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August 2017 Petone Winter Market - part 3

8/30/2017

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August 2017 Petone Winter Market - part 2

8/30/2017

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The Saga of the Mudskippers

8/24/2017

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In the beginning

I spend a great deal of my time on Facebook. That's an established fact. Memes fascinate me. I like to stay up-to-date with the latest lingo, the music, the things people are into. It's fun, and it keeps me connected. So when the fascination with mudskippers came about, I was right there in the forefront, keen as mustard. This was just one of many mudskipper photos being shared and re-shared, but it stuck in my head.
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Tahitian Water Lilies

8/24/2017

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So many of my designs are inspired by photographs or comments that people make, and this one is no exception. My step-father is an amazing amateur photographer; combined with the fact that he and my mother do a great deal of travelling, this means that my feed is often filled with beautiful photographs of amazing places. These water lillies were in a small body of water outside Le Meridien hotel in Tahiti in August 2016.

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My love affair with Ligne Claire

8/24/2017

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Copper Catkin has labels!

8/23/2017

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With the move towards making more fabric items, we also need some fancy branding - and care labels! Luckily, Labels by Shelley was there to help!
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New Infinity Scarves

8/23/2017

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What's an infinity scarf?

Put simply, it's a continuous, or 'infinite', loop of fabric, designed to be looped around your neck twice. 
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New Bow Bags

8/23/2017

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A few months ago, I started making small bags and other items to show what can be done with a single fat quarter. In the process, I developed this simple little design - it fastens in the middle into an adorable little bow, and opens out into a trinket bag.
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Rockpool Fabric Design

8/23/2017

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​I've always been a big fan of tentacular creatures - so much so that we used them as inspiration for our wedding table centrepiece.

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Meadow

8/23/2017

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Many of my designs are inspired by our beautiful home up here in the Western Hills, in our own micro-climate, away from the rest of the Hutt Valley. The idea for the 'meadow' theme came from all the lovely flora and fauna with which we are surrounded. I also keep being asked to incorporate more reds into my designs, so that drove the inclusion of the amanitae muscariae and the ladybirds. I wandered around the property for some more inspiration, and it came together really nicely.

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