Polyhedra and Bowerbird

One of my Polyhedra styled photographs was spotted in the Adelaide* magazine! And yes these will be available at Bowerbird Bazaar, along with my new Cut & Sew Craft Kits! 

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New D.I.Y. Cut & Sew Kits...

There are bubbles of excitement in the Messagemark studio as we prepare for the launch of our new product "D.I.Y. Cut & Sew Kits".

We are very much into crafting at home, so we decided to expand our D.I.Y. craft range to include cute sew yourself Dinky-Dye softies. Something a little different again from the Messagemark studio, but this time working with fabric.

To continue the theme of providing human and planet friendly products, our designs are printed onto 100% super soft organic cotton sateen, and the fluffy toy fill provided is made in Australia from recycled plastic water bottles!

 

The toy fill looks, feels and performs in the same way as a high-grade poly fiber, but is completely recycled and non-allergenic. For every 1kg of fiber used, we save around 70 water bottles from ending up in landfill, which puts a smile on my dial! I am so happy that there are suppliers out there coming up with these incredible ways to recycle our rubbish and turn it into a useful product! Awesome!

Keep an eye on the shop for our cute Dinky-Dye characters... available first week of November!

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Christmas Production

Using the paper drill at my local printery

Gift Tags Drilled - Tick!

I just got home from an afternoon hanging out at my printers Digital Print Australia. They are so good to me, they even let me try out some of their machines. I particularly love the electric paper drill, so it was an afternoon of drilling Christmas tags!

Sorting Gift Tags

 

Then I had time to hang out and keep an eye on the Christmas Card print run, and look... the printer was also getting into the spirit of Christmas with a bit of tinsel! LOL!

2500 cards to hand crease!

2500 cards to hand crease, just a small mountain! Better call my creasing boy......D E N I S ! !

I love legs!

One of my creations from the weekend. I wanted a bench seat to go in my hallway, but was struggling to find something that suited our home or wasn't too big. 

So brainwave in the middle of the night... Use a floating shelf (that we already had) and add some cool retro legs (from a laminex coffee table I had in storage). Voila! How cutsie is this?

I am now on the hunt for LEGS!! If anyone has retro legs (including table legs) lying around their place, send them my way as I have heaps of other projects in my head that I would love to do. Off to scout hard rubbish! LOL!

And if you like the Messagemark print on the bench you can purchase it here >
 


 

Dinky-Dye Softies

Yay, look what arrived today! My Dinky-Dye printed fabric sample, and the good news is I am happy with the colour palette (finally!). The colours weren't quite up to Dinky-Dye standard with the first 2 samples I had made, so I went back to the drawing board and started over. I've also simplified the shapes so they are even easier to whip up! Spending the extra time tweaking and actually sewing them is the only way to design from scratch! And... did you know that we have picked a gorgeous soft organic cotton sateen and eco friendly fluffy stuffing that is made from recycled PET bottles?!! Yay!

When will they be available you ask? Well, we are aiming for launch beginning of November with first public appearance at Bowerbird Bazaar. But of course I will keep you in the loop as the range is added to the online store!

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