music. and free shipping info

I'm finishing up the Australian free shipping offer at my etsy shop, so if you're an Aussie and you've had your eye on something, now's the time! I'm ending it this weekend.



Just so this post isn't exclusively promo, I thought I'd share some tracks I'm loving at the moment:
The Knife - Got 2 Let U
I usually find The Knife a little boring, but this song is just so catchy and gets me in a good mood.
So They Say from Dr Horrible's Sing-Along Blog
If you haven't seen Dr Horrible's Sing-Along Blog, you have been missing out! It's available to watch online and doesn't go for that long. It's created by Joss Whedon of Buffy and Angel fame. Here's the trailer. Anyway I have been listening to the soundtrack (it's a musical) and it is so so catchy (and funnier in context).
Cloud Cult - Journey of the Featherless
I left you a love poem
The best I have written
My favorite words
Were the ones I couldn't spell
Sigur Rós - Inní mér syngur vitleysingur
I love singing along to this even though I have no idea what the words are.

Random facts, sizing update and outfit pic

I got some great advice from the folks in the Etsy forums the other day. Given their advice, I spent the entirety of today making the sizing in my Etsy shop clearer and more consistent. From now on, every listing size M and larger will now contain photos of the garment on my dressform set to the correct size. You can now correctly see how these sizes will fit.

I also have a new size chart. Now, in each listing, there's measurements of the person they are meant to fit as well as the measurements of the garment. Plus I've added US sizes and those pesky inches measurements into every listing. Phew.


In other news, I was tagged by carlseapatch! The point is to say 7 random facts about yourself, so here goes.

1. I started writing a novel this year. I admit it's going very very slowly, but I'm excited about it. It'll probably be young adult and it's about a girl like me (about five years younger) that meets a boy who's travelled back in time. It will be full of adventure.

2. I watched Enchanted last night. It's a cool idea for a movie where a soon-to-be princess gets transported from her cartoon fairtytale land to real-world New York. It was fun while the satire lasted but then it got corny and dumb. James Marsden was quite hilarious though.

3. I'm in the process of growing my hair long again because my dad said he liked it better that way. It doesn't really make sense because he's gone now.

4. I got a self-powered radio for Christmas. You wind it up manually and that powers the little thing.

5. At the moment I am LOVING Sigur Ros, The Do and Emiliana Torrini. Favourites are Jungle Drum by Emiliana (how adorable is she?!), The Bridge is Broken by The Do, and a song I can't hope to pronounce by Sigur Ros. It's awesome though, and I sing along like I know the "words" (they mostly sing in a made-up language).

6. My hands-down favourite music artist is Rachael Yamagata.

7. At uni this coming semester I'm studying Youth Media, Print Culture, Novel into Film, and Gender, Media and Consumption. I wish there was a humanities sustainability class I could take, but no such luck. I'd be all over that like white on rice.

Dress: Heidi & Seek
Vest: Vintage hand-me-down from mum
Skirt: Second-hand
Tights: Myer
Boots: Josef Siebel
Bag: from Thailand

Tegan & Sara concert

I was just yesterday thinking "Wouldn't it be nice if Etsy RSS shop feeds included a picture of the new listings instead of just a bunch of text?" and today it is DONE. I'll be using this feature a hell-of-a-lot more now. Thank you wonderful Etsy. You're nice.

You know how you have those days where you're not sure about an outfit, but you wear it anyway, and then regret it later? Last night was one of those times. Hm.

Top: Valleygirl from forever ago
Skirt: Thrifted
Leggings: Bloch
Boots: Josef Siebel
Bag: Witchery
Long jacket: It's been so long since I got it I can't remember

A friend took me to the Tegan & Sara concert as a Christmas present. It was really, really good. Smashing, even. I went to a concert of theirs about 3 years ago and that paled in comparison. Last night they came on at 11:30pm, and after waking at 6:30 this morning, I thought I might be too sleepy to properly enjoy it. But I was pumped 'til the end of the encore. I did get my doze on a little during the support, though. That's no reflection on how good they were, I did think they were pretty cool. Anyway.

Highlights included:
Walking with a ghost
Call it off
So Jealous

Tegan and Sara were so damn cute, telling stories about threesomes, wife-bands and smelly potatoes. At the end, Sara gestured to Tegan and said, "And on the keyboard, give it up for Tegan! Who knows, maybe she'll even become a full time member one day." Sara replied, "But I don't really like your band.."

Good show, good show.

Conor Oberst and TehSuck

I got a nice surprise when I was told that that blogger Myke (tehsuck.com) wrote a little post about my dark circus top. It has reminded me to keep things simple more often. I do get carried away with adding bells and whistles a lot of the time.

Tim bought tickets to see Conor Oberst perform way back when they came out and a few weeks later he lost them. He was shattered. Shattered and penniless because they were expensive (okay I'm exaggerating a little). Anyway I felt like the best partner ever when I found them! Or the worst, because they were in my bedside table. Although I'm sure he never told me he was putting them there..


I never was a Bright Eyes fan, but I am liking his solo album. Bring on the concert.