DIY + Pink

Well things are exciting with my jewellery line Shh By Sadie at the moment! 

There's a new gallery and boutique opening this weekend called Matchbox Studios and I have my own 'cube' within it. 

Designers set out their cubes themselves, and so I was wracking my brains to think of a simple but cool way to display my jewellery. 

And I came up with this:

I bought wooden letters 's' and two 'h' and sprayed them PINK!
This was the first time I'd ever used spraypaint and it was so much fun. And the colour was perfect!!

 

This is how they came out - just one coat of pink!

A test-run in the house

And the finished product set up at Matchbox!
I wanted to display things prettily, but without cluttering it all up. So I think this works quite well. There have been quite a few comments on my display on the Matchbox Facebook page already! Yay!

 

 

The shop has its launch party this Saturday. I am tres excited!!!!

What's your proudest DIY moment?

A sunny few days...and a random breath or two!

Hi all, how was your weekend? I've had a wee bit of discomfort with my breathing for a week now, and on Friday evening I ended up at the doctors and then an emergency clinic having x-rays for a suspected partially collapsed lung - yes - WTF?! As it turns out, the x-rays were clear, the physical examination was clear, and so $170 later I'm told to just see how it goes! Argh!

Basically, I feel like I can't take a 'full breath' and then feel panicky / like I have to yawn and can't. Maybe it's stress or anxiety?! But I've never had this before. I've never smoked, never had asthma. So I'm just trying to cope with it at the moment but it makes everyday just horrible. I hate it.

Has anyone had this? Or have any suggestions?!!? A friend at work suggested iron deficiency (I'm a veggie) so I'm going to give the iron supplements a go in the hope that SOMETHING helps. I was even listening to panpipes and drinking chamomile tea last night in bed! 

Anyway, I still managed to get out and about with my "discomfort", and here are a few snapshots of my last few days in the sunshine....

Too many drinks and dinner with the girls on Friday night

Dusk in the city on Friday night..

A stroll to lunch on Saturday...this is the road I live on - AMAZING!

A quick lie on the grass while the bf had to run into work...

Part of the beautiful old building I work in...

Watching the bf surf (as I sat on the 'dog end' of the beach with poops and all sorts going on right next to me!!!)

Spotting my jewellery in the window of a Wellington boutique as I walked past on Saturday night!

Stunning views of the city on Sunday morning

Lunch at Scorching Bay (Orlando Bloom lives near here!!!!I WILL spot him one day!) ;)

The Paua shell mural at Scorcharama cafe - so cool!

What did you get up to?

30 Before 30 - have you?

Howdy! So I'm in my last year before the BIG 3-0 and have decided to get on with making a '30 before i'm 30' list. So before I make this ever-so-important list, I want to know if you've ever made one yourself? And do you have any funny / interesting suggestions for me?

My sisters and I as kids - I've always had a thing for market stalls by the seems of it! ;)

I am going to put things in my list that I want to do, or do again. That's one thing my bf couldn't understand. 

I said to him that I want to stay out dancing until 6am.

He said, haven't you done that? 

Yes, once, ten years ago. 

So why would you put it on your list? 

Because I want to do it again!

He still didn't get it. 

Today I read Cheryl's 26 before 26 (lucky girl has four years on me!) and it made me sit down and start planning mine. And then I realised that I've always been the kind of person that just goes and gives things a go when they want to do things, and making my list became difficult.

Here are some of the things I'm proud of accomplishing in the last 12 months:

Climbing Franz Josef glacier in the RAIN. (With a sulk or two)

Learning to snowboard very basically. There may have been a sulk here too.

Clay pigeon shooting for the first time - and hitting my targets by the end of it! (NO sulks here)

Organising and pulling off Sweet Fashion Auction!! WOW!

Starting Shh By Sadie. THAT was scary!

Quad biking at Cape Kidnappers

Climbing Mount KauKau with a HANGOVER! Thanks BF!!

Organising a large horse riding expedition AND getting my boot pooped on WHILST sitting on a horse - impressive right?!

Here are my draft first ideas for my new list:

1. Stay out dancing until 6am (ahem, as above OBVS!!)

2. Go back to New York (another 'repeat')

3. Lose at least a stone

4. Do something DIFFERENT with my hair

5. Swim in the sea here in NZ

6. Do something fun at least once a week

7. Manage the Butterfly Creek hike without keeling over like last time...

8.......?

And that's all I've come up with for now!

I don't want to jump out of a plane or anything (HELL NO!) so I need to think of more fun things to do before i'm 30 - 23 more of them in fact.

So help me!
Please make your suggestions below - and send me links to your lists if you've done them! :)

Paris Take Two!

Hi all, how's your weekend going? I have very exciting news about some NEW SHOES to share with you soon! (YES I mean THAT shoe competition!!)

Here's part two of my February trip to Paris (part one's here)....

My sister took this photo. Shame she couldn't manage to get the whole Arc in!!!!! Duh!

 

Bella being naughty on the tour bus! Ahahahahah!

  

We had some Parisian snow!

The Ritz where Princess Di left before she was tragically killed

 

I love the frames in Instagram!

The Moulin Rouge - it was a lot shabbier outside than I'd imagined!

I mastered the metro for my family and I! First time I'd ever been brave enough!

Uncle Buck and I ready to go home!

Have you had snow this year? :)

I heart Paris...

...and I don't mean Ms Hilton! :p

I have finally sorted through my photos of my Paris trip back in February - it seems like a million years ago (and miles away!).

We were in Paris for four days and it was SOO COLD! Like, FREEZING COLD! Here are some of the pics of the first two days....

My niece enjoying her cuppa and croissant on the first morning <3

Me and Bella :)

Notre Dame

Frozen fountains at the Louvre

Bella was scared having this photo with the statue!

Front of the Louvre

My sister, Dad, Mum and Niece :)

Inside the Notre Dame

Freezing on top of the open top tour bus!

 

I NEVER wear hats (except woolly hats and beach hats!) and bought this one for the trip - then Beth kindly called me Uncle Buck in it!! And put me off it a fair bit! How rude!

 

As miffed as I was at the comparison, I tend to agree! I'll be accessorizing with an electric drill next time!

Stay tuned for Paris part two tomorrow!