Crisis Averted

EEP! That was CLOSE. Always the optimist. For when things don’t go to plan. Everything will be alright in the end. And if they’re not alright, it’s not the end.   LISTENING TO: Dead Blondes series from You Must Remember This. Jean Harlow, Marilyn Monroe, Jayne Mansfield and Grace Kelly, women who are usually only…

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I Heart Ken Done

I HEART KEN DONE! This canvas is like the 80s, Australiana, a gum tree and Ken Done had a baby. A far, far far far less talented baby, obviously. LISTENING TO: S-Town. Incredibly, and oddly, engaging and intriguing. Brian Reed’s lilting voice is rather soothing giving the subject matter. WATCHING: GLOW. Clearly the colour inspo…

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Buenos Dias

GOOD MORNING, FRIEND! This little fella is really freaking happy. About everything. All the time. He’s either really good company if you need a little cheering up OR if you are the one that is always happy about everything all the time too.           LISTENING TO: The Faraway Tree audio book…

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Messy Bags – An origin story

The Messy Bags come from very humble beginnings. I had been making and selling versions of the Messy Bag in another corner of the inter webs for years. When I launched a Kickstarter campaign in August of 2015, I quickly realised I was going to need something other than just the clothes to offer as…

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Meet Inkling

For the love of childhood. The delight you feel as you witness their awe and admiration of something you’ve long taken for granted; a handful of trees that becomes an enchanted forest harbouring mystical creatures, a swing that turns them into one of the birds flying overhead, a playground that becomes their ship, defended against…

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