sorry and hello

wow, it's been a really long time since i have posted and i feel rather guilty. i have lots of things to post about that i will present as a bit of a list of excuses for my lack of posting...

1. very exciting news! i am now stocking my brooches at gorman! about two weeks ago i met with the lovely ladies there and they chose a range of 5 brooches to stock in gorman stores throughout australia. they ordered 267 pieces and i set myself the somewhat mental task of completing them all in a week. and, yes, it was a busy, busy week of late nights and early mornings but it was all worth it in the end to have a dream come true and have my work in one of my very favourite australian stores. please pop in and have a look!

one of my brooches in the window of gorman on brunswick st. hurruh! and thank you to my friend andrew for the fabulous photograph!

2. on the same day that i met with gorman i received an email from the lovely milly at craft victoria, asking if i could pop in to see if they might like to stock my work! all went well and i am now stocked at craft victoria too! they have a range of my brooches as well as a range of my fimo chain necklaces. every time i go in there i get stuck for ages drooling (figuratively) over all of their beautiful things. thank you again craft vic ladies! you are so very lovely and fabulously supportive!

3. i participated in two markets - the bikefest craft hatch market at 1000 pound bend, as well as a group stall for RMIT textiles at the design market last sunday. both went really well and i bought some pretty cool goodies that i will post about later on.

Weekend in Perth

I got back to Melbourne last night (after a 45minute delay) at 12am from a weekend at home in Perth. I went back for my mum's 60th Birthday and also to meet my newborn second cousin Finn. Here are a few photos from my days away.

'Asparagus trees' that I spied near the coast!

Photo of me at Rottnest Island (gotta love the Hipstamatic!)

Little baby Finn only 6 days old

My spunky new nailpolish colour from Kit Cosmetics.

Etsy Ahoy!

Finalllyyyyy! I have set up my etsy shop! i have only listed four items at the moment but will keep uploading over the coming week so stay tuned for more designs.

Paste-up!

As part of the screen printing unit that i've just finished at TAFE we had to create a two-colour paste-up to put up in the laneway next to my lecturer's shop Olive Grove. This is my piece! I felt very subversive sticking it up. I'm very tempted to put up more...

New Stockists! Hurrah!

Well, what an eventful week it has been! I started a new job as an art technician, I did two days at the Rose Street Market, I submitted my second semester's TAFE work and now have two new stockists for my work! Phew! The first is a well-known Melbourne locale, renowned for its love and support of all things hand made - Meet Me at Mikes! and the second is a shop that is just opening this Saturday in the Blue Mountains called Hold Your Horses, run by a lovely girl called Erin! Terribly excited to have my things in both these stockists! Check out their blogs!


A photograph of my goodies that are going into Hold Your Horses, taken from Erin's Blog!

Rose Street Markets

Hi Folks! Apologies for my lack of posting. It had been a busy week! New job, lotts of brooches to make and TAFE folio due in on Monday! Just wanted to quickly put up the dates that I'll be at the Rose Street Artists Market over the next few months (just in case you would like to pop by and make a purchase...!). All days are from 11am to 5pm.

Sunday the 31st of October

Saturday the 6th of November

Sunday the 7th of November

Sunday the 5th, 12th and 19th of December.

Sunday the 16th, 23rd and 30th of January

Sunday the 6th of February

Craft Hatch Wrap Up

On Saturday I had a lovely day as a stall holder at the Craft Victoria Craft Hatch Market at the SLV. Despite my chronic hay fever (which settled as the day progressed) I really enjoyed meeting the other stall holders and seeing their beautiful wares but most of all loved meeting all the gorgeous people who made the effort to venture out on a drizzly Melbourne morning to say hello and purchase some locally made goods. I was so excited to meet jewellery designer Victoria Mason, fellow artisan and blogger Evie Smith (of Handmade Romance) and am loving the gorgeous photo collage that I purchased from Liesl Pfeffer. Thanks very much to Kim and Pip at Craft Victoria, people and a place that do great things for Victorian craftspeople x

Some of my stall

Brooches Galore!

necklaces

and some earrings etc.