updated etsy shop

I have listed 10 newly designed and printed cards in my etsy shop here. They will be showcased with paper goods tomorrow!

Temo Callahan's apartment

I only ever bought one issue of Domino magazine - November 2008 - and was not quick enough to collect more before they disappeared. One of the reasons I bought it was the photos of Temo Callahan's New York apartment. First it was the red walls, but also the mix of patterns, styles of furniture and fabrics. Domino called the apartment 'an ode to embellishment'.The photography is by Paul Costello.

50/60/70 Iconic Australian Houses: three decades of domestic architecture

I stumbled across 50/60/70 Iconic Australian Houses: three decades of domestic architecture (by Karen McCartney, editor of Inside Out magazine) on Google Books when googling Bruce Rickard Marshall House to find out something about it (there's not much out there on this house but other projects are on the website). The preview on Google Books has just enough images to drool over! 

Here are some other images from the book

all images from Google Books

Spring is here!

Whilst most of the blogs I read are celebrating the arrival of Autumn after a hot Australian summer, here in the UK we are finally enjoying some milder weather - I didn't even need a jumper yesterday! The blossoms are blooming and everything looks beautiful!

52 Suburbs

My second 'featured' blog - one of my favourites - is 52 Suburbs, created by Louise Hawson from Sydney. In August 2009 Louise decided to visit and photograph one Sydney suburb each week for a whole year. She's done pretty well so far, being up to suburb number 30 this week, La Perouse. In each of her posts she gives a brief history of the suburb, particularly noting the Aboriginal history of the area and what happened to them when the British arrived in Australia over 200 years ago. Her photographs are stunning and usually paired in clever combinations, accompanied by a witty caption under each image. This week's suburb happens to be a unique one as Louise discovers it has never left the hands of the Aboriginal people. Louise quotes from the Dictionary of Sydney: La Perouse is 'the only Sydney suburb where Aboriginal people have kept their territory from settlement until today, and its history is a story of the survival of culture in the face of European invasion'. All her posts are fascinating, and if you're going to check out her blog, I'd recommend starting right at the beginning with Suburb No.1: Wahroonga.
These images are from Suburb No.30: La Perouse (all captions are Louise's)

Bare Island

All boomerangs made and flight tested by Laddie

Rainbow serpent

Living off the land/ocean

Serious for only so long (Tareen, Shareen and Maul)

patterns in design

Architectural Digest has grouped together some stunning patterned fabrics and wallpapers that have been used to great effect in interiors, 'reflecting innovative design and a keen eye for colour'.

April calendar

This is my April calendar page. The photo is by Anitta Behrendt via desire to inspire.