Archive for June, 2009

Just what we’ve always wanted! We can be warm and private wherever we are.. now this is what i call crafty..

The other day Dylan and I were shopping in quite a dodgy Korean toy shop which actually has some flipping cool little things and A LOT of scary looking porcelain dolls! 

Lucky for us they had a little sweet section where we found these individually wrapped/pill packaged smarties.. haha. 

awesome. and you can even use it as a universal remote!

As you’ve prob seen on my blog i’m a pretty big fan of coffee shops! but not just normal generic ones.. cute, charming, quirky, quaint ones, the kind that are hidden away and that not many people know about.. I decided a while back i wanted to do some coffee shop reviews while i’m on holiday but ive been a bit lax to be honest… *guilty face* but luckily my tea and cake buddy natalie got me back on track thx nat! and we went to the wonderfully charming Contessa in Rivonia.

Its a bit off main road Rivonia but definitely worth the drive..

here’s just a little glimpse of it all – they have about a 1000 different types of teas to choose from (cuz its a tea connossieur obviously), and they have a lot of interesting things on the wall to look at and they give you jelly beans with your bill (awesome)

For more awesome coffee shops see the right panel and look under ‘coffee shops’ – i highly recommend all of these places (especially the lulu and tashas website – make sure u have sound

one of my favorite things about winter is that you get to wear loads and loads of layers – hats, scarves, coats and jerseys and ofcourse stockings! and it definitely must be due to some gossip girl inspiration but i LOOOOOVE brightly coloured tights..  like soooooo much! theyre just so yummy..

I’m getting my Recessionista on! : ) I love dresses. lots of them but i find that most of the pretty little smocks i see in shops these days are waaay over priced and look soo easy to make!

So i found an awesome dead simple pattern! got my moms old elna sewing machine out and i’m going for some holiday sewing lessons! i’m so excited! i will post it up as soon as i’m finished!

here’s the awesome elna my mom used in the 70′s! no joke! i caant wait to use it!

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