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 . . . the most stunning bark cloth, purchased from Two Squirrels and destined to become curtains in the caravan.

And a gift from Vanessa and Warren . . . a set of five fabulous retro glasses, also destined for the caravan. Apparently there were six glasses, once upon a time  . . . but hey, who has a set of six glasses in Christchurch these days?! As my friend Suze pointed out, I can even afford to break another one. I'll simply pretend it was always a set of four glasses and no one will ever be any the wiser.

(Very hard to photograph so you are just going to have to trust me on how cool they are).

For those of you who don't already know, Vanessa and Warren's pop-up shop, The Nest, is closing down. (don't worry, they're going online). But before they shut the doors for the last time they're having a HUGE sale this weekend. If you live locally, you'd be mad to miss it.

project 4/52 . . .

. . . pink and green birds, a belated birthday present (resolution FAIL) for a dear friend who likes pink and green.

this morning . . .

 . . . Little Man tipped a cup of water over my laptop. Some very quick thinking on Muz's part means I still have a working computer tonight, and I am now spending my evening backing up files.

Wake. Up. Call.

Of course I could ask what the HELL was Little Man was doing NEAR my computer with a cup of water . . . but to be honest I am just so grateful Muz managed to salvage the situation that I'm going to let that slide.

project 3/52 - diary cover

I used to treat myself to the Moleskine diary, back in the days when I had disposable income and full nights of sleep. These days my finances can't quite stretch to it - child to feed and all that. So this year I started the hunt for a Moleskine equivalent. I was resigning myself to the Collins A5 when I stumbled across Typo and this little beauty:

Page a day, which I like. And, best of all, it was a mere $5 because by the time I got round to buying it the year had started. I was stoked.

So this week's project 52 is a diary cover in glorious shades of snot. I do like snot colours.

While I usually prefer asymmetry, my obsessive compulsive tendencies got the better of me this time and I was compelled to put a bird on the front and back.

project 2/52 - two birds . . .

 . . . with one stone. Today's Project 52 is also my entry into this national competition.

(Please excuse the crap photography - damn my complete inability to compensate for white backgrounds!).

It was an interesting exercise and by interesting I mean 'not to be repeated in a hurry'. I should have started it earlier - weeks earlier.

While the competition determined the theme, the end result is something that I would be happy hanging in Little Man's room . . . and this is where it is destined to end up.

And in other news, we've bought a caravan. A 1972 Zephyr. We actually bought it about a month ago but this weekend was its first outing. Muz has these golden memories from his youth of caravan holidays with his family. I have a slightly more realistic idea of just how much fun you can have away from your own toilet and shower, but I am still up for the challenge.

We went about an hour out of town because we didn't want to go too far afield, given that we are caravan novices. We forgot a lot of stuff (essential stuff, like insect repellent) and we didn't put up the awning properly but hey, that's what the outing was all about. It was a test run and, even with all our amateur mistakes (and there were many), we had a ball.