i was kinda wanting to do a 7by7 post for today, but being on jury duty all week does not make for many photo opportunities! so instead here are five of my favourite things from this week…

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my finger nails! recently i picked up a bottle of OPI’s “a grape fit” and lawdy its awesome. its the colour of grape bubble gum and goes on very nicely. its a quirky, fun colour with just an edge to it. and on my toes i have “let me entertain you” a fine magenta sparkle from their range inspired by the ‘burlesque’ film. fun fact: i saw them shooting some scenes for that film while we were in LA in january. how very LA.

after aaaalmost kicking that cold i had, it came back and kicked me in the sinuses. two days into my fourth lot of antibiotic for the season and i’m starting to feel okay. but part of my therapy was curling into the sofa and watching a couple of movies. what’s new pussycat, which is one of the few woody allen films i hadn’t yet seen, starts with these awesome credits by richard williams. you might recognise his work from the pink panther films’ opening credits too. isn’t that some groovy lettering?

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i love me some quality roller ball pen and these staedtler silver ball pens are incroiablé! for one, they come in a pack of ten gorgeous colors perfect for color coding one’s filofax entries. and secondly – how cool is this – they have an automatic pressure equalisation that stops pens exploding their terrifying ink while you’re flying. scoff if you will, but i’ve been victim to the inky menace of the skies and its nice that these pens won’t do that. also, i realize this all may sound like an advertorial, but i bought these with my own money and if i ever do get some sweet swag from anyone i will fully disclose this to you pretties.

you’ve heard about toffee magazine by now, right? well, if you haven’t, now is your chance to pretend you knew all along and were just playin’ it cool. toffee is a new digital magazine featuring 100% gorgeousness and a delicious chewy centre of crafty goodness including (amongst a pile of other fab things) a christmas advent calendar by me, draw! pilgrim. and take a look at the lovely cover girl danielle. she’s a beauty and needs to be on more covers i think.

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in preparation for my trek to the icy wilderness of utah in january i’m crocheting a scarf out of this gorgeous millamia soft merino yarn. its seriously gorgeous yarn, very fine and very soft with virtually no fluff to mess up your mad stitchery. the range of colours is also nothing short of ASTOUNDING. its making me want to try my hand at maybe crocheting a cardigan… dare i? i don’t know. have you crocheted a cardigan? also any advice on thermal underwear welcome. i’m a bit scared of how cold it is in utah. if you’ll be at alt summit, come hug me!!

on that note, hugs to you all and have a delicious weekend.

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