land.

this weekend i'd love to pile all my scraps together and make a mini {inspired by gigi} and fill it with my grand plan, prompts courtesy of erin @ bakery. because don't all grand plans deserve to be decorated?

i'm also slowly getting into the swing of flickr. i love to capture my everyday. these daffodils give my heart so much hope.