Amanda Palmer makes some of my favourite music, both as part of The Dresden Dolls and solo, so when she twittered yesterday about a “ninja ukulele” gathering and signing in Aotea Square this afternoon I had to wander on over. There was a crowd of ~100 people, flummoxing the nearby festival security patrols. She played covers of Inbetween Days and Creep and the music was awesome, though I should not have stayed for the signing as I just felt like a dork. Oh well! I’m looking forward to her official concert tonight…

The wedding is getting very close now!

Last night was my hens party and I had such a good time. My bridesmaids came up with some excellent, non-embarrassing games for us to play. A particularly good one was the lovey-dovey pet name mad lib, where each person wrote down the first half of a cute name I could call JSR, folded the paper, and handed it to someone else to add the second half; then I read out the names to much hilarity. I cannot reveal the winner yet because I promised to use it during the ceremony and I want to surprise JSR, but it’s pretty silly, and all the ladies from the party will laugh when I say it, so that will be fun for everyone :)

On the Nut and Bee side of things I am probably not going to have time to do Sketchbook Sweeties from now on, so they’re on hiatus until we get back from honeymoon, but I will still be shipping orders for a few more days.

To have your order sent before I close up, please place it before midnight on Wednesday 18th (New Zealand time).

Which is:
10pm on Wednesday 18th in Sydney
11am on Wednesday 18th in London
6am on Wednesday 18th in New York
3am on Wednesday 18th in Los Angeles

After that shipping will resume on Monday 9th March, and I’ll be working hard to get everything out as soon as I can!

Fun times this afternoon with my parents’ miniature schnauzer Silver :)