After procrastinating on twitter and following links to procrastinate on blogs, I came across Sarah Von’s excellent kick up the backside post, Operation Get Shit Done. It’s true of course, and made me feel bad about not blogging in like, forevs.  Bad Lana!

I have been very busy though, working, camping, eating, gallavanting.

Something I’ve been very excited about is signing up to Rachel and Elsie’s (from Red Velvet Art, the cutest online craft store you ever did see) Autumn Craft Class! It’s spring here in Australia but no matter, the projects are do-able and fun, and I am making headway towards my goal of giving handmade Christmas presents this year I’ve never really crafted except for scrapbooking, and so far I’ve tried sewing, embroidering and made a stuffed owl – very proud of myself!

I also managed to book a super cheap ticket to Malaysia, kinda out of the blue, yesterday – I am talking $63 one way! So planning for tropical holidays is making me very happy!

So much coming up too – a weekend in Noosa, Fright Night at Movieworld (complete with scary costumes!), Big Day Out 2010 tickets (if we can get them before they sell out!), weddings, birthdays and a scrapbooking retreat with mum.

YAY!

• Impromptu attendance at a muscle car show
• Hosting an afternoon BBQ that turned into a late night party
• Inglourious Basterds at Gold Class cinema
• Camping with great friends, getting drunk on the beach, marshmallows over the campfire
• 4 wheel driving on Fraser Island to swim at the breathtakingly beautiful and COLD Lake Mackenzie
• Donating furniture to charity then having enough space to buy a big-ass crafting desk for me to spead my scrapbooking things all over!
• Anticipation of Red Velvet Art’s Autumn class! Not long now
• “One word at a time Haiden”, “Five words at a time mummy!!”
• Booking a scrapbooking retreat with mum
• My gorgeous boyfriend
• Joining a new better gym closer to home, and managing to sell my old membership!
• Blowfish game on my iphone….Level 13 is impossible!
• Catching up with lovely friends who now live at the mines
• “Squash Monacle”, “tzatziki!”
• Mastering a new recipe
• Korres Pomegranate Lip Butter
• New rainbow shoes
• Planning a girls weekend away
• Searching Tumblr for new inspiring images
• Eating lots of salad
• Love.

• A is for… America Yes, planning our sojourn to the Americas next year is high on my list of favourite things!
• B is for… Blogs I love blogs. I am more than slightly addicted to reading blogs. I read so many I have no time to update mine! I even started another blog on tumblr!
• C is for… Crafting I have created three scrapbooking pages in one night! Can’t wait for my supplied to arrive from Red Velvet Art!
• D is for… Dressing for winter Even though I can’t stop whinging about the cold, I have to admit I enjoy layering up each morning.
• E is for… Episodes of Alias <3 Obsessed all over again.
• F is for… Friends Have been having lots of fun with my friends, new and old, over the last few weeks. Love you guys!
• G is for… Gala Darling whose new layout and new blog has given her all sorts of inspiration and it has infiltrated me by osmisis…or something
• H is for… Hot chocolate Yummy mid-afternoon when trying to avoid the 3 o’clock sleepies
• I is for… Itunes It really is a cool program. And it brings me musical joy
• J is for… Junk removal I cleaned out my wardrobe (a cyclical occurrence) and ended up with a laundry basket full to give away…and room to hang the remainder
• K is for… Kiddies So fun
• L is for… La Roux OBSESSED with their new album. Esp. Bulletproof. I am singing it right now.
• M is for… Mousse blush I am sorry Beach Tints, Nutrimetics Mousse blush is my new lover.
• N is for…New goals at work, we have set some lofty targets, with a sweet reward if we make them!
• O is for… Oven baked sweet potato I am eating it as a snack, just chunks of baked sweet potato. Also on wraps with salad, a bit of cheese, and in the sandwich press…
• P is for… Photography I have been making an effort to take my camera more places, and play around in Photoshop to see what I can come up with!
• Q is for… Quesadillas In all honesty I haven’t had one of these this week, but they are a fave
• R is for Restaurant… in the process of picking one for our 3 year anniversary coming up! <3
• S is for… Seinfeld Watching montages of the funny bits had me cracking up in work breaks
• T is for… Triple J Hottest 100 Even though there were NO female winners (!), it was an awesome collection of anthems and I can’t wait to get the CD!
• U is for… V is for… Vegetables We bought a little greenhouse and are growing our own on our tiny balcony. Take that, tomato-eating possums!
• W is for… Wynnum taking my BFs puppy Rosie for a walk at Wynnum was one of my fave parts of last weekend
  
• X is for… X marks the spot Marking treasure* on a map (*treasure may or may not be day spas and ice cream parlours)
• Y is for… Yoga I had a major breakthrough and put my head on my knees when stretching over my toes on Wednesday. I haven’t been ableto do that for many, many years!!
• Z is for…Zephyrs Those cool ocean breezes at the beach!

blogging when I am meant to be sleeping! Outrageous!

You like my new desktop wallpaper from Dujourmag? I <3 it!

This week I am loving…

• Brown Brothers Dolcetto and Syrah wine
• Winning the State of Origin!! YAY TEAM!
• Bride Wars (yes I know it’s lame. But I liked it so much, I watched it twice!)
• Parties at Mel’s place
• Going to the markets with Mel, hungover, the morning after
• Olive tapenade with little toast biscuits
• Drinking our French wine at a BYO French restaurant, 1 year after our sojourn to France! So decadent
• Planning new art for our abode
• Trips to IKEA
• Singstar
• Finally buying something from RVA! I love their stuff!
• Devising sneaky ways to hide vegies in food
• Getting very excited for our Melbourne trip this weekend! Finally off to see Wicked! (My birthday pressie from Rob!) Hopefullly get some thrifting and maybe even Luna Park or the aquarium in!
• This circus-themed wedding! c-ute
• Holly Neufeld’s crafty blog of all things gorgeous
• Gerberas
• Pet turtles
• New hair!!!

So cute! He must’ve been quick!

Found via Smitten

Wish I could do them!! Any tips?

They always say time changes things, but you actually have to change them yourself.
-Andy Warhol

• Decorate!! Check out Lightly, the brainchild of clever Melbourne-based designer Cindy-Lee Davies for inspiring mirror art, lights, tabletop-ware and accessories. Worth a look!

• Mozi sells the most lovely bathroom, kitchen and living accessories, as well as stationary. The collections of aprons and oven mitts could even turn me into a domestic goddess!
• If you haven’t discovered it yet, Meet me At Mikes is a mecca for crafty types! Us Aussies could do with something knitted at the moment…brrrr
• Take some photos! I recently stumbled across Karen Mordechai photography and am absolutely in love with her work. She photographs food, weddings and commercial amongst other things, and her images on her blog are AMAZING! Yes please! Also…

• She has collaborated with Casey Solomon on the Sunday Suppers project, which pairs a cooking and dining experience with fun and photos. I challenge you not be be salivating and pondering an appropriate occcasion to hold a dinner party after checking it out! YUM!
• Desire to Inspire two incredible designers collecting ideas for rooms! A fantastic blog read. Makes you wanna do over your house!
• Amazing stickers to decorate your walls and home at harmonie interieure! Different than you’ve ever seen. LOVE!
• More fabulous interior design ideas at The Deco Detective (also, awesome name).
• Share Some Candy – as the site says a curated collective of inspiring design finds and art! Really cool stuff.

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