Brilliant Mail Day

I had the ultimate mail day yesterday, it was a bit like christmas! I did a swap with the very lovely and sweet Martina of Six Black Dots (wonderful blog!) and she sent me more Cath Kidston goodies than I could imagine. It was so exciting, everything is so pretty!Such a great cheer up after a freezing cold and dull week. Martina is the best!

The Little Faux CD Swap

Well my packages for the cd swap are all sent and I have had several arrivals in the mail. Sharing music is such a great experience. Here is my little playlist:

1. Energy Song - Xavier Rudd
2. Into the Dark - Ben Lee
3. Falling Aeroplanes - Darren Hanlon
4. California - Something For Kate
5. Rock the Casbah - Something For Kate
6. Golden Skans - Klaxons
7. Always Worth It - Sarah Blasko
8. Forever Song - Josh Pyke
9. This Time - DJ Shadow
10. Better Than - John Butler Trio
11. I've Been Thinking - Handsome Boy Modelling School
12. One Crowded Hour - Augie March
13. Sundress - Ben Kweller
14. Hearts A Mess - Gotye
15. Dashboard - Modest Mouse
16. Harrowdown Hill - Thom Yorke
17. Trains to Brazil - Guillemots
18. Decent Days and Nights - The Futureheads
19. Los Angeles Waltz - Razorlight
20. Vibrations in Air - Josh Pyke


I hope they arrive soon and they are enjoyed.

This weekend

Hi there,
I have been a little quiet this week, just trying to adjust to my new job. I have missed blogging and feel a bit determined to make sure that I save some time for blogging and doing some serious crafting. This weekend however I am taking it easy and chilling out, we had a few quiet drinks with friends on friday night and yesterday spent a lot of time sitting in the sun listening to music, it doesn't get much better than that I have to say. I have received two of my cd swaps and it's really exciting to listen to something totally new and different. For some reason I feel far more inclined to listen to music now the weather is lighter and warmer, I felt really quiet this winter.
The picture above is of the Tord Boontje card Clara sent me, the other goodies can be seen here.
Hope everyone is having a great weekend
Catherine x

Working Week

Hello there,

Just a quick post tonight because I am a little tired. My job seems to be pretty good, but a bit daunting as there is so much to learn, it feels like it's been a week already. My Back2School swap goodies from Clara arrived today which was a wonderful surprise, thank you so much Clara! It included some great stationary like pens, and clips, some ribbon, and a card which is a fantastic pull apart with Tord Boontje cut outs, very cool. I will try to take some photo's to show as soon as I can. Clara your parcel is on the way so I hope it arrives soon.
I have just realised that I think my swallow broach in the above picture may be upside down....mmm...anyway it is one of my faves from Elk Accessories, they have some lovely things.
Hope everyone's having a great week.
Catherine x

Spring is Springing

All the beautiful blossom is out all over the place right now, pretty great because it means spring is on it's way and I can't wait. Bring on daylight savings, and warm days, and lots of sun!
I am having such a great time off, lots of sleeping in and staying in my jammies till the middle of the afternoon 'cause I don't have to be anywhere. I have been working on my swaps, wow I never knew making a mix cd would be so hard but it has taken a lot of time and thought, but they should be ready to post sometime this week, along with my back2 school swap for Clara. I love sending out all these packages, I have enjoyed it so much.

Two Swaps in One Week

Hi there,

I am doubly excited, I have never been in a swap and this week two great swap ideas have come up, the first being the back2school swap organised by Marta. I think this is a great idea, I used to love back to school time (always in February here) and all the new supplies and pens and paper and pencils and then getting to cover my books and folders. I am already thinking of all the posibilities to send to my future swap partner!
The second swap is the Little Faux Cd Swap organised by Shelly. A mix cd swap this is great. New music is always brilliant especially picked by someone else because it can be so different to your own taste and so you discover something you might not normally come across. I can share some of our great Australian musicians with the world (or where ever these cd's end up going!) This picture is from the White Stripes when they were here last year by this great photographer, love the music section, a lot are shows I went to. Even better!