this is... what i am excited about

i am excited about a lot of things but here is my top 5:

1. the grates new album coming out on the 2nd of august

2. my work from b+w exhibition selling!

3. my trip to sydney next month

4. this illustration being in a magazine soon!

5. i can eat this again in two days..no more detox !

thanks to angela for this is

friday on my mind

it is only 8.30am but already i am having a great day (apart from the car being iced over). for starters, it is friday which is always lovely. and then i had a nice little chat with someone on the tram. and i found these photos & drawings while cleaning up the computer & i was really suprised because thought i had lost them all. heres hoping friday keeps getting better...

me as a little lassie showing off my pony tail which i can't do now because my hair is so short
i forget i even did this & i love it so much.

some pretty inspiration

happy friday lovelies xx

one word is all you need

i love little time wasters (or fillers depending on how you look at it) & i found this one here

1. Where is your cell phone? charger
2. Your significant other? without
3. Your hair? short
4. Your daughter? nope
5. Your son? goldfish
6. Your favorite thing? drawing
7. Your dream last night? happy
8. Your favorite drink? tea
9. Your goal? artist
10. The room you’re in? studio
11. Your church? world
12. Your fear? loss
13. Where do you want to be in 6 years? traveling
14. Where were you last night? home
15. What you’re not? selfish
16. Muffins? chocolate
17. One of your wish list items? watch
18. Where you grew up? melbourne
19. The last thing you did? type
20. What are you wearing? apron
21. Your TV? outside
22. Your pets? swimming
23. Your computer? apple
24. Your life? sweet
25. Your mood? sleepy
26. Missing someone? josh
27. Your car? bomb
28. Something you’re not wearing? socks
29. Favorite store? arty
30. Your summer? sandy
31. Like(love) someone? always
32. Your favorite color? red
33. Last time you laughed? today
34. Last time you cried? friday
35. Who will repost this? sister

on my desk

so my desk really hasn't had much love lately so i thought i would share a picture of what was on my desk exactly a year ago.

this time last year i was still at uni just starting my design thesis and well, this is my desk at uni covered in all manner of things. i was deisgning a gallery & artists studios and well, the way i work i have now decided is maybe just a little manic. my pinboard was literally covered with inspiration, a lot of which i have kept and transferred to the studio at home.

so this is what is on my old desk:

: museum + gallery books
: graphics & fashion magazines
: tool box full to the brim of pens & pencils
: my mac book pippi
: models of my site on the right (i made over 30 by the end)
: my little snow globe man 'bowie'
: loads of string and paper


last year was really stressful but i really miss it now because it was basically a year of being with my friends everyday, getting to be as creative as i wanted and just lots of fun really.

this is what makes me happy

its not that hard to make me happy. my family is always saying how i can be so easily entertained by a shiny object and honestly it is true. so i have chosen a few things, new and old,shiny & gold (rhyming makes me happy too) that make me happy:

this awesome green bike basket i saw at the design market at fed square on sunday. it makes me want to get an old malvern star and cruise around with a kitten or something in the basket.
my beautiful new pendants (again from the markets)

nights out with my girls

coloured pencils

paper - i love going to art shops and rifling throught the paper

some of the other things that make me happy: drawing, cupcakes, david bowie music , movies like edward scissorhands, hair ribbons, roller skates

lovely words

this week the lovely kate over at the monday project asked me if she could write a little piece abot my work and i said yes of course! i love the blog so i was very excited indeed. go and have a look here for the full thing but here is a peek:

This week I stumbled upon Jess Hyde's blog truth.be.told where I found some beautiful drawings and collages and all things crafty! She is such a talented drawer and gets bonus points because because she is from Melbourne and because she creates work from her "little bungalow with the help of lots of tea." That sounds just lovely.

thanks kate!

on my desk, pretty dresses & a market to go to

well i have been a little busy (& as a result sleepy) from work this week so here is what is on my desk (a few days late). and its actually my dresser, my desk is a little dusty. i love this dresser mainly because of the mirror.

on my dresser .... cute rainbow mittens, my ipod, cds, glass boxes

and some knick knacks and photos

and......here are my new to me depression glass box & my so so so cute shopping basket! i love coloured glass & have built up a little collection which is slowly running out of places to go.
and if you are in melbourne, take a stroll down to myer bourke street and take a look at what those windows have to offer at the moment. each window has a different dress featured in perfume commercials for dior (above), vera wang, and that pink chanel dress too. its amazing to see them up close, it made my friday

well i'm off to the design festival this weekend & again if you are in Melbourne stop in at the market at fed sq tomorrow. have a good one guys xx

laura laine

i came across this talented lady a little while ago but didn't know who created these gorgeous works and now i do i am sharing it with you. it's laura laine (cool name huh?). go and be inspired bu her work here

making some noise

i was having a little look-see at noise today and was excited to see my little luella featured in their june new on noise curation. so go take a look at all the amazing work on noise, you are sure to be inspired xx

to whom it may concern

to whom it may concern,

when i grow up i know what i want to be. this is going to sound a little odd but i would like to be just like those funsters from the grates. not in a stalkerish way, but in a how much fun do they have kind of way. i mean they get to travel, write songs with their friends and just generally be merry. and patience has the best dresses ever so i am yet to think of a downside. i went to see them last night in st kilda and it was amazing, in fact i haven't been able to wipe the grin from my dial since. so despite the few flaws in my aspirations (ie. i can't sing, am not in a band with my friends etc.) i think maybe if i start with the dresses and making pretty pictures for album artwork then the rest will fall into place.

image from thegrates.com.au

happy friday lovelies xx

a lovely present from the motherland!

this week has had a few highlights with the exhibition + the grates and the package that arrived today all the way from the u.k takes the cake! the lovely sarah from sarah longworth bags makes handmade handbags from gorgeous vintage fabrics which are all full of colour and so so beautifully made. i did some illustrations for her new website and swing tags and this was my thank you present! so here is a sneak peek for you all :

my gorgeous bag and lovely magazines

so thank you so much sarah! you have made my week xx

b+w (shades of grey) exhibition

i'm a little (ok a lot ) excited to actually see my babies out there in the big wide world so come + say hi & see my little ladies julia and holly and lots of other beautiful art, all in black white and shades of grey.

pigment gallery

feathers on my desk

well this is maybe a strange on my desk but my camera is hiding from me somewhere. probably on my desk actually. so i thought instead i would tell you a few things that are currently on my desk helping hide my camera.

latest dumbo feather fresh from the mailbox
nylon


and a new sketch i am working on while i'm on the tram

check out what is on some other desks here

jenna + blake

i have been trying to work out a way to make the tram ride to work pass by a little quicker lately. I have tried reading + listening to music but it seems its only sketching that actually makes the time fly by for me. so here are a couple of travel made freshies for you all.

jenna
blake

keri

here is something to brag about

here is something to brag about. the lovely angela over at leeloo had an interview in the brag and she mentioned little old truth.be.told. so sweet, i did a little jig.

image orginally from leeloo blog

so go and check out leeloo - you won't be disappointed!!!!