Moonstruck
My studio floor is covered in drying gocco prints. I did two different colours for my moon print; a bunch with a pink background (evening sky, or apocolyptic depending on who you ask) and...
July 2009
My Creative Space – sunshine
After a huge amount of rain (for Melbourne anyway) in the last 24 hours we now have lovely clear sunshine spilling in our windows. The studio is especially good on such mornings – lots...
Special Stuff – Thursday: Nuptial Quilt
My grandma made me this hand-stitched, paper-pieced, queen sized quilt for me when she still lived in Adelaide, when I still lived in a sharehouse. She kept it for me and told me she...
Special Stuff – Wednesday: Moomins
Our house is full of Moomin paraphenalia… how could it not be? The Moomins and all things Tove Jansson have been a life-long love for me and now my girls. I grew up in...
Special Stuff – Monday: Cookbooks
Pip is hosting another “A Week of” – this week it’s “A Week of Special Stuff” – and I am going to take part because I have lots of special stuff piling up around...
Inspires Me – Mel Stringer
Original hand drawn and painted brooche pin badge art by Mel Stringer I can not get enough of Mel’s work. Make sure you check out her multiple web bits: Her site, on flickr, her...
I love Lucy
The girls have gone through the fence for a play with the neighbours so the house is suddenly very quiet and very empty… apart from the mess! I started to tidy things up and...
Susie Ghahremani is DRAWsome
Here’s a fun idea from Susie Ghahremani of Boy Girl Party – order a custom illustration designed to your specifics. Answer a series of questions for Susie to narrow it down and get your...
Werribee, 11.30am
Werribee Open Plains Zoo – it was a perfect day for checking out the animals. We even had to wear sunscreen. My favourite part was watching the beautiful female lions have a snack, with...
My Creative Space
School is back and Lily has decided to start afternoon napping again which is kind of her, so I am getting a little bit of creative time: 1) painting wooden dolls 2) getting back...