Tonight we’re seeing Whitley. Which is pretty exciting. Whitley has been one of my favourite singers since about four years ago when I saw him with Old Man River at Spectrum. It totally blew my mind, he’s amazing live, especially in a tiny intimate space doing it acoustic (of course, it helps he’s pretty darn good looking). Clearly, I thought, its been too long since our last encounter! But now he’s announced he could be giving up music FOREVER and moving overseas for a few years. As you can imagine, I am distraught! Especially when you find you’re onto a good thing, with even better cover art! You can imagine my delight when “The Submarine” came out a few years back featuring Beci Orpin’s artwork on the Album cover and inside sleeve. Sigh. Two of my favourite things which certainly belong together, just like Washington featuring on his latest album, surely too good to be true. Tonight I will attempt to console myself with some band merch featuring something pretty, as it might be a long wait for the next album. Kx

My recently “acquired” plates. I’ve realized that Mums are good for things like holding onto a lot of old stuff until you need it. I’d forgotten we’d purchased some of these fantastic plates at op-shops years ago, obviously one of those moments where you think “that’s surely too good to leave here for $1″ and thankgod we did. How great is the art-deco-ish seagull plate (and the best thing is I have a whole set of them)! I also picked up this great old mother hubbard plate at this weird little place on enmore road, which I have no idea what I’ll do with, but I love it. Now i’m just waiting for inspiration to come. Kx

I woke up today and decided I should share my little collection of ceramic planters, some recently acquired (thanks mum!) or op-shopped. They are actually a whole lot more usable than most of my collections and I actually found myself looking for things to fill them with.

Then today, just after I’d taken these photos, I found another planter at salvos! This one actually has a music box inside that plays a tune and the little wheel turns around! Can you believe this was only $2! Kx

Schwartz Bakery was the highlight of our trip to the Blue Mountains last weekend and the main reason my boy was so willing to come, even when I explained I would be dragged him through antique centres and op shops all day. They do the most amazing traditional German pretzels and sour cherry crumble. The chocolate pretzel on the left was actually pretty tasteless considering how amazing it looked! But if you’re ever in the area you should really check it out, especially because the op shops in the Blue Mountains are completely scoured and the antiques shops didn’t even have one Bambi between them. Thank god for etsy! Kx

where working in a shop like made590 really comes in handy. This bunny lamp is quite possibly the best product I’ve ever purchased from made and I think i’m in love. The greatest thing is, if bunnies are not your thing there is also a squirrel, toadstool or duck to choose from. You can see them here. They’re pretty amazing really, and what more could you want than the warm glow of a bunny to keep you company (for the record, a real one makes a great substitute). Kx

I’ve got a whole bunch of new illustrated vintage plates up in my etsy store The Storybook Rabbit. I’ve been playing around with transfer decals and these plates are my favourites so far, I’ve even kept a few for my wall. Kx