melbourne love

Last weekend Morgan and I had a lovely long weekend in melbourne. It was only a couple of months ago since we last went to melbourne and we had been talking to our friend derek heaps about how much he would like it, so the 3 of us and my sister sarah went off on a little adventure.

We all took lots of photos, but we are still waiting for them to come back from being developed. Here are a couple of pictures from the trusty iphone. We can't wait to share the pictures from our first rolls from the Robot 3 Lens Camera and morgan's new Sprocket Rocket. For now enjoy these...
-kim



this was from the ghost patrol exhibition. it was incredible.

winter time

Its pretty freezing cold riding on my scooter to work and back, pretty glad I have sweet glasses to keep the icy wind out of my eyes.
-kim

diy... guest post

We are back from a fantastic long weekend in Melbourne. Glad to see you all loved the Guest Post from Cesar.

If you wanna read a little DIY post I did for Talia's blog on how to recycle a t-shirt to make a scarf check it out here...

Have a fantastic week.
-kim

Guest Post: The Dead Format

Meet our blog buddy Cesar from The Dead Format
While we are away for a week in Melbourne we asked Cesar to write a guest post for us. We love to check out his blog for inspiration, he takes some beautiful photos and we are envious of his polaroid camera collection. We hope you enjoy it, and dont forget to check out his blog.

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Canon T2i

These pictures were taken in Los Angeles during my vist to the MOCA. They currently have an exhibit dedicated to street art. I highly recommend checking it out if you're in the L.A area.

I always like to carry at least two different types of formats when I go on my little photo adventures. That day I had a Polaroid SX-70 Alpha 1, a Canon T2i, and a 35mm Gakkenflex toy camera. I was immediately drawn to this old parking lot sign while walking to the museum and took a picture with each camera. I dont have the Gakkenflex pictures yet but I will post the pictures from the Gakkenflex on my blog as soon as I get it back from the photo developers, hopefully they will turn out ok (crossing my fingers). The Polaroid pictured below is my most popular picture on Flickr to date, I've even seen it floating around on various Tumblr blogs :)

blogs we love.

We thought it was well over due for us to share the blog love and let you know about a couple of our favourite blogs at the moment, so here goes...

Kim is lovin...

Pugly Pixel
Is there anything she can't do? Katrina creates amazing tutorials and web graphics which a really cool and inspire me to play with html and css more and more. She makes you feel like you can do it too, and thats so lovely to help feel a little more confident with nerdy things.


Natalie Creates
This blog is probably the only one i've been following for more than two years. Natalie shares great honest stories from her life, exploring gardening, simple joy and living sustainably. She takes lovely photos too...


Two
This is a new find but this blog shares two photos a week from two photographers who have a theme each month. The photos a simple yet so so beautiful.

Morgan is lovin...

The blue hour
I love to check in to this blog to be inspired by simple and beautiful photography or fresh cuisine ideas.


La Blogotheque
I have been a keen follower of la blogoteque for a while now, if you like music, then this is a must see site of live recordings


Todays Letters
I don't really regularly follow any blogs, but this is one I check every couple of days. We love them heaps.

We would love to know some of your blog loves.. What are you hooked on at the moment? What is inspiring you? or what are your long time loves? Please share...

entering the kitchen...

Being Married to an ex-Chef is a hard thing sometimes. I have never really been passionate about creating great food, but always loved eating it, I guess this is my Morgan and I work so well together. These last few months I have been more and more inspired to learn how to cook better and experiment more with food. I've been finding many exciting recipes and ideas online and saving them on Pinterest. Here are some I want to make over the next month.
- kim

Zucchini Oven Fries

Source: prairie-table.com via morgan & kim on Pinterest

Avocado Wasabi Salad

Source: veganyumyum.com via morgan & kim on Pinterest

Homemade mozzarella sticks

Source: foodpeoplewant.com via morgan & kim on Pinterest

No-bake granola bars

Source: fooddoodles.wordpress.com via morgan & kim on Pinterest

Blueberry Hand Pies

Source: veganyumyum.com via morgan & kim on Pinterest

Chocolate and Salted Caramel Pudding Pop

Source: endlesssimmer.com via morgan & kim on Pinterest

... yummy things are on their way... i hope.

free stuff!!!

In the last month kim and I have both won something from blogs we read. Firstly, I won a Coava Kone which has revolutionised our home coffee experience. It's a complex procedure to make coffee now but its so worth it, especially with this delish black star coffee. I won this through a giveaway through Todays Letters. If you dont read these guys blog, do so, now. They have encouraged us heaps in our marriage and have taught us about many cool bands, movies and other great things. We actually decided to send them a little present a week before the competition opened, so whoever said 'give and you shall receive" was on to something.



Kim also recently won a pair of Tipsy Toesshoes from hello owls little giveaway. These haven't arrived yet, but Kim is pretty keen to try them out. I think this is the first time either of us have won something online, maybe even ever (apart from kims 'most infectious grin' award in grade 2).

SO, to celebrate our first year blog anniversary in July we will be giving away a few things. So stay tuned, and if you have any ideas of cool things to giveaway let us know.

-morgan

black star coffee..

Over the Easter weekend I went on a little day trip down to Brisbane with a couple of friends. One of the first places we stopped at to fuel our bodies was a little cafe/roastery called Black Star Coffee. This lovely little place roast their own beans and make a very lovely brew which is both organic and fair trade. They even sell their own cold press coffee in bottles, which is what I had since I am totally loving cold press at the moment. I also brought some beans home to try out our new grinder morgan brought back from the op shop the week before. It works a treat and you can totally taste the difference with freshly ground beans and fair trade coffee. There is nothing better than a good cup of Fair Trade coffee. enjoy.
-kim

Pay it Forward Revisited

At the start of the year we par took in a little game called Pay it Forward. The idea, make something for five people and recieve something from one person. We got sent this beautiful mini bunting from Georgina at Perpetual One.
Sadly only one person, Talia took our call out and recently recieved her little gift. If you would like to partake in this great craft cause please read our post here and sign up. It's a great way to be generous and get something nice from us too!



-morgan

manchester orchestra..

Manchester Orchestra - "Simple Math" from DANIELS on Vimeo.

These past few weeks I have been completely hooked on Manchester Orchestra. I have been listening to this band over and over, so it helps we have 3 of their albums and 4 EP's. Their new album "Simple Math" is released this week, and if their first single (video above) is anything like the album its going to be AMAZING! Andy Hull is so talented with his words and the lyrics and heart to these songs get me every time. My favourite album is "I'm Like A Virgin Loosing A Child" (2006) which was their first full length album which they released.

If you're already a Manchester Orchestra fan, make sure you check out the band's side project with Kevin Devine, "Bad Books'. This stuff is equally exciting, and has the influence of one of my other favourite songwriters Mr Devine, which comes through nice and strong.

And finally if you are all over that already as well, then check out Andy Hull's solo stuff under the name "Right Away, Great Captain". These epic songs make you want to go live on a boat and sail the seven seas...

I hope you check this stuff out and you enjoy it. Let me know if you find a new favourite artist, or if these are already in your top 5, then we should be friends.
- kim

UPDATE: If you solve a puzzle on the Columbia Records website you can listen to the new album 'Simple Math' for free now.. Check it out here. It's beautiful.