February 2012
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Don’t tell me the moon is shining; show me the glint of light on broken glass.
– Anton Chekhov
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Be My Valentine
Hallmark eat your heart out. This over-the-top Valentine’s Day card is available from the wondrous Etsy store La Meow Vintage. Happy Valentine’s Day everyone. I’m heading to the pub with some friends for dinner!
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Shrine time
www.rookiemag.com recently asked people to submit photos of any shrines they had made. Here is some gloriousness their readers came up with. There is something about shrines that has me hooked at the moment - their tackiness, their idolatry, the sense of worship.
When I was at university, I lived in my Nonna’s house in Perth. She had funny little things around the place, like rosary beads...
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This here is a favourite, somewhat secret spot where my Australia Day was spent with good friends. It’s becoming a bit of a tradition to down some cool beverages, listen to the country’s biggest and best music countdown and frolic in this here dam.
My friend’s parents built him this little house when he was a kid, so he could have overnight adventures with his friends, going...
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Missed Connections
Artist Sophie Blackall goes on Craigslist to the “Missed Connections” section and does illustrations based on all the stories of lost love that she finds on there.
How romantic would it be to tell people you met in this way? Then imagine being able to buy the painting of your story!
I find it fascinating that people connect with each other in this way. I love seeing how she...
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Antique Fair
My mother, sister and I recently attended an antique fair in our hometown. Our mum has been going to the annual event for about a decade - I remember being dragged around the stalls as a child being bored out of my merry brain. This was the first time I’d been back in years and I found my approach to be quite changed.
Dressed in a cream and lace vintage dress, with her pale porcelain skin,...
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