friday freebies ~ april calendar and easter goodies

April and Easter are just around the corner, next week in fact. These things have a way of sneaking up on you, don’t they?

So today, here is your printable April calendar as well as some Easter-themed links.

The files are pdfs ~ right-click on the link and Save Target/Link As.

And for some Easter fun:

 

 

 

my creative space … and a little confession

Wow, is it Thursday already. And unlike some, I haven’t been snoozing on the job.

My week has flown by in a series of frustrating calls to an ISP-which-shall-not-be-named to fix the problem of said ISP users not being able to get to this site, as well a small handful of other websites {all related to me in one way or another ~ their problem, not mine, so I wish they would just fix it already} and attempting to finish off some freelance projects.

I snapped the picture above yesterday of the mutt having a nap in the sunshine. Some of you may have seen it on Twitter. If I ran a caption competition, Cindy would probably wins hands down. Her tweet: “Looks like another tough day protecting property and people”. It really is a dog’s life.

The one thing I did get done this week was print the Simplicity series. Next I want to organise some postcards and hopefully work on a shop update very soon. As soon as I find some more hours in the day.

And the confession.  I let my 365 project go. It started a slow slide downhill late last year when we took a road trip and I got behind updating the flickr set. Then it was summer, things got busy as they do and the time for taking photos was sucked up by goodness knows what. Then the unthinkable happened, although I can’t pinpoint the date,  I know in the past six weeks I missed a day. And the realisation of that meant any motivation I had left to continue slid right down the black hole.

Truth is, I wasn’t happy with a lot of the photos. But the project did fulfill its purpose in that I learned more about ~ everything. So now I am dwelling on a new project but have yet to decide on an idea, or the timing.

But this is a small selection of the ones I did like, all for very different reasons. 1. 365 project, 2. 12/365 ~ ladies who lunch, 3. 19/365 ~ practice, 4. 28/365 ~ a visit to the art gallery, 5. 32/365 ~ playing cars, 6. 66/365 ~ does two a collection make, 7. 8/365 ~ today we went bowling, 8. 92/365 ~ pretty plates, 9. 135/365 ~ fresh, 10. 140/365 ~ street fair, 11. 100/365 ~ document everything, 12. 146/365 ~ wheely yellow, 13. 76/365 ~ in the mail today14. Not available15. Not available16. Not available

Looking forward to seeing some creative peeps over at the headquarters.

 

 

 

paper trail: pretty notecards

Who doesn’t love receiving something getting pretty in the mail? And the wonderful thing is, we are spoilt for choice when it comes to sending someone a special little note ~ whether it is to say thank you, happy birthday or just a quick hello.

  1. Paper Doll notecards from Linda & Harriet
  2. For your favourite cook, cards from Fierce Mally
  3. Periodic Table of Sentiments by Pink Loves Brown
  4. Say thank you with dose of yellowy sunshine from Pistachio Press
  5. For the photography fiend, camera Hello notecards by Simple Song

What are you waiting for? Let someone know you are thinking of them today.

{images from their respective sources}

 

 

 

lime light: uimi

According to the calendar, it is supposed to be autumn around these parts.  The 30-degree {that’s celsius for you foreigners} days say otherwise.

However, a girl can dream and this girl is dreaming of days where jeans and scarves is de rigueur. Lisa featured scarves from Uimi on the red thread a couple of weeks ago and checking out their site, I was blown away. I’ll have one of each.

Uimi is an Australian textile design studio featuring eco-friendly knitwear using merino wool and organic cotton. The list of stockists is small but growing. Keep an eye out.

{images by uimi}

 

 

 

in the neighbourhood: penelope loves lists

The great thing about doing a class like Blogging Your Way is finding a group of like-minded people and their fantastic blogs. A case in point is Penelope Loves Lists.

First, I was struck by the fabulous layout of this blog ~ lovely colour palette, lists, and grid paper. Swoon.

Meredith, the face behind Penelope Loves Lists, is aiming to help everyone find their inner Penelope ~ the one that loves lists and notebooks, storage solutions and always has  a to do list.

Love lists, you’re sure to love Penelope Loves Lists.

 

 

 

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