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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Otto as bear
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The brief wondrous life of Oscar Wao by Junot Diaz
I loved this - epic Dominican saga in an amazing fresh voice. This boy's life by Tobias Wolff Just in case you were thinking all writers came from quiet, bookish families... On an island with consequences dire by Kelly Ana Morey This book sucked me into a weirdly familiar yet repellent world. Creepy. Black Swan Green by David Mitchell I love David Mitchell, and he signed my book! He's lovely IRL The Gathering by Anne Enright I expect to find Booker prize winners difficult, but I raced through this one.
PJ Harvey After 14 years I finally got to see her live. Brilliant. Beirut I love their fruity vaudeville french revolution sound The moldy peaches These guys have the best lyrics
Juno
The dialogue in this was great, as was the music -- they raided our record collection. Once I loved the self-control of this story -- no soppy endings.
The New York Times
My home page. Camilla Engman It's in the quality of the light. Melissa Laing My sister, the artist. The lumiere reader I am an arts junky 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. KLIM Some tasty local type design. Arts fest I was in a writing marathon. Auckland Writers and Readers Fest I'm also going to be here. |
