Big Update

Things have been quiet on the blog for the past 2 months! I've been busy with work and doing a pop up shop plus markets. I've uploaded some of my new things into the shop. Below are a few of the things I've put there. Click through to the shop to see more :)










The last one is of my new zine! Another cat themed one, this time about my new exotic shorthair kitty!! I'll do a proper post about him soon when I have some free time. He is so stinking cute (but super super naughty as kittens are).

Other blog posts I have up my sleeve is a crafternoon session with a dear friend and a post about some gastronomical delights I've been having lately xx

Little Paper Lane

On the hunt for Life as a Magazine's "Little Book of MT Masking Tape" zine, I came across a lovely online shop called Little Paper Lane. As a stationery addict it ticked all my boxes, especially the box called "mt tape". I've been collecting quite a few designs now (which I'll share in another post!) and it's always nice adding new rolls to my collection.

I found the elusive zine as well as a couple of squeal enducing tape rolls. When I opened the package I was surprised to see my goods were lovingly wrapped in striped paper and decked out with tape!




Since the paper had a smooth surface I was able to peel off all the tape to re-use. Don't they look pretty all lined up like this?


These are the two tapes I bought. I love that they are collaged and one has gold on it!


And here we have the zine I was eager to get. It has a little bit of background history on what MT tape is and where it came from.


I want to cover a whole page with tape like this.


There is some collage pieces that Jenna has made from tape and images cut out of Japanese fashion magazines (which by the way always have amazing styling and fantastic layouts).


She includes some projects as well as extra ideas on how to wrap and decorate gifts.


And at the end is a nice collection of books about using tape in different ways.

I really liked how the zine was like a miniature magazine with the glossy cover and colour insides. It had great little tips and I loved oggling the different tape patterns. This zine is a must for the tape aficionado!

Love/Hate Zine

Myself and other Australian illustrators are putting together a little black and white zine with the theme of Love/Hate.

I got such a complex doing this! I haven't drawn properly in so many months I feel super rusty and after seeing the others work I felt like crap. But then I thought to myself, "It's a zine. It doesn't have to look 'beautiful'." Love I sketched during uni class when I should have been listening to a presentation about...something, then I fiddled with it on Photoshop. And Hate I sketched as quick as I could, I felt dirty drawing it haha!





Have a look at what the others have done:
Penny
Sam
Emma
Helena

It's so cool everyone's look completely different, in style and subject :)

(OMG EW a small spider just jumped on me...)