All you need is love

The weekend before last we went to the engagement party for our good friends Yash and Chris. Yash went to high school with Tom's sister however they and the rest of their group have completely adopted us and for years now they have been some of our closest friends.

Yash and Chris are such a gorgeous couple. High school sweet-hearts, they have been together for a very long time but they are still so clearly in love and mad about each other. They are gentle and loving and you can tell they really care about each other.

I ran around like a nutter at the party with camera in one hand and a glass of champagne in the other and got in trouble several times from the security guard for standing on stools. I really think the photos captured what a happy, lovely night it was.

Here are just a few of my favourites.

I can't wait to travel the world with you

Last Tuesday was Tom and my 3rd anniversary. And also the day that Brisbane realised it was about to flood. Great timing.
I made him a special little papercutting for the day.

I went to work and by about 10am it was panic stations. Everyone at work was deciding whether or not to go home. I decided I wanted to get home and start bringing things up from the garage because at that point we had no idea how high the water would go. I called Tom and told him my plans. There was a big pause. Then he asked 'So nothing's been delivered yet?'
Amidst the torrential rain Tom had ordered me a dozen red roses that were delivered to work in a huge white box wrapped in a red bow.

Very, very sweet.

These are the things that inspire me. I have been very productive in the last week or so. Probably all the rain then flood stress.

All new pieces (please excuse the bad photos due to the shocking lighting in my office) -



What do you think? Any particular favourites?

No matter where we are

I promised a photo of the papercutting that I did for my mum for Christmas in a post last week. I took the train up to the Sunshine Coast Friday afternoon and spent the weekend with Mum and her husband so I took the chance to grab another photo.

My mum and I are very close and I find it very hard being away from her, (she spends half her life in Canada with her Canadian husband and the other half here) but we make it work by spending quality time together when we can and communicating a lot. I know when we go away later this year I will miss her a lot along with my dad and my brother (and so many other people).

We had such a nice weekend, I had two bubble baths, caught up with an old friend who I adore and had coffee and GF cake in Buderim with mum.

I managed to do some papercutting while I was there and I'll share those pieces soon (they are getting naughtier).
Mum and I went for a look in some shops and I saw a lace top that I really liked. Mum decided that she could make one for me so we went home, she pulled out an old lace tablecloth and she whipped me up a new top. She has so many talents.
Don decided on Saturday night to take us out to a SUPER fancy French restaurant. I had duck and creme brulee - this is why I NEED to go to France as part of our big trip. Most amazing food. The over the top, hilarious French chef and cute French waitress totally added to the night.

(wearing my new lace top)

While I was there I went through some old photos that Mum has of her side of the family. There are some amazing old photos and I photographed them (too lazy to make the scanner work) to share. I will upload soon. The ones from Papua New Guinea are especially awesome.

Friendship framed

A little while ago I did an impromptu photo shoot at a friend's house with two of my favourite girls. These two mean a lot to me and I really wanted to capture how lovely, happy and playful they are.


I clearly played with these a lot in Lightroom. I normally prefer sticking to the original photo as much as possible but I must admit it was a lot of fun to alter these like crazy. Sometimes I think we need to not take everything so seriously and just have fun with art; appreciate the tacky and the over the top!

Aren't they adorable?

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.

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}

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!

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!