ah ha ha

Who knew NASA had a sense of humour?

Stone Fox

Im not married and I am not sure I'd want to be. I am pretty happy with things how they are but this keeps popping up on my radar and I like its slant on things. They seem to have a good ethos and a great name too.

pattern

Here is a new pattern I am working on at the moment for a new idea in the works.

Jealous much?

Cindy Rizza

I am having a run of bad luck with blogs I love reading suddenly stopping posting. However one of my favourites is eternally reliable and I check it every morning and get a little inspired and a little jealous  in just the right way.

Autumn

It feels all wintry all of a sudden here. Today we didn't have kinder which meant no studio time for me which was fine as I got lots done yesterday. We went on a city adventure on the tram and then walked to the Botanic gardens and went acorn hunting and Autumn leaf collecting. We went to the hot house and looked for the giant corpse flower that bloomed earlier this year and at the insect eating pitcher plants and the different shaped and colours of the leaves. It was great. When we got home we stapled all our oak leaves to a piece of string and hung them in the boys room so we can watch the green leaves change colour and talk some more about the seasons.

Dollhouse

Our neighbours were giving away this doll house so we dragged it home and have just spent a rainy day painting and decorating it together. It was so much fun. My mum made me a doll house when I was little filled with 70's wall paper and even an elevator she designed that was held up with magnets. She was very clever. I used beautiful fabric scraps of hers to make the curtains rugs and bedding with the boys, they chose each one to match the colour of the room. It made me feel so happy. Next we are going to each make a doll of our selves to live there.

Found

I found this link from a blog I like called Wolf Eyebrows, to a tumbler site  called Found which is a curated selection of images from the National Geographic archives. It is so odd and funny and inspiring and just the ticket after we had a wild ride on our week long camping adventure with three children so sick with Gastro, my goodness I think these three photos sum it all up.

My favourite colour

Aren't these lovely? Floral on dark background is always such a good combination especially with these vibrant clashing colours. They are made in South Africa by a woman called Fances White.

Community Radio Day

We love a bit of community radio in our house in fact it is pretty much all we listen to mostly RRR our local station which I may have mentioned a few times, but I aslo can't go past a bit of This American Life, who can though? Any how today is national Commit to Community Radio day as the government is backflipping on a promise to help these stations convert to digital format which could mean many radio stations are silenced. It wouldn't cost much to get them all started and you can click on this website to register if it is something you are interested in. Just this morning I was in the car listening to RRR and this some Shiver and Shake by Sweet Jean came on. What a ripper!

Wooden Fabric anyone?

I just saw this wonderful set of wooden clutch bags. Aren't they lovely?
They are part of  Tesler and Mendelovitch's research project into creating "wearable wood" transforming wood into textiles. Amazing