at last

signs of spring.

my neighbourhood has...

rules.

my neighbourhood has...

a river full of stars.


places to keep your thoughts.

my neighbourhood has...

a population of crate men.

trees in japan

the poodle trees are my favourite.

signs in tokyo

tokyo is a place of beautiful little details.

tokyo little garden

japanese people like to beautify small spaces.

giant heart

wandering around harajuku, we stumbled across an art exhibition at the Harajuku Atopia Disability Centre. The halls were full of artworks, made by kids with intellectual disabilities and were completely amazing. There was weaving, indigo dying, drawings and patchworks. This was one of the highlights of my trip.


I couldn't find any more information about the exhibition online, however i came across the able art company.

spotted

uploaded by myf mash

knit graffiti in the centre of footscray.
what a way to brighten a dreary spot.
love it.

purging my childhood

the main purpose of my recent trip to adelaide, was to do a stocktake of remnants from my childhood and youth. these boxes of things were taking up valuable real-estate inside my mum's garage and it was time to discard a lot of it. digging through the layers was exciting but rather exhausting. i excavated all kinds of forgotten treasures and so many memories flooded back. while it was sad to let go of some things, overall it was quite liberating to be free of all that stuff. i kept the really precious things and am glad that other things will find new homes.

some of the curios i found...


felt organs left over from a rouge art school project


all the gang


someone has written all over the covers of these magazines in a foreign language. i found them and hoped to one day discover the story behind it...

thanks

thanks so so much for all the lovely comments about the logo- you made my day.
the animation is finished now (except for the sound). if you'd like, you can take a peek over here

::edit:: i just came across this amazing announcement card here by jayme mcgowan of roadside projects. wow!!



if you're ever walking down johnston street, stop and say 'hi' to this friendly guy. he lives in the window of the collingwood packpackers hostel.

my creative space...

playing along with kirsty's "my creative space" heart finding challenge, i spotted this neat light trick amongst all the debris...

heirloom

penny walker-keefe at her terrific exhibition, heirloom on at brunswick arts space until this saturday. this blurb from frankie magazine describes penny's work better than i can.


penny and sarah in front of "the wall is greater than the sum of its parts"

last week

i did some op shopping....


i was so lucky to find this fab reference book- it tells me everything i ever wanted to know about dressmaking.


it has great diagrams.


it gets added to the cherished stack, which is steadily growing.


some juicy knits.


they spelled Gucci wrong!


this too.


i did some making.......


i'm working on a patchwork hot water bottle design.


progress has been hampered by my disagreeable overlocker- we never get along.


twiggy's worried about being replaced.


i made some cushion covers to send to mum.


i tidied...


i fixed this mess.


and this.

road trip

mum is visiting and we took her for a trip to dayelsford. the dayelsford sunday market, mill market (where my sister was so overwhelmed she forgot to breath and where i was remarkably restrained), book barn, lunch at the convent cafe and a walk around the botanical gardens and lake made for a really lovely day.


my loot.

easter sunday

perfect day for a picnic at maroondah reservoir park.