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		<title>Sofia Coppola, Marni for H&amp;M – I’m in heaven!!</title>
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				<category><![CDATA[Frocks that Rock]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Today, reading my UK edition of Elle, I squeeled with delight upon stumbling on an H&#38;M Ad with no other than Sofia Coppola and Marni. Oh, why doesn&#8217;t that store open up in Australia, or at least be available for online shopping? I love every one of the outfits displayed ! I&#8217;m almost tempted to<a href="http://www.thesummertimes.com/2012/02/sofia-coppola-marni-for-hm-im-in-heaven/" class="read-more">Continue Reading</a>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Today, reading my UK edition of Elle, I squeeled with delight upon stumbling on an H&amp;M Ad with no other than Sofia Coppola and Marni. Oh, why doesn&#8217;t that store open up in Australia, or at least be available for online shopping? I love every one of the outfits displayed ! I&#8217;m almost tempted to jump on a plane to the closest H&amp;M to pounce on the collection (sigh)!</p>
<p>Take a look for yourself and enjoy Brian Ferry&#8217;s Avalon!</p>
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		<title>DIY Beautiful Anthropologie Coat Rack</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Earlier in the year I took a trip to New York and visited Anthropologie for the first time. Oh, how I wish that store would open up in Australia! I spied these amazing hooks and decided to have a stab at making my own coat rack. I’d been looking for a suitable one for our<a href="http://www.thesummertimes.com/2012/01/diy-beautiful-coat-rack/" class="read-more">Continue Reading</a>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Earlier in the year I took a trip to New York and visited Anthropologie for the first time. Oh, how I wish that store would open up in Australia! I spied these amazing hooks and decided to have a stab at making my own coat rack. I’d been looking for a suitable one for our home for a while, but struggled to find anything decent.</p>
<p>You can buy some of the same hooks <a href="http://www.anthropologie.com/anthro/catalog/productdetail.jsp?id=77450&amp;catId=HOME-HARDWARE-HOOKS&amp;pushId=HOME-HARDWARE-HOOKS&amp;popId=HOME-HARDWARE&amp;navCount=35&amp;color=clr&amp;isProduct=true&amp;fromCategoryPage=true&amp;templateType=D">here</a>, <a href="http://www.anthropologie.com/anthro/catalog/productdetail.jsp?id=670470&amp;catId=HOME-HARDWARE-HOOKS&amp;pushId=HOME-HARDWARE-HOOKS&amp;popId=HOME-HARDWARE&amp;navCount=35&amp;color=cre&amp;isProduct=true&amp;fromCategoryPage=true&amp;templateType=D">here</a>, <a href="http://www.anthropologie.com/anthro/catalog/productdetail.jsp?id=973374&amp;catId=HOME-HARDWARE-HOOKS&amp;pushId=HOME-HARDWARE-HOOKS&amp;popId=HOME-HARDWARE&amp;navCount=35&amp;color=027&amp;isProduct=true&amp;fromCategoryPage=true&amp;templateType=D">here</a>, and <a href="http://www.anthropologie.com/anthro/catalog/productdetail.jsp?id=670301&#038;catId=HOME-HARDWARE-HOOKS&#038;pushId=HOME-HARDWARE-HOOKS&#038;popId=HOME-HARDWARE&#038;navCount=35&#038;color=one&#038;isProduct=true&#038;fromCategoryPage=true&#038;templateType=D">here</a> (and yes, they do ship to Australia… hoorah). I visited my local Hardware store and found a suitable piece of timber in the scraps section. The kind Hardware man cut the timber to the desired length of 1.5 metres. I painted with a bottom coat and then two coats of Dulux Pale Grey.</p>
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<p>I planned out the order of the hooks and measured out how far apart the hooks needed to be, drilled in the hooks and mounted on the wall.</p>
<p>And tooooda!!! Here it is. What do you think?</p>
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		<title>The Life of a Scanner</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 07 Jan 2012 03:26:23 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Book Worm]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dear Diary, Today I found out I’m a Scanner. What is a Scanner? you may ask. Well, according to  Barbara Sher’s book “Refuse To Choose! A Revolutionary Program For Doing Everything You Love”, A Scanner’s “world is like a big candy store full of fascinating opportunities, and all they want is to reach out and<a href="http://www.thesummertimes.com/2012/01/the-life-of-a-scanner/" class="read-more">Continue Reading</a>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Dear Diary,</p>
<p>Today I found out I’m a Scanner.</p>
<p>What is a Scanner? you may ask.</p>
<p>Well, according to  Barbara Sher’s book <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Refuse-Choose-Interests-Passions-Hobbies/dp/B001810ZFA/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1325906332&amp;sr=8-4">“Refuse To Choose! A Revolutionary Program For Doing Everything You Love”</a>, A Scanner’s “world is like a big candy store full of fascinating opportunities, and all they want is to reach out and stuff their pockets.”Sher asks if the following statements apply  to you:</p>
<p><em><span style="color: #0000ff;">“I can never stick to anything”</span></em></p>
<p><em><span style="color: #0000ff;">“I know I should focus on one thing, but which one?”</span></em></p>
<p><em><span style="color: #0000ff;">“I lose interest in things I thought would interest me forever”</span></em></p>
<p><em><span style="color: #0000ff;">“I keep going off on another tangent”</span></em></p>
<p><em><span style="color: #0000ff;">“I get bored as soon as I know how to do something”</span></em></p>
<p><em><span style="color: #0000ff;">“I can’t stand to do anything twice”</span></em></p>
<p><em><span style="color: #0000ff;">“I keep changing my mind about what I want to do but end up doing nothing”</span></em></p>
<p><em><span style="color: #0000ff;">“I work at low-paying jobs because there’s nothing I’m willing to commit to”</span></em></p>
<p><em><span style="color: #0000ff;">“I won’t choose a career path as it may be the wrong one”</span></em></p>
<p><em><span style="color: #0000ff;">“I think everyone is put on this earth to do something; everyone but me, that is”</span></em></p>
<p><em><span style="color: #0000ff;">“I can’t pay attention unless I’m doing many things at once”</span></em></p>
<p><em><span style="color: #0000ff;">“I pull away from what I’m doing because I’m afraid I’ll miss something better”</span></em></p>
<p><em><span style="color: #0000ff;">“I’m too busy, but when I do find time I can’t remember what I want to do”</span></em></p>
<p><em><span style="color: #0000ff;">“I’ll never be an expert in anything. I feel like I’m always in a survey class&#8221;</span></em></p>
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<p>Although not all of the above apply to me, I do stick to lots of things but for me I cannot understand how people ever have time on their hands or complain of boredom. All I want to do in life is to cram as many interests and hobbies in as I can. Sher’s book encourages Scanners not to feel guilty about having multiple interests and gives Scanners like me confidence to start using their creative energy in a positive fulfilling manner. I look forward to sharing with you many of life’s interesting elements and hope you enjoy reading my blog.</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p>Happy 2012 Readers!!</p>
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		<title>Tea Tin Magnets</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Dec 2011 23:24:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[source: martha stewart]]></description>
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<p style="text-align: center;"><em>source: <a href="http://www.marthastewart.com/338042/container-magnets" target="_blank">martha stewart</a></em></p>
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