More from Splore

 One of the things I loved about Splore was the colourful decorations everywhere.  Flags in the trees, installations, and brightly coloured fake flowers tucked into unexpected places.  Here are some of the details.

Splore

I was lucky enough to work at Splore last weekend, in Sarah's wonderful Sew Some Love tent.  In our beachside spot we helped people make flower crowns, embellish their costumes, carve rubber stamps, make postcards and express their creativity.   

My workshop was the rubber stamp carving one...it was so great to see the different ideas people came up with and the patterns they made with their finished stamps (and that there were no fingers sliced with sharp cutting tools). 

Here's the crew of Sew Some Love ladies: L-R Laura, Sarah, yours truly, Erin.

 This was the view from our sewing tent...my next door neighbours sailed down from Auckland. 

I think I am a bit addicted to making flower crowns...my fingers are itching to make more, maybe some matching red ones for our band!

And here I am when I was 17, going to Splore when it was at Karioitahi Beach near Waiuku.  I think my 17 year old self would have liked to work in a sewing tent!

Wayfaring stranger

 February so far for me has been all about playing my ukulele around the South Island with The Bitter Years - I've travelled from Invercargill to Picton and many other places besides.  I've met a miniature horse that's allowed inside the house, participated in a mystical wedding and played songs to the regulars at Formerly the Blackball Hilton until 3 in the morning.  But one of the parts of the tour I was most excited about was visiting the Grainstore Gallery in Oamaru, where some of my prints are stocked.  Here is a little peek into the beautiful gallery, and spot some Millicent Crow bunting and prints!

No rest for the wicked; I am heading off to Splore this weekend to help with some creative embellishment in the Sew Love Tea Do sewing tent.  More on that soon!

New prints in the shop

Just a note to say that I've listed some A4 prints of my leaf paintings in my Felt shop...you can find them here.  And it's appropriate that this Zealandia statue is in Palmerston, Otago, because I'm heading down to the South Island soon to play with The Bitter Years on this tour!  If you'd like to see some photos from the road you can follow along on Instagram @thebitteryears.  Here's hoping we'll get a chance to hunt for some op shop treasures!

Blackboard menu

I have:

 But:

I'm planning a Felt and Etsy shop update but our band  The Bitter Years is playing in the Coromandel tomorrow night, at the Purangi Winery near Whitianga.  So I'll pop some new prints in my shops when I'm back in town...stay tuned.

Oh and I am having lots of fun with my new blackboard and blackboard marker!

Fancy a cuppa?

I had a lovely Friday night at home and worked on this little guy.  He's probably going to be on the cover of my zine but I thought I might get him printed as an A4 print or postcard too.  Tiny t-rex? Giant teacup? Who's to say?

Happy 2014

Happy new year to you!  I was saying to Mr. Millicent Crow this morning that I had barely stopped accidentally writing 2012 when I was writing the date, and now it's 2014.  Here's a little montage of some of the things I made last year...a lot of bunting, a lot of brooches and badges, and some new screenprinted patterns.   I also did Antarctic drawings aplenty for Mr. Millicent Crow's show The Explorers' Club, did some good markets and did a screenprinting collaboration for some wedding outfits that are being worn tomorrow!  2014 has been busy so far with our new band The Bitter Years, and you can see what we've been up to on Instagram: @thebitteryears and Facebook: www.facebook.com/thebitteryears.  I was lucky enough to find the most perfect chalkboard in an op shop in town today (we lugged it home on the bus on one of the hottest days of the year) so I'll show you some of the crafty things I get up to with that soon I hope!  And one day I will finally get my zine that I'm working on finished.  Happy 2014.