Textile beauties

I love pretty textile things. Even if they serve no real purpose, their is something about fabric and thread that makes me happy.
Here's a few recent finds on etsy i love..

Chair stuffies by Mummy Sam

Gorgeous, sumptuous bags from Mary Kaiser


And these gorgeous brooches from Dream a little dream (they look so british, love it!)

Holograms

I don't normally blog about technology, but it excites me seeing the new things coming out . And growing up an era of ever changing technology and seeing the boom of the computer and internet , im always keen to see whats next.
Lately I keep hearing about holograms. Its something we hear about in Sci-fi films and although the technology is still very much in its early stages it does seem to be gaining interest.
First up, Bill Gates addressed a 400-person audience at the World Congress of Information 2008 in Kuala Lumpur, which is nothing unusual except for the way he did it: he appeared using a 15.1-foot holographic projection. The audience were pretty impressed.

Then on the news last night, we hear about Dr Bradlow's life-sized, real-time hologram walking, talking and interacing with business executives at an Adelaide Telstra conference while he stood in front of cameras in Telstra's Melbourne office.

Cameras and microphones in Adelaide allowed Dr Bradlow to see and hear his subjects from 725kms away as his audience watched his high definition image projected onto a transparent screen or "foil".

He looks a bit 2D, but still kinda cool.

It does seem a little bit 'whats the point? other than to show off' , but its been said companies wanting to reduce carbon emissions could replace business flights with live broadcasts. So it could be an aspect of an eco-friendly future.

It would mean people wouldn't have to travel as much. It seems the more technology we have the less reasons we have to leave our home. We'll all be hermits before we know it.

Then this morning, this showed up on a blog in my google reader. It's 'The Cup'. The designers envision a cup that literally pours information in waves of holographic images for your daily consumption. Have a big creative meeting? Then spill your thoughts onto the conference table.

So could things like this change the way we as designers work? Will we present portfolios and show clients ideas by puring holograms on the desk?

What about art and design? Could this be a new medium to consider? Like have holographic art around the house. Or designing holographic ads, pets (i did see a holographic pet on a show about future technologies once), interfaces?

Something to think about...

Lines, paper, colour

Arn't these little birdie brooches, just soo gorgeous? I found this Aussie artist, 'Fun is cool' the other day on Leeloo. She makes bird brooches from paper or felt, and they are so lovely. I always love finding new talented Aussies. She also sells her work on etsy and Dawanda

Big Typography!

If you love typography, like I do, you must check out this post on Smashing magazine, showcasing some of the best examples of typography in web design.

More collaboration

Even more collaboration work with my mum and I. Now we have a Birdy tea time set as well as gift tags. AWESOME!!!

New fabric, new purse

I bought some Alexander Henry Bird fabric the other day. I like this yellow bird, he reminds me of the native parrots we get in our garden, even though he dosn't look the same, i think its just the bright yellow.
Well the fabric is now a purse!! I thought using black really made the yellow stand out. Have a look, its now in my shop

collaboration

With the combined forces or my unique art and my mums wonderful card design, printing facilities and packaging skills we bring to you 'Tea and cakes' note card collection

My mum and I have collaborated to create these gorgeous note cards featuring my artwork. They are now being sold in packs of 4 for just $12 at my mums etsy store.

These would make great cards for a party host, for invites to a picnic or afternoon tea, or a high tea (even better) or just to thank your friend for the nice chat and tea you had the other day. The possibilities are endless.

In a tea cup

Im having on of those days where i blog a lot, sometimes I find it hard to think of anything to blog about and other times, like now, i have so much I want to share.

Well i was looking through some images I favorited on flickr and I thought, these tea cup things were rather cute and worth sharing.

My folk lover (this Aussie girl is amazing, i keep seeing her in magazines)

Cup cupcake by Zalita
Would you like a cup of tea by minnie pigeon
she does some quite quirky illustrations

SALE STOCK

I now have a sale section in my etsy shop, to help move old designs, and make more room for exciting new stuff :) So come grab a bargain.


{{ this teapot bag was $30, now $18}}

moustache

These things seem to be all over the place, at first i wasn't that interested in this trend but i think it has grown on me (not literally of course, ewww)

Its rather cute, and gives some character. Here are a few cool examples from etsy:


Hair and moustache by little robot
Silver robot with moustache by Anatomy of a Skirt
Humphrey Radish by Nut and Bee
Incognito by Ashley G
Mr Bruce by Smosch

Photos in the park

I get into the city early on a Wednesday, and since I had time to kill I thought Id go for a wander around the area and take some photos, I ended up finding a huge park and I sat on the swing in the sun for a bit then wandered about, a rather relaxing morning really.

cool find

As I was going to bed the other night, I picked up the note book on my bedside table and had a flick through and found this drawing I did a while back. I thought 'hey thats kinds cool' so I scanned it in and gave it a background. It probably needs colouring but I wanted to preserve the sketchyness of it.

photography i like

Just a few talented photographers, whos style I quite like:
Match Stick Girl
The following two are only teenagers, so talented!

Chrissie White:


Lenaah:


This girl finds a lot of abandoned places, which make amazing backdrops and props.

yyellowbird:

My weekend

We went house hunting in the city. We saw some ok houses some not so nice houses and a house which was absolutely stunning, but way out of our budget.. one can dream.



We spent a while in Glebe and went to an amazing spanish chocolate cafe. I had the best hot chocolate I have ever had, it was a thick hazelnut hot chocolate, just amazing!!

And then we went to the Glebe markets and i bought this leather handbag for just $20 :)

I also completed a new art work! Marie Antoinette print. Isn't she delightful? see now in store

ACEO

I have jumped the ACEO band wagon.

WHATS AN ACEO, you ask?
ACEO stands for "Art Cards, Editions & Originals".
Miniature works of art the size of a trading or playing card (2.5" x 3.5") an inexpensive way to collect beautiful prints or originals.

The one above is an original but im also slowley adding versions of my prints as ACEOs.

They are quite fun !