Friday

Lucas Grogan for douglas & hope

As seen on MoVida's wall in Hosier Lane, Melbourne, this iconic artwork by Lucas Grogan is one of the newest plates in my artist range,

it is not available until the end of August.

I'll be at the Melbourne Design Market this Sunday

Craft Cubed Satellite Event Pom Pom Prom

As part of the 2012 Craft Cubed Festival, put on by Craft Victoria, I am putting on a Satelite event. It will be a Craft and High Tea at the Castlemaine Botanical Gardens Tea rooms, with Ashley Mariani.
There will be craft demonstrations by the Castlemaine CWA and our lovely knitting ladies.
We both recently joined the Castlemaine CWA, and a local knitting group that assists eldery ladies facing isolation in the community, and have asked them to be a live installation showing off their amazing skills.
There will be demonstrations running both days alongside a high tea and lovely items to purchase and take home with you.

when: 12-4pm Sat 25th & Sunday 26th August

where: The Tea Rooms at the Castlemaine Botanical Gardens, Downes Road, Castlemaine.

cost: exhibition & workshops free, high tea $15

quilt of the week

In my quest to lighten my stock pile of quilts before I move in to my new studio, I am offering a quilt a week for the next few weeks. This weekly quilt is available on the online store or you can contact me by email.
They will be $850 with free shipping. This one is king/queen size.
Here is this weeks, and one of my favourites.....

cushions online

there area few new cushions on the online store, new fabrics and more coming soon

Bowerbird Bazaar

I am excited to be going on a road trip to Adelaide.
I am going to be at my first Bowerbird Bazaar, which is Adelaides biggest Design Market.
It is on for 3 days at the Adelaide Showgrounds in the Angus Stirling Pavillion.
It's going to be lots of fun....

July 20-22nd, 2012Friday 2pm - 4pm Trade & VIP Public only Friday 4pm - 9pm Public & Trade Saturday 9am - 5pm Public & Trade Sunday 9am - 5pm Public & Trade

makes me smile

video of yarn bombing

ABC Centra Victoria did a video of our recent yarn bombing, here is the link,

I knitted a bike

As part of 'International knit in public Day' and friend and I knitted a bike to support the yarn bombing organised at the Castlemaine Library.....

It was a great effort by everyone, and our bike made it in to the local paper!!!

my first CWA meeting

I have been to my first Country Womens Association meeting, it was awesome.... I learnt how to crochet, I did learn as a child from my nana, but needed refreshing. 

I have become completely obsessed and cannot stop.

New Skull prints

Here are the newest skull prints for cushions, these 3 new colors will be available in the next week or so on the online store

World Wide Knit in public Day

As part of 'World Wide knit in public day' I have joined in with a knitting group at the Castlemaine Library. Head librarian Robyn is organising a 'craft bombing' of the library. So I went along with a friend and crashed the council knitting group, this group consists of older ladies 70-80yrs old. It has been the most wonderful experience, sitting around with these women, they are seriously incredible knitters and crafts women. I feel like a complete beginner beside them.
Wilma is a prolific knitter and crocheter, Doreen is known to knit in her sleep? and each week I thoroughly enjoy their conversation and passing on of knowledge.
For the craft bombing my friend Ashley and I are bombing a bike and bike rack. I will post images of us bombing next week.

I joined the CWA

I am now a proud member of the Castlemaine CWA. (country womens association)
I am very lucky to live in an area where there is a strong CWA group, many small communities have not been able to sustain these groups due to dwindling numbers. But here in Castlemaine it is thriving.
I am going along to my first Creative Craft Program this thursday June 7th, and am excited to see what it is all about.

I will keep you updated on all CWA goings on.....

guerilla pom poms

there has been some guerilla pom pom activity in Castlemaine?????

free gift with every online purchase

Because I love the post office so much, it's the warmest place to hang out in Castlemaine at the moment!!!
I am giving a free budgie tray with every online purchase for a month (unless sold out).
Ends July 5th 2012

today I'm wearing

Check out my new blog,
it's all about what you are wearing, so send me photos of you looking fly, and tell me
who, what where &
I will post them up.

todayimwearing.blogspot.com

email me here

It's Markit time again

Next Sunday May27th is Markit at Fed Square, and douglas & hope will be there.... it's always a fun day, come on down....

gluten free

If like me you are trying to live without gluten, and enjoy a sweet thing... I adapted this recipe yesterday and the results were good.

coconut choc chip macaron


oven 140 degrees
2 egg whites beaten to form peaks,
add in slowly 1/2 cup castor sugar and 1 tsp vanilla
stir in 1 cup almond meal and 1/2 cup gluten free self raising flour & 1/2 packet choc chips (or any dried fruit, dates, cranberries)


*you may need to add more flour if mixture too wet


spoon onto lined baking trays and bake 35-40 minutes or until slightly browned.

and a quilt

quilt

on my list.....

Spring in Japan

 and Holland

and wherever this is? London? Paris?

japan image courtesy here

On a lighter note.....

It's mothers day..... yay
celebrate the wonderfulness that mothers are.....
it's a job of blood, sweat and tears,
but the flip side is unconditional love, lots of laughter, memories and fun.....

me and my mum circa 1976

 me and my boys 2012

Life's A Bitch

If there is one thing the past week has taught me it's that

life is too short, and we tend to complicate everything.....

Life's a bitch and then you die..... Nas

Stay gold Ponyboy

Nature's first green is gold
Her hardest hue to hold.
Her early leaf's a flower;
But only so an hour.
Then leaf subsides to leaf.
So Eden sank to grief,
So dawn goes down to day.
Nothing gold can stay. 


Robert Frost 
The Outsiders