Lani Says

A clever series of negative space designed animals by artist George Bokhua.

Whilst I am still without my own laptop, I do have a new phone, which came with the flipboard app pre-loaded and I am obsessed. I am reading and discovering so much more new and interesting things than ever before. If you have an ipad or smartphone, I highly recommend the app. I predict my bits & pieces section is going to become a lot more regular and interesting as a result. Here’s a bunch of cool things I found over the past week and loved.

A slideshow of work from photographer Todd McLellan’s book ‘Things Come Apart’  - the crazy cool deconstruction of everyday items.

Beautiful mirrored images of city skylines.

Photographer Henry Hargreaves recreates famous bands backstage riders in new series ‘Band Riders’

Greece holiday, anyone? A collection of amazing Greece hotels with breathtaking views.

This Ozzie homewares store, ‘Lightly’, is rad.

Throwing a party? Here’s some decoration tips.

I broke my laptop. I was re-watching The Wire season 2 at 3 in the morning, and spilt water on the keyboard, wiped it off, thought nothing of it, tried to start it in the morning. Dead. I even bought a 10 kg bag of rice and put my laptop in it to dry it out (don’t laugh, it worked for a friend and her phone once) (OK, laugh, I laughed too) But it was too far gone. So, I’ve been without blogging capabilities for awhile. The bf is going to have to lend me his laptop until I get it repaired/a new one but you know, he’s been busy of late finishing up a classic album and has been in more need of his laptop than I – hence the lack of posts. But I will be back properly, soon. Promise. Just thought I’d check in quickly with y’all. Cos, also, have you noticed how freaking rad my site looks now? Thanks to the cool kids at sorbet design.

Oh, and I got my hair colour re-up & this cool PassPort beanie from Arcade. Laters

After cafe hopping in Kingsland, Shirl and I went into the vintage and gift shop Mixt for a quick look. Maybe it was the two coffees in the space of an hour, but we went a wee bit crazy, left a little poorer but with a few super cool pieces we couldn’t wait to add to our rooms. Everything we bought was made by NZ designers, so cool!

Budgie & Puppy wreath stick-on wall decals by Evie Kemp, Bunting from Tikitibu by Jane Galloway,  Wooden jewellery tree by Newbies.

I also made my own bunting out of Kikki.K envelopes & cross stitch pieces my sister Talia made for me based on the David Dallas – Til Tomorrow  and Take A Picture  video animations. In case you’re wondering, Shirl’s bedding is from Urban Outfitters.

Woo! How cool does that look? I just had to do a lil collage of some of your pics from the first day. Thanks again to all of you who have decided to join in the fun of #InstaMay2013. The first subject to kick off the month has been choice to watch, definitely a fun pop-culture history lesson and a huge trip down memory lane with all your great music, movie and TV pic choices. I hope you all keep having fun for the rest of the month, see you tomorrow with something ‘delicious’. xxxx Lani xxxx

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