That's Noice!

I love Pinterest!!! Have been enjoying it for about a month now, it has become one of my fav daily visit.

So what is it, for those that aren’t pinning? Think of Pinterest as a virtual pinboard — a place where you can create collections of things you love and “follow” collections created by people with great taste.

People use Pinterest to collect and share all sorts of things — wedding inspiration, favorite T-shirts, mind blowingly beautiful interior ideas, delish and amazing noms and a new use of have discovered this week is using it to collect great weight loss motivation. You name it, people are pinning it.

It is still invite only at this stage, but you can request an invite. Or let me know and I can send you one.

Are you pinning? Add me

So delicious it’s best kept hidden… Gee, thanks for telling me that NOW Cadbury, you could have put that warning on the packaging as well. A bit late after I have gone to eat the last of my block that I’d saved for after dinner, and the manpet has eaten it all!!

I spotted this new chocolate in Big W the other day, on special and being a sucker for anything new I had to grab some. We tried the Chocolate and Caramel, but it also comes in Hazelnut.

So, what’s it like? It’s bloody awesome!! I have a bit of a texture issue, I am not overly keen on most chocolates with a filling. But the mousse is just right, to too hard or too squishy.

But the best part, is the piece size. You can pretend to be good and just eat 2 bits ;)

Nothing quite cheers you up like a rainbow…well, except of course if its a double rainbow!

Here are 9 Rainbow inspired noms for Rah.

Rainbow cake in a jar

Rainbow pancakes

Rainbow Cookies

Double Rainbow Malt Cake

Rainbow Layer Cake

Rainbow Jelly Shots

Rainbow Pudding

Rainbow Fruit Salad

Rainbow Cheesecake

We all know how flexible cats are, the way they contort their body into the weirdest sleeping positions. Well, we now know their secret…yoga!

Yoga Cats (and Dogs) is the work of Texan couple Dan and Alejandra Borris. Dan uses his photography and photoshop skills along with Alejandra’s yoga expertise combine to make a wonderful series of dogs and cats doing yoga. Yoga Dogs and cats calendars and books are available.

All the animals used in Dan’s work are from the The Animal Defense League, with a portion of profits donated to charity.

I had tried Urban Rituelle many years ago, but it wasn’t until Rah bought me some for my birthday last year that I became hooked.

I have a super sense of smell (which is quite often a curse…so.many.stinky.people!!) But I also find I am allergic to a lot of regular commercial perfumes. So finding something that smells awesome, and doesn’t make me sense my head of can be near impossible.

Urban Rituelle is an Australian owned husband and wife team. They have a great range of yummy smelly stuff, regular perfumes (which are my fav) they do also do soaps, moisturisers, lip balms, candles and even a Men’s and Baby range.

The Sweet Treats collection is A..mazing! The bestest one, that you just MUST have, is the Cotton Candy..YUM! I’m really enjoying the Peach Blossom too at the moment.

Their range is great vaule for money, postage is fast. And they even throw in a GWP (gift with purchase) hard to pass up!

Check them out at www.urbanrituelle.com.au and shop online, or their store in Caringbah.

US Plus Sized Clothing Stores

• Forever 21 - (XL-3X)
• Torrid
• Old Navy  (16-30)
• svoboda
• Simply Be – (10-26)
• B&Lu (14-30)
• Alight (14-30)
• Igig (13-3)
• Swak (1x-6x) Free shipping for orders $40+
• Lane Bryant

Other Stuff

• Duo Boots and Shoes
• Boots for Broads (AUS)
• We Love Colors – plus size tights and leggings
• Big Girls Bra (US)

Know any great plus size retailers we’ve missed?

We can’t have plants at home. 3 cats+plants=green vomit.

Have always liked the idea of terrariums, especially the cute ones with moss, and little people etc.  All the cool ones are in America though, and can’t be posted *sad face*

But came across these Aussies on etsy, and had to have one fore my desk at work. The plants are air plants, or tillandsia.  According to the instructions, they are pretty easy to care for. So fingers crossed I don’t kill it.

Looking at their past sales they have done moss ones in the past, I would LOVE to see some of those again.

Mine is the red on the right, I haven’t killed it yet *touch wood* I think I might need a few more.

Terrarium are $28AUD plus $8 shipping. They come beautifully packaged, so would make a great gift. Postage was also super fast.

