Homeware Haul - I regret nothing

Who needs money anyways? Haha.

Just kidding. I had enough to stock up on some homeware items for the apartment.

Here I'll show you some of the things I got and hopefully serve as some inspiration to any of you who are also trying to re-decorate!

So without further ado, here are some of my purchases:

This beautiful rug is from 'Eastern Flair' in Newtown

'Spring' scented candle by Homestead Candles - Bought at - 'Reclaim Vintage', Newtown

Isn't it a lovely shade of red? - Tulips from 'Dr Earth', Newtown

Fascinating read, and visually impressive illustrations - From 'Reclaim Vintage', Newtown

Funky little poster right? This is actually sold as wrapping paper at 'Monster Threads', but I couldn't let myself use it to wrap. Besides, who doesn't want birds on their bathroom door?



Have you bought any nice homeware items recently? Any suggestions to help me decorate? Flick me a comment

Mash it up
xx

Blind date with a Book

Checking out their hot edges ;)

You're thinking what???


What date? With a book? What?!!!

Well, this is simply a fantastic idea which I discovered in Newtown
while browsing 'Elizabeth's Bookstore'.

"The King St store started wrapping staff-selected books in brown paper, handwriting a few key words on the front and calling them Blind Date Books last April.

Customers can buy the book either for themselves or as a present and store manager Melanie Prosser said it encouraged people to move outside their literary comfort zone.

“People have such a hard time choosing what to read and you do tend to judge a book on what you see, so this takes all the choice out of it,” she said."

-Daily Telegraph

Isn't it fantastic? As a book fanatic, going on a date with one sounds perfect!

Naturally I bought one.
Out of all of them this was the only one in the Sci-Fi genre,
or at least lacking soppy Romance descriptions... Hahaha

I got very lucky with this one, it's a classic Horror/Sci-Fi which is a 1961 Penguin.
'The Midwich Cuckoos' by John Wyndham, also known as the movie
'The Village of the Damned'

Have a look at the full article about this wonderful dating experience:
http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/newslocal/inner-west/elizabeths-bookshop-in-newtown-are-offering-readers-a-new-experience-with-blind-date-books/story-fngr8h4f-1226824807937

Have you guys ever bought these books?
If you were to do a blind book date, which book would it be with?
Comment below :)


Mash it up
xx

Ubik - A book to fall into

Have I mentioned I like Science Fiction?

Perhaps... But here is an actual piece of Science Fiction 'perfection':

The novel 'Ubik' by well known Sci-Fi writer Phillip K. Dick is an immersive and utterly mind blowing creation of the future, which, like many of his novels, causes us to ask:
What is reality?

I love how it messes with us throughout..
It's superbly written, with a bit of sex, romance, action, horror and lots of great humour.

Personally, it gives me great joy to look at the cover too, haha. Pretty colours eh?

"If you liked "Inception" or "The Matrix" then you'd probably like this. It's kind of a similar concept of people trapped in essentially a dreamworld where things can change around them in an instant. Of course there's a lot less kung-fu and car chases than those movies. - LibraryThing Review"

"Fast moving novel that explores solipsism, perhaps, in a mind-bending manner. Dick creates a world overflowing with novelties, then shifts the entire setting of the novel, twisting the plot and characters in a manner that reminded me of the creative freedom of the novel. There's a strong whiff of meta-fictive play about the novel, but none of the pretentiousness that so often accompanies it. - Michael.McGuire"

"An extraordinarily prescient book, written over 40 years ago, yet describing a world of instant communication and online commercevery like the present. The story flips you through time and life/death so many times, you don't know whether you are in the past, or present, alive, half alive or dead.  - Greatrakes"


Check it out here on Google Books for the full description and reviews:
http://books.google.com.au/books?id=ZEyn5Gl_sYUC&printsec=frontcover&dq=philip+k+dick+ubik+books&hl=en&sa=X&ei=Qc-gU-m5BoTp8AXGtoGoAw&ved=0CC0Q6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=philip%20k%20dick%20ubik%20books&f=false