sparkles against a beige backdrop

so i may have mentioned before that i kind of heart mumford and sons right? well tomorrow night i am seeing them in my home town and despite having seen them play live umm cough*7*cough times in the last 5 months i am still actually totally and completely amped.  kind of sad i know but their music makes me happy. and to be honest my days tend to be filled with some sort of beige moments but each time one of these gems pops onto my ipod i smile. so i think its ok. 

new 4 u

so here is a super sneaky peek at some of the new designs i am adding to my range. if all goes to plan they will be up in the shop for you by next tuesday. hope you like them :)

i heart radishes

i heart radishes. 


well the unbelieveably spiffy store in Portland, Oregon Radish Underground to be exact.  


And why do you love a store on the other side of the planet I hear you ask? Well I will tell you....


You see when I was away on my American Odyssey, I visited Radish Underground on my visit to Portland and purchased a gorgeous silver ring by Gowan Metal Custom Jewellery. And every time I looked at this ring I smiled because it reminded me how much fun I had on my trip so it was kind of special. So when it went missing out of my bag one day when I returned home you can imagine I was just a little heart broken. But luckily for me the extremely lovely Gina at Radish is such a star that when I emailed her about my woes she acted as my fairy godmother so to speak and was nice enough to organise for a new one for me. And it arrived today. And I am literally so overjoyed i could do a star jump or 12. 

i thought i would share my joy of unwrapping this little gem :) 

 how lovely is the wrapping ?

and the goooooorgeous ring on my hot little hand :) 

So if ever you are in Portland,stop by and say hi to the lovely Gina because she is a star and her shop is rad. 
thank you so so much Gina!!! 

i like surprises

         images from Fashion Journal

So I was just having a lovely little read of renee-anne's super rad blog  and thought i would check out fashion journal and low and behold what do I see but two of my cards on the scoop profile about Thread Den (page 14). Neat hey? Go take a peek at this great mag over here (yay for online mags!)

rainy days

sweet ignorance

beneath what you see 

living in melbourne i see my fair share of rainy days, well gloomy finger freezing days anyway. and how does one occupy themselves in this completely lame weather? well, i like to stay inside and drinks cups of tea by the jug full (no jokes - 8 cups today and counting.) oh and sometimes i make pretty things. like the pieces above i just finished for the rainy days exhibition taking place down in Tassie starting July 14 at Cube Art & Design. The are tiny - 10x10cm in fact - and are a little bit of collage, little bit of drawing and a little bit of pastel too. I wish I could go down for opening night but alas I am frozen to my chair. I wish I was kidding

But if you happen to find yourself in fair Tassie, stop by and take a look and even pick up these little gems if you like. 

rainy days exhibition  - cube art + design - Shop 8, Salamanca Arts Centre 77 Salamanca Place Hobart

opening 14 july - 27 july 

you give your hand to me

all images by 26 merton road (discovered via once wed)

Umm this may be stating the obvious, but how gorgeous are these lovely pictures?

 ahh 'swoon'. feeling so inspired to start my new pieces for disband right now after stumbling across all this gorgeousness

happy sunday xx