Elephants on Parade (Part 2)

 

Part 1 here. :-)

Fleet Foxes & Beirut

Well I  have been one lucky lady.. only 5 days into this new year and I have seen two incredible gigs at the Sydney Opera House. First up I was invited along to see the Fleet Foxes by the lovely Michele aka tinytrappings.. courtesy of her friend who unfortunately could not make it to the gig. Thanks again Michele and Amelia! All I can say is POW! Fleet Foxes.. we were blown away.

Secondly hubby and I and a few mateys went and saw Beirut.. they were brilliant and confirm the reason why I want our little man to be a trumpeteer.. or a horn instrument player - he can choose :-) I love the brass family and in a range of genres of music i.e 60s swing and jazz, Herb Alpert & Bert Kaempfert era to contemporary Indie folk music. The trumpet toots..

Sass & Bide work experience

I had the fantastic opportunity to do work experience at Sass & Bide. A few of my vm classmates and I were in charge of wrangling meters upon meters of wire to construct three dimensional love hearts and then lather them in layers of gluey muslin fabric. The pretties were then displayed in all the Sass and Bide store windows around the country with fairy lights twinkling within them... so simple and beautiful! It was an amazing experience and very inspiring to meet Clementine Maconachie (Sass and Bides' Visual Merchandiser and former Olympic Athlete!) she's one extremely talented individual!

a sparkling universe

Sampling..

 
.. for an exciting project on the horizon. WIP.

Bunte Treppe

Christmas lights

joyful!

h a p p y !

o o o o o o o o Tannenbaum o o o o o o o o o o

I installed an inpromptu christmas tree on a hike in a forest in Sweden recently.. and here it is.. :-)

ice boats

Beautiful.

Garage Door Goodness

I've been a big fan of a wonderful artist's work for quite some time now, and that's Jane Gillings. Here are some photographs she took of 50s and 60s garage doors in the northern suburbs of Sydney. I love them so much and aspire to have one of my very own one day. Read more about this project of Jane's here.

do do do do do do

carding...

..now on to the writing and the posting! are you making your cards this year too?

Xmas Bake Off

 

The lovely Hoolia ferried herself over around and we whisked up a snowstorm in the kitchen. A friendly little elf lent his hand too.

Beci Orpin

Cheers Mrs Anna Rummey for the introduction to the magical universe of Beci Orpin! Love her Christmas wreath for Frankie magazine. This lady's hot to trot!