a little afternoon tea...

just found this photo I took a week ago on a Sunday walk by the Brisbane River at South Bank. We spied this lovely little Cupcake & Tea Shop, so I chose a pot of  Lavender and Earl Grey Tea to go with my Berry delicious cupcake...actually it had a much better name which I've forgotten now. I do prefer my tea in a pretty fine china tea cup ... but we really just loved those little cakes!

"Botanique" at Mt Cootha Botanical Gardens, Brisbane

this image is from a previous event held at the Mt Cootha Botanical Gardens featuring wearable art made by artists from around the Brisbane region.

Bettina is actually heading up organisation for this wonderful event on in October. She can often be found at the Gardens in her role as a guide. We met

 recently when I participated as a volunteer in the 'Seeds for Life'  project at Mt Cootha.

Artists living in the Brisbane region of Australia whose work includes or extends to Wearable Art are being invited to get in touch with organisers of this year's "Botanique" exhibition and parade to be held in mid October. 31st of August is the date for final entries...so make contact this week with the lovely Bettina Palmer-  artonlegs@hotmail.com to find out more. It is a great showcase for textile designers, fabric artists and the Botanical Garden setting. Besides the catwalk in the Japanese Garden there is a bazaar over several days which is well suited to those who may design original accessories, jewellery and such.  

stormy weather...

I am fond of the photos that Fanny takes for her lovely blog Les contours du Silence which i have featured before. Her eye for interesting details draws me to look frequently to see if she has been on a journey or just wandering around her gorgeous garden or local environment where she seems to find some magic even in the most simple things. Suddenly the mood seemed to change the other day, and not able to read french (Fanny lives in a village in South West France by the way) I wrote to see what had happened. She patiently wrote in English to tell me of the wild storm that cut through her region nnd brought damage to her vegetable garden, particularly tomato plants, and fruit trees. It sounds like such a haven where she lives on a former farm. I hope there was not too much damage all up Fanny!

Please Sir...

Just found this great blog called Please Sir , "devoted to passions like modern and vintage design, inspiring art and personal stories". Read more about this textile designer Diana or see what she posts on here. I've included just a few  images from her weblog to clue you into what I was seeing that I liked!

July 17 post: from Livingetc

July 14 post: the mended Spiderweb- Nina Katchadourian

July 6 post-chair from Molly-Meg

July 9 post: still-life by Burcu Avsar

July 2 post: Deborah Goldsman-the Spectre of Architecture

June 26 post: Andy Brayman's Matter factory

meet me at mikes, thursday, july 16th, 2009

Go directly to this blog, do not pass Go! This is the leading image on meet me at mikes today...Im not saying any more except the amazing Pip behind this has got it all happening! She even has the most wonderful tips for bloggers getting going or wanting to finesse their blogs. She has a book... a shop...amazing! Crafters will particularly adore it...but brilliant inspiration comes in many other forms as well...and the tutorials on blogging...have a look! DO! ...snap...she also just put something on her blog about Ebony from Hello Sandwich.

Haus for Musik und Musiktheater

Ok...the images are small...but you can go to Sub-Studio Design Blog to see larger images from a post in March this year. There you will read about this building for the University of Music and Performing Arts in Graz, Austria by UNStudio. When you take in the interior of this building in a larger photo, you might be just as curious about attending a performance here as I was! I found the Sub-Studio Design Blog full of the curious and inspiring!

found at hello sandwich...

Loved this and other similar images from US based clever people at Studio Choo (seriously worth a peek) posted on the fabulously quirky and engaging blog hello sandwich

Also at hello Sandwich was this image from a post on Sunday also titled: A handwritten letter to everyone.

Hello Greenie! Its world environment day!  from June 5th Post...this girls on a mission!

OK...so now it just gets much more interesting. I just found this great photo of this multi-talented blogger on this interview at Design Files. Its a Must See!

The interview for sure...and the blog is pretty excellent too!

Matsudo Sandwich Mountain, mxed media on paper, 30 x 20 cm, 2008.  A recent work by Ebony Bizys, who is  - Hello Sandwich. Read the interview for great, and i mean great visuals...and an excellent intro to the world of Ebony... -HS