midnight special
Last night I couldn't sleep so I was noodling about online and found something that made me so happy it was even harder to get to sleep - this interaction between a boy called Jacob and a musician called Tyler Gregory. If you would like your day to be a little bit nicer Keep reading →
travels!
What a long time since I posted here! I have been on an impromptu trip to Thailand where A. had a few things to do and I tagged along on the back of his motorbike which I felt exceptionally brave about, even though there are grannies there who ride side saddle, Keep reading →
notableness and violet spotting
I was very happy to find out yesterday that both Violet Mackerel's Natural Habitat and Neville No-Phone made it as far as the CBCA list of Younger Reader's Notable Books for 2012. Violet's other creator in Australia, Sarah Davis, has another book on the Notables Keep reading →
goodbyes and flowers
This morning I woke up with a slightly achey heart. Three people I love have gone very far away and for quite a long time. Not even a whole day has passed yet and I am already missing them. I'm excited on their behalf because it should be a pretty good Keep reading →
The Delicate Nature of a New Idea
I have been thinking lately about exciting, energising, promising new ideas and the best way to nurture them into finished projects. A few of mine make it all the way from the first spark to a final thing, be it something that I’m writing, something that I’m making, or Keep reading →
bits and pieces
Every so often a lovely person at Walker sends me snippings of reviews for Violet books and having written about this only a couple of posts ago, I thought I'd post two I received last week. The one on the left is from the Sydney Morning Herald and the one on Keep reading →
On shortlists, awards, recognition and such
Today the three-way blogging conversation between Sally Murphy, Meg McKinlay and myself continues with the topic of things like shortlists, awards and recognition. You can find Sally's post here and Meg's post here. Keep reading →
plain janes
I've been revisiting some of my doll patterns from a past life, feeling inspired by these wonderful clothes/doll designers and also spending far more time than I should pinning beautiful clothes on pinterest... Keep reading →
(cheating) felt hearts
There is a good cheating way of making little felted hearts for Valentines Day. The trick is to knit them first and the trick with knitting is to use patterns you find on Natural Suburbia because they are so easy and delightful. You can find Linda's knitted heart pattern here. Keep reading →
on being edited
Because it turned out to be quite fun for Meg McKinlay, Sally Murphy and me to all write about the same thing last week, we thought we’d try it again. Today our theme is ‘being edited’. Keep reading →
