Things to make and do: The Modern Natural Dyer has been on my Amazon Wish List for ages. It's also available at Booktopia.

Things to cook and eat: I've heard good things about Arthur Street Kitchen's cook books, Community and Neighbourhood, and spied Neighbourhood in Bateau Bay's Blackbird home interiors store.

Things to drop dough on: I've been following this Byron Bay potter on Instagram for a while, and now new Long Jetty store Shadow Bang is bring Lauren's work to the Central Coast.

Things to hang on the wall: Even if I wanted to hang something else on my walls, I couldn't. I had the last of a selection of prints framed last month and now if something new comes in, something's got to go out. That doesn't mean I can't have art-inspired works around me, like these drop cloth pouches by Bookhou. The Bookhou label doesn't make many of these - they're literally made from studio drop cloths - but when they are listed online they're snapped up in no time at all. Almost impossible to find and gift, but they're still on the wish list.