Friday 21 June 2013

A Bit Dark My Friend

My staple diet for the past week
 I have been so very lazy this past week. No exercise, no blogging, no sewing or anything creative - just eating, reading and watching TV. The weather is a mind-numbingly cold mixture of wind and sleet with snow to come, and the rest of the country is worse off than us. Seriously, who can be bothered doing anything?
 
Luckily today is the winter solstice and that means we are finally on the way back out of our wintry dark days. It's not going to get warmer for a while, but at least we'll have more daylight. Plus our winter carnival is on tomorrow with a beautiful lantern parade, so I can't wait to brave the cold and appreciate the beauty of my city on a winter's night.
 
Here's to keeping warm! x

Monday 10 June 2013

Monday. Seriously.

Yup

Why do I hate Monday today? Well because I am super mad at myself. I dropped my cell in water (no prizes for guessing where) and it was only 6 months old (a Christmas present - waaaaa!). Not a problem in the grand scheme of life but I'm so so annoyed and I hate not having a phone. BOO.

Sunday 9 June 2013

A Right Royal Roundup













6 Needlebot Crafts/7, 8 & 9 Brown Street Bespoke

Yesterday was my first time blogging in a journalistic sense (if journalistic is even a word) and to be honest I was extremely nervous.  I felt like a big faker -  approaching people (eek), asking to take pictures (eeeeek!), saying my blog name out loud (*faints*). I fumbled with my camera and jumbled my words, dropped things and nearly got stuck in a dress, but in the end everyone was so nice that I needn't have worried.  Self-promotion is difficult and I find it a bit cringy, but I couldn't have picked a better place to start.

So much vintage clothing under one roof - I could hardly contain myself! The Vintage Roundup at Queens Bar is one of Dunedin's newest markets and is organised by Tannia Lee, who also has her own fantastic online store called Most Wanted Vintage. The stallholders are vintage collectors who have shops or sell online, and there were also a few crafters. I was lucky enough to be contacted by Tannia to visit and take some photos, and I was so excited to be asked!  I managed to restrain my spending and only buy two pretty dresses, although it was almost too hard to choose from all the treasures on offer.  I met some wonderful, interesting people and had a lovely afternoon chatting with them about beautiful fabrics and how much we love our cats.

The photos in this post are only my favourites from the day, you can view the rest on my Facebook page. To see Tannia's photos, keep an eye on The Vintage Roundup page on Facebook too!  

Tuesday 4 June 2013

Monday. Seriously - Did You Know You're Actually Tuesday?

WHY are there SO MANY expired yoghurts in the work fridge??! You know you're not going to eat it, WHY even bring it in. Oh wait, I think one of them's mine/I HAVE RUN OUT OF TEABAGS/I wish it was appropriate to lie down in the middle of the office, even just for a second. Sometimes I get overwhelmed and just need a moment/SO MUCH WORK/





Thank goodness for short weeks huh?  Only a couple of weeks until the shortest day, then we're on the way back out - yay! I can't wait, I've really been missing being able to run in the evenings and all this darkness is a serious mood-dampener. Luckily I've got lots of fun things with friends (and inevitibly wine) coming up. I know that I'm usually a stay-at-home kind of girl but I'm feeling cabin-feverish lately, and it's so nice to have fun things planned to break up these dark wintry days...