What a week

Well, it's been an interesting week. And by interesting I mean, sickly and boring.
Tom and I have been holed up in our little infected cave all week trying to keep the fevers at bay and look after each other.

Last weekend Lisa, Kiel, Tom and I went to Canberra for a long weekend to celebrate Laura's (Tom and Lisa's mum) 60th as well as meet baby Ella.

Sunday morning, just as we were heading to the airport to come home; Kiel and I both developed nasty coughs which by the time we got home turned into fever, body aches and general unpleasantness.
Tom and Lisa have since both got sick so this little virus sure liked to spread itself around.

At least we had a great weekend in Canberra to show for it.
Tom and I stayed with his godparents who were wonderful, charming and generous hosts.

Lunch on the deck. I sat here for about 12 hours Friday and didn't move from lunch through to dinner and drinks.

Totally relaxing.

Lots of family time.

James Turrell's Skyspace at the NGA.
Amazing space.

A street art exhibition upstairs at the National Gallery.

Paul and Lara in their home.
Baby Ella.

She is a beautiful baby girl who is full of smiles and very peaceful and happy.

Bleeding Heart

As of today I am officially part of the Bleeding Heart gift shop.

I went in today on my lunch break and stocked my little box. It's not a huge space but I fit 5 pieces in there and a pile of gift cards.
I really love going in there, it has such a relaxed vibe and everyone is so lovely!

If you are in Brisbane city drop in, have a coffee and check out all the awesome goodies in the gift shop!

Gotye and gluten

Some new additions to my growing pile of papercuttings.

Welcome to the world baby boy
{I'm still deciding whether or not I think the black is too harsh as a background. Opinions?}

Inspired by Gotye - one of my favourite live acts

If my future has you in it, I'm not afraid of the rest

There are a lot of people I think this about.

You're fucking wonderful.

You, me and a leaf

After a long week I've had a very relaxing weekend with my Dad coming to stay. I have to have some blood tests on Monday to re-assess my gluten allergy / intolerance. I've been almost entirely gluten free for 2 years now. By almost I mean I still use soy sauce, tomato sauce etc. Stuff that I know has gluten in it but in very small amounts and it makes life a lot easier if I don't need to cut them out.
After some recent changes I decided that I needed to get checked out again so blood tests Monday and then we'll go from there.

What that does mean though is that I've had to eat gluten all weekend to ensure the tests are accurate.
Hello pizza! Dad and I went to Beccofino Friday night for awesome pizza.
Saturday was a burger with Al and Zoe and French toast with Dad and Tom this morning.
It was fun to be able to have anything off the menu for once but honestly I can't say I miss burgers and bread. Good pizza on the other hand . . .

Inspired and excited

I had a really great weekend full of friends, markets and lots of sun and heat.
It was a scorcher in Brisbane and I spent two days sitting in the sun hawking my wares.

Friday was a fantastic day at Laneway.

My goods for sale.

Seeing if anything has melted in the sun. Direct sunlight for 4 hours in Brisbane Summer is not good for photos.

Two Door Cinema Club. So freaking awesome.

My festival buddy.

Great way to keep cool in the heat!

Yesterday was the first Sunday of the month so we grabbed our suitcases and headed into the city for Suitcase Rummage. Despite the heat (again) and a pretty decent hangover, I had a lovely day chilling with good friends. I managed to spend most of my profits during the day but that's part of what I love about rummage.

Looking forward to next month!

All for the puppies!

I've received an exciting email this evening about future prospects for my art and I will share once I know more. Positive feedback always inspires!

It's a rummaging weekend

Yesterday I had a stall as part of Suitcase Rummage at St Jerome's Laneway Festival.
Photos forthcoming!

Hi to all the wonderful people that I met!
I had a really great day. The only downer was the relentless sun beating right down on me but to make up for it I met lots of lovely people, had some awesome Nachos, chilled with some very cool people and listened to great bands!
I came home sweaty, exhausted and very happy.

And in other exciting news, tomorrow is the first Suitcase Rummage of 2011!

February 6th
REDACLIFFE PLACE 266 George Street Brisbane City
Outside Brisbane Square Library / Top of the Queen Street Mall

Please drop by and say hi. I will have lots of cards and artworks for sale such as:



I'll also have cards for sale featuring pretty photos such as these:



Have a great Saturday!

P.S. Pop over and see what Laura is going to have for sale tomorrow. All her profits are going to the Fairfield RSPCA. Isn't she amazing!