pilot hi-tec-c coleto multi-pen

a bit of a different post today, but i'm currently in stationery heaven and have to share the love!
my search for the perfect multi-pen has become a bit of a quirk; my mum put one in my stocking, lauren bought me one for my birthday, and i have bought a few myself and been disappointed. the colours are meh, they aren't nice to write with and they are always too chunky to fit in my filofax pen loop.
the muji pen that lauren gave me had come closest to being perfect- the colours were really cute and there was also a pencil and rubber added in too. annoyingly, the ink ran out insanely quickly, and i had a little accident (read: snapped the spring) trying to change the ink (sorry lauren!)

after a little google search, i came across the pilot hi-tec-c coleto which seemed to be popular, so i spent some time on ebay choosing what i'd like. |this seller| was super helpful, let me customise my refill colour choices, combined the p&p and it all arrived about a week and a half later. pretty sweet.

i bought a 4-pen barrel; there are loads of barrel colours to choose from, but predictably i went for this mint green which i love. the reason i love multi-pens so much is that i can colour code within my filofax and not be bogged down with tons of pens, so i tried to pick colours that i know work for that.

if there was a little rubber on top of this pen it would be absolutely perfect. i love the inks, they write so nicely and make a nice change from biro. the option to customise the pen however i want to is obviously the main selling point for me, and so far this hasn't disappointed.

...who knew i had so much to say about a pen?! if you've read this far, congrats, and welcome to the land of stationery obsessives ;)

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banana (with a hint of nutella) loaf

apparently when it comes to nutella, i just can't help myself. this banana loaf recipe is one of my all time favourites; it's amazing every time and is perfect for using up old bananas. this time however, i fancied a little bit extra with it, and swirling just a tablespoon of nutella over the top of the mixture made the perfect difference. yum!

i've taken a photo of the ingredients and method straight from my recipe folder; hopefully my handwriting is clear enough to read, but if not just let me know and i can write them up too :)

| baking time: 40 minutes at 180° and then a further 30 minutes at 150° |

quilt update #4

here it is, the front of my quilt in one piece! it's so exciting to look at it all sewn together :)
i'm trying not to be too hard on myself about any mistakes in the seam alignment, but i guess you always spot your own mistakes. it was an absolute bugger to sew as it grew, goodness knows how i'm going to handle the next few stages!

i'm still no closer to choosing a backing fabric, it feels like such a huge challenge and i really don't want to get it wrong. any ideas would be most welcome! (at least i'm not in a rush to buy anything so i won't go making a rash decision).

also, i've been told already by a few people that this quilt suits me perfectly/is me in quilt form; such sweet compliments! <3

my filofax week: may round up

thank you to everyone who commented on my last post <3 life is still a bit crazy but things are starting to fall back into place now and i'm hoping to get back into the swing of things very soon (thank goodness!).

this month has been super busy; we went to the hove foodies festival, took a day trip to portsmouth to see family, i went to see the great gatsby, hosted my first bloggers meet up and spent the day with some amazing ladies, went back to the iow for my sister's 21st birthday bbq (and spent a whole day making a rainbow cake- never again!), spent the evening at the company blogger awards and met some lovely people, and tonight we have free tickets to see muse as part of the world war z premiere. blimey!

add to that two weeks of redecorating our entire flat, taking apart old furniture and putting together new pieces, and then a (not so) small tin of paint disaster that has resulted in a week of phoning our landlord/insurance companies and still not getting anywhere, and you'll understand why i've been a bit overwhelmed with it all!

...here's to june :)