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Who needs a stegosaurus tail, you ask?

My answer is: Who doesn’t need a stegosaurus tail!

Especially when it’s only $19.95 from dressupTales.

You’re welcome.

I’ve never owned a fruit bowl before, but I could be convinced by one of these…

The Menu Dropp! bowl is an innovative take on a classic design. This bowl is designed to either hold food for the dining table, hold fruit or simply just for decoration.

The strong design element makes this an ideal piece for any home, and is based around a splash of paint that has been frozen in time.

The bowl has a shiny inside and a matt outside, and is available in an array of exciting colours

AU$92 from top3 by design.

If you drive like me, your car looks like this:

Got a boo-boo on your car and can’t afford to fix it?

I have the PERFECT solution for you… put a BANDAID on it! These are MAGNETIC bandaids that will stick perfectly to your car and cover that annoying little dent or scratch…

It’s a great gift for someone who’s accident prone!

From US$10 by TheTwistedGypsy on Etsy.

Are you known for your love of meat/s, but want to show someone that they’re more important to you than a tasty steak? Easily done, with these badges from Sweet Meats.

Once you’ve sorted that part out, then maybe they wouldn’t mind if you scattered a few of these Ham cushions around the house?

These totally necessary items and more from Sweet Meats.

This is my new favouritest thing, ever.

Marmeled is a design lamp that diffuses a soft, coloured light thanks to a high-luminosity LED immersed in a clear and shiny gel. Perfect for moments of subtle illumination! It is a great solution for lighting up your indoor and outdoor parties and it fits with many different furnishing styles thanks to its young and original design.

Marmeled is awesome. All you have to do to turn it on is turn the jar upside-down and place it on the metal lid. Instant light! In preeeeetty gel form.

35 euros from here. Whatever that may be in AUD.

Looking for something to hang on your front door at this time of year? Why not go for something a little different, like this cardboard decorative wreath available from Hunt and Gather.

Available in ‘leaves’ (shown above) or ‘snowflakes, and in a choice of two colours – natural or white. It is ‘build your own’ though, so I’m guessing there might be some level of skill needed.

And why not build a Christmas tree or some kind of fish trophy while you’re at it?

Wreaths: $39, Christmas tree: $19, Wayne Bass Trophy: $59.

I love this. Tapi is a little rubber device that fits onto most standard taps. On it’s own, it is just a normal tap… but squeeze the bottom of it, and it turns into a drinking fountain!

Best of all, it’s by Australian company Dreamfarm. Available online through their website for $5.95.

(via Design Milk)

This is my quality contribution for this week. I’m sure you can’t blame me.

Forget multi tasking – single tasking is the new ‘black’. Focusing on one task at a time is (almost) proven to help you work through complex tasks quicker, reduce stress levels and help you manage your time.

Now we’ve covered that, you’re now free to buy this fantastic note pad and if anyone wants to call you lazy, you can just quote the above. Sorted.

Only US$1.99 from Pretty Bitter.

I’m a sucker for cute drawings – especially if they involve cats. Although, you could probably say “Especially if they involve < insert animal here >” the talented Annette at Nut and Bee will have you covered.

With a range of stationery, stickers and stamps all covered in her unique and absolutely adorable characters, there’s no excuse not to have your favourite animal in cute character form.

Annette also recently released a 2011 desk calendar – what more could you ask for?

Go buy stuff at the Nut and Bee shop.

A couple of weeks ago I headed to Brasserie Bread to take part in their Baking with Brioche workshop. Why did I go? Well, it all came down to one single tweet: something about sticky cinnamon buns. Yep, that’s all it takes to get me to sign up for a 3 hour, $130 course.

In my rush to get there on Thursday night I completely forgot to take my camera, but luckily my shiny new phone is capable of taking photos. (Oh, technology these days!).

First up, we used some pre-prepared dough to create a collection of nommy items (including the sticky cinnamon buns, not pictured). Here they are pre resting and baking.

Our ‘nommy items’ also included our dinner: a salmon coulibiac (a Russian fish pie typically made with salmon or sturgeon, hard-boiled eggs, mushrooms and dill, baked in a pastry shell.) Of course, the salmon was wrapped in brioche, continuing the theme of the workshop.

It was, without even the slightest bit of exaggeration, the best salmon-based meal I’ve ever had. And, yes, I had already starting eating my meal before I took photos of it. I’d never make it as a food blogger.

Once dinner was over we went back into the kitchen to make our own dough from scratch. At this point you get to see exactly how much butter goes into brioche. And it’s, um, a lot. In between working the dough, we take a short tour of the bakery, and watch our creations get put into a massive oven for baking.

Exciting, no? Well, you’ll have to trust me that it is. Just a little bit.

At the end of the three hours we get to go home with not only the skills we’ve picked up, but also days worth of brioche for the eating.

Plus a little recipe hand out the includes the recipe for the Sticky Cinnamon Buns. What more could you ask for?

Brasserie Bread hold a range of baking workshops at their cafe in Banksmeadow, NSW. You can find out more information on their website.

I’ve loaded Oye Modern many a time, but only noticed these today.

Created by designer Timothy Liles these awesome rings are cast in washable crayon. Perfect for those moments where you’d prefer to be colouring in.

They come in a set of eight, so you don’t have to choose your favourite colours. Available from Oye Modern for AU$60.

I love stationery, especially cards. I try to buy them in advance with specific people in mind so I can be prepared for repeating occasions that I should remember – like birthdays. In reality, I end up with a bunch of really cool cards that I will sometimes remember to send out.

Today I came across Belles & Whiselles and their fantastic range of cards, invitations and other paper based objects – including these awesome growth charts.

images from the Belles & Whiselles website

You don’t just get to mark how tall you are – you can colour it in!

Then of course is their range of blank greeting cards.

Best of all they’re two designers based in Sydney, Australia using quality Australian materials to make their cards by hand. What more could you ask for?

Now that we actually have a dining table, a set of these salt and pepper shakers would be doubly awesome.

The charming tumbler is a beautiful sight with his heavy, elegant body and large, slim wheels and when Boogie Woogie starts to move, dance and roll, he will make everybody smile.

I might end up spending all of dinner time pushing the salt and pepper shakers around the table, but that’s not the point. Totally entertaining.

You can buy the set from Amazon.

I reckon if there’s one thing that could get me to use a push bike regularly, this’d be it:

Horsey! Yayyyy!

According to the designer:

‘horsey’ is an attachable bicycle ornament/accessory which makes one’s bicycle look horsey! the ‘horsey’ package includes wooden ornaments (horsey shape body), metal parts, and screws.

the manual is very simple so that anyone can easily arrange it according to one’s needs. through this ‘horsey’ project.

I wanted to give a special look to bicycles so that people would care about cycling not only as transportation but also as a lovely pet.

The best idea to make a bike more appealing, ever.