A Small Giveaway

*** UPDATE *** I will be drawing the giveaway on Friday 30th November so if you still want to enter it will have to be soon! Though it might be around Thursday if your not in Australia =)



Click Where I was able to make the sign.

I thought it would be kind of fun to have one. So I made some notecards and envelopes especially for this. And here are some photos of them.

This is the first major set I'm giving away. For a closer view click on the picture.

This is the second set.

All you have to do is leave a comment and I will randomly pick two names out. Feel free to let others know. =) It's so weird doing one of these.

Natasha's Virtual Vintage Prom

It's here Natasha's Virtual Vintage Prom. So here we go!

Here's my outfit for the prom. I've always wanted a pretty pink prom dress. Thought silver accessories would go well with it. This outfit, great music and company makes for a great time.

I couldn't help it. I had to show more lovely dresses which I had trouble deciding from. These dresses just make me want to dance!

And I want to thank Natasha for holding this virtual prom. It was fun to look for pretty dresses. As you can see I don't have my own prom dress which is why I made a little collage of my dream outfit.

Since we don't have prom's here in Australia I thought I would share some photos from my year 12 formal. It's kind of embarrassing as it shows my stomach. This is from August 2002.

This was taken at the formal venue. It was one of the professional photos, though I can't scan the original so this is a photo of a photo =p And I cropped it a bit.

Just a photo with some of my good school friends. I haven't been able to hang out with them all for ages.

This was taken at the pre party. I went with my mate Adam. The pre was held at his house.

Terrible quality photos. This was before digital cameras were normal for everyone to have. It's funny looking back on this as this was just over 5 years ago! Eep! Anyway, thanks to Natasha for holding a fun prom!

I'm (basically) done

Yay! I had my last exam yesterday and I'm pretty much free! I have a little bit of my independent study to do but besides that I'm finished! And my graduation is finally figured out, so I will be hopefully graduation next month. Yew! Pretty exciting times for me. Though I have gotten a bit sick. Mainly tiredness and a bit of a sore throat.

Well I have a few things to share. It was one my best friend's Laura's 21st birthday party on the weekend. It was a white themed birthday. Everything looked gorgeous with tulle wrapped with white fairy lights, candles which created a warm ambiance, delicious food, a lot made by lovely Natalia. It was a fun night. So here are a few pictures of the night and pics of the presents I got Laura. Actually Me, Natalia and Kristina did get Laura a combined gift. We got her an Australian Vogue subscription which she absolutely loves!

This is a gorgeous print I purchased from lovely Bec of My Charlie Girl. Her name is Coco. It's just in a frame I bought. I love the prints they are so beautiful. Go check out her work. Plus Laura loved it as she's an artist herself and Coco is appropriate for her as she loves Coco Chanel.

I love the Christina Re paper. These are just some little notecards I made her that I thought would be her style.

Just another angle. I kind of liked it =)It never seems to be sunny when I take photos. How weird?!

These are tiny notecards I made her. Each card has a different word I thought was appropriate. I would like to make more of these.

All the handmade items together. I covered a sketchbook with that pretty paper so she can take it on her birthday cruise. I thought she might be able to use it to sketch and note down ideas while on the ship. But it's small a good size, not bulky.

All the items together. I bought that Princess print for myself as well.

And the girls. Me, Laura, Natalia and Kristina. White was such a great theme. So beautiful and pure.

A photo of Laura and me. I look a bit funny here but she's looking gorgeous as usual =)

Just Jase and me out the front of the house. Too bad you can't see the lovely tulle and fairy lights properly.

Ok I'm posing a bit in this pic. I haven't got my heels on anymore so I look so small. The dress is actually nicer in person. It's soft and feels great on.

One last thing is I want to write about this from Natasha. For more information check out her blog. A virtual vintage prom sounds like so much fun. I've always wanted to participate in one of these. So please check it out.

Hectic

It's been another hectic week. I've had exams, work, trying to see people so I can graduate! Eepp! Plus I was trying to finish off that Swap-bot swap. I've neglected penpals as I almost can't be bothered to write. Work was busy as it would be my first day was a catalogue toy sale!! Which means many customers wanting things from the catalogue and I had no idea, so I had to wing it a lot of the time. Plus being thrown into registers was pretty full on.

Anyway, one week of uni left!! One exam and a few other bits(and hopefully graduation but it all depends - long story sigh).

Thought I would show a few photos of me and my nephews. They're not great photos and I look like a dag =p

Caeleb and I were mucking around for the camera. It's so much fun being with my nephews.

Us in the yard. Just playing around. Eee! I love them so much! I guess all you mothers know what it's like to have kids. Gosh I love my little nephews!

I just had to share this one. I adore this picture.

