Grannies- 75 squares finished

Today I have been lovingly laying out (and re-laying out) all the grannies I've crocheted over the last 3 months, 75 in total. I can't help but feel totally wrapped in my achievement! I started out not knowing how to crochet and now my very own handmade nanna knee blanket is within grasp of my greedy little paws! More granny love over here.

I'm also looking forward to sharing some pictures with you of my sister in-law's crochet, she's an absolute gun! Not only has she been working on her own granny project but also found time to crochet some beanies for the boy, adorable.

Some beautiful artwork from Rainy Days

Here is a small selection of the wonderful artworks which were part of the Rainy Days exhibitions put on by Cube (art+design), aren't they lovely! I'm very excited that I'll soon be hanging Nicole Parums "And then a big gust of wind..." on my wall.

Art works from top:

Fiona Tabart, 'A Brief Encounter' (detail)

Jemima Boyer, 'Straight and Narrow'

Bec Nally, 'When the clock strikes

Marmalade Tears,

'After 5 Martini'

'A Walk in the Park'

'Betty'

Elizabeth Lada Gray,

'The Van Diemonian Lady and the assigner servent, Eliza M, First Classification, C'

'The Van Diemonian Lady and the assigner servent, Mary B, First Classification, C'

'The Van Diemonian Lady and the assigner servent, Sarah T, First Classification, C'

Rachael Foster, 'Homeward Bound' (series)

Nicole Parums, 'And then a big gust of wind...'

Borderlinerifraf, 'Float On'

Monique Germon, 'Tell my Wife I Love Her'

Tyler Faulstich, 'Salomid'

I made this

A whimsical interactive flash animation I made for the old crafternoon site. Rollover the dandelions and watch them fly away! More "I made this" at meet me at mikes.

In love with ... Alex Maclean

Alex Maclean's ariel photography is lovely, check out his portfolio, it's breathtaking.

"Pilot and photographer Alex MacLean has flown his plane over much of the United States documenting the landscape. Trained as an architect, he has portrayed the history and evolution of the land from vast agricultural patterns to city grids, recording changes brought about by human intervention and natural processes."

via It's nice that

Delicious notebooks

Apple and Pear sticky notes by D-bros you can pick them up here

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Sliced bread notebooks by Burak Kanyak and Cem Has

Apple and Pear sticky notes via Babyology

Sliced bread notebook via The Dieline, images via here

In love with ... SchubLaden

The beautiful work of SchubLaden.

"schubLaden – meaning ´drawers´ in german – is a unique shop in the Berlin-Kreuzberg´s Graefedistrict. It is devoted to the reuse of old unmated drawers."

via design vagabond

images via here

Rainy days - The Popular animals

Here are a few snaps of my submission for the Rainy Days show at Cube (art + design). Clockwise from top left: Owl, Deer, overall gallery wall and Octapus. Materials are vinyl, John Constable's print The Cornfield, James Fetherolf's print Pacific ocean breakers

A holiday is as good (but probably better) then a change

image via here

I'm off to Melbourne bright and early tomorrow for the State of Design Design:Made:Trade fair (and maybe a few bevies with friends too). Woot!

There are heaps of great events as part of the festival, if you are out and about in Melbourne check out some of the free events here, one of which is the AGDA poster annual, with the theme 'sampling the future'. Above is one of my favourite posters from last year by Marie Schultz with the theme 'strength in numbers'

Pudding anyone?

via The Dieline - Designed by Yvonne Nieweth

"People no longer simply buy what they need; they buy what reflects their own images of themselves. The content of your shopping-cart is a mirror of your identity"

... something else about pudding

image via here by Tom Gauld

Rainy Days - Cube (art+design)

Cube (art+design) have come up with a great way to spend our wintery rainy days, next week the Rainy Days show will open at Cube in Elizabeth st, Hobart (16th at 6pm). 150 mini canvas' from over 50 artists and designers will be on show until the 24th, if you fancy a look or a new piece of artwork to brighten a room this winter, come along and say hi!

below is a sneak peek snap of my work in progress for Rainy Days

Some nice film clips

I think every time I see Rage (or any other music program) do a "top music videos" show, Thriller always comes in at number 1. I love Thriller, it's fantastic, but here are a few film clips which come to mind which are also awesome.

White stripes - Hardest button to button

Oren Lavie - Her morning Elegance

Beck - E-pro

Foo Fighters - Everlong

Junior Senior - Move your feet

Sia - Buttons

Daft Punk - around the world

Catching up

Granny - days 36-61, originally uploaded by things to make and do.

I'd fallen behind with my grannying and so here is my catch up from last week, 25 grannies in 4 days.

Evening conversation - Flowers vs Zombies

Blair: What are those flowers? Do you keep planting them?

Me: They are jonquils, no, I planted them a few years ago.

Blair: Then why do they keep coming back?

Me: They are a type of bulb, like a plant that dies off and comes back to life in Winter.

Blair: So they are like Zombies

Me: um, no, not really

Time flies

image via it's nice that

I've posted this awesome calendar by Mytton Williams (they have some great self promotional calendars here) because I booked the boy's 6 month check up today, I was musing on how time flies. Honestly I have no idea where the last 6 month have gone. It's been lovely.