Hello Sandwich Birthday

Hello Sandwich is getting old! eek! This post marks 100 Hello Sandwich posts! And yesterday Hello Sandwich had a birthday! Yay! The lovely Clipper Cafe agreed to host a special private birthday dinner for me and allowed me to decorate the tables! 

I couldn't resist but make scalloped edged metallic party hats for all of my guests!

I just love party hats don't you! 

Maybe it's because I'm a milliners daughter but I just LOVE them! They are so fun, festive and silly! 

I hope you had a lovely weekend filled with inspiration, creativity, relaxation, love and delicious treats!

Love Love
Hello Sandwich
xxx

Lullatone

Hello! I am so sorry for not posting sooner! I have been very busy trying to write my MFA thesis before August! And unfortunately I think Hello Sandwich posts might be a little less frequent until my thesis has been handed in. Gomen! :( But lovely blogs like Ii-ne-kore, Sarah's loft, Handmade Love, Make it Easy and Meet me at Mikes will be inspiring you with beautiful posts until I am back in full swing. But having said that I am going to do my best to post as much as possible during the thesis writing days! xxx

Today is so lovely and rainy and cosy in Sydney. I am all rugged up with granny squares blanket and hot water bottle, eating homemade bento and listening to my new music crush Lullatone who I discovered through the lovely Aron from Make it Easy blog. Aron has the best music taste in the world! Be sure to visit his blog often for the most beautiful music features.

Anyway I am so thankful to Aron because husband and wife team Lullatone are so gorgeous. Based in Nagoya, Japan the duo made up of Shawn James Seymour and Yoshimi Tomida make music, Art Direct and make all of their own film clips, have a huge advertising portfolio, appear on Japanese childrens TV and are just all-round adorable. They even make music for Sanrio's Hello Kitty! You can read all about them on this Ping Mag Interview.

And, if you are anything like me and rather fancy yourself as a electronic music maker staying up late to make 'impermanent audio style electronic experimental music on garage band or better still your boyfriends version of pro tools or reason' then Lullatones Raindrop Melody Maker is the game for you! Play online to make you own raindrop music.

I just adore this Bedroom Bossa Band clip:

Shawn on Japanese kids TV:



See some of Lullatone's commercial work here:

So cute!
Love Love
Hello Sandwich
xxx

P.S. Can you believe they came to Australia last year and I missed it! so sad!

Tom Polo

I don't mind Tom Polo's artwork.

Misaki Kawai

I just bought this gorgeous zine and am now waiting for it to arrive! 

Misaki Kawai is my new art crush. I spotted her on Ii-ne-kore (thank you lovely Bree!) and now I am so in love with Misaki-san's artwork which includes installation, sculpture, painting, drawing and zine making! Sigh! What can't she do! 

Misaki-san is also a friend of my favourite Japanese band Kiiiiiii! In fact Misaki made a zine with Kiiiiiii's Reiko Tada! The pair are super talented and super cute!

Korean VOGUE Girl Magazine

I just love Korean VOGUE Girl Magazine! Lovely Vivienne in our Editorial Syndication office gives me a spare copy every month and it is such an exciting moment for me! I love love love the art direction - so bubbly, fresh and fun. It's just a shame I can't read it. Oh well, the images and layouts are so delightful that it's enough to keep me happy! I hope you will enjoy too!

See more beautiful pages from Korean VOGUE Girl here, here, here and here.

Love Love
Hello Sandwich
xxx

Sarah's Loft

Every now and then I come across a blog that I absolutely adore and can't help but share it with you, and Sarah's Loft is one of them. Sarah currently lives in Singapore and is a friend of the lovely Dawn Tan who I mentioned here. How sweet is she!

Super cool daily life in Singapore.

A lovely Pen Pal call out.

Handmade notebooks.

Handmade cookies in recycled jars with vintage fabric.

Oh my goodness how cute is Sarah's puppy!

Pop on over to Sarah's blog and leave her a little comment! I am sure she would love to hear from you!

Love Love
Hello Sandwich
xxx

And the winners are...

The winner of the pussycat bag from The Special Hello Sandwich Eco Giveaway is Hiki of Jollygoo!

Hiki grows her own vegetables, uses eco bags and makes a 'fukuro irimasen' statement at the shops (which, trust me, in Japan, is a BIG thing!), waters her plants with shower water, uses handmade soaps for washing clothes, uses natural products to clean the house, rides a bike most of the time and uses her own chopsticks when eating out!

Wow! Amazing effort!

You are the winner of the super cute pussy cat bag! Please leave your email address in the comments below and I will arrange postage to you!

BUT!...I would also like to send a special something to two runners up for their amazing efforts!

Ii-ne-kore who replaced her hot water service with an environmentally friendly version, gathers cuttings of low water plants from friends gardens, collected seeds for her winter veggie patch, tried out the candle lit dinner and did away with heaters this winter (in MELBOURNE!).

Jacqui of InspireHome who does not use a dryer, doesn't use air conditioning, has a vegetable patch, uses eggs from her own chooks, makes her own eco friendly presents for friends and uses vintage handkerchiefs instead of tissues!

Ii-ne-kore and Jacqui if you could please also leave your email addresses below I will make contact with you in regards to sending your little prize!

A very special to everyone who made a difference for our lovely environment! Our lovely environment loves you for it!

Love Love
Hello Sandwich
xxx