A week in Twitterland

+ This gorgeous postcard poster shown above (via @jordanferney)

+ A great paper layered animation by the wunderbar Jen Stark (via @paperconvention)

+ The shop window full of paper cranes made by trial and error (via @desktopmagazine)

+ The multitude of excellence documented by Nole at the National Stationery Show (via @beautifulpaper)

+ Maps made into mountains by Louis Reith (via @presentcorrect)

+ Delicate paper vases made by Upon a Fold for the A4 paper festival (via @uponafold)

+ Two great new blogs I've discovered this week: Pillar Box Post & Jones

+ Last but not least, the amazing lights on the Sydney Opera House at the Vivid Sydney launch last night - it's like the city's heart is glowing! (photo taken from the ferry hence the jiggles! sorry!)

A4 Paper Festival... almost here!

Am very much looking forward to next week as the A4 paper festival is coming to Sydney town.  I talked about the Paper Convention launch awhile back and now the festival is really happening. HOORAY! The exhibition opening is on Tuesday night at the Paper Mill and features some supremely talented artists.



Doubley exciting is that there are side events a plenty too. It'd be great to go to them all but that'd be just greedy... I have however just snapped up some tickets to a talk by Japanese paper extraordinaire, Yoshinobu Miyamoto...



... and a workshop run by Bianca Chang which is pretty darn exciting also. I am hoping to come out with some wonders just like hers (yeah right!!)



A giant congrats to Lisa for making such a great thing happen in little old Oz... I salute you from my little paper boat!

Print of the Day > Mike Perry

Illustrated print of 'E' by Mike Perry
(& it's not solely because my name starts with 'e' that I love it so!)

Pulled // a screenprint book

Though I'm not allowing myself to buy any more books until I've devoured the ones I've got, this one is mighty tempting. It is compiled by the wonderful Mike Perry and features screenprinting work of many greats including Aesthetic Apparatus, Deanne Cheuk, Steven Harrington, Cody Hudson & muchas more.






You can buy it here if it tickles you?!

A talented duo // We Buy Your Kids

We Buy your Kids make some wonderful things they do! I saw them talk at Semi Permanent on the weekend and after seeing their huge array of posters, have been so inspired to get my screenprinting mitts into action!



They also showed some llustration work done for Tourism Victoria which were pretty damned gorgeous both in image and in colour... a series of detailed maps of tourism destinations within Melbourne. (top to bottom: Theatres in Winter, Fashion in Spring, Food and wine in Fitzroy in Autumn)



See more on their portfolio site here

Parisian Typography

After years of studying and working with Type, I still find it so utterly fascinating how fonts can be linked to moods and places so very much! They've really captured it in these beautiful videos for EF language schools.

This one makes me want to go to Paris... like right now!


EF - Live The Language - Paris from Albin Holmqvist on Vimeo.

See London & Barcelona & Beijing too

Stationery Show daydreaming

As with all previous years I can only dream of the delights being showcased on this very day at the NSS in New York. One day maybe I'll go for real?! In the meantime, I am pretty smitten with this Yellow Owl Workshop card set (sneakily showcased last week on Oh So Beautiful Paper)



& the new look Hello Lucky cards and journal too. (I do love a whale card!)

Bump bump

Well I said I'd be back with some news... and this is it:
I have a big bump in my belly and it's not just from excessive chocolate rabbit munching!!!



We are VERY excited but it still feels a little surreal too. I'm 22 weeks pregnant now (which for all normal people, not weekly baby countdowners, is about 5 months) so we still have to wait until September to meet the little bean... which seems like an eternity away (Though all the more time for miniature clothes shopping. he he)

Hi (5)!

Please forgive me for my absence folks!! It has been a hectic few weeks... a 2 week road trip with some wonderful visiting friends and a mountain of work to conquer on our return! Am back now though... & with a backlog of goodies and some news to share!!



High Five by Rachel Castle