pretty pencils

miniature art always amazes me. i love tiny things. the lulu bird posted about these fun pencils the other day, and i fell madly in love. at first i didn't realize that there was anything at the top...i just thought they were colorful pencil stubs displayed in a row. but wowzers, i scrolled down and there was an itsy bitsy hammer carved perfectly into the top of one of the lead pencils! it was a delightful surprise, to say the least. =]

my very first giveaway

hi there! so i realized it was probably time to do a giveaway (actually, i just really wanted to!) and say thank you to all of you lovely people who give me wonderful blog support and are just very sweet in general! this post might be a little long because i'm going to go into detail describing it to you haha. it's a little "box of treasures" and each of the items in here have some sort of significance to me. everything will come in this cigar box, like so:

i've always loved the way cigar boxes smell, so that in itself makes me happy. the items that are in this box (i lined the bottom with blue felt) are...

1. a little box of Bon Bons mini nail polishes (i love painting my nails!)

2. a set of black and gold bangles (jewelry! ah!)

3. a little plastic squeeze fish (as seen in this post) and a little yellow bow i made from Sculpey a while back. bright colored knick knacks are another thing that make me happy.

4. a wee miniature violin, because i adore miniature stuff!

5. a skeleton key and tiny buddha. because both of them make me smile!

6. a stamp covered matchbox that i made when i was a little girl. way before i realized that you had to pay for stamps and that they were a form of money...inside are some cute stamps i put in there as well (my folks had a huge stamp stash that i would raid whenever i was looking for something fun and pretty!)

7. two Avon costume rings that my grandmother gave me. she gives me a ton of funky costume jewelry. i love dressing up =]

8. a handmade fair trade soapstone (i think it's soapstone...) donkey from one of my favorite shops, Global Exchange.

9. three shells that were collected at the beach in Pensacola. i used to visit a lot because that's where most of my family live, but i haven't been back in a really long time since i moved to Portland.

10. (my personal favorite) an Alice in Wonderland children's book from one of my favorite vintage shops. it's such a cute size and the pictures are adorable.

11. and a sprinkle of buttons (because i figured glitter would be too messy!)

also, the box will come with a handwritten card/letter/postcard (all depending on my mood at the time, so it'll be a surprise!) 

to enter:

-you must be a follower (reader) of my blog.

-leave a comment below with your name and some way for me to contact you if you win

-for an extra entry you can blog about this giveaway (leave me a link in another comment)

-and you can also tweet about this giveaway (leave me the link or put @LuluDreams in your tweet) on Twitter for another comment

ah i hope that wasn't too confusing! if you have any questions feel free to email me!

xoxo

tada's revolutions

just a few of the amazingly cute pictures you can find on Tada's Revolution. most of the little stills come in groups of two or three and tell a short story. i love amigurumi and i adore miniatures (which i've probably mentioned before) and im smitten with stories...so basically this concept is kind of perfect to me. i found out about Tada's Revolution via See Hear Say. lovely blog, you should check it out.

my mary poppins bag

also known as my purse. it doesn't hold nearly as much as Mary Poppins' bag, but i like to think of it as somewhat magical...mainly because i feel the need to lug it around every day. but it also has pretty much everything i need to entertain myself and/or the kids i'm babysitting. minus Legos. and colored pencils...

anyhoo. the contents!

1. keys. cute doggy keychain. cute monkey key covers. teeny flashlight keychain.

2. Robert Marc sunglasses. hemp sunglass case.

3. phone.

4. scarab bracelet. locket.

5. plaid wallet

6. leather change purse.

7. chicken and egg fabric change purse (i put random things inside of it)

8. snap change purse (my pressed powder is in it)

9. on top of my pressed powder pouch is a little gummy penguin pencil topper, yellow hair clip, silver bobby pin, and flower bobby pin that my mum crocheted for me.

10. my tubed makeup items in a row: Dr. Hauschka lipstick in Transparent Pink. Revlon lipstick in Iced Amethyst. Chapstick 100% Naturals Lip Butter. Alba pineapple quench clear lip gloss. Stila cover up stick in shade a. an old old Artdeco lip "finish" in some super sparkly silver shade. Burt's Bees lip shimmer in Champagne. and Benefit lip gloss in Corsage.

11. my inhaler. woot!

12. nail file.

13. Secret deodorant in Powder Fresh (and a travel size! i'm kind of obsessive about deodorant...)

14. CleanWell hand sanitizer (i would definitely not recommend this, it smells really strongly of oregano for about fifteen minutes after you use it. believe me. it's more annoying than it sounds)

15. L'Occitane solid perfume. vanilla scented!!!

16. Visine eye drops. travel size. =]

17. pill case (in the shape of a pill capsule!)

18. purple plastic squeeze fish. yes. purple plastic squeeze fish.

19. retro pen.

20. pink Moleskine notebook.

21. rainbow houndstooth umbrella from Target.

22. pocket mirror.

23. Kiss My Face hand lotion. grapefruit + bergamot scented.

leafcutter

Leafcutter Designs has done everything that i wish i had done with my spare time. you can send letters to your friends via the "world's smallest postal service." you can buy "earrings for spontaneous seeding." little vials filled with seeds for you to drop anywhere you like that hang delicately from your ears. you can find notebook paper made from fabric, equipped with a needle and thread for you to write/sew to your heart's content. you can entertain your inner chef with recipe dice so you can be that spontaneous cook you always wanted to be. you can even buy a drawer (she will mail you the teeny contents) from the "tiny wonder cabinet". i've fallen in love with Lea Redmond's creativity. hopefully you can, too.