Music: Reb Fountain - Holster
www.rebfountain.co.nz
Design really gets me going on a CD cover, I’ve even bought CD’s based on the cover art. I was stoked to find that the gorgeous Reb Fountain CD not only looked good, but sounded great too. Reb, a kiwi singer/songwriter, has created an album with an eclectic mix of soft, beautiful melodies with fresh funky beats all thrown in together and churned around. All you ‘girls with guitars’ fans will love her, and anyone with a true heart for the NZ music will adore her. Reb is playing a couple of gigs throughout NZ this month, for more info click here.

DVD: The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
This movie is the remarkable true story of Jean-Dominique Bauby, a successful and charismatic editor-in-chief on French Elle magazine, who believes he is living his life to the fullest when a sudden stroke leaves him in a life-altered state. While the physical challenges of Bauby’s fate leave him with little hope for the future, he begins to discover how life’s passions, his rich memories and his new-found imagination can help him achieve a life without boundaries. This is a bit of a tear-jerker and very beautiful - well worth the watch. Click here to check out the trailer.

More Softies
In my life of obsessing with anything craft related I have fallen in love with Softies (click here to see my review). Well, was I over the moon when I found out there is a second book!. More Softies by Penguin is on sale now for RRP $35 and is officially on my birthday wish list. More Softies has 22 original toy designs and patterns to make yourself - designed and created by those crazy, crafty bloggers that we all love so much. You can grab it from all good bookstores or buy online here. And when you have made your little Softies upload them to the official Softies website for everyone to see!

Movie: Be Kind Rewind
Screening at Rialto from 18 October
Jerry (Jack Black) is a deranged and paranoid dreamer  whose wacky scheme to sabotage the local power substation results in an almighty zapping. When Jerry pops into the corner video store run by his friend Mike (Mos Def), his magnetised brain erases their entire stock. In order to satisfy the store's most loyal renter, the two friends set out to remake the lost films, starting, with Ghostbusters, and progressing to Rush Hour II, The Lion King, and many more. Pretty soon, punters are queuing around the block for Mike and Jerry's amateur remakes. Hilarious! Click here to see the trailer.

The 1000 Journals project
One of the best ideas when giving someone a card, is to well, not give them a card but sign a book instead. Anya ‘s creative little mind organised this for me on my last full-time day at nzgirl, and I’m so thankful as it introduced me to The 1000 Journals Project. The author decided to distribute 1000 blank journals by leaving them around San Francisco, in cafes, bathrooms and on the bus. Each included instructions for each participant to contribute something to the journal, pass it on and send it back. This then resulted in the book holding a collection of many of the submissions - it’s pure design candy. Click here to read more about it.