Bumble bee October 2006Otto has been pestering me for dress-ups, so I went to the fake fur section of Spotlight to oblige. My kids hate Spotlight, melting down while the women cut my fabric, and unraveling the ribbon section. I sewed the costume bubble-skirt style, and augmented it with shop-bought wings and antennae. Otto buzzed around the garden in his socks, gathering pollen for dinner. Tiger October 2006 I also made a tiger outfit and we have had a couple of tea parties after Judith Kerr's classic story, The Tiger Who Came To Tea. Owp! $2 top October 2006
There's a great shop in Auckland called Geoff's Emporium. I always pop in to buy some fabric whenever I'm visiting. It's musty and higglety pigglety, but there's always a $4 per metre treasure to be found. When the fabric's so cheap, I don't feel scared to unleash my shonky sewing and pattern-making skills. I imagined myself to be in Project Runway as I made this top. Mutant tomato October 2006
Who says genetically modified tomatoes can't be cute? Monsters are no longer exclusively under your bed. This is part-one of a series of mutant vege badges, made out of felt. |
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Old-school blankets Violet's pinafore Fancy cans Bret McKenzie Vegetable garden Baby dolls Sarcophagus Babuschka dolls Oscar icon Cards Violet Vampire Dead People's Music Origami cards Robots Let's go shopping Bird girl Book covers 09 Origami duvet Macaroni Moon Food diary Derek+Joe Cinderella 60s lampshade Graphic novel Veggie garden Melissa's show Book covers Otto as bear March books New famous scientist Patron saint of cheekbones Book covers Moth lampshade Vampires + bats Lampshade Cushions The book arrives Demented dolls Coming up roses Gus the firefly Too many bags Suffragette Tui hoodie Hat box Peg doll boxes Peg debutantes Bumble bee suit Japanese Handbag Nick Cave Icon Archives
Magpie Hall by Rachael King
Great novel with ghosts and Victorian tattoos, and I got to design the cover! Relief by Anna Taylor Lovely stories, beautifully observed The Angel's Cut by Elizabeth Knox I love the warped worlds that Knox opens up for us. Chronic CIty by Jonathan Lethem Another twisted alternate reality world for me to lose myself in The Lacuna by Barbara Kingsolver This filled me with a sadness and yearning to go to Mexico. Beautiful but a slow read for me.
St Vincent
Freaky gothic Snow White. Reminds me a little of Goldfrapp. Rufus Wainwright I have been getting into the Wainwrights, only 10 years after everyone else The XX Dreamy, atmospheric
The New York Times
My home page. Melissa Laing My sister, the artist. This American Life Such a different take on the US Beattie's book blog This guy is prolific. Stripy Sock Studio A dear friend and partner-in-crime. New Yorker fiction I love listening to the stories and critique. Tiny Happy Wholesomeness incarnate! Rachael King It's great to have an insight into other writers' processes. |
