Oliver Jeffers

Oliver Jeffers from mac premo on Vimeo.

Another one of my heroes, alongside Shaun Tan. Oliver Jeffers draws the best penguins and you can learn to draw one by clicking this link.

Sneaking a peek

Don't you love videos like this where you get to see how artists work? Sass & Peril is such a cute brand and I always love seeing screen printing in action. Last time I did screen printing was way back in highschool and watching this video makes me want to do it again! But knowing how lazy I am I probably won't!

These are a few of my favourite things

Well a few of my NEW favourite things! Yesterday I went shopping and found the most delightful things!

I popped into Bed Bath 'n Table and they had an Easter spread with lots and lots of really cute decorations. I saw this wooden rabbit and the little ceramic ones and I just had to have them! I'm thinking of using them for future market props. And then the bottle to the side has sweet little birds on them! There were also two larger sizes but I quite liked the small size (it's about 15cm tall). I'll probably also use it as a prop or stuff it with ribbons.


Then I went to Kikki.k to get this bag I had seen on their website. It's made from a really firm canvas so it will last a long time. I think it will be a great 'going to the post office' bag, right?


And then I saw these rolls of tape, with bicycles on them!! It would have been a crime to leave them there :)

Anna Sui is to die for!

The lookbook for Anna Sui's collection for Target has come out! Her collection is inspired by the TV series "Gossip Girl" where each outfit invokes a particular female character - Blair, Serena, Vanessa and Jenny. Times like this I wish I lived in America. But I can always dream, and these following dresses I would love to own...





The first four are inspired by Blair, the fifth is Serena and the sixth is Jenny.
See the rest of the collection (all 19 pieces!) by clicking here.

Fabulous Teapots

I have a major thing for teapots. I don't quite know how it developed, but I believe it comes from being in love with "Alice in Wonderland" and just the lovely quaint feeling you get when you pour a cup of tea.

I received an email quite a while ago from Gail Steele who is an award winning ceramic artist hailing from NSW, Australia. She owns a place called "Ab. Fab. Ceramics" where she runs ceramics classes. Her link to her website sent me to this page. Her students and herself had made a lovely bunch of teapots to auction off for the Cancer Council. I wish I lived in NSW (I'm across the other side of the country), I would love to learn how to make teapots from such a talented person. Here are some photos of what was auctioned at the charity morning tea, with details of my favourites!




Such an elegant teapot!


I love cats so of course I love this teapot.


And my absolute favourite! How could you resist such an adorable tea set!

If you live in NSW, head over to her website Ab. Fab. Ceramics for more information about taking classes.

Guest Blogging Finished

I've finished my little stint of guest blogging at the Made on the Left blog. In case you haven't been following and want to see the posts I made, here are the links:

1. Introduction post

2. I Love Etsy

3. Illustration Inspiration

4. Terrible Yellow Eyes

5. Goodbye post - links to blogs I love

Oh my goodness

I am totally coveting this book! I've never been a huge fan of Hansel and Gretel, but this version looks awesome since it's illustrated by Jen Corace and I love the way she draws!!! A must for my bookshelf :)