I know I will be probably be arrested by the internet police and thrown into blogger prison without a key for not giving proper photo credit, but I honestly couldn’t find a source for this image.  I tried, yes indeed I did, but even a thorough photo credit seeker such as myself gives up sometimes.  I gave up for the better good of the people, that’s right, that’s what I will say when I am in front of the interweb judge that scowls at me for not trying hard enough and shakes their fat little finger in my shamed face. As I hang my head low, I will repeat my mantra, ‘I did it for the better good of the people’.  ‘What’s that? The judge will hiss, and I will explain that the world is a better, more happy place because even though I couldn’t find photo credit I unleashed this puppy’s mug on to the information super highway, myself and Japanese tween girls everywhere are giggling with unbridled delight and for that I am not sorry. If you would like more of the above visit this girl, she’s pretty delightful too.

P.S. Sara from Matchbox Kitchen kindly found the photographer–the incomparable Sharon Montrose.

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It’s been raining here the past couple of days, which is so odd since just Thursday it was sunny, and Africa hot. I don’t mind the rain, in fact I adore it, my three pound white, fluffy dog doesn’t share my same affinity for an occasional downpour it’s akin to taking a bath outside, which she doesn’t care for. I have lost my umbrella, which is not unusual at all as I seem to leave a rogue umbrella wherever I am in the world. I am considering purchasing a more expensive umbrella next time as I have a theory on expensive (useful) accessories that I would like to put to the test.  You see I used to lose my sunglasses all the time too, but on my 30th birthday my Godparent’s but me a very expensive pair of Chanel sunglasses (very expensive). I won’t go into how old I am now, but suffice to say that I have kept them for this entire time (eternity) without a scratch or loss to my name. I am thinking if I invest in say an umbrella like the one above, than perhaps I will be less likely to leave it somewhere willy nilly. What do you think?  Do you think the same theory would not apply to umbrella’s?  Would some other lovely end up with a new, beautiful designer umbrella whilst I get sopping wet in the rain ?  Don’t even get me started on my pining for designer Wellies….

I have had some pretty amazing orders lately.  I received a mention from Frankie magazine, an Australian publication (you know how I  love me some Aussie design, right?), okay, technically not the magazine but the newsletter, but who cares?  It’s Frankie and I am beyond grateful.  I had a moment to catch my breath from packing and was wondering why no one was ordering one of my favorite stamps.  How could I be the only one that loves it so?  It’s not possible, right?  Right.  I, the genius that I am did not add it to the site.  So on this glorious (and obviously wild) Saturday night, I styled, shot, edited and uploaded said fave stamp, so now we can all enjoy it. Phew.

Help Ink is a collaborative project, which uses the sale of premium and exclusive posters to help charities in a really cool way. When you buy a poster, you will have the opportunity to choose a charity that will receive 40% of the profits from your purchase.  The gist of this post? Buy this poster or some other poster from this brilliant organization.  What a great idea, wish I thought of it, but since I didn’t I am so glad somebody else did.

P.S. If you didn’t win a Besotted Brand goodie in the last giveaway, Danni of Oh, hello friend is giving away one of my wood box stationery gift sets. All you have to do is answer a fabulous little question here.

I have no need for these place setting magnets but it doesn’t stop me from wanting them. I am always on the look-out for props these days for my shop photos.  I can almost convince myself that these would be great, I do have to keep to a strict budget right now and can only buy things that I absolutely need but check out their paws and hooves, they are gold! I do need these right? Speaking of photo shoots I am supposed to spend a lovely afternoon shooting with some even lovelier bloggers. We have plans for an early ‘crafter-noon’ date which will require me to drive on the *gasp* highway and leave my zipcode. The winds here have been a bit icky (hot, thick and allergen ridden), which doesn’t bode well for the outdoor set-up I have envisioned, but the winds may be more mild  soon. If all goes as planned, I promise to take lots of evidence that I did leave my apartment for more than an hour and hopefully get a bunch of those stamping tutorials I have been promising.