Simone Quentin de Manson

“HVM’s” ha ha ha ha ha…. seriously.. sigh, my world. There has to be a new one every other day…

I have moved into a new place in the last two weeks. It was an epic effort of moving alot of stuff. I used to live in a house I rented, furnished and stocked with kitchen stuff including a dedicated studio. To ONE room in a friends place, with the idea of doing the house thing again in a year or so. Lets just say, it involves storage and alot of effort and organising. I could not of done it without Kylie and help from friends with larger vehicles But i still sit behind the computer most of my days and occasionally see lovely links and tutorials that i think.. “must blog about that”.

Here are a few..

• Craft 2.0 coming to christchurch! Yay yay. Now I hope to give you guys a sneak preview of some friends work, so stay tuned.
• Clever Bastards, a New Zealand based online shop selling handmade nz artist’s goods! Don’t forget Felt for that too, sell your own things, has the etsy feel to it
• Studio Home, A blog I am loving for its NZ flavour and delightful posts
• Wardrobe Refashion: I have asked to post here and got accepted! I have yet to write a post as the acceptance came mid move. Will be thinking about it this weekend. But basically you choose time where you will buy nothing more new clothing wise and you adjust/work with what you have already got. YIKES! But I thought this would be a great motivation and learning curve to get comfy and happy in sewing again.. i used to do quite a bit without thinking about when i was growing up, but now i’m grown up, I’m all scared to experiment!

Right thats me! Enough blabbling! Sorry no piccies today…

I have been slightly obsessed over bikes again. Its happened with the purchase of a road bike. The excuse: training for triathlons. I brought the beauty off Trade Me for alot less than what it was worth (or so i like to think).

In the spirit of bikes here are some cool commuting bikes, all available (some even made) in New Zealand!

From the top left: Yuba Mundo, The Euro Folding bike, The Euro Commuter, The Euro City 2473.

Now for some cool links:

• Urban Bicycles : A personal page put up with cool links and even an essay on commuting in New Zealand, the aim to get everyone out on their bikes.
• Gofa bikes! Funky commuting bikes
• Clever Cycles : A Bike Blog
• Trio Bike : A carrier bike!
• Copenhagenize : Bike blog, nz, chch video!
• Feeling Bikey

Ok thats me for today, have a good one!