Sunshine! This has been the resounding thought in my head this week. Doesn't it make you smile? My feet are currently covered in a blanket of dandelion heads that keep blowing through the door, but I don't mind one bit. Have you had a good week? I've had a busy week working away in the Studio, which is one of my favourite places to be. I've rewritten all the text for our website and had a lesson about Dreamweaver from my friend Michael at Panther Club so that I can and start building pages for and maintaining our website.I've also started a complete redesign for the Shipshape Studio blog, which should be ready in a couple of months. This week has been really full but there's something about sunshine which seems to give me extra energy so I've managed to find some time to do things like go to the pub/catch up with friends/go outside, which I haven't had time to do for quite a while. It was my fellow's birthday this week and I wrote about last month's Illustration and Design Forum too. Nice!Here's what I've been loving this weekThese painted bridal spoons from Brooklyn Bride made me smile. Aren't they cute? I wouldn't mind getting the wooden spoon if it had someone's face painted on it.
I've been a follower of Katrina's blog for a while now. I got a copy of Photoshop about a year ago having never really used it before and have learnt so much about Photoshop from her generous tutorials. You should definitely check it out. She posted another great tutorial on replacing photo backgrounds this week, which I'm planning on trying out next time I'm playing in Photoshop.
Photo from Brooklyn Bride :: DIY: Bridal Spoon Favours
| Photo from Esme and the Laneway, posted on Pugly Pixel :: Photoshop: How to replace backgrounds |
How cool are these DIY paper Geoballs over on Cherry Plum? They'd definitely spruce up your desk.
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| Photo from Cherry Plum :: Geoball |
I love eating fresh, tasty food when the temperature shoots up and if you do too you should check out Yotam Ottolenghi's asparagus, celery flower, and quails egg salad. His style of cooking is one of my favourite, with Plenty being one of my most-used recipe books and NOPI being one of my favourite restaurants. It's a bit pricey but it's the perfect place for a special treat, and it's not often that a restaurant's toilets are spoken of almost as much as the food.Elsie and Emma get a lot done, so their tips on time management are definitely worth a read. Streamlining your tasks and doing what needs to be done, rather than what you think you should be doing, are a big must for me.
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| Photos from A Beautiful Mess :: Ask Elsie & Emma: On Time Management |
If you're looking for some summer music, check out Devendra Banhart for some rich summer tunes. Good times!Leave a comment below and let me know what you've been loving this week. I always like discovering new things. Happy weekend!


















