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!

Lucky Seven

My lovely Laura has linked me as part of the Stylish Blog awards flying around so I need to share 7 relatively unknown facts about myself. As I think almost everyone who reads this knows me personally some of these may not be surprises.
{edit} her post has disappeared so you are just going to have to believe me. I didn't nominate myself I swear!!

If you don't know me personally, say hi in the comments! {Hi Rain & Sage!}

1. I danced for 11 years from Grade 1 to Grade 12. Mostly classical ballet; I also did contemporary, jazz and pilates. I have danced on and off as an adult and I love it so much. Concerts and ballet classes with great friends are some of my favourite memories. I'm certainly not the best dancer in the world but doing barre work is one of my favourite forms of exercise.

Teaching Frenchie barre work

2. I come from a family of travelers. My parents, all grandparents and all aunts and uncles have all lived in other countries at some point in their lives. My Dad was born in Holland and my Mum was born in Papua New Guinea. My Grandparents are Dutch, English and Australian. I grew up with stories of different stages of their lives lived in Holland, PNG, Italy, Switzerland along with travels to lots of other places. I remember being 8 and waiting and waiting until I was old enough to get a job so I could start saving to move to Europe. Travel has been a constant inspiration my entire life and something that was always encouraged by my whole family.

The motel in PNG where mum grew up

All the workers in the hotel, including one of the resident dachshunds

My nana christening a ship with a bottle of champagne with a local watching (probably wondering what is going on)

My Pop

Working on the seahorse shaped pool

3. I grew up in Dalby. A country town 3 hours west of Brisbane. While it's not tiny it is definitely a country town. I'm glad I grew up there, we lived 15 km's out of town and I had an awesome childhood playing in dams and being part of the 'Colkerri Bike Riders Gang' when I was 6 but by the time I was 17 I was ready I move away. My Dad still loves in the house I grew up in.

The garden at Colkerri

Coming into town

4. I really, really want one of these.

5. I've recently starting doing Bikram Yoga. It's hard. Really hard. But also really awesome; and I will be so proud when I finally manage to do this. In the meantime I just sweat. A lot.

6. My boyfriend is an awesome writer. He doesn't make a big deal out of it but he's good. Read his stuff.

7. I'm currently learning Dutch. It's a lot of fun and I'm hoping I will actually manage to get a job!
Ik ben opgewonden om narr Nederland!

So now I need to nominate some other bloggers to tell us all 7 things about themselves.

I nominate:
Possum and deer (Mum, not me again)
A Year with Oscar
Edward and Lilly
Under the stairs studio

Happy Monday night!

Exciting News

I've had a wonderful week with two pieces of super exciting news!
First of all - Tom's big brother Paul had a baby girl Thursday afternoon. They live in Canberra so we are heading down in about 4 weeks for lots of cuddles. They have a working name at the moment but it's not confirmed so I won't share just yet.
I can't wait to meet this baby girl.


Secondly, I have been asked to have a Suitcase Rummage stall at St Jerome's Laneway Festival on Friday 4th Feb. For a slight charge I get to sell my art to festival goers then wander around and listen to all the bands after dark. Super excited! I had such a great time at last year's Laneway.

The XX

Florence and The Machine

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?