Christmas love

Merry Christmas everyone! I hope you all had a lovely weekend.
I had a relaxing 4 days off work with lots of family time, resting, food and cuddles. There was of course the obligatory accident. They call me clum for a reason. A knife in the foot took me off kitchen duty for awhile and is still giving me some grief.

We spent Christmas day at Tom's sisters house with almost all of our immediate families including a surprise visit from my brother and his girlfriend.
Only Tom's mum, his brother and his brothers girlfriend were missing as they stayed in Canberra. Lara is weeks away from having a baby so they spent Christmas together. New baby coming soon!

Mum made us play a game where we attached a word to ourselves that we weren't allowed to say and if someone else caught us saying it they got our chocolate. I was out pretty fast but not as fast as Mum.

I bought Mum a mug from T2 that she loved and posed for a few photos with.

It was really nice to spend the day with all our special people. Christmas isn't always easy for everyone and in no way are our families perfect but we make it work and there was definitely a lot of love in the air.

Edward and Lilly

My lovely friend Bec has a label called Edward and Lilly where she creates beautiful brooches, purses, soft toys and lots of other things.

I visited her at the BrisStyle Twilight Markets last night and finally bought on of her brooches.

My little sausage dog looked great on my pink top!

I first met Bec when I did work experience at Flying Arts back in Uni. Bec no longer works at Flying Arts but as an integral part of BrisStyle she is an adamant supporter of local artists.
Along with her BrisStyle work and booming business Bec also co-runs Eyeline magazine.

She has always been incredibly supportive and I find her a huge inspiration.

Last rummage of twenty-ten

{my stall}

Last Sunday was the final rummage for this year. While it was not the best I've had it was a really nice day of mum's, visitors, handmade dresses and cute teenage girls.

{my mum}

{mum's amazing handmade mermaids}

I definitely didn't make a lot of money (especially after I discovered the handmade vintage dresses a couple of stalls up) but I got some lovely comments on my art.

{Laura's handmade cake stands and delicious red velvet cupcakes}

Plus I got to sit next to my mum, the lovely Laura and eat display cupcakes.

{Laura's stall - that you and me in the gold frame is so freaking adorable!}

I'm looking forward to the first rummage of 2011 on February 6 at good old King George Square. I'll be there with lots of new goodies!

{the mums - Louise and Jan}

{possum and deer}

Chickens and dogs and gorgeous girls

I spent Sunday evening photographing the gorgeous Mariko and Sarah-Jayne. They are both such beautiful girls and I had a lot of fun with them.

My talented brother

Finally has his own website! He has been gigging and playing music for years with it being his main source of income for quite some time now.



We heard a song that he recorded in his spare room the other night that sounded so pretty.


Awesome website with some pretty good pictures if I do say so myself. Have a look and a listen!

Jump high

My mum came home from Canada on Wednesday. I took Thursday off work and we had a nice day hanging out, op-shopping and eating.

I sat and did some paper-cuttings while Mum and Don organised their new lives back home.


All available at Suitcase Rummage Sunday 5th December 12-5pm @ King George Square.

Getting ready to rummage

I'm so grateful for my friends. I have some freaking awesome people in my life. So I've started doing some pieces inspired by them.

Maybe they will remind you of your best friends and how fucking fabulous they are.

All pieces will be available at Suitcase Rummage Sunday 5th December at King George Square. Don't forget Christmas is coming!

Painting with light

I spent all day yesterday at a photography course run by Take Better Photos. I've done a shorter course with them before and yesterday was the 9 & 1/2 hour advanced digital SLR course which was amazing. I've had a bit of a tough week in not feeling too crash hot so I did struggle towards the end. I left at 7.30pm and it hadn't quite finished yet but there was no more my brain could take.


I learnt a lot and I really hope that it all stays gelled in my brain. I would definitely recommend the course, Dean is a great teacher and explains things so well. It also comes with a guide that is tailor made for your camera so you don't need to read the manual and learn all the tricky things yourself!


My favourite part of the day was the painting with light we did as soon as it got dark enough. I don't think I'll ever get sick of this. So much fun!

Available soon

I am working on paper-cuttings and cards for the December 5th Suitcase Rummage at King George Square.
There will be several new works available including lots of new cards.
The following pictures will all feature along with lots of Christmas cards!

Can't wait for the last rummage before Christmas. My mum will be selling along with me, come and say hi!