i’m still a bit obsessed with the holographic ribbon curtain we had at the space birthday. its long gone, but i could stare at this photos for hours. its hypnotic and kaleidoscopic.

kaaaaa-uuuuute!! boing boing boing. ms peta pledger gave this vintage birthday card. its so adorable, and so special to have received a vintage card. look at the happy bunnies and frogs!

nothing like having your very own kid to bring the excitement back to birthday mornings. he was even excited about opening his card! and that one wasn’t even the groovy vintage one.

while tidying up for the party i found a bunch of these guys hangin’ out on my desk. i should remind you it was not i who just turned four, however i like plastic toys a lot. these little chaps are all tiny charms from decole bath fizzies etc. the red petit baby deer i bought separately.

those of you who’ve read for a while know how much i love my list making and my filofax. i also like to color-code my daily tasks for quick-glance reading. so, i’ve tried using the zippered pocket that came with the filofax but it got on my nerves and the pen holder on the side doesn’t fit most regular pens, so i decided to make my own penholder that i could store all my pens in, and access one without needing to pull them aaaaall out. i was inspired by the crayon wallets dannielle made for my son’s party favours. as you can see, its fabric with five pockets – one for each pen. it’s impossible to see in this photo, but it has a clear plastic strip that clips into the folder, so everything stays put! it was all very cheap, the fabric i had, the clear plastic is an overhead projector sheet that i cut to size and punched holes into and the whole thing is stuffed with a bit of cardboard to stop it flopping about! necessity is the mother of invention, and i’m pretty proud of my filo-hack! filofaxes are the BEST!

speaking of the best.. my nail varnish this week matches my filofax. hawt. its 60 seconds “sky high” by rimmel. the opal ring was my grandma rowie’s and i wear it everyday. its an amazing color and a groovy 60s style. i think its very her, but also very me and i like that its a bridge between us.

speaking of hands, these are my boy’s hands. i think he has really lovely hands, they’re the well manicured hands of a musician, but still masculine enough to feel safe around my girly hands.

wishing you all a fab weekend. we’re off to the melbourne show (carnival) so i’ll see you on monday with a sugar-hangover the size of a prize winning bull!

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