Can it.

A while ago, while trawling through Pinterest, I stumbled upon this post, using tin can's as pencil holders, and decided it would be my next rainy day project. 

(NB: When I say rainy day, I mean it was actually a day that it poured all day, and the sun hardly came out, so apologies at the poor quality of the following photos!)

To start, I bought some tins of peaches and headed down to Bunnings to buy some testpots paint. I decided I wanted to do pastel colours, and settled with "Lochmara Bay Quarter" blue and "Hidden Valley" pink, both from Dulux. 

After soaking the cans to get the label residue off, I decided the best way to paint the cans would be to simply dip them into the paint, as painting with a brush left brush marks and didn't look the best. I put masking tape up to the line where I wanted the paint to be and then just dipped the cans in. 

I left them in the hot water cupboard over night, and voila! If you're going to give it a go, i'd suggest covering the whole top of the can in masking tape and leaving them to dry upside down, as mine have a bit of a build up at the bottom of the can. I also didn't make sure my masking tape was securely down obviously because my lines at the top of the tins aren't completely straight, but ah well, adds to the rustic look! 

I'm still very happy with how they turned out and am now scouring my room for anything and everything else that I paint pastel pink or blue.

Online VS. IRL

Lately i've had quite a few discussions with various friends about meeting friends online. 

Not meeting people in a romantic sense as such, but communicating with people online, who you then go on to meet in real life, and sometimes become the best of friends. 

Maybe it's because of stories we've been told, or movies we've watched, like Trust, but for some, the idea of meeting friends online seems like far too much of a foreign concept for them to understand. Of course there are creeps out there, who pray on young, seemingly innocent tweens, and they'll always be those who wreck it for everyone else, but in my opinion, it's not all bad. 

Because of the way the internet is integrated into so much of our daily lives, I think it would be impossible not to become friends with the people you interact with. Sure, there are some exceptions, like if you only stuck to places like Facebook, where you knew all your friends already, but the beauty of the internet is that it allows you to connect with people from all walks of life, that you wouldn't otherwise get the chance to meet. 

I know heaps of people who have met some of their best friends, or even their partners through social media sites like Tumblr and Twitter (even Instagram!), and I honestly don't see anything wrong with that. I myself have met some really good friends through these sites too, and the way we interacted online is exactly the same as how we interact in real life.  Even saying that though-"in real life" -makes it sound like the people we meet online aren't "real," but i'm sure you get my drift, just because something happens online does not make it real, not at all.

Maybe because I work for a social media firm, and I spend a large chunk of my day interacting with people on various social media sites, but in my opinion, how you become friends with someone shouldn't matter, only why you are friends should. 

And hey, if you are going to meet someone you've met online in a real-life setting, at least put your detective hat on and do a bit of stalking first so you know they're legit. 

the best thing in March.

Sidenote: Goodness gracious it's been far too long since I wrote on here! 

Once again, i'm sitting here writing about my favourite thing, in a bit of disbelief that March is over already.

This was such an awesome month, and i'd have to say, my favourite thing was probably my  birthday/ turning 21. Now I realise that sounds quite self-absorbed, but I love how birthdays can bring (nearly!) all your favourite people together. 

I spent my actual birthday in Tauranga with my family, after seeing Fun. a few days before. I was royally spoilt by everyone and had such a great day. The following week I celebrated with my friends back home in Wellington which involved being sung Happy Birthday by restaurant patrons, buskers and randoms, carting a cake around town before having a wee street picnic, and dancing the night away. 

As well as this, I ran a few events that went swimmingly, work is going great (and Uni isn't half bad either), and I finished the month off with an roadtrip back up north with my boyfriend where we ate far too many Easter eggs. 

One thing I do wish was that I had time to blog more, because theres a blue moleskin journal sitting on my shelf with a list of blogs i've been too busy to write. Hopefully April isn't as busy though, and i'll have a bit more time!

Ciao bellas xx