tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31817965839376466402024-03-14T06:24:19.424+11:00eleanor mccombEleanorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00232463128315706314noreply@blogger.comBlogger80125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3181796583937646640.post-21492169980829936652014-08-14T16:16:00.001+10:002014-08-14T16:16:41.734+10:00The Studio // The PlayroomEarlier this week I sat down and wrote up a bunch of blog posts, on paper, because I'm old school like that and I was outside watching the boys run around (and get stung by bees... true story) and I haven't had the money to replace the laptop that died at the end of last year.<br />... that's not the point.<br />
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The point is that I had all these posts about things that I have been doing over the last few months, as I wanted to at least attempt to bring this blog up to date.<br /><br />Alas.<br />
The only thing that I really want to talk to you about and show you is my cool new studio.<br />
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So everything else just has to wait.<br /><br /><br />When I wrote up the business plan for The Elm Tree one of the main drives, although it was never stated directly, was to create a work environment for me that would allow me to contribute financially to the household while also allowing me to be with the boys. The boys were the priority.<br /><br />The move to a studio-based online version of the store was a straight forward decision. On my own I couldn't maintain opening hours, without becoming a somewhat negligent mother, housekeeper, and wife. As it is I am an utter failure at maintaining the tidiness of our house.<br /><br />So we closed the shop and moved. Now we work from our very own studio/playroom.<br />
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Utilizing an old school building pegged for eventual redevelopment, <a href="http://www.popupparramatta.com/" target="_blank">Pop Up Parramatta</a> has crammed the place full of creatives like artist <a href="http://www.tamcao.com.au/" target="_blank">Tam Cao</a> + children's fashion label <a href="https://www.etsy.com/au/shop/Muzeak" target="_blank">Museak</a> (aka the very talented Kristal)<br />
I am in good company.<br /><br />
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<br />Eleanorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00232463128315706314noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3181796583937646640.post-4820796901054091512014-08-08T17:34:00.001+10:002014-08-08T17:44:44.766+10:00Rosieteapot// a magazineIt is probably a good thing that my blog is attached to Google - otherwise it is highly likely that I would have forgotten my password.<br />
That's how long its been since I logged in to update this tragically neglected blog.<br />
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A lot of things have been going on. I closed the shop - moved into a studio - painted one of the walls with chalkboard paint (totally noteworthy) - held an awesome art exhibition - other stuff...<br />
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Other stuff like being featured in Rosie's very wonderful and wonderfully free e-publication: Rosieteapot.<br />
She features all kinds of creative ladies from around the world and I love that unlike magazines and other publications with limited page numbers Rosie gives plenty of time to get into peoples worlds and chat with them. I went to high school with Rosie, so I feel like I kind of cheated my way in, but I was totally honoured to be featured with some very inspiring ladies.<br />
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So do yourself a favour and take a while to sit and flip through the pages. Enjoy all the great photos, and meet some new people (kind of... in an internet kind of stalkering/but not really way)<br />
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<br />Eleanorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00232463128315706314noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3181796583937646640.post-74345331460417825552014-04-29T19:30:00.001+10:002014-04-29T19:30:24.953+10:00Coptic Binding // a tutorial<span style="color: #222222; font-family: Puritan;"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18.479999542236328px;">As a follow up to the book-binding classes we have been holding at the shop this month I thought that I would re-post this tutorial as a reminder of how to coptic bind books for those who have attended classes. If you haven't attended a class with The Elm Tree, let me say this:</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Puritan; line-height: 18.479999542236328px;">This tutorial first appeared on my old blog ( </span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Puritan;"><span style="line-height: 18.479999542236328px;">http://lady-proteus.blogspot.com.au/2011/12/books-for-whatever.html ) </span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: Puritan;"><span style="line-height: 18.479999542236328px;">I make books.</span></span><br />
<span style="color: #222222; font-family: Puritan;"><span style="line-height: 18.479999542236328px;">I make them because I like the idea of art being functional and so I put art on them, and sell them at <a href="http://www.theelmtree.com.au/" target="_blank">The Elm Tree</a> and my webshop (side bar link)</span></span><br />
<span style="color: #222222; font-family: Puritan;"><span style="line-height: 18.479999542236328px;">I also make all of my own notebooks, journals, and sketch books - it is such a personal thing for me - so I hope that these photos and instructions inspire you (and instruct you!) to make your own. </span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Puritan; font-size: medium;">What you need:</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Puritan; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.479999542236328px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Puritan; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.479999542236328px;" /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Puritan; font-size: medium;">Scissors, glue, cardboard, waxed linen, a big ole needle (bookbinding or wool darning needles are fine), an awl, and paper.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Puritan; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.479999542236328px;" /><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Puritan; line-height: 18.479999542236328px;">Gather together the paper that you want to make up the pages of your book. Fold them all half in groups of 5 or 6 ... or more or less. It really depends on what kind of paper you are using, if its really thin you can use more, if its thick - less. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Puritan;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">(logical)</span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Puritan; line-height: 18.479999542236328px;"> The folded bundles of paper are called </span><i style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Puritan; line-height: 18.479999542236328px;">signatures</i><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Puritan; line-height: 18.479999542236328px;">.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Puritan; line-height: 18.479999542236328px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Puritan; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.479999542236328px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Puritan; line-height: 18.479999542236328px;">Cut two pieces of cardboard for your front and back cover.