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A collage of images including: a photo of Stevie Nicks wearing a black sheer shawl and drapey black dress, standing with her arms outstretched; a black loose knitted tunic; a black maxi skirt; a suede wedge lace up ankle boot; and a brown/red stone ring.

Let’s go browser window shopping!

On 11 May, 2011 · 2 Comments · In Fashion

Stevie Nicks always loomed large in my childhood as some kind of ethereal fae creature. My Nana had a bunch of old clothes she kept for us to dress up in, and so we’d swan about dripping with long skirts and scarves and I always felt like Stevie was out there somewhere being proud of [...]

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A photo of a bed with a handmade quilt and lots of cushions that is suspended by rope from trees in the middle of a forest.

Comfort in beauty and memory.

On 12 November, 2010 · 12 Comments · In Fancy


Hello fabulous necklace and attractive person! Ever since I figured out how to design stuff for acrylic I’ve been really interested in what other people have been making with it and I really like this idea of several plates that fit together. I’d love to have access to the kind of [...]

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In search of: business card holders

On 11 March, 2010 · 1 Comment · In Objects of Desire

Nick has a new job complete with business cards fresh off the press, so he wants to find a business card holder he can carry around in his pocket. He asked me for help when he couldn’t find anything he liked, and good thing he did because I know I’ll find him something awesome :P

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Birthday wants!

On 14 November, 2009 · 11 Comments · In Objects of Desire

My birthday is five days out from Giftmas (December 20) and (get out your little violins) my celebrations are usually overlooked because people have engagements and stuff to buy. So it usually ends up with me having a pity party and eating worms. Allow me this one indulgence: to compile a list of the awesome [...]

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Objects of Desire – Elsa Mora *sigh*

On 19 June, 2008 · 3 Comments · In Objects of Desire


Secret Anatomy of a Young Girl by Elsa Mora

Elsa Mora‘s work just continues to astound me. She is an artist whose work I can fall into for days, and I would never come out except for coffee and biscuits (Scotch Finger, yum). She [...]

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Creature Comforts Birthday Extravaganza Give-away

On 12 June, 2008 · Leave a Comment · In Objects of Desire

I just came to the Creature Comforts blog not 15 minutes ago via My Folk Lover (aka the gorgeously talented Catherine Campbell). Ez is celebrating the first year anniversary of the Creature Comforts blog with a huge give-away from contributors like Catherine, Holly Becker of decor8,

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Pansies, ranunculus and hydrangea – oh my!

On 20 May, 2008 · 4 Comments · In A Beautiful Life


1. Birthday flowers, 2. ranunculas, 3. Bouquet collection – Mixed flowers (2), 4. rows of hyacinth bouquets, 5. Ranuncula Garden, 6. flowers for you, 7. orchid arrangement, 8. [...]

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Etsy Flavoured Post #2: Cufflinks

On 4 March, 2008 · 4 Comments · In Wedding

I’ve been on a bit of a mission to find cufflinks for the groom and his merry men for the wedding. I uncovered a motherlode of rad cufflinks for non-traditional grooms/men (or if your traditional groom wants to use his sleeve to rebel a little!) All prices are in USD.

Nerd Groom

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Etsy Flavoured Post #1: FloraGeorge Jewellery

On 3 March, 2008 · Leave a Comment · In Objects of Desire

I found this talented jewellery designer on craftster.org and followed her to her Etsy store where I found some amazing pieces. I love seeing jewellery that is a little bit different, but in most cases the end product is something I would never usually wear. The pieces of jewellery designed [...]

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Wish list – acrylic and wood

On 30 November, 2007 · 4 Comments · In Objects of Desire

I’ve been pretty busy lately, however this week I actually resigned from my job to focus on arting and crafting for a little while! I’ve got lots of ideas and pretty soon you’ll be able to purchase some of their tangible forms :D

At any rate, it’s that horrible time of year again… it’s almost [...]

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