BRAND NEW NEWS

So I have been a busy bee lately making some changes behind the scenes here at truth.be.told headquarters. 

I'm excited to share the the first bit of news with you - I have a new store! 

I'll give you a second to air-five me via the interweb. even throw in a star jump if you like. 

OK - so you will find my brand new store over here www.truthbetolddesign.bigcartel.com

I'm still stocking it up t the brim but go and have a peek and let me know what you think. 

Oh and never fear - you can still pick up my goodies at over at super rad store leeloo also.

the second little bit of news is that if you have a store and like my stuff you can now wholesale it directly from me! If you are interested just email me at info{at}truthbetold.com.au for more details and a catalogue. 

and the third piece of news - and last for this evening! - is that I also do custom work - so if you need any illustrations, custom designed invites or stationery feel free to email info{at}truthbetold.com.au

I will be posting up some examples of such custom work this week so stay tuned!

did someone say special offer?

Did someone say special offer? Heck yes they did!!  The truly ace ladies of Leeloo  are offering a very limited 15% off artworks currently on show in Melbourne. Everything is packing up and heading home this Sunday, so you only have until Saturday 28th August to take up this offer. How do you get such a deal I hear you ask? Well, simply mention this blog post, its that easy.  


Tomorrow is also the last day you can catch the exhibition in its Melbourne showing so make sure you stop by the gallery if you are in town between 11-5. I think I will be there for most of  the day so say hi! 


And thank you to all the lovely people who came to the opening - seriously it was a super fun night indeed!


And here are my 3 pieces - I am really super happy with these, I had a lot of fun drawing them and for once they actually turned out how they looked in my head! so rare

blackbird - on sale 

i'm looking right through you - on sale

i want to hold your hand - sold

got it in black?

Working in Architecture has its funny moments.

 photos by me

comedic genius provided by  Kelami Ata - work colleague/friend/actor/model/dolphin lover/superhero

this may be a little early to say but...

if by some miracle i manage to find a sweet fella to tie the knot with i want jonas peterson to take my wedding pics. seriously how amazing are these gorgeous images? really. i love weddings. actually i love all parties with cake and dancing.

image by jonas peterson

speaking of weddings - i have a little surprise coming up for you guys but more on that next week 


oh and p.s - Disband Melbourne's opening night is tomorrow night!! So excited, tomorrow will be a very looong day at work i think! 

DISBAND time!

Ok so I know you are probably tired of me telling you about Disband but I am SO EXCITED!!! So if you are in Melbourne come on down (as Larry would say!) and check it out. The exhibition is open daily 11-6 at No Vacancy Gallery 34-40 Jane Bell Lane at QV (enter the Lane off Russell Street). AND come down to Opening night too - thats on Thursday 26th August 6-9pm. It should be fun indeed. 


And below is my last sneaky peek - this piece is called 'i want to hold your hand' and was inspired by the song and the simple (and sometimes painful desire) to just want to hold someone's hand. 

Disband: Sneak Peek 2

Only ONE WEEK to go until Disband opens in Melbourne at No Vacancy. 

Jeepers! I am well and truly excited. I have 3 new artworks for you and I'm kind of pretty stoked with them.

And here is a little sneak peek of one of these newbies as a work in progress. 

I'm also excited because in addition to these new artworks I have been helping out as a kind of woman on the ground helping the fabulous Angela and Renee by finding furniture and other loveliness to use in the installation. And it has been fun, except now I have extreme retro furniture envy. Really. So here are some of the goodies that I picked up but to see what the lovely ladies whip them into you will just have to come by the gallery and see! 

Oh and don't forget to come to opening night my dears!! Thursday 26th August 6-9pm!!! 

spring market dates

a spring day in LA - photo by me!

I love spring. Every year I am instantly happier the second September rolls around. Spring is all about flowers, sunshine and picnics for me. Oh and markets. I will be spending many a weekend at the markets this spring and I am quite looking forward to it. 

So if you are in Melbourne and looking for something fun to do on one of the glorious spring weekend we have ahead (and maybe sneak in some (dare i say it!) Christmas shopping) then drop by the Rose Street Artists Market and say hi! A list of full dates check out the MARKETS tab above or just click right here

And if you can't make it down to the market - never fear! - I am in the process of restocking my store so take a peak over the next week for some goodies

10.40am

10.40 am - my photo (and 'view' at work)   -  presentation photos by bobby chen 

just a quick one, a little while ago i took part in a fun little project. and was as simple as this - take a photo at 10.40am on the specified day. and that's it. the whole collection and idea was put together by bobby chen a super photographer here in Melbourne. check it out. 

heartFELT

You might remember a while back I told you about the super heartfelt project I was lucky enough to be involved in? well if you don't - heartFELT is the newest project by talented brooch crafter Gemma of Candy Bandit .

The project involves 25 artists, who each submitted a design according to how they interpreted the theme heartFELT. Gemma then worked her magic and turned each design into an incredibly detailed handmade felt brooch using repurposed materials to keep things sustainable. And another great part - all proceeds from the sale of the brooches will be donated to a charity of the artists choosing.  AND they are all available at my fave online store Leeloo. Neat hey? Oh and you can pick up mine here

image by pete de bruyn

disband: an exhibition coming to Melbourne!

well peeps i have some exciting news - remember that rad exhibition DIsband presented by the super talented and lovely due Angela of Leeloo and Renee- Anne that I was part of back in May? Well its coming to Melbourne at the end of August. Exciting right? You bet!

Even more exciting (and scary) is that in addition to 3 brand spanking new artworks, I am also helping to gather all the goodies to go into the installation. Yes, as my family and friends have pointed out I am a crazy woman. 

This is actually my first exhibition ever in Melbourne so it is doubly exciting to be exhibiting in my hometown so my peeps will actually believe that I do this stuff! Obviously it will be super fun so if you are in Melbourne please come along to opening night on the 26th August and tell all your friends to come too, it should be a fun night indeed. For more information about the opening check out the facebook event  

And in the mean time here is a little sneak peek of one of my new artworks - I'm going for a slightly different more collaged style for these pieces so fingers crossed they turn out how I l hoped. I will share some more shots over the next few weeks!