The trials and tribulations of the doilie project {step 2}..

I've talked to some people 'in the know' and it has become apparent that a mould was needed for my doilies, to avoid the slumpy outcome of my first attempts. So here they are. It was too messy to photograph the actual process but picture a grown up, sitting on the ground under the house, in her oldest messiest clothes armed with a bottle of water, a butter knife, ipod + speakers blaring and a 10 kilo block of school grade clay. It was an interesting afternoon and I forgot that last time I made clay bowls was probably when I was 10, at primary school and had a teacher help me...it took me a while to get back into it let's just leave it at that...

The trials and tribulations of the doilie project.

I'm not going to go into too much detail on this one, suffice to say that i've begun a new project for the exhibition that i'm in at the end of June. What has been a good 8 months of doilie collecting by myself and my mum accumulated in this slumped attempt at the 'big idea'. Never fear though! I have one step of trial #2 in the oven as we speak.

Getting ready to rummage...

Another rummage, a smaller suitcase, more clothes and more NEW bits and bobs! What are they? Can't say, you might just have to come by on Sunday the 6th of June and find out..{find us at King George Square from 1pm}

Creating new things...

Hurty back + neck and subsequent days off work equals a trip to spotlight, opshops and then new things created...

another 6 favourites...

Artworks this time, six of my favourites...

The top 6 anyway.

Chaim Soutine

The Landscape "View of Ceret"

Salvador Dali

Temtation of St Anthony

Antoni Gaudi

Gaudi House

John Olsen

Journey into the you beaut country 2

Vincent van Gough

Skull with  cigarette

Fred Williams

Upwey Landscape

Rug up for the first day of winter!

Let me just say first that these are not the most amazing photos I've ever taken, generally due to the fact that they were take on my phone. My camera just adds more weight to an already burdensome handbag {some might call me a baglady of sorts...ahem} and I tend not to carry it around with me even though it's times like this I regret that fact.

 Anyway, as I was walking to work this morning, all the way through town I noticed some lovely souls had decided to make sure the city was all rugged up for the first day of Winter.

Hopefully all these knitted lovely warm things will still be around tomorrow so I can get some better photos of the tree scarves and the crotchet hearts attached to the fences! But in case I don't, or they're not there anymore here are the bridge warmers and the giant balls of wool.

This is me.

Another week in 6 photos.

So, we've started watching the 'Long way down' again, the one with Ewan Mcgregor and Charlie Boorman and they motor cycle down from Scotland, through Europe and Africa to Cape Town.

Anyway, it's making me get the travel bug again and I really wish I was in the midst of planning a trip to

here {Copenhagen}

but this {Byron Bay} is more realisitc I suppose...

i wish people still made these for each other...

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and I wish my shoulder would fix itself so I didn't have to keep getting jabbed at accupuncture.

and i dressed up as a lego cube on saturday night. {mine was red}

...for Kevins eyes only.

{if you don't know then I can't tell you}

Let this be a lesson to all..

Don't play with super glue and frantically try to finish off brooches and earrings on your lunch break no matter how out of time you are running. It makes for an awkward conversation with your boss, a lengthy search for acetone and then an even lengthier sit, by yourself in the first aid room until thing damn thing falls off your finger {all the while you're hoping that it's the tube of glue that falls off firts,not your finger nail!}

Artwork now for sale via etsy!

Just a quick note to let you know that i've been working like crazy and now have my artwork for sale on etsy as well as other cute handmadey things {cards, brooches, hairclips, earrings}!

come check out the studio to see for youself!

it's been a while..

Buuuut, I've decided that being too busy for 'my week in 6' has been a bad thing and as one of my many decisions made this last week this is one of them. The return of my favourite 6 of whatever for the week is back with force and will hopefully get me back into the swing of things, creatively and organisationally speaking.

So. My week in 6, starting anew and taken from an hour or so of internet window shopping. In particular, trawling the internet windows of TopShop! {ok so there's 7 things but I couldn't help myself! Even though I know the teeny tiny hair straightener probably wouldn't work as well as my ghd it's just so damn cute!}

'Something More'

I'm going to be part of an exhibition here in Brisbane at the end of June with 9 other brisbane based srtists and would love for you all to come along and have a look!

Suitcase Rummage #2

Not as busy as the first but it was mothers day and heres hoping that the diminished crowds were due to the fact you were all out there looking after your mums and making sure their day was wonderful! {don't worry, I took care of all things mum before lunchtime with a breakfast bonanza!}

I had more cards, some sweet brooches and hair clips made from vintage zippers and a bunch of other new things made for our new etsy venture.

Pics of the day..

{not sure what my hand is doing..just don't look at it!}

Under the stairs is finally on etsy!!

Under the stairs Studio is actually on etsy now guys! I know it's taken fricken ages but i've got there eventually. My internet has been playing up and not enjoying uploading images though so the shop isn't as full/ pretty as it will be, but use your imagination and you never know what you'll come up with!

I've got some pretty earrings and birthday cards up at the moment and to come are more cards, gift tags and brooches by myself and one of my partners in crime {my sister}.

Here are some sneak previews...

cute cards...

funky brooches

and pretty bows.

keep an eye on our store, it will be growing soon i promise!

morgan x