15 June 2011

But we thought she was a good girl ...

Down at the toy shop today we were curious about the new packaging design on the Barbie dolls ...

Not even pink stickers ... we checked with Greenpeace - hmmmmm ...

The video campaign is pretty compelling too.

03 June 2011

got 5 minutes?

no special effects, fixed camera, good fun ...

another nice interiors blog ...

KYP friend Catherine sent us a great link a couple of weeks ago - you should check it out ...
 The blog is called The Brick House - it's a sort of 'renovation diary' combined with a generally amazing collection of interior ideas and inspiration by a Californian gal named Morgan Satterfield ... along with some decent DIY tips ...
It's fun checking progress and development on their house - with a nice collection of furniture which evolves as the diary goes on.  She is also working on an ebay store for some her renovated finds ...
We kind of suspect that it was the Brick House entry on woven wall-art that prompted Catherine to send us the link tho ...
You should take a look sometime.  Oh, and thanks for the link, Catherine!

new wall-hanging

Loving the strong Australian dollar - great time to scan US ebay for those bits and pieces that are so tricky to find here ...

Last week Cath scored a new bit of string wall-art on ebay - we think the design is based on a Yeti?  Whatever the case, he's fitting right in with the others.
Actually, it might be a free-form portrait of 'Sam the Sheepdog' from the old Looney Tunes cartoons - the fringe is a bit of a giveaway ...

We'll live with him for a while and see.

Oh, and we finally got around to covering one of our Fler SC55's in green fabric - so there's another exciting addition to the loungeroom.

02 June 2011

trying to be strong ...

Saw a photo of a crazy and beautiful phone at that 224 collectibles auction in Sydney a couple of months back.  Never seen one before, and had been comfortable in the knowledge that we never would again ...

Then this one showed up on ebay this week.
It's in the UK, and would probably take some expert work to convert to work on Aussie phone-lines ... but still ...

Seriously - it's got to be one of the maddest telephones ever designed - 'Bobo' by Telcer, Italy.  And in green, dammit!
Being realistic, I don't think we can justify it - it's 180pounds plus another 30 or so for shipping - even the maddest collectors have to have limits, don't they?

Torture ... if you see one for a more reachable price, please let us know!

welcome to winter

Sunny and clear - just hasn't been feeling like winter up at the farm ... until the sun goes down and then it's freekin' freezing!
Everything's looking so nice though ... can we just keep pretending it's spring already?

Still building the woodpile just in case ...