mono & the electric circus

Last week I came across this short film and I have watched it three times since. There is something a little bit magical about it. Watch to find out!

vera

Recently I was introduced to some lovely, vintage 'Vera' scarfs and after a little online investigation I discovered they were created by artist and textile designer Vera Neumann. Spanning over four decades from the late 1940's Vera's designs were mostly vibrant and lively displaying a wide variety of aesthetic styles. She worked up until her death in the early 90's and today The Vera Company continues in her name. 

Images L to R, T to B: Chaos Supplies, Babylon Sisters, Meadowview Vintage, Kultur, Wanna Talk About It, Old World Crafts, Small Earth Vintage, A Faraway Look, Sayso Design, Retro Revisited, Lucile's Garden.       

half baked

Half done little faces, on their way to becoming Bearded Blokes.

This weekend...

  
Finally — after 8 months — we purchased a digital SLR camera with the last of our wedding gift vouchers. 

Drank Muscatel — a favourite of mine. 

Ate Baklava, for the first time. I'm pretty sure this was inspired from watching too much of this.

Watched Catfish. Have you seen it? Real or fake? I'd like to think it was real.

He played PlayStation. I crafted. 

Listened to Tiny Ruins.

Hung out with Millie the cat.

I hope you had a great weekend too!

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work / life

A couple of you asked about the book pictured a few posts below. It is called, Work/Life 2 : The Uppercase Directory of International Illustration and is available to purchase here. The book features 100 illustrators from around the world, including pictures of their work and studios. This truly is a beautiful, diverse selection of illustrators. I love this kind of book. It also includes a few words from the illustrators about their work, inspirations and creative worlds. This really would be a handy book if you were an Art Director or someone in search of an illustrator for so many different reasons. 

The pages above are from these fabulous illustrators (clockwise from top left): Anton Weflo, James Gulliver Hancock, Will Scobie, Andrea D'Aquino, Sandra Juto, Sandra Eterovic, Gemma Correll and Mia Christopher.

While I was taking these photos I also spotted a familiar looking face on the bottom right page belonging to Sandra. Remember? It is the mini Sandra I made as part of an Artist Exchange.

eyebrows & eyeballs

Also instead of baking on the weekend (as mentioned in the post below) I embroidering 16 sets of eyebrows, 42 eyeballs and 5 pairs of glasses! While doing so I revisited some of the fantastic short videos from here. I am now dreaming of creating puppets. Anyone know somewhere in Melbourne that does so?

etsy seven

It's time for Etsy 7, I think. This week is a little different to the usual findings as I have themed it around a specific item — Vintage Cookie Jars. I started searching for them over the weekend instead of actually baking anything. The cookie jar I grew up with looked nothing like these wonderful character filled jars and exactly like this! Do you remember your childhood cookie jar?

1. Tortoise and Hare

2. Sprouting Mushrooms

3. Lion in a Blue Hat

4. Green Cat in a Yellow Hat

5. Monkey in a Blue Hat

6. Ranger Bear

7. Twin Winton Studio's Castle

haysheds & corners

A very cute looking book, with what appears to be a Cat Rabbit critter on the cover.
 
Spotted via Made by Mosey.

advanced style

Currently loving NOWNESS.

And these ladies — featured on Ari Seth Cohen's fabulous blog, Advance Style!

Images from video via here.

Happy Friday x

vintage tractors

A couple of weekends ago my dad and his mates went on a vintage tractor ride. There were twelve tractors in total all pre dating 1975. 

These pictures make me miss this part of the country a little. Life seems slower here. The earth is a lovely rusty shade of red. The local pub is nicknamed 'church'. The land is flat and you can see for miles. Before rain the air smells amazing and the stars in the nights sky shine ever so brightly.

yesterday

In the studio yesterday. It was cold and rainy outside. A good day for staying in and knitting beards!
 

newbies

New, thrifted and gifted things.

treasury love

Thanks for the amazing Etsy Treasury love. This week Handmade Romance items have been featured in these three lovelies.

Beard Envy...

I'm in Love with a Nerd

So IM!

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