Beach Market at Blackman's Bay

The Beach Market is celebrating Spring this Saturday. My good friend Sophie from Island Cards will be there, and the gorgeous hair pins and bookmarks of Rosie from Notions. Julie from Magoolie Designs has been making some lovely ceramic cups with a very Parisian feel and I noticed Owlet and Pinnigan will be there too. 

The House of Snore will be there as well and well, actually it will be a household affair because Luka will be sharing my stall and will be offering his truly fantastic flying machines for sale. If you need or want a fantastic flying machine, then throw him a bone, or a gold coin and he will mucho happy! 

Head to the Beach in Blackmans Bay and turn right, the Market is in the Hall is a few metres from the corner. Market is on from 9am - 2pm. See you there, ok?

Lovely Dress-up Dolls

The boys have been having fun with these lovely wall stickers. They are made with the most amazing fabric which can be crunched up, spat out and stuck up again. Perfect for boisterous boys who are generally less delicate. Still, we have been getting them dressed in the mornings and decorating the rest of the living room walls, I have a feeling that little girls would loooooooove these as well!

Synchronicity is a wonderful thing -hyperbolic crochet

It never ceases to amaze me how information is presented in life. I was doing a random surf the other night and came across this blog post about hyperbolic crochet.

The very next day I was driving in the car and listening to Artworks and wouldn't you know it - it was all about this project on hyperbolic crochet! There is a worldwide project (including some Sydney-siders) crocheting coral for a reef installation highlighting environmental concerns about the demise of the coral reef systems.

So what started as an exercise in modeling a theory in geometry has collided with craft, fashion, art and science and into a grand thing of beauty!



The Sydney Reef will be on display at the Powerhouse Museum from August 21-30, 2009.

Bird-nappers know what they are looking for...

Apparently 299 rare bird specimens have been stolen from the British Natural History Museum. The thief's broke in, read the latin names on the cases and took off with the loot. It is feared the feathers will be sold to make fishing lures!

more here

Sojourn at Cradle Mountain

Here are some pictures from a trip to Cradle Mountain last week. (thx Inghy) It was good weather really, cold but no snow or rain. Perfect for a trek around Dove Lake, which was lovely, except that Mr 2 insisted on being carried for the whole 6kms. We took turns but when he fell asleep half way around I thought my arms were going to fall off! We even got up close and personal with a very friendly wombat.

The Americanos are heading home today, so we are all sad. But, I will be drowning my sorries in a big bowl of left-over Albondigas (yummo!) and some friojle tacos and tucking into my own bed. Lush.

Update

Looks like Holly took at snap of a trio of Pandas. They look pretty happy to be there. In the background is a picture of my Great Grandfather playing golf. Bet he never imagined being on the internet 70 years later!
More Market wrap-up here.

Weekend Wrap-up

What a wonderful weekend I have just had. The Market was really fun and I loved how my stall looked when I finally pulled it all together. It ended up being a bit of a technicolour affair and not particularly suited to mimimalists, but ho hum that is how it was. Unfortunately my memory card was on holiday, so I didn't manage to get any pics, but I had some great feedback, made some sales and met some lovely people.

I will be at the next Market on September 6th so mark the date in your calender.

Saturday was a blast! Ange and I hit Life inStyle early and spent the whole day lapping up all the beauty that surround. I have to say it was amazing to be in the Melbourne Exhibition Building (which itself is a glam-a-rama queen) crammed with so many amazing stands that themselves were filled to the brim with gorgeousness. Angela is putting together a multimedia clip of the best stands in all their glory, so I will let you know when it is online so you can have a look.

One of my favourites was Melbourne locals Sunday Morning. Really lovely, go take a peek.

ps. I also met Allison and Paul from Lark, who were completely lovely and had an equally gorgeous stand with some great new products and old favourites. Sweet!

UPDATE: Angela has put some images up of a few of the best stands at the Fair. Click here to head over to the Kid Style File coverage.

Kids in Style

Tomorrow I will be up before the sparrows because we are hitting the tarmac and flying off to Kids inStyle in Melbs. I have been looking forward to taking a look at this trade show for ages and have been fighting with all the invisible nasties in my throat so I can make it through the weekend.

Ange and I will be breakfasting in the big smoke before taking in all the wonders of so many creative folk and seeing what is new from some of the coolest designers in Oz. I will be taking some pictures so will share a few next week.

I will be back in time for The Market on Sunday, so if you see me perhaps you could lend me some match-sticks for my eyelids.

DIY Glam Jam Jars

Look how cute these are... Glammed up jars. They are spruced up with origami papers and would be cute for jam or buttons or something. Design Sponge has the low down. I probably will never get around to this but it is sometimes the thought that counts, right?

Viv

Oh Viv, how I love you so.... What a woman! Fashion is not something I follow slavishly at all (as those who know me would attest), but I do love cruising through the thoroughly creative types who suck it all up. Here is another fashion blog that I like taking a peek at sometimes. London based, it is she who found this great pic of the fabulous Vivienne Westwood. See more at Coco's Tea Party

Tumbling Dreams

There is something about a crumbling down mansion to remind you of childhood dreams of exploring the derelict homes of books and literature. I love these photographs by Yves Marchand and Romain Meffre. Something a little weird about a desolate dental surgery..?

