filmclip friday - Angus & Julia

This week has been a fun one mainly because there isn't much that can top a midweek public holiday! And Australia Day is my favourite - barbeques, lamingtons & the hottest 100.

So in honour of Australia Day and an Aussie band winning the hottest 100, this weeks film clip is from Angus & Julia Stone - Big Jet Plane. Enjoy :) 

I love decorating

I love redecorating my house. It is seriously one of my biggest distractions. 

I have been spending a pretty large chunk of my time lately cleaning and sorting. Not for any particular reason other than that I can't get settled until I have sorted out this part of my life. Sparing you the boring details, after a couple of trips to the Salvos and a whole lot of recycling, moving and sorting I can finally get to the fun part - decorating. I love to decorate and move things around in the house - much to the amusement of my sister whom I live with.  

So here are a few shots of the start of my decorating fun, including a few new finds I made on the weekend. 

I have ALOT of arty things I pick up from the markets and various places and I'm finally finding ways to display them about the house.

I picked up these awesome vintage Japanese shakers at Quirk & Co, an awesome new shop in North Melbourne

And I love doilies. I know this makes me a nana at 27 but seriously how cute is this one? 

flimclip friday - Blood

I know I am absolutely horrible at keeping up with weekly series style blogs. I always start with the best of intentions then get distracted by shiny objects and completely forget. Despite my dismal track record I thought I might just give it another go and this one I think I will be able to stick with for two reasons:


1. I love film clips and can often still be found early on a Saturday morning sitting glued to the TV watching Rage or Video Hits. I ( I know I am not 12 anymore, but I love it)


2. I love music. I have 4 stereos in my house so music is never far away. And my ipod is permanently glued to my ears. I just can't go through my day without listening to some music. 


So for this inaugural filmclip friday, I share with you one of my favourite songs - Blood by the Middle East. I love the way this song builds slowly. I was lucky enough to see them play live when I saw Mumford & Sons in the USA last year and they were amazing.


Oh and the film clip is by the talented ladies from Greedy Hen - how unreal is it?

North Melbourne Market - This Sunday!

I am such a goose - I completely forgot to tell you I will be at the North Melbourne Market this Sunday!

I promise I am super excited, I blame the heat and return to work for frying my brain!

See details below and hope to see you there!

Sunday 23rd January

Lithuanian Club 

44 Errol Street North Melbourne

10am - 3pm

EVENTS Frances' 50th birthday

So this another fun project I got to work on recently. I designed invitations for the lovely Frances' 50th birthday celebrations.  I worked closely with her superstar daughter to make sure that the invite reflected her style and all the things she loves - the colour blue, tea cups, forget me nots, teddy bears and 1920's elegance. I think we got there and she was really excited which for me s the most important part. I loved pulling out the watercolours too and drawing in a slightly looser style than I normally do. 

EVENTS : Anna + Jordan

It has been a little while since i have posted any of my work so I thought over the next few days I might share some of the custom work that has been keeping me busy. 


First up, most recently I had the pleasure of designing invitations for Anna and Jordan's engagement party. With a lovely open brief, this design was inspired by the party location, fresh summer colours, all with a touch of whimsy and romance thrown in for good measure.

Anna was a dream to work with and I'm really happy with the result that we came up with on a super short deadline. 

studio snap shots

Looking through the blog recently I realised that it has been a little while since I actually shared any of my work with the world, mainly because I have been a little flat out of late actually doing the work. So starting tomorrow I'm planning on sharing the latest projects happening here at truthbetold. 

But today, here is a little sneak peek of my most recent project - full post tomorrow!

sublime

I love Adele. Simply put I think she is sublime. This song is my new go to song for inspiration for my new work. Share soon

art - broomsticks -princesses

This week I have been taking advantage of still being on holidays from my day job and going and visiting all the places I love but never get to visit because I am at work, at a market or at home making something for one of these (the last two I love especially - I'm not complaining). 


So this week I packed a sketchbook, sunscreen (I am a pale human) and my beloved DSLR and went to Heide to see the Freehand exhibition which was amazingly inspiring. 


I also ventured into the city and visited Campbell Arcade on my way to ACMI for the Dreams Come True exhibition which I loved. I would highly recommend going along if you love all things Disney animation - they had stills and cels from all the 'princess' films and it was fantastic to see the concept layout outs and art work for the films I loved so much as a kid, especially for Sleeping Beauty which is still one of my favourite visual go to sources today.  


All Images by me - 1-7 at Heide  8-11 in Campbell Arcade


Oh and apologies for the image heavy post - I got over excited xx

Pretty illos for Peppermint Magazine

In my holiday brain haze, I forgot to share with your the illustration I did for the latest issue of Peppermint Magazine! This latest girl goes along with a story about shopping sensibly and sustainably, two things which really appeal to me personally. Check it out on news stands now. 

2011

I know this is probably a little late seeing its almost a week into 2011, but I thought I would wrap up 2010. Not because anything that remarkable happened but I think you need to sometimes box things up before you can move onto the next thing. Maybe it was end of year blues but by the end of the year all I felt was defeated, tired, unchallenged and generally over everyone and everything. Some big things happened in 2010 - some great, some that will take me a long time to move on from. But looking back at the blog I saw 2010 for what it was - an amazingly fun, challenging and rewarding year. So here it goes. 

I went on my dream trip & finally left the country. I fell in love with NYC. I saw some bands I like way too many times maybe. I spent my weekends at the markets selling my wares. I drew a whole lot. I was part of some truly great exhibitions. I got too many dresses. 

I got a super cute bike. I spent time with my friends dancing, eating and being merry. 

I lost someone I loved more than words. 

So for 2011 I don't want to make resolutions, I am not great at keeping them. I just want to list out some things that are important to me and things I hope I can achieve. 

So again, here it goes. 

I want to spend more time with the people I love 

I want to go and see more of the world

I want to get up in the morning and feel like I am contributing something. 

I want to make more time to draw and have fun projects. 

I just want to be happier

I realise I'm not the same person I was a year ago in some ways and I'm starting to think that this is a great thing.