busy busy

I have been busily getting ready for my forthcoming trip to the States. It's only ten days til I go!

Yesterday I finished my internship at the Next Wave Festival, which was sad because I've had a ball. The Festival will take place in May while I am away so I won't get to attend anything!

One of the most exciting projects for an animal lover like me is definitely Dachshund UN. I edited this video below whilst interning. You must watch! So cute.




Also, I want to let anyone who is thinking about ordering one of my prints at the moment (am I being presumptuous? sorry!) please think about making your order before I head off overseas! I will still be able to post prints while I am away but I will probably only set aside one of two days during May so there will be a bit of a delay.

Happy Tuesday!
x

Wowee

My portfolio site has had over a thousand views in the past few days thanks to a few very lovely mentions I have had on the interweb. I am so delighted and thrilled and happy to get such a warm response to my work. Thank you to Jaime at Art Milk and Erin at Design for Mankind for their kind words!

Easter weekend

Did you enjoy the break over Easter? I found that having an extra long weekend was great for getting things done around the house. I had a bit of a spring clean in the kitchen - I even cleaned out the fridge! Also I planted a few succulents in some cute tins to decorate the backyard.

On Sunday in the late afternoon I had a lovely time over a few glasses of prosecco with Joy, Lana and Kristen, who you can see in these photos. It was Joy's birthday. That's me on the left in the bottom photo with my girlfriend Kristen. Hi!

Some super rad Melbourne art and crafters

I was using Etsy Local search to browse Melbourne-based Etsy designers today and found lots of very talented locals. (Not surprising, it's Melbourne after all).

Here are some of the items I thought were really fantastic:

Necklace by Liz Kennedy

  Print by Inaluxe

Brooch by Rubyjo

Laptop sleeve by ambette

Paintbrush brooch by Oddoneout

Some collages

I am not quite sure where to go with the series I have been working on lately. Feeling a bit directionless. This week instead of continuing with that series I just pasted and doodled these three collages. I kinda like them, but feel like they don't really mean anything. Is that a problem? I feel like it is.

I have had some nice feedback about my work in the last few weeks. Jena from Modish included The Mountain Waits in a post about mountains and rainbows. And Brittni from Papern Stitch wrote a lovely post about my photography. It's lovely to get some feedback when I am feeling unsure of things.

PDX!

by crosstrippin

by vintageroadside

by gregorypepion

by ashman88

by gharness

by bunbunlife

by bigbuckaroo

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by dalylab

I hinted about it a few weeks ago, and I have finally caught up enough time to post about it. I am going to live in Portland, Oregon for the month of May, 2010!

If you live in Portland, or have been there, or have ever dreamt of going there, now would be the perfect time to send any recommendations my way. Restaurants, bars, cafes, craft shops, art galleries, museums, bookstores, parks, bridges, picnic spots, vintage shops, etc etc. I want to hear about them all!

don't worry i'm here

I had an imaginary friend when I was a kid. Actually, multiple imaginary friends. They were a whole bunch of little animals who went with me everywhere.

Um... yeah I guess I was sort of an anxious child!

Now I'm an adult I still wouldn't mind having a big bear friend to hold me and tell me not to worry every now and then.

Did you have an imaginary friend?

Illustration from Julia Pott (whose work I love!)