aaaand we’re back!

Literally. The last two weeks have been super exciting, and not for the reasons that you might suspect! A few days before the wedding my site hit its bandwidth limit, and after being stressed out for five minutes I just resigned to leave it until after the wedding. It turns out that quite a few…

What Natalie Bought…

So, over the last few weeks I’ve bought quite a few things online. Mostly due to having money in my PayPal account (yay freelance illustrating!) and having to buy general wedding pretties. I want to show you the lovely things I’ve purchased! I posted about Delia’s inspirational jewellery last month, and this month I decided…

Lace earrings – how perfectly lovely

You know I’m a sucker for craft and motif. On my search for jewellery making tutorials, I came across Prismera’s Lace Earring tutorial, and it reminded me so much of a pair of earrings I actually own! Last year I met Keena online, and saw a few pictures in which she was wearing these totally…

Wedding Favour Ideas from Cox & Cox

Created with fd’s Flickr Toys. Cox & Cox have some really cute and innovative ideas for wedding favours. They’re also favours you can put together yourself, without being out of pocket thanks to the horrendous exchange rate! 1. Wedding Matches – You can print on some nice card stock and create a box for these…

Avast, I’m still alive.

I sort of had a break from stressing myself out for a few weeks, hence my lack of posts. Sorry, about that – then again, who knows if anyone missed me! A few things have happened – I went on a week’s leave from work to start to rehabilitate my arm. I’ve mentioned my RSI…

Goodbye Etchi

My friend Craig comitted suicide on Wednesday. He was a gorgeous man with a lot of love inside, and he will be missed by more people than he probably estimated. As someone who has had experience with depression and suicide, I strongly urge anyone with these feelings to seek help; whether it be from your…