Photo taken by Caitlin
That is because I have just booked flights for my boyfriend and I to visit Tokyo and Beijing!!
We will be off at the end of April, and will spend an adventurous week in each city. I think Japan will be absolutely fascinating, I am looking forward to seeing all the sites, and am mostly excited about Tokyo Disney!!
We are going to China because one of my best friends - Kim is studying in Beijing University, and I wanted to take advantage of having a tour guide we know in a country I wouldn't naturally want to go visit, I think seeing the historic landmarks of the country will be amazing.
This will be our first overseas trip away together. I have been to Europe twice before, once as a child, and once touring with a choir, so this time around I will have to organise everything myself!
If anyone has been to either place and has any travel tips, or if you have any general travelling advice please do share!
We are going to China because one of my best friends - Kim is studying in Beijing University, and I wanted to take advantage of having a tour guide we know in a country I wouldn't naturally want to go visit, I think seeing the historic landmarks of the country will be amazing.
This will be our first overseas trip away together. I have been to Europe twice before, once as a child, and once touring with a choir, so this time around I will have to organise everything myself!
If anyone has been to either place and has any travel tips, or if you have any general travelling advice please do share!
Kim recently came home to visit us during her semester break, which was awesome. She asked me to make her a sleep mask as she had just moved to a very bright dorm room...
I embroidered the mask using a vintage embroidery transfer from Q is for Quilter on Flickr.
(Sorry for the crappy photo, and crumpled fabric, there was little time to take a decent pic!)
(Sorry for the crappy photo, and crumpled fabric, there was little time to take a decent pic!)
On a recent visit to Janel's blog Run With Scissors, I saw she had commissioned a portrait of her beloved pup Catalina by a talented artist Silje. Immediately after seeing it, I knew I would love one done of our beautiful kitty Týr. I contacted Silje and she was lovely, and was able to do a portrait very swiftly and at an extremely reasonable price!
As you can see Silje did a very good job of capturing our little chubby kitten :)
If you are thinking of getting a portrait of your pet done, visit Silje's Flickr stream, you will be instantly impressed!
I am off now to watch To Kill a Mockingbird, and eat dark chocolate mousse, which I made in my BRAND NEW KITCHENAID!! It arrived earlier than I was expecting and I have to say, it looks even better in person, and is a real DELIGHT to use. I am looking forward to the hot weather dying down so I can finally bake some cupcakes!
