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I am always very proud of Husband. Why...? Because he's friggin' awesome! Right, so I may be a bit biased, but he really is one of those people that excels at everything he does. And that can be really annoying too - for example when I am...

A few of my readers have asked me about the significance of the name "yellowtrace" and where it came from, so I thought it would be worth while writing a little post about it. Yellowtrace is a soft tone transparent sketch paper ideal for...

Aussie Aussie Aussie - Oi Oi Oi! Man, this chant honestly makes me cringe every single time I hear it. But it's Australia Day today, and all is forgiven. Today is the day I embrace my inner Aussie and I celebrate all things Australia....

Don't you just love new beginnings? A clean slate, new possibilities, exciting opportunities, a little bit of the unknown - there's so much to look forward to. And there's no better way to start the year then with a holiday. I am taking a...

I don't know about you, but all the Christmas shenanigans really get to me each year. The commercial side with all the compulsory, obligatory, meaningless, wasteful and often impersonal gift giving drives me crazy! Kris Kringle this,...

So here we are... I've been thinking about starting a blog for a quite a while now, and somehow I never had the time. I guess I never really wanted to do it badly enough to find the time and commit. But something changed and here I am. My...