Time management!

All I have to say this weekend is: Time management, time management, time management!!
I need it.  Got any tips?  Especially getting started/ being productive in the morning.
Here are some lighter moments of my weekend:


Snacks fit for a 4yr old (or 24yr old), tomatoes from my garden, Edward Guglielmino's butt, Coffee tasting at Bunker coffee - with special guests Black coffee, specimens from my garden, sunlit watercolours.

I highly recommend you check out my friend Makoto Koji's new website  and take a look at some of her gorgeous illustration and animation work.

A cool Q&A on Blogging as a career by Cup of Jo blogger Joanna Goddard.

This Thursday the 9th Aug at 8pm a very handsome and talented guy by the name of Shane Hannan is having a gig at the Turnaround Jazz club with the Shane Hannan Quintet.  I have been very excited to listen in on all of the preparation for this gig and I can't wait to hear the final product!

One last thing before I go to bed: Some lovely Typographic pins by The Weekend Edition on Pinterest.

Rainy weekend blues

My big plans for the weekend have been thwarted by the cold and the rain. I am now in hibernation mode. I shall see you all again in summer as I will not be leaving the house again until it's warm and sunny and lovely.

Lots of lazing in bed, a bbq, braving the rain to see Barksdale Brass @ Blackbear Lodge, and will finally be seeing The Avengers tonight at the movies. (Maybe I'll bake cookies for a sneaky snack).
Sadly I'm taking a "rain check" on the markets for fresh fruit & veges. :(  I was looking forward to the markets so much!!

Here are some things to look at this rainy, snuggly weekend.

I WANT this bear pencil holder from the Tara Hogan Ink+Wit Etsy shop. (Although I think it should be a porcupine)


This house is so beautiful - I found it on the Colorful Homes tumblr, I can't tear my eyes away from this blog. I am lusting after this one particular room, I could spend hours just sitting in this room.
 After some more research, I discovered that this is the home of Doug Aitken -
See the whole house and NYTimes article here.

His home is literally an artwork - "Acid Modernism" video below:

My new favourite shop Sian Keegan on Etsy sells pet portraits, plushy plants and animals. 
How cute would Pommy look as a plushy!?
And here are some pot plants that I would definitely be able to keep alive .
 


Introducing the love of my life: Shane Hannan My sweet thang has just started up a music blog: http://shanehannanmusic.blogspot.com.au/ Keep an eye on it for Shane's work, thoughts and inspirations.

On Wednesday I met my good friend Rhianna at her boyfriend's specialty coffee and chocolate cafe, Bunker Coffee, in Milton. I love these vines...and the coffee is deeelicious.



I'm brainstorming some food styles and ideas for an illustration I'm working on at the moment. Here is a sneak peak, although I will develop it a lot further hopefully.

And then I got carried away with a strawberry pattern