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  • About MeHi, I’m Libby, thanks for stopping by. In a nutshell I’m wife to a very supportive husband aka the cyclist. I’m mum to  2 energetic boys, the jolly monkey (8) and the little one (6). I’m a part-time graphic design/business student, art school graduate, web nerd and self professed coffee snob. I reside in Australia’s capital having moved here from Atlanta Georgia and I still get nostalgic for southern USA life – I don’t think the cyclist feels the same. My blog started in 2007 after falling victim to a swooping bird. Mostly I document what inspires me which will usually have something to do with colour, design, fabric or handmade. Sometimes I pull out my soapbox for a rant – but not very often. My blog name is an homage to the inexact science of weather prediction, for which I have a strange fascination. I have a job that takes up 3 days of my week and in my ‘free’ time between hanging out with my little men and studying I also develop Wordpress sites for small businesses. Here’s a sample of my work: Signing Stars Heavenly Home Services Creatively Belle Handmade Jewellery Lifestyle Fitness Training Excel Australia Totom…
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  • Flickr three :: #85B3BF :: bound by blue

    Jun 17, 2012

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    Libby
    in colour lover

  • Thinking about :: making connections

    Jun 11, 2012

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    Libby
    in blogging

    When I started blogging (almost 5 years ago) I spent a lot of my time in awe of seasoned bloggers; all their followers, the volume of comments on each post and even their posting schedule of 2, 3 or 4 a day. The question for me was how did they do it but it never…

  • Flickr three :: #C3BC6D :: new bud

    Jun 10, 2012

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    Libby
    in colour lover

  • Joining in :: colour palette blog walk

    Jun 6, 2012

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    Libby
    in colour lover

    I’m so excited to be taking part in the colour palette blog walk today, all organised by Brandi at Brandi Girl Blog. The task was easy, create a colour palette around the theme of achievements. How we interpreted that was entirely up to us. I would have posted photos of my boys, except that I’m…

  • Flickr three :: #995C78 :: winter twilight

    Jun 3, 2012

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    Libby
    in colour lover

  • Inspired by :: August Empress watercolour patterns

    Jun 2, 2012

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    Libby
    in patterns

    Remember I said I would share some talent that makes use of watercolour and hand drawn graphics? I wanted to take some time out today to share with you the gorgeous watercolour patterns available for download from August Empress, the blog of the super talented Jo. These are just a small selection that Jo has…

  • DIY :: minifigure shelf

    May 29, 2012

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    Libby
    in diy

    It is no secret that we are somewhat obsessed with Lego in our house. I could say it’s because I have 2 boys but I think the truth of the matter is that I am the biggest fan of all. I didn’t have Lego as a kid so I’m making up for it now. Over…

  • Inspired by :: hand drawn digital fabrics

    May 28, 2012

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    Libby
    in fabric

    Robert Kauffman Fabrics and Spoonflower have teamed up again with a Fabric 8 contest around the theme of Pen & Ink. With well over 700 submissions they managed to narrow it down to 8 finalists and these are just 4 of them. I have no idea how you would approach such a task but I…

  • Flickr three :: #A33D39 :: fallen leaf

    May 27, 2012

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    Libby
    in colour lover

  • Thinking about :: swimming

    May 18, 2012

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    Libby
    in sharing

    Well as most of you know (because I haven’t let you forget) – I’ll be taking part in the MS 24 Hour Mega Swim this weekend. It’s still not too late to make a donation towards my efforts. The effort of training which also coincides with many assignments due has meant I haven’t been blogging…

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