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DineHear by Knuaf – 40 seconds in Brisbane’s Lychee Lounge

June 28, 2013 by Shellie Wilson

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When DineHear.com.au asked us to review the noise level in 3 random restaurants we were excited. Not excited because we were going to eat out, excited because we were going to call it work and leave the kids at home.  🙂

Obviously not taking our children decreased the volume level at our table dramatically and we were in fact able to talk. Granted we had nothing to talk about but the children, but we could hear each other. Or could we?

Lychee Lounge in Brisbane’s West end is famous among locals for its cocktails so we thought we would combine an early cocktail with an early dinner. When we were seated under a loud speaker I thought – Oh No! Epic fail! Because all we can hear is music.

It wasn’t until we sat and listened that we noticed we could STILL hear lots of things from the bar and the kitchen.

Here is our 40 seconds of noise. You can hear chatter in the kitchen and the fridge door being opened and closed.  There was also some crashing of plates from the kitchen but I failed to press record in time.

Click here to hear the audio from the Lychee Lounge.

Well what do you think? Can you hear the Kitchen stuff? We sure could.

DineHear.com.au (Knauf ) put together their own funny noisy restaurant video.

[vimeo 67695954]

The Break Up from Talking Brand on Vimeo.

You can review your local restaurant and go into the draw to win 1 of 3 ipad Minis!

(perfect for bad dates and entertaining children at overly loud restaurants)

Visit the DineHear Website for all the details on how to win.

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Pencil Cross Stitch Patterns

Last year I shared my cute pencil cross stitch bookmark pattern, so I thought this year maybe I would look for more pencil cross stitch patterns to celebrate back to school or the writer in your life. 

If you’re looking for a fancier version of a pencil bookmark, check out this pretty one from Embrovera. It has pretty flowers and hearts around the pencil with a stitched border. It measures 27 by 86 stitches and comes out to 1.9 by 6.1 inches, or 4.9 by 15.6 cm, stitched on 14 count fabric. 

Speaking of flowers, there’s also this floral pencil cross stitch design from Oh My Stitches Shop. The pencil is black on this one but you could make it any color you like. It measures 37 by 102 stitches and uses 17 colors. On 14 count fabric it is 2.36 by 7.08 inches, or 6.71 by 18.5 cm. 

If you want to stitch a pencil that’s a cute teacher gift for back to school, try this one from Daily Cross Stitch, which features a pencil stretched into a heart shape and a heart shaped eraser. It calls for 11 colors and is 65 by 52. On 14 count fabric that comes to 4.64 by 3.71 inches, or 11.78 by 9.42 cm. 

There’s also this cute chubby pencil with the word learn from Stitch Gallery PDF that would be cute for a teacher (or a homeschool classroom). It looks like it uses five colors and the designer suggests using a piece of fabric that’s around 7 inches/17.6 cm square for this project. 

How about a teeny tiny pencil cross stitch pattern? This one from Bella Rose Craft also includes a wee apple design, and these mini patterns would be cute as a necklace or keychain charm. And at 7 by 13 stitches you can finish this one up in no time. 

Stitch the pencil alone or with this cute collection of school supplies that includes a glue bottle, crayons and calculator. The pattern is from sosacaetano, and it would be so cute for a classroom or stitched on a card. The full design as show is 6 by 1.75 inches (15.24 by 4.44 cm) on 14 count fabric. 

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