Five for Friday

Five life tips from a mother. Not tips about being a mother

20 bars and restaurants open in Brisbane over the Easter long weekend.

The world needs more love letters; a beautiful idea.

15 amazing words courtesy of the Swedish language.

The simple pleasures in  life: a Puppy pinwheel.

We all hope you have an enjoyable long weekend! Be sure to try a cocktail or two...

 

Because Easter is all about cute photos of rabbits and ducklings.

 

Kitten meets hedgehog

I don't think there is any possible way this could be more cute. Happy Tuesday.

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The best engagement photos you'll ever see! I promise!

I want to stay here.

Styling You blog. It's local and it's accessible. For women, not girls. 

America's first bookless library will be landing in Texas.

The School of Life bookshop in Melbourne.

And for no reason other than it's the cutest photo I've seen all week:

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For all my girlfriends who are reading 50 shades of Grey here is an article listing a few more well-written options: 50 shades better than 50 Shades of Grey. 

Australian Vogue has a new website.

 

Bathing suits matched to book covers. Courtesy of Jane. It's a little wierd.

Evernote have teamed up with Moleskein to create a cross paper/digital notebook.

Animals who are totally BFF's. Adorable!

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A 'real life' temporary pop up store showcasing the work of QUT Fashion graduates. 

How to tell what a person is like in bed by the books they read.  

Brisbane's Retro Film Society, who host monthly film nights at the Old Museum. Coming up in September; Notorious, a 1946 film starring Cary Grant and Ingrid Bergman.

A very pretty vintage shop, run by a Sydney couple through Etsy. 

Puppies being cute.

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Dressing like social media. I'm so traditional - I'd choose from Facebook, Twitter or YouTube.

 'facebook'. Image courtesy of B for Bel.

A girlfriend of mine shared this around last Friday so I thought I would pass it on. A song for Friday.

 

The beauty of the Stockholm Subway. I miss living in a city with a subway. 
 

 

 Image courtesy of This Art is Yours.

L.A. as a film map.

The cutest things that ever happened. Do not open unless you have spare time and a supply of 'awwww'.

 

Five for Friday no.17

14 couples who got married at NYC City Hall. What I love about this is the diversity of couple but of course, they all look so very happy.

Later note: this slideshow gets updated every so often with new couples. All of them are beautiful and happy. If I were to get married - this would be the way!

Ok, here's a random one: Austrian Alpacas shaved for the spring. Cute and amusing!

Undress Brisbane have launched their new website. Undress Brisbane is all about sustainable fashion and building awareness amongst designers and consumers.

The Design Museum in London opened a Christian Louboutin 20 year retrospective on Tuesday. One of those times I REALLY wish I still lived in London so I could go!

Ty-pug-raphy. Yeah. Full alphabet here.

2011 in review: the 10 cutest photos

When you are feeling sad and blue, go to Cute Overload and get your fix of adorable, fluffy, funny and awwwww.

This is their Top 10 Cutest Photos of 2011. Not sure I agreed – I think no. 2 is disturbing rather than cute, but no. 8 makes up for all the bad times!

All together now ... awwww! Photo courtesy of Cute Overload.

This post has nothing in it but fluffy animals in woollen clothing