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i heart the usa - all photos by me from left to right : top 1. guggenheim museum, nyc 2. angels flight,(aka the park from 500 days of summer) downtown LA 3. santa monica beach, LA  4. NYC city lights 5. Seattle Library, WA 6. The Highline in Chelsea, NYC


I just realised that a year ago today I set off on my American odysessy. It doesn't feel like a year since I jetted off on my 5 week break in the US of A - it feels so much longer, probably because I kind of miss that time so much. It probably goes without saying, but I wish that I was heading off to NYC again today or any day for that matter.  

The pictures above are some of my favourites from the trip, and have been on my desktop at work since the day I got back.

While I may be at my day job today and not in Central Park, on the bright side, I have some great news and new projects to share with you tomorrow!

Much Love Monday - head in the clouds

I have been loving the extra long weekend. Obviously 5 days off is always brilliant, that goes without saying. I took a little time away from eating chocolate to spend some time exploring places close to home and far away. I spent a little time in the city exploring the lane ways and visiting NGV. I also hit the road to visit the lovely Hanging Rock and super charming Woodend. As always I took my cameras along with me and here are a few of my favourites.

leaf art at the water wall on Collins Street

 exploring at Hanging Rock

exploring at Hanging Rock - and yes I may have yelled Miranda a few times 

Inventive hipsters (or cheeky revelers on a Saturday night) find alternative bike storage in the CBD

Check out other much love entries at Anna's lovely blog

Art & Craft for Easter

I want to start by saying I love chocolate. In my house it is considered a food group of its own.

So obvioulsy Easter is one of my favourite times of year because well, there is an abundance of chocloate. But this year I have been thinking of passing over those delicious chocloate bunnies and buying something that will last longer than the inevitable Easter sugar coma. 

So here are a couple of things I think would be super to pick up instead of a bunny (or in addition to it !)

Well Dressed Animals by Ryan Berkely 

I saw some of Ryan's prints from the Well Dressed Animal series at cute local shop Quirk & Co. (check it out if you are in Melbourne) and I was totally smitten. I love this series and Ryan does some pretty amazing other work too which you can check out here. Here are a couple of my faves which are available in his shop, I think are just as cute as those foil wrapped bunnies.

 

 Lady Rabbit by Ryan Berkeley available here

 

White Rabbit by Ryan Berkley available here

Wearables by So Little Time Co. 

Now I know this doesn't resemble a bunny or an egg but I promise you this sweet pendant watch (or wearable as they call them) by So Little Time Co. is a winning replacement for chocolate this Easter (or any time really). 

Made in Melbourne by the extremely lovely team of Kirsty, Josh and Jacinta,I gurantee that you will find something sweet over at So Little Time Co. I gave a friend the pendant below for her birthday and I swear she hasn't taken it off since. So check them out here and visit the shop too!

Wind Cloud Pendant available here Image: So Little Time Co. 

Recipe Box by Dawn Tan with Harvest Textiles

No doubt you will have heard of the super talented and super lovely Dawn Tan so I don't need to rabbit on (lame pun - sorry!). Anyway, recently Dawn did a residency at Harvest Workroom and produced a whole bunch of amazing products which you can buy in the shop online. I love everything but I think my favourite is the Recipe Box - and who doesn't want to cook up some yummy recipes over Easter?

 

Recipe Box by Dawn Tan with Harvest Textiles available over here

Stay tuned for some more Easter treats this week on the blog

Also I am having a little Easter sale in my store until Monday - enter EASTER20 at checkout to get 20% off any purchase - visit the store here:
http://www.truthbetolddesign.bigcartel.com/products

weekend : autumn

This weekend reminded me why I love autumn. It was mild and a little sunny. Plus I got to kick around some leaves. If only it was going to stay this nice. 

kicking around leaves in my new boots from the vintage garage

daily quotes at parkhill cellars. hilarious. 

sweet window boxes in north melbourne. 

Filmclip Friday : You're Always

I can always tell what I have been working on by what music I listen to most. 

Recently I have been working on a few invitation designs for some truly sweet and loved up couples, so my playlist has been featuring lots of lovely, melodic and romantic tunes to get my mind in the right place. 

One of the songs that has been on high rotation is You're Always by Sally Seltmann. I love this song. In fact I love it so much that when I played it for my soon to be married friend as a suggestion for her wedding she cried and did a little star jump. I can't wait to see her and her equally amazing husband to be dancing to this on their wedding day. 

Oh and of course I love the film clip - lots of flowers and generally oozing romance and wistfulness.

Anyway enough gushing from me - just watch it :

You're Always from Sally Seltmann on Vimeo.

Credits

Music by Sally Seltmann, produced by Darren Seltmann. 

Clip directed by Kiku Ohe for The Silent Lights

a second to pause

So some may have noticed I have posted as regularly as I usually do. Well in the last few weeks I have been a little under the weather and exhausted, and as usual it caught up with me. So while I have been sleeping off this state of exhaustion I have still been trying to capture some nice moments. Stay tuned for some more posts this week of new work. 

The only good thing about daylight savings ending is that at 4:55pm each day the disco ball on my desk at work lights up my desk like this. 

I took a little time out to bake a few cakes this week - and this chocolate orange one was certainly a winner

My lovely sister bought me home the latest copy of Inside Out magazine which has this gorgeous print my James Gulliver Hancock who is one of my favourite artists. 

Birds rule. Sort of

I noticed last weekend at Finders Keepers that people commented a lot about the lack of birds at my stall. In fact there was only one - this popular little fella here - which I created after a few requests for some feathered friends on my cards. There are a lot of birds to be seen in the crafty world, and I think that's ace and slightly comical. Much like this video. Yay birds

Enjoy lovelies xx