Let's go picnic!

The fruits of my recent Shinzi Katoh obsession:



The little lunchboxey thing at the front was a belated birthday present from the famous Aunty Cookie- thanks Shannon! That's definitely all I'm going to buy for now - a much too expensive obsession.

I discovered the hard way that the design on the bottle can be scratched if I'm not careful. So I made this:


... using perfectly apt "i am drinking" linen tape from a recent swap with Leslie from Good-ness. Hee!

On that note, here's the rest of the swap - Shinzi, Lotta, linen tape, craft mag... wasn't she fantastic! Very generous :)



P.S. - So funny, when I was taking those pics on my balcony a guy on the street below looked up and said "ebay? i know ... i've done it a million times".

Hehehe, not quite, but he was close enough :)

Mmm Shinzi Katoh

I'm going through a real phase at the moment of being obsessed with the Japanese designer Shinzi Katoh. I love his cute illustrations but more than that I totally respect and admire his use of colour.


1. SK - bento sun, 2. Can you find squirrel, 3. Mug mosaic, 4. Mary Mary, 5. Postcard - Orange Elephant, 6. Postcard - Bear, 7. Postcard - Biggest Animal, 8. Postcard - Almost All, 9. SK - slices of sweetness.


Mmm, a new Shinzi Katoh mug and homemade banana bread with morning tea - how can you go wrong?

Woe is clumsy me :(

Baaaawh!!! My most favouritest piece of crockery ever! Morning tea will never be the same again :( :(

Luckily I know this lady who is about to send me this mug.... but it's just not the same, ya know? I remember the gorgeous shop I bought it from - cutest shop ever, full of 'shrooms and all sorts of japanesey goodness, with a tiny little cafe on the mezzanine level... sigh.

On the upside, printer just called and has some print sample swatches for me to look at! So I'll go distract myself by looking at those :) Hope the linen looks good!!