happy mail!
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I took part in Chantelle of fatmumslim’s Happy Mail swap! I got this lovely package from Amie of mummasmumblings.blogspot.com
isn’t it just gorgeous?! i’ll post photos of the package I sent soon :)
you can see more photos of the swap in the flickr group here
Tags: exchange, happy mail, swap
smiles on a rainy sunday afternoon
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Tags: colours, ffffound, hearts, pictures, umbrellas
yulia brodskaya
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if you haven’t checked out the work of yulia brodskaya, i highly, highly recommend you do so. i can’t believe she’s made all of this with paper.
sigh.
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this is what life should be like.
from mangored
Tags: pretty pretty pretty pretty
wednesday want
Posted by shan | Filed under music, pretty things, want
my last wednesday want was a fortnight ago; a brief list of things i wanted/needed. i missed last week’s blog post, but as luck would have it, all but one of my wants were realised on the same day. my ruddbucks arrived, tim’s birthday present arrived, and my teeth got better. no decemberists tour, but i’m not holding my breath for that one.
it’s absolutely freezing here. autumn came and went in about two weeks and now it’s just bitterly cold, ALL THE TIME. have i mentioned how much i hate winter yet? cause i really, really do.
anyway. this week’s wants:
chandelier birdie – granny bag by gomonkeydesign
yellow birds – espresso set by louchelab
i’m too hesitant to order ceramics on etsy, as i’m not sure they’d survive the postage, but i’m seriously considering these.
painterly collage cocktail ring by ashleyjewelry
Tags: bag, ceramics, jewellery, wednesday
wednesday want: clutches
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i have a rather large collection of clutches and purses. they’re just so practical and versatile. who wants a big heavy big when you can take just the bare essentials? plus, when you go out for dinner it just fits right on the table, instead of trying to keep it safe between your feet.
pencil sketches flower clutch:
from etsy seller shakuyaku
from etsy seller emmagordonlondon
a small tough ruffles zipper purse in aqua with dark olive
from etsy seller madebyhank
i already have one of these in various shades of yellow, and i can’t recommend them enough.
and, finally…
Phone iPhone 3G case No.16 (moss green)
from etsy seller hine
Tags: bags, clutches, etsy, purses, want, wednesday
treasury!
Posted by shan | Filed under pretty things, stuff
by pure luck, i saw someone in the etsy forums say that treasury was open in 1 minute, so i thought i’d give it a shot.
i made this: autumn afternoons. cause, dammit, not everyone is going into spring. it breaks my heart a little to see all the gorgeous colours and fashions all over etsy at the moment, while we’re about to head into the cold.
wednesday want: yellow + grey
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i can’t help it, i’m totally obsessed with yellow at the moment. i just love the combination of yellow and grey that i’m seeing pop up in so many places. grey is so dreary, it’s basically the coloursonification (not a word, i know) of winter. and, well, i hate winter. but yellow! yellow is sunshine and light and warmth and all things that are good in the world.
i first noticed yellow + grey together a few months ago, when i saw kikki k had a whole range of the two colours together.
now that i think about it, i can probably trace my yellow love back to about september last year, when i was looking at furniture to purchase when i moved. i found this hemnes linen cupboard from ikea, and was instantly smitten.
i still haven’t been quite able to justify the $429 price tag, so for now, my apartment is without this cupboard. but one day, one day, i will own this. ok, so there’s no grey, but there’s plenty of yellow.
what do i love more than yellow? elephants! from etsy seller ellabellamay.
and finally, this. i’ll just take this whole room please.
from housetohome
i love that wallpaper, and the chair, and the rug, and the high ceiling and the big windows, and the… just all of it.
Tags: grey, house, want, yellow
etsy favourites
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@etsy: Project: Make an Etsy Mini as a blog post using your favorites, tweet the link so I can peek tomorrow.
i add multitudes of new favourites almost every day.
it’s a good mix of things i love and plan on buying one day, things i love and simply can’t afford, things i want to remember later on, and things i just love to look at. i’m actually surprised by how often i find myself going through my favourites, it happens quite regularly.
Tags: etsy, favourites, pretty
a pair of peacocks.
Posted by shan | Filed under me, pretty things
tim and i often like to comment on how good we are at weekends, and this one is no exception. we made pancakes this morning (no chicken sightings, unfortunately) and then decided to head into the art gallery of nsw to check out the korean dreams: paintings and screens of the joseon dynasty exhibit. we were at the art gallery only a few weeks ago for the genji exhibit, which i so loved. i loved it so much that tim bought me a framed print of pine tree after snow, which now hangs proudly on my bedroom wall.
pine tree after snow by kawase hasui, 1929
today at the korean exhibit, i fell in love with this:
a pair of peacocks, 1700-1800s
“Two peacocks dance in courtship beneath pairs of magnificently blooming peonies. Peacocks were one of the many symbols of longevity in Korean culture; thus this image expresses the blessing of the marital bond enduring through passing years. The combination of the feminine forms of the flowers and the masculine rocks evokes a harmonious balance of yin and yang that characterises the ideal marital relationship.”
now if only i could find a print of it for my wall.
Tags: art, pretty things
