byproduct of the food industry

It's here!!!

My outfit for Saturday night when we go to see The Veils is being planned around the feathers

wooden toy

On my way to meet up with friends for coffee yesterday I decided to pop in to Lenko for a quick browse.

I of course walked in telling myself it was just a look around with absolutely no exchange of cash or credit card to take place.

Then I found this

Sniffle Co (I was told by Dana Lenko that this is the work of one of the members of The Grates). It was adorable! Pinned to a hanky, I couldn't resist picking him up. I have to admit, it was very hard to decide between the Ice Cream and the Puffer, but in the end the cone won.

I was having a great chat with Dana about the wooden badges and she started showing me the various other wooden goodies they had just added to their displays.

Hiding at the back of the cabinet was this cute little T-Rex from Lab305. He's a bit of a player, the moment I got him home he was passed and pinned on various items of clothing by my mum and sister, but you've got to love him!

The Lab305 badges are also very reasonably priced, which is good news for me with christmas coming up.

Go forth and buy little wooden toys

I am a bird now

When I wanted the feathered skirt on ASOS I didn't buy it immediately because I hadn't been paid and didn't really want to overdraw my account (because I do it often enough when I need to feed my caffeine cravings). When I finally got paid the skirt was gone.

Skimming over the ASOS site tonight I found this...my pay hasn't gone through yet and I've already overdrawn my bank account (thanks to weekend adventures) but I don't care.

I'll sit by my mailbox for the next two weeks waiting for it to arrive now...and I will wear it the moment it gets here, even if Melbourne continues with the 40degree weather.

Slightly more boring news

I handed in my screenprinting folio on Monday. I worked with second hand books, printing directly on to the pages. Trying to present my 'resolved' pieces on a wall was an incredibly difficult task, believe me.

It seems like a mediocre folio to me, but as long as I pass I couldn't really care less. Considering I only went in to the studio twice a week with very limited access to the studio I'm quite pleased with how many prints I managed to do, but it's still not the greatest work.

Also coping with major frustration at the moment. When work changed the computer systems and switched from Mac to Dell (worst idea ever if you ask me) I asked if I could buy one of the newer iMacs. Two months later I've finally been able to bring my new toy home (one macbook is not enough for a girl like me), and I was feeling pretty chuffed because the IT guy re-formatted it for me which saved me a trip (and the money) to the nearest Mac store.

...tomorrow I am taking it back in to work and making the IT guy re-load all the software, because the computer is fucked. No matter what I try I can't install the software because there's a system error.

Someone's going to end up with a stiletto in their temple tomorrow if they don't fix their mistake, let me tell you.