Instagram - Week Six & Travel Questions Answered!

It's a time for another snapshot of my week - via the wonderful world of instagram!

So I won't be picking up my tickets for my flights to the USA until about two weeks before I leave - but I do get an electronic ticket and that's pretty exciting.

I thought I'd see if I could pull off wearing a headscarf - I'm still undecided.

A pair of glasses I ordered online from Clearly Contacts arrived this week - but I need to take them into the optometrist as they don't fit quite right. Also - there are HEARTS on the frames!

I bought this cute little sweater clip from Sucre Noir - so creepy cute!

It was Rich's Birthday last Tuesday - so I bought him this wee cupcake on the way home.

My Mum and Dad bought Rich some art supplies for his birthday - including this cool sketchbook.

So the previous tenant put butterfly stickers on the bathroom mirror - also I look really intense.

I FINALLY go my boots fixed - so I can wear them again - yah!

The next few pictures are all of the BEST Halloween package EVER from Alicia - creepy cute sewing themed doll, pop rocks, Hello Kitty Halloween stickers and cute card!

I had a girls night in with my friend Jaimee on Saturday night, another old friend Emily that I haven't seen in AGES came along too. It was so rad - I want to hang out and have girls nights all the time now. This is the view from Jaimee's apartment.

Jaimee made vegetarian lasagne and it was awesome.

This is Jaimee's cat Luca - she's pretty darn cute. I hate that I'm allergic to cats!

I saw this t-shirt in a shop window in left bank arcade - I don't really need to say any more - do I?

Rich and I went to a Mexican Restaurant at the weekend - I had mandarin soda to drink and a Mexican Jandal to eat. I also thought the big sugar skull was SO awesome.

On Saturday night we went to see Billy Bragg with friends and it was super awesome! We started off with a few drinks at the Little Beer Quarter and then went to see Mr Bragg at the opera house. Such a good night out.

Rich and I went to feed Luca on Sunday as Jaimee was away - she did her best to make us feel super bad for not spending the day hanging out with her.

I had to do more study on Sunday - eventually I will finish up this course.

We went to the Indonesian festival and got free noodles.

I got a late birthday present from my dear friend Alaina in Melbourne. It included basically the best tea towel in the history of the world and boxing kangaroo gummies.

Walking home tonight - blue skies! The days are getting so much longer - summer is almost here.

Thanks for all your lovely comments on my travel post - a few of you asked me where this photo was taken and was it in the sleeper car of a train.

 It's not in a train at all - its a Japanese Capsule Hotel - that's right, this little space was our room for about three nights. Accommodation in Tokyo is VERY expensive! So we decided to spend a few nights in a capsule hotel to cut costs - it was also a very unique Japanese experience. Here's a few more photos.

The nights we stayed the capsule hotel was pretty quiet - which I was actually pretty thankful for. You had to keep your belongings in a locker because there just wasn't any room. We also had traditional Japanese bathrooms - which are communal (men and women are separate of course) and a wee TV in our room. Fun but also crazy times.

Meg asked if I could do a post about "looking adorable" whilst traveling - I think I will do that closer to the time I leave for my trip. I've actually already started to think about some dresses I want to sew for the trip - what a geek!

I hope you all had a super Monday xoxox

Look what I got in the mail!!

Handmade Wellington taking a course in Turkish marbelling paper - it was pretty fun. I'll share more about Handmade Wellington with you all later as I have another course to do tomorrow.

Today I want to share some amazing packages I have received in the mail lately - I love mail. If you want to make me happy, just send me a package, even a postcard brightens my day.

Any way my first package was my friend Vany in Germany - Vany and I meet through Craftster - we have been paired not once but twice for swaps and our friendship grew from there. It's not often I meet a girl that likes horror movies, zombies and crafts as much as I do! If you've been reading this blog for a while, you'll know a little about Vany as we did a 13 Days of Halloween swap together last year (and hopefully again this year - although I will have to talk to Vany about that!).

I think one of the most awesome things about Vany is that she knows just what I like - in fact I think she knows my tastes better than many of my friends I see in real life on a regular basis!

Back when we did our 13 days of Halloween swap I sent Vany a book called Creepy Crochet - I knew she would love it as she does amazing crochet and the book was full of creepy cute projects. A while back she said she would send me a monkey that she crocheted from that book - but I got so much more than a cute monkey!

Here's a cute little nautical themed box I received (you all know how I love nautical themed stuff).

Here's are all the treasures that were inside, first up is of course the wee monkey from the book. What's not to love about this guy - looking fancy in his fez and matching waist coat.

Next up is this "corporate zombie" - this package arrived when I had been working 10 hour days, so I was feeling a little bit like a corporate zombie myself.

I have also sent Vany a book called "Zombie Felties"  - this is the second time someone has made this guy for me, but I don't care as they are both awesome.

Vany also put her own twist on the zombie felties thing and made me a wee zombie warrior feltie!

She also sent me the cutest squid brooch EVER! I saw one of these guys on Vany's facebook page, I think she has made it for someone for a swap. I told her how much I loved it and she made me one too - yah!

 I also received a whole bunch of craft supplies - including some of these melty bead things - I'm not sure what they are called, but you may remember that Vany made me some skeletons with them.

She also sent me a HELLO KITTY VERSION *Squee* I can't wait to make some of these, it is on my "to do" list for this weekend.

I also got this cute paper and a roll of ribbon - I'm sure I'll find something to do with these soon. I especially love the ribbon.

Sorry - this photo isn't the best! Vany also sent me a whole lot of super cute kawaii stickers.

Here's a few other extra's Vany also sent with the package - a couple of cute key rings and a nifty wee tin.

The other package I received recently was from Olivia at Wait Until the Sunset, some of you may remember the shoe clips I sent to Olivia a while ago. Well she recently sent me a wee package to say that you for the package, isn't she sweet?

First of all these very cute heart topped pins - the are nice big pins too, great for pinning bigger pieces of fabric together.

She also sent me this set of mini postcards - which are great for sending with swap packages and the like. I often find myself short of a note card (I go through a lot!) but this set has 52 cards so it should keep me going for a while.

Finally - my favourite thing in the whole package - a zombie Hello Kitty necklace!! Two of my most favourite things together. She knows me so well!

Thanks to both Vany and Olivia for such AWESOME packages - I love them both so much xoxox