Well, like I mentioned before I was trying to finish off my swap-bot Swap-bot book of letters swap. I sent it yesterday and this is the finished product.

This is the front and back covers. I thought I would show the pictures this way or then there would be way too many!

These are the first 4 pages. I put my little movie quotes on the other pages. They are from some of my partners favourite movies.

More of the pages. Too bigger pictures just click on the photo =)

I made the book and most of the envelopes its simple but I thought it was best to keep it that way. It was fun to do but it was probably bad timing as I had so much work to do.

Well I think that's it for now. Oh and I'm going to start making some things for my little giveaway thing =)

xox

Busy busy

Last week was so busy! My uni classes are all finished! But I still have 3 weeks of study and exams. I've also had some work training and today was my Myer orientation. I found out I'm working in the children and toy section. So that should be fun =) though crazy through this christmas period.

Anyway, thanks for all the comments you guys left. It was lovely of you. And to answer a question, I don't get a discount at Myer until after 3 months. But I get a discount on black and white apparel as long as it's suitable for work.

I haven't really been able to make much as I haven't been able to but here are a few things I have to share.
Jason bought me this top. There are a lot of cute vintage style tops at Myer. Sorry terrible photo. It's cloudy and rainy today and didn't use a flash.

And here are a pair of little flat shoes I bought from Target for $13 or something.

They're really quite cute in this muted gold tone. They would look good with a sweet white summer dress.

And I thought I would add a little something to the shoes. I've been wanting to decorate some plain little ballet flats or other flat shoes for ages now. It's not glued on yet so it's a little off centre lol.

The shoes on a different angle. I quite like them I think. Definitely want to decorate more flatties. It's kind of weird though as I'm small yet I love wearing flat shoes. I guess comfort is more important to me than height.

Oh and I think I will definitely have a little giveaway soonish. Maybe in a few posts time xox

A new job!

I have a Christmas casual job at Myer. I received the call to say that I have gotten a job there over the peak trading period. I just wanted a job for Christmas time as I haven't really worked this whole last semester of uni. I didn't mention anything about it but I have a group interview last week, got through that and had to apply to a specific position online and yay got the call. For those of you who don't know Myer is a huge department store here in Australia. The other is David Jones though it is quite up market. I've worked there too and I will not get into the details of that.


Thought I would show a picture of Jennifer Hawkins who is the 'face' of Myer. She was also Miss Universe in 2004. This was taken from the 2007 Summer show for Myer.

A few more things to add. I have one week of class left!! Though I still have 3 weeks of exams and study, but still I'm excited. I really can't believe how close I am to finishing. I can't wait to finally finish studying. Yay!


I swap with Swap-bot!

Oh and I am joining a swap at Swap-bot. I do swaps there here and there. Mainly letter ones because sometimes I will get into it and not receive back or my partner will not put that much effort into it. So anyway, that little icon up there is the link to the swap. It's called the Book of Letters and Envelope goodies swap. It sounds like so much fun. It's based on The Jolly Postman books. Has anyone read these books before?? I remember reading them and always wanting to make them. (My love of letters and mail has been going for a loonnggg time). So now I get my chance. It is going to be so much fun making my little book once I get my partner. And the organiser Danni is such a lovely person.

This is what I love about the internet world. You get to meet some fantastic people that you normally wouldn't have met. Either through swaps, forums or blogs. So thanks to all the great people I have gotten to know through the internet =)

* A side note - I would love to have a giveaway or something =) I see so many people doing it and it seems like such a great idea. I will get back to you on that.

Thought I would end with the last Moleskin notebook that I decorated. I'm thinking of using one of them maybe to keep track of all my penpal details. Anyway, until next time xox

A visit

My German friend Jan-Peter is here. He came with his friend Tina. So Jason and I took them out for dinner. It was a nice, relaxing and casual night. Talking, walking and looking at how lovely it all looks at night. Plus the weather is gorgeous right now.

Just me, Tina and JP at Southbank. This just shows how small I am. Sigh sometimes I really hate it.

The four of us. Jason took this so it worked out. I will be seeing them again soon before they leave.

I have a few more pics I want to share.

I bought this a few weeks ago for $4 or something. I just thought it was cute. I haven't hung it up yet. Maybe for the study?!

I bought these at Borders a few weeks ago. The Ella Enchanted book is nothing like the movie. The book is better. I didn't mind the movie though it was corny but for some reason I still like to watch it lol. And thats the first time I have bought Moleskin notebooks. Well the skinny pocket ones anyway.

Here are two of the Moleskin notebooks. I thought they needed some decorating. I thought I would turn one into an internet site helper. It will be used to keep track of all my favourite sites, forums, blogs etc that I like. Plus to keep track of any usernames and passwords too as I forget them sometimes. And maybe a brief summary about what the site contains. The other I haven't thought of what to use it for yet.