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The Great Postcard Plot of 2011

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So sometimes you do daft things that turn out to be really rather fun…

This has been one of those times…

A week or two back I wandered into this shop http://www.pulpcreativepaper.com.au/ for a wee sticky (sticky beak=peek)  because it’s utterly gorgeous and has lots of pretty things, and frankly, because some days you just need some pretty.

The store always makes me think of Kerrianne who also loves pretty paper (send me your address – not sure I’ve still got the correct one – I’d love to send you a card!) and it’s a really lovely place to go and get a little bit creatively inspired.  Which, as you’ll see below, is what happened.

I got a bit captivated by these Drop Dead Cute Postcards and bought them without really any plan to use them but on the way home decided, that realistically, having postcards in the house is useless. They really do have to be posted to be called post cards.

So, I sent out the word via the twitters and the facebook inviting people to send me their address if they wanted to receive one of these arty cards and all 30 cards were snapped up within 48 hours

Also, because I’m a bit nerdy and love information, I plotted where the cards were going, on a map – See?

View The Post Card Plot in a larger map

Sigh. I heart geography.

Anyway

As I was writing the cards people offered to send me cards in return and because as much as I love making people smile with their cards, I love smiling because of receiving them! And so… some of the recipients are sending me cards as well, and here is the first – I’m blogging it, and linking it to the map so that those who played along can get the same smiles as me to see the cards other people have sent.

Sleepy Bay - Freycinet National Park - Tasmania

This is one of the things I love about the internet. It’s all about connection and that’s the stuff for which us humans have been designed. One of the things I love about the stuff you can do on the web, is actually making that connection visible.

So here you go… a page of visible, and beautiful connections, brought to you by the power of pretty paper and the collective intelligence/skillz of Australia Post and its worldwide counterparts.

Enjoy!

One. By. One

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F is for FlightThis is a bit of a brain dump, a post because I can, because it’s not busy, because my heart’s full today. I’m counting my blessings, and the blessings of others. Or something. Anyway… *opens brain… pours*

It’s Friday.

A client paid today. Not THE main client with the biggest outstanding bill (it’s been a bit tough out here on that issue lately… to the point I’ve been looking for real jobs…eek). At least it’s one that means I won’t have to go into overdraft to pay the rent. Blessing? Check!

My friend Mirre had a big girl, grown up, exhibition, in a real life, professional gallery, (and Akira Ishogawa was there!) I was proud on any number of levels. She’s amazing, her work is beautiful, thought provoking and healing. And she’s getting the recognition she deserves.

Two of my favourite people on the planet are about to release a book. I’m building their website. It’s going to impact a lot of creative people for good. Seriously. You’ve met him on my site before, he’s Crabman, one of the single most influential people in my world in the last 10 years. Below is the book preview video, watch it, it’s gorgeous. I’ll let you know when the site’s up.

Living With A Creative Mind from Jeff Crabtree on Vimeo.

The weather has been gorgeous. Gorgeous.

I will be home tonight. For the first time in 10 days. Home, and can cook something. I need recipe ideas… your time starts…

NOW

Back in the Motherland

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Mission Bay, Auckland, New ZealandWhen you make a decision to blog about everything other than work and family it seems that life conspires against you to throw you content that ONLY fits into one of those categories… so for the last little while all the interesting things in my world are somehow rendered unbloggable.

I could blog about the cat… but then I’m firmly cemented as that crazy cat lady and I’m less than keen to be so branded.

So while I haven’t blogged, I’ve been in New Zealand for 10 days, and I have a few more to go and so I shall give you a list of things that I love about this small meek country, my homeland, just to serve it up as a reminder for you that this blog exists, and as a reminder for me that I do appreciate New Zealand enormously, not only for what it has been to me but for the great place that it is.

  1. The climate, while cooler than Sydney, is a lot more universally bearable than extremes of heat often experienced in Australia… let’s face it, it’s easier to get warmer than it is to cool off…
  2. Quite frenkly, I love the Kiwi eccent… I realise that mine has mellowed over the yees, and the fect that uh strong Kiwi eccent sounds almost unusual to my ears, it is a but lovely ectually!
  3. I love driving around Auckland and the Waikato and finding that, while a lot has changed over years, more hasn’t!
  4. I love corner dairies with spearmint leaves that aren’t covered in sugar.
  5. I love that my family are all within striking distance.
  6. I love that I’ve a bunch of friends I can catch up with at a moment’s notice and who it feels like it’s only been moments since last we caught up.
  7. I love that it’s civilised enough that I can work from here – even though the office is 2 hours behind me!!
  8. I love that NZ knows how to do good coffee. As well as, and sometimes better than, Sydney
  9. I love that most cafes will serve ginger crunch, even though I won’t eat it.
  10. I love that I still know my way around even though inspite of the above, I actually feel more like a stranger than a local most of the time.

 

There are more things, but I’m blogging from a cafe at lunchtime and I suspect I’m about to get turfed out for taking up too much space…

Birthdays in the Future

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So, as it happens, and if you were reading along yesterday, you’ll have figured it out already anyway… BUT

Today is my birthday. Yay!

As is customary on such occasions a whole raft of messages pop up on facebook… and the occasional tweet will spellout such greetings… as

“are birthday wishes in order or do I have my facts wrong?” or this one

Actually – the cool thing about this latest tweet from @aidaofnubia is that it links to a personally crafted greeting card that is signed by a bunch of my twitter mates!!  Seriously, you gotta go have a look just for the design awesomeness – it’s so ME!! And if you’ve a mind to, go ahead and sign it… because when it’s finished and no longer my birthday either here in Oz nor in America where they’ll celebrate long after I’m done with it, the card will be printed and will have pride of place in my office!!!

So… yeah… GO SIGN IT

you know, if you want to…

here… sign it here