Give it away now

T'is the season for a giveaway! 

Leave a comment to enter - and why not enter on behalf of a friend 

so they can get a surprise sent in the mail?

You don't need to say anything specific in your comment. Maybe just "waddup dude".

Here's what I would like to send you as a special gift:

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One of my "Pedal to the Metal" prints

A pair of JoeyNomad handprinted baby pants size 0 

Three lovely Japanese linen fat quarters

And an extra surprise! Meeeheerry Christmas. 

Three cheers! 

The end.

PS: It is cold outside. Just like christmas back home! 

Harvest Christmas Market 2010

My mini stall looking cute

I spy Emma

The Harvest stall and past students stall in all its glory

Buntings!

2 of the 3 cool Harvest bananas Emma and Jess

So many lovely things!

Screen loveliness

Pretty Shopfront

Me and my nose in profile

Setting up and looking nervous

And more nervous. 

Little helpers 

Yay!

 Thanks to Harvest for everything. What a year it's been for them! They have now created this wonderful space - it feels like an energetic, creative living room.

The market was great - I did heaps better than expected and managed to NOT crawl under the table and hide and lots of people commented on my stuff. Many people did not understand the idea behind making things out of repurposed fabric. So I have some work to do in that department. One lady bought two of my Drooly Baby scarves and said "I wish these had been around when I had my kids". High five! And when I made my first ever sale I did jump around heaps.

Most importantly I learned so much just from being there. And I met lots of ace people, for example my brilliantly talented fellow students Mizu Designs and Unit Tshirts (I bought two - sorry bank account) and One Night in June and many others.

And the music was ace, provided by Super Melody. 

Thank you all for coming and thanks to les ladies of Harvest for being inclusive, friendly, innovative, crazy and lovely!

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I survived my first market and it was ace. My feet are sore and I am tired. There is banana bread in the oven, odd ladies dressed in white are singing carols on the telly, and I am surrounded by lots of nicety in general. And I will do a post on the market tomorrow but I want to show you things that are making me happy this Sunday. Look at this amazing blanket my friend Eleanor KNITTED for us for our wedding. It is the softest, most beautiful blanket in the world. I am still completely floored that she knitted this for us!

Then there was another great gift in the form of participating in the amazing Harvest Market - not only was it fun, ace, and brilliant, but I love that I've met the Harvest girls and that I'm involved in what they are doing and that they are so brilliant. And look at the Harvest tea towels Lara gave me - will I wash any dishes or dry any dishes with these? NO. They are displayed nicely. No one touch my Harvest towels please.

And I made myself this cushion from some Japanese linen just for the heck of it.

And to celebrate the niceness tomorrow I am hosting a little giveaway on here! Hurrah!

Have a happy Sunday!

PS: Sadly our christmas bush Norman is no more. He has been over-watered and is currently sulking on the balcony.

To Market, To Market

Right. Here we go! Here are my market goodies!  Most of this is made from old Tshirts. I can hardly believe how many Tshirts I have hacked up and repurposed but the bin tells me: quite a lot. There are lots of little teensy bits of Tshirt all over the house! Any other material is either organic and fair-trade, sourced in Australia. Or it's a remnant I had in my stash. I plan to reduce the stash to zero and restock with oppy and organic and Tshirt fabric only. I am exhausted! But happy! 

Tshirt/Organic Cotton baby quilt screen printed by me

little screenprinted nursery decorations

Organic cotton and remnant jersey baby pants, screenprinted by me

Organic cotton screenprinted dress and nursery print designed by me!

Packing the car. Trying to remember to take a chair and a hip flask! I am so excited. And a bit nervous too! Thanks for all your sweet comments - I've printed them all out and stuck over my desk for encouragement!

Bear with me as I redesign my blog a bit to match my JoeyNomad site. It will be a bit messy for a while there, but it doesn't really matter. xx

My Pants My Pants My Lovely Baby Pants

My Pattern! It works! Beautifully.

And these are made from 100% recycled material and organic material. 

Some shots I took last night when we went for a walk along the beach and the neighbourhood.
I took one of my framed prints along and photographed it hanging in a tree. I wanted to leave it there!
It looked happy. I am still hoping to spot a whale one day in the water, but I don't think they will swim to Elwood beach just to say hello to me.

Yippie Yay

Thank you for all your lovely comments on my scary market and product shots freakout post! I keep reminding myself that it's important to have fun with this, so this afternoon I'm going to get my Gocco out and have a crack at some more mini prints while I wait for my bigger screens to come back from the clever screenmakers. I have befriended the girls at Eckersleighs in Prahran and they keep ringing me to tell me they have more Gocco lamps for me. So cute. I do love Melbourne.

Meanwhile here is a reminder of the ace market I will be at on Saturday. I can't do maths at all - I will be the lady with the calculator and the grandma shoes! I wonder if I need to bring a chair to sit on?
I am really excited to meet all the other makers. I love Ask Alice so I will bring some Santa money to spend!

Getting a bit serious

Did you have a good weekend? I did, but it was spent working, superhard.
I am excited to show you some pictures of what I've been making for my business. I have tested and trialled and errored but I'm finally coming up trumps! It's been a bit hard but I can see the light at the end of the tunnel.

As I told you all on Friday my little label is called Joey Nomad, and it is called Joey Nomad for two reasons:
Joe was the name of my late dad, whose simple message 'just do it' gave me the kick up the butt to go and see if I can make a more creative life for myself. He got very excited about some pants I made out of old Tshirts for my niece, and urged me to try and do something with the idea. So this venture is a small and fitting tribute to him. And I am a bit nomadic - me and my husband have lived all over the place before we ended up in Australia, and I can often be found snoozing in an economy class seat flying back home. So that's how the name came about!

My work has a lot to do with re-thinking clothing and textiles. I screen-print children's clothes and I make children's clothes out of recycled materials. And there are also some bits and bobs for grown up people. I use recycled, organic and remnant materials wherever I can.  I am slowly working towards a bigger goal, and once that's a bit clearer in my own head I will share it! It's all a bit scary. I am quite freaked out my first market this week - more on that later!
I hope you like my little bits and bobs.

Screenprinted toddler dress, organic cotton/linen

Screenprinted canvas

My labels are cute! 

THANKS FOR STOPPING BY!