It's about time our little man was immortalised on a t-shirt, so here are a couple of new designs for all you french bulldog fans. They are also available in kids and baby sizes and even come as stickers! Available from our redbubble store.

Some days I feel like buying loads of books just so I can colour co-ordinate them like this. Who knows with the ipad, kindel and internet maybe this is the only thing we'll use books for soon.

spot the puppy...

So very nearly there! Just a few finishing touches and the new kitchen is done. Here is little Scampi standing guard of his favourite room in the house.

We finally have a kitchen top!! Hooray! And the plumber even came round and hooked up the dishwasher AND the sink. How nice is it not to have to do the dishes in the bathroom!? And Im loving the look of the new smeg appliances, cant wait for the cook top to be hooked up. We've been getting stuck into the painting this weekend, and despite a major drama at one point when the enamal paint spilt all over the new bench and dishwasher, its all ok, and all coming together now.

The new flooring has gone down today which should make a huge difference. Most of the plastering work is done, just a bit to finish off. Now we're just waiting for our kitchen bench top to be fitted, probably next week.

After a completely disastrous start to the week with the builder not showing up and the kitchen company trying to change install dates. The wall between the kitchen and lounge is now gone. One big job done, two to go!

We've been getting a few nice little mentions around the place for 'i do' it yourself at the moment that I want to share. Etsy featured our tie the knot save the date in their weekly newsletter and on their blog. Madeit added our hummingbird invitation to their newsletter, and the Indie Bride featured a few products on their blog. Thanks everyone.

Another favourite from the Wynne prize this year, Min Woo Bang and his beautiful misty acrylic landscape paintings.

Here's a little something I stumbled onto today, beautiful Paris and London maps based on an original paper cut design. For sale through Famillie Summerbelle. I might have to pick up one of these, gorgeous!

... and I don't appreciate your insinuation that I am some how involved in its disappearance. Happy weekend everyone!

Who said crayons were for kids? Christian Faur brings a whole new approach to the medium by grouping hundreds of coloured crayons together to form a pixelated image. Amazing. I hope he gets a good deal from Crayola.

Finally getting a little closer to our new kitchen. Ive had the computer drawing through today, which, naturally, Ive coloured in. Well Im not having cream walls! :)

...look what happened to the bedroom carpet! Naughty puppy!

The latest design I've been working on this rainy weekend is all things bright and beautiful. Tropicana is summer on the beach with it's multi coloured pinstripe and floral motif. I must have been longing for some sun :) Available on 'i do' it yourself

I'm very excited about the start of a new project at creative monsoon...

We had a sweet treat in the office this week, a box of beautiful hand painted chocolates from Coco Chocolate. Each one was so beautiful it seemed a shame to eat them, but I have to say the flavours were a bit odd. I'm not sure what a geranium is meant to taste like (as I don't usually go around eating them) but geranium chocolate...? Hummm not convinced. But they sure look pretty!

I'm so pleased we have finally made a start on our new kitchen, we've put a deposit down on the design and the sexy new smeg appliances. (Hooray for an oven that doesn't pump hot air at my legs every time I use it!) I thought I'd share a few pics I've been collecting the past year that have inspired the design, sadly I didnt keep records of credits, sorry. But I'd say they came via Apartment Therapy and Decor8, great sites if your looking for interior design inspiration.