Love them! Check out the Terradctl Etsy store and blog

On Thursday March 10, Hot Wheels lit up Circular Quay, showcasing some amazing 3D projection technology at Customs House in Sydney, Australia. In a spine tingling show, the notorious Hot Wheels Skull Racers shattered the facade of Customs House as they competed in the ultimate speed racing battle.

Anatomy of a Cupcake chart. Original here, you can buy prints, and there is a cool making of video.

via Ilovecharts

Those with cats will know the drama that surrounds Christmas and cats. Eating the tree, eating the tinsel…then little puddles of glitter vomit. And that’s if you can even get the damn thing to stay up, or the decorations to stay on.

Sick of all of it, I had planned not to do the tree this year. Till I came across the idea of a twig tree. After searching everywhere for a decent one at the shop, I thought bugger it I can make my own.

It was harder than I thought, trying to find a branch that was a decent shape. After traipsing round the bush with no luck I ended up stealing one from the neighbours dead tree *shh*

Gave it a light spray of white paint, stuck it in a pot with some pebbles and there you have it.

I LOVE it, best xmas tree we’ve ever had. Of course, it is covered in cupcakes :P I think I love even more that there are hardly any branches so the kids can’t go jamming it full of ugly crap. And there is no hassle with storage. Toss it out and get a new one next year.

I am not the most Christmasy person. I hate Christmas lights (makes my eyes twitch to see people have their displays up already o.O)  I HATE all the snow at Christmas and well..pretty much everything else about Christmas…except the ham..Mmmm Christmas ham. Anyway…came across some Christmasy stuff just perfect for me.

Lolmart Bah humbug shirt, a wonderful alternative to the usual bright ugly red and green Christmas shirts with bloody snow on them! Will take great pleasure wearing this at Christmas (shame it is white tho, I may well have to throw it out afterwards)

Then we have these Christmas balls from Selfridges that will go perfectly on my cupcake tree.

We are big fans of Magnums here at That’s Noice, remember the Magnum Gold?! Mmmm magnum.

Anyway, the Magnum folks are at it again, with the new Magnum Temptation Chocolate. If you are a chocolate fan, this is THE ultimate ice cream for you.

White chocolate and brownie pieces with swirls of chocolate sauce, in a creamy almost chocolate ice cream coated in a Belgian chocolate shell.

I am not a huge fan of that much chocolate, it was a bit too much for me. Manpet on the other hand said it was hands down THE BEST ice cream he has ever had.

Have you tried one? What did you think? For me, I think the Magnum Gold is still my fav.

Available now in supermarkets and convenience stores. $4.40 each or $7.79 for 3.

Have recently been looking for knick knacky type things to fill a new expdeit bookcase.

I think I have found THE perfect thing, I want one of each! What do you think, or they not your thing?

These wonderful figurines are by UK artist Jessica Harrison, check out her other pieces.

Who doesn’t love pancakes!? They have to be one of my fav treats. I don’t remember eating them much as a kid however.

Jim loves pancakes too, and baking THE most awesome pancakes for his daughter. They are truely amazing! Moon and ball shape are about as far as my creative skills go.

Check out more of these amazing noms at Jim’s Pancakes

Shame it is for something as boring as promoting the upcoming launch of Windows Phone 7.

Celebrity photographer David LaChapelle arrives in Australia this month to capture the nation on the Nokia N8 in the surrounds of his magnificent, purpose‐built studio.

This is LaChapelle’s first‐ever public shoot, first shoot in Australia and his first time shooting on a smartphone.

LaChapelle is famed for his extravagant, unforgettable portraits of Eminem, David Beckham, Uma Thurman, Mohamed Ali,Lady Gaga, Madonna, Leonardo diCaprioa and Kurt Cobain, to name just a few.

If you would like the chance to be snapped by LaChapelle you can check out these dates in Sydney and Melbourne. Get on down to the shoots for your chance to be picked from the crowd…

• 20th October Overseas Passenger Terminal, Sydney 1pm – 6pm
• 23rd October Queensbridge Square, Melbourne 12pm – 5pm

If you are not in Sydney or Melbourne, you can jump onto the Nokia Australia Facebook page and win a chance for you and a friend to be flown to Melbourne and be photographed by LaChapelle.

I must admit I have been drooling over some of the sample shots I have seen from the N8, so can’t wait to see what he does with it.

David’s latest amazing photo book, Heaven to Hell is also available now. Grab yourself a copy here