Faith & Lola Pop Up Shop

I had a marvellous time playing with scissors at the Faith & Lola Pop up Stall in Queen Street Mall 

last Friday. 

The lovely Rachel Burke invited me along to do arts and crafts for a few hours and intermingle with the lovely bunch of dames who meandered into the stall. 

I am crazy for Faith & Lola and have quite the growing collection of their clothes. Felt pens were used to whip up a few 2 minute drawings, illustrating some of the dresses from the upcoming Faith & Lola collection. 

Little paper doll cut outs and love heart garlands were handed out to shoppers too. It was such a fun day, I had the best time. x

Pint sized fifteen year old songstress Elisha Ellen has a beautiful voice and charmed the people with her 

lovely songs. 

As Colour Sydney Shop opening

Look t-shirt lovers!

The super friendly folk at As Colour are opening up a store in Sydneytown.

Get on down there and get your bulk order on and start a label.

Milk Thieves Exhibition

Milk Thieves Art & Design Store is having a series of exhibitions throughout the year, where they feature a new artist's work each month. 

May will be the debut of this cute quartet titled 'Birds' 

(you can interpret that title how you please - the definition can refer to flighty, egg-laying animals or also mean sexually attractive women. I like to see it as a blend of both.)

These little works are post card sized (105mm x 148mm), and should go to a nice home. 

There will also be some of my A4 prints for sale during the exhibition too. 

If you're in the Woolongong area, do drop by 

and see the wonderful wares and artwork on display at Milk Thieves
from Tuesday 1st May to Saturday 30th June.  

P.S be sure to double click the below images to see them in all their original hi res loveliness.

Behind the scenes

This week I experienced my very first photoshoot, to launch the Dizzy Little Dotty 'Into the Woods' Colleciton. 

I was a little overwhelmed at first - It's always super intimidating working with talented creative people.

Everyone was so lovely, and the location was such a treat. It all went so smoothly and there are some beautiful photos soon to come. 

These are some of the behind the scenes images courtesy of Grace Markham photography. 

Credits

Stylist & Shoot co-ordinator : Elise Gill

Make-up: Nicole Carney

Models: Charli Burrowes from Me Oh My

Blake from Mirror Mirror Agencies

Photographers: Grace Markham

and Rhys Perry

These images are © Copyright 2012 - Grace Markham Photography

Sketchdump

Did this one on the trip over to Japan (blog post all about that will follow soon)

Long Flights.

Pen explosions.

Tea sipping.

It's good to be back into the swing of things.

Fred + Skit

I recently was commissioned by the quirky youtubian duo Fred and Skit, to help illustrate their new business imagery. These two ladies are masters of creative writing and film witty home grown sketches.

Be sure to drop them a line or follow them on facebook. 

lately

I was contacted before Christmas by Josh, one of the creative geniuses behind So Little Time Co, to create a masterpiece for his lovely wife Kirsty. I have been a fan of their work ever since I started blogging, and met the dynamic duo in Sydney last Finders Keepers Markets. 

I wanted to incorporate some of the jewelry pieces featured on their online shoppe, or imagine what it would feel like to be 'in Kirsty's creative mind'.

During this time, I also created an original A3 painting for miss Kelly and Trev, the fantastical folk at Made by White HQ. I completely forgot to take photos of it before it was packed up and shipped off, but thankfully Kelly picked up my slack and has a blog of her own!

Finders Keepers Wrap Up...

Oh it feels good to be back in blogland!

I have been missing in action for far too long! 

The past couple of months have been quite hectic, and I have recently found it hard to get back in touch with my artistic self. 

Recently I packed my goodies up and ventured down south for a work-related holiday.

I had the nicest time in Sydney -  catching up with family, sight seeing, checking out the local produce markets and meeting fanciful folk at Carraige works Finders Keepers. 

I was so lucky to catch up with the cool kids from Made By White, Leeloo and finally showering Dawn Tan with some much deserved verbal affection. 

I met a few blogland / facebook followers too, which is what makes the trip all worthwhile. 

One particularly classy lady, the dame behind one of my fave blogs Sincerely Lola made the trip to the markets especially to say hello! 

We had a splendid time having chit chats, and she was kind enough to let me share her photographs of my stall.

So, in summation, this trip to Sydney was by far the best working holiday I have ever had, and fingers crossed I will be down there again during 2012.

Finders Keepers Summer Markets

THIS WEEKEND FOLKS!

The Brisbane Finders Keepers Markets are on! 

Get on down to the Old Museum on Gregory Terrace (in the Valley) for some awesome times. 

I have plenty of goodies for sale, so mosey on into Studio 3 and to pick up some Christmas goodies, or just say hello in general! 

It is seriously my favourite time of year to meet and greet many wonderful Brisbane Dwellers. 

Please come along - Promise you will have a good time. 

x x x 

Dizzy Little Dotty is here.

It's been no secret that I have been working on a label since February - I can't believe it's 7 months later and things are only now starting to fall into place.

So much goes into a label, that I didn't think about.

Orders, picking a size range, going through the design process - creating images that people will actually want to wear, organizing photo-shoots, creating gift vouchers, drawing up & printing clothing tags and other related catalogue paraphernalia and so on.

One of the most important things that a label needs, is a strong website - after all it's the most important necessity for creating an online presence for your shop. 

I am proud to say that I picked a technically savvy web designer and one of the best artist's in the country Tabitha Emma, to conjure up a simple yet effective website for my label. The illustrations were created by myself and Miss Tabitha created the visually delicious font and coding. I highly recommend her skills if you are in the market for a fancy new webpage.

The 'Out of the Woods' Collection is available online now.

Exciting things are in the making, be sure to keep your eyes on this space for the photo-shoot that is soon to follow.  You can be informed on facebook or twitter if need be. 

Delicate Conversations Exhibition

I have completed 3 little water coloured illustrations for the 'Delicate Conversations Exhibition' hosted by QUT. 

The exhibition will be up and running over the next few days, but the official opening night is 29th September at H Block Gallery, at QUT from 6pm - 9pm. 

Jess Dyball, Michelle Knowles, Sam Williams, Stefanie Villeneuve and The patchwork Project. 

If you are in the neighborhood (yes I am eagerly looking at you QUT students) 

drop in and have a looksie. 

'Kindling'

149 mm x 210mm

Watercolour paint and art-liner pen on recycled paper 

$110

'There Were Two'

149 mm x 210mm

Watercolour paint and art-liner pen on recycled paper 

$110

'We intertwined'

149 mm x 210mm

Watercolour paint and art-liner pen on recycled paper 

$110

Just Another Group Show...

HEY MELBOURNE!

Head on down to 1000 £ Bend Gallery from the 21st - 26th this week to check out the 'Just Another Group Show' Exhibition organised by Just Another Agency and Semi-Permanent. 

There will be plenty of fanciful artworks on display! Go Go Go!