moopy & me

Space to breath

ahhh that's better.... I had been looking at the mess for over a year and finally (thanks to having my wisdom teeth out) had the time to clear up... it took me three whole days I tell you!! I am not kidding... the junk was waist high and over the entire floor, there was a crowded desk at the end of the room that has since been re-claimed by Chris for his study nook and proudly replaced with a bench that runs the length of the room. I just bought three trestle legs from IKEA and a 3 metre length of MDF to wack on top ..hey presto! A little nudge from Alex in my comments box also helped... I don't think she was going to let me get away without showing pics and getting on with some illustration work.

So the latest on the picture book adventure is :: I sent through something that vaguely resembled text for a story .... a few hours later it was sent back with corrections and okayed for storyboarding... now the work begins... there are no guarantees that the text or concept will get the final nod..but it is a very nice feeling to have something to work on.

We are flying off to our hot sunny holiday destination, (Yorkeys Knob)Cairns, in a couple of days... I have been looking forward to this break for such a long time .... and working really hard to get my work completed so that I can relax. For those of you interested in enrolling in the Nest Studio art classes for children in term one, you can still do so ... I will simply take your calls while sipping champaign on the beach. Actually I will be updating the shop blog with all the relevant info as well as a downloadable enrolment form, just to make things more accessible.

I will leave you with these sweet birds

Mix & match

I forgot to show you my fabric storage solution... I found this over at Hype&Seek (Gen & Dexters fab retro shop across from mine) just in time ... other wise I would have bought another cubey bookcase from IKEA... Yes! they are finally here and Moopy has her new extendable bed... not that she is sleeping in it much... we find her in our bed in the early hours.... we have no idea she is there until daylight? How on earth can you get the bed to yourself if you don't even know you are not alone ...

Here are more neat (but not too neat) piles of fabric.. I had to resist the urge to colour code the pile!

I could happily fill my house with these brilliant bookshelves.

My Oma gave me one of her W.German vases and now I am hooked... I pick them up at the op shops when ever I can (top left corner), I love the shape and colours. The book up there is about a local female artist, Annette Bezor, so much to say about her work, not enough time .. love it!

Well I am off to Sydney for a few days to work on printing up our SproutDesign fabrics.. I might even get a chance to visit Kristen .... we are gonna talk serious toy talk! Maybe even a bit of Morphe 2 talk? Yes! Morphe 2 is fast approaching.. invites for the show will be announced when I get back!! so stay tuned if you want to be involved. (I have all your details still if you emailed me last year... but do drop me a line if you are dead keen and don't want to miss a spot ... only 30 available)

Oh and the first SproutDesign card is printed.. I will be selling them here when I get back.. so those of you on the mailing list ... you will hear from me shortly with order forms. There has only been a limited number printed so please email me ("sproutdesign mailing list" as the subject)to be added to that list if you don't want to miss that either... we are planning on releasing one design at a time for you to collect and also get a sneak peak at what fabrics are being printed next... Cool, I am so excited! See you soon :D