Found via Distillate

Boubou Teatime

Boubou Teatime left a comment on one of my posts a while back and I have been meaning to hook you guys up. It is a wonderful fashion blog from Paris and is a fun little dip into another world.

Take that photo for example.... what a lovely dream, wish it was me, wish I was there, wish my stomach still looked liked that... nevermind take a look for yourself. Boubou Teatime link.

The Market

The House of Snore has been pretty busy of late with kids, work and house guests. It has be fun-busy, but I do feel like the only time I have had to work on Market wares has been in my head. I have managed to make some lovely cushions over the last little while, and some more birdie jewels and a few other pieces of ephemera. But, it has snuck up on me a bit and my main thoughts have been how to bring all the disparate bits into a nicely displayed stall of good-stuff. I always have a little panic when I get there and have to somehow pull it all together- hopefully I will get better at it one day!

Please say hello if you see me, and there will be lots of lovely stalls filled to the brim with lovelies - it is a fun day out so bring your Mum or your peeps.

The Market, Sunday August 2, 10am - 3pm, Masonic Hall, 3 Sandy Bay Rd.

Esty :: Little Snoring

Look - there is one of my Panda tucked up between a couple of mice. Awww oh cute! Panda is modelling one of Mel's Mini Quilts in her new Etsy store. Mel and I are cooking up a giveaway, so stay tuned!

The rest of the month is super busy, this week I have the kids by myself, we have house guests coming from the US next week so the house needs some big time tidying up and I am trying to get organised for the next Market. Did I mention there I have extra work and a daytrip to Melbourne in the mix as well?

I am looking forward to our guests though, it is going to be a lot of fun, laughter and good food and after August 2 everything will be more settled... phew!

Dinosaur Fungi

Have you seen the new fungilicious range from Dinosaur Designs? I love the styling, the colours, the idea - pretty lovely cool.

My sister the journalist...

My sister in not really a journalist. But she did just get published. A fluff piece on Blazers, but none the less published. Jolly Good Show. Anyone for a Pimms?

Wintery stitching

Try as I might to make sophisticated, subdued and understated items... it seems there is always a riot in the fabric stash. The colours demand to be heard, all of them, all at once, with extra trim and bling.
It is hard to see, but these are some new cushions I have been working on and some things I have named 'Portuguese Christmas Trees' after inspiration from a window in Lisbon.

This cushion is from a collection I have been working on. I made this one for the Cancer Council Breakfast's silent auction that Harriet from Dick and Dora is organising at Moorilla. Should be a lovely morning, tickets will be available closer to the date. The cushion has a dusky orange velvet backing with piping and a lovely squishy feather insert. If there are any left I will be taking them to the next Market which will be in August.

The little act of making seems about all I can do some days and maybe that is enough.

Kid Style File - Win Prizes

Kidstylefile is the best site online to help you stay informed on designer and boutique baby and kids clothes, gear, decor, nursery items and toys. It is fun to keep in the loop on all the beautiful new childrens products coming to market, the inside scoop on sales, and they broker special offers and discount codes exclusively for KidStyleFile readers.

It is also based in Tassie and run by my good friend Angela, who as well as wrangling this powerhouse also looks after the most adorable twin girls, one talented husband and two cute chookies.

But really I wanted to let you know that the second KidStyleFile Annual Reader Survey is on. Angela will be donating 50 cents for every completed survey to Make-A-Wish Australia. And every completed survey go into the draw to win from a fantastic prize pool of over AUD$12,000.00.

One in 30 participants will win a prize, so don’t miss your chance. But hurry – you only have until midnight, 30 June 2009.

This year’s prize sponsors include prestigious Australian baby and kids fashion labels Moppit, Toetum, Baobab, Oobi Baby & Kids, and Polka, high end baby-goods brands Babymoov, and ERGObaby Carrier, award-winning decor pieces from Cocoon Couture, state of the art toys from Intelliplay, and magazine subscriptions from established parenting magazine My Child, and new baby and kids style publication Little One Baby.

Another year older

Hi Folks

Thanks for all the birthday wishes, it is nice that it is over, unfortunately I seemed to have aged! Damn, I was trying to ignore it but it seems I have gone up 1! The years keep adding to my age I am sooooo double figures, and it seems my chin, belly and butt is doubling quite easily as well!

Anyway, I did have a nice day. Spent the morning following the 2 older boys around the soccer pitches of Sandy Bay, then headed over to the Mothers Market around 11ish.

It just isn't that relaxing shopping with children, so after a few cupcakes and a few catch ups we were out a there! But I was lucky enough to get a breath with the new and lovely creations of Dick and Dora and Baby Hoot, they are just lovely. There are more market pictures here and here.

Here is my second son outside the hall kicking someone elses ball looking a little Edwardian (he likes to wear his soccer socks like tights and walk around in his duffle coat and shorts - its an all navy concotion).


Next stop the Colville St Gallery to drool over the newest exhibition of Zsuzsa Kollo, I love her work and would love to get one. I think I might have to have another look sans offspring.

Then off home to have champers with a couple of friends and their kidlets there were 10 between us! Here is Finley doing his impression of Woody Allen...

A Sculptors Garden

I love these beautiful hand blown terraniums and acrylic cast bird bath. All part of beautiful garden and home of Paula Hayes, a sculptor based in NYC.