<span style="font-size: x-small;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Puritan;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">(make them a little bit bigger than the signatures) </span>Now decorate them! </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Puritan; line-height: 18.479999542236328px;"> I have used some prints I made just for these books. But you can decorate them however you like. Wrap the cardboard in fabric, paper, paint it, leave it plain, whatever you like!!</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Puritan; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.479999542236328px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Puritan; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.479999542236328px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Puritan; line-height: 18.479999542236328px;">Put your covers together with your signatures and when you have them lined up how you like, draw spots where you want to bind the book.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Puritan; line-height: 18.479999542236328px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Puritan; line-height: 18.479999542236328px;">After making a couple of books I would suggest that you do it like this</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Puritan; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.479999542236328px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Puritan; line-height: 18.479999542236328px;"> ---*--*--------*---------*--*--- </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Puritan;">(imagine this is the side view of a signature - the * is where the stitches will be visible) </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Puritan; line-height: 18.479999542236328px;">Using an awl, stab holes in each of your signatures<span style="font-size: x-small;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Puritan;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">(make sure they line up or you'll end up with a crooked book)</span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Puritan; line-height: 18.479999542236328px;"> I lay the signatures in an open book to make it easier to stab - it functions as a replacement for official cradles that hold the paper for you<span style="font-size: x-small;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Puritan;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">(and its the only use my old biology text books get these days... good on you university)</span> </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Puritan; line-height: 18.479999542236328px;">Holes at corresponding distances need to stabbed in the front and back covers at least an inch from the edge.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Puritan; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.479999542236328px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Puritan; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.479999542236328px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Puritan; line-height: 18.479999542236328px;"><b>If you get confused, stack everything back together like a book to see if it lines up.</b></span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Puritan; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.479999542236328px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Puritan; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.479999542236328px;" /><b style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Puritan; line-height: 18.479999542236328px;"><span style="font-size: large;">Now you're ready to sew it all together!</span> </b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Puritan;">(enjoy the confusion of my instructions!)</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Puritan; line-height: 18.479999542236328px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Puritan; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.479999542236328px;" /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4m93jmNedhszC0-GI4gopTZ2qPl0gbgumuABMA_CGR59LkefLVMwIrt1eCq-1447dB8xGibl1KgZcsHc3i_vJ2m39C4-t6tO5tFuWKm_lUZ8ctWywe_RAHp3s3nCohqUtc0rqX8Z36uE/s1600/stitch1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="background-color: white; clear: left; color: #888888; float: left; font-family: Puritan; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.479999542236328px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration: none;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4m93jmNedhszC0-GI4gopTZ2qPl0gbgumuABMA_CGR59LkefLVMwIrt1eCq-1447dB8xGibl1KgZcsHc3i_vJ2m39C4-t6tO5tFuWKm_lUZ8ctWywe_RAHp3s3nCohqUtc0rqX8Z36uE/s320/stitch1.jpg" style="-webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0) 0px 0px 0px; border: 0px; box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0) 0px 0px 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative;" width="236" /></a><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Puritan; line-height: 18.479999542236328px;">The length of thread you need should be </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Puritan;">(approximately) </span><b style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Puritan; line-height: 18.479999542236328px;">height of the book x ( number of signatures + 2 ) </b><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Puritan; line-height: 18.479999542236328px;">... 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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Puritan; line-height: 18.479999542236328px;">Pull your thread through leaving just a little tail inside the book </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Puritan;">(enough to tie a knot)</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Puritan; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.479999542236328px;" /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Puritan; font-size: xx-small;"><br /></span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Puritan; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.479999542236328px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Puritan; line-height: 18.479999542236328px;">Bring your needle through the corresponding hole on the front cover from the outside of the cover to the inside.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Puritan; line-height: 18.479999542236328px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Puritan; line-height: 18.479999542236328px;">Then bring your thread back </span><i style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Puritan; line-height: 18.479999542236328px;">into the hole of the signature that you started at. </i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Puritan;">(so it's just a big loop to tie the cover onto your signature)</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Puritan; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.479999542236328px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Puritan; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.479999542236328px;" /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcY5hP1z67cVJscp4u7DNKDSZdmeZaoCyqmW7jjxOUM5auoPbXo25OuibqP1dg5pPhrjhERmZ1xv0ZegYutSwZoYF5iw4qfVm5-d84_czklqSKtqbJhOpTWomnMaik4TmWO_LliLnfMtA/s1600/stitch3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="background-color: white; clear: left; color: #888888; float: left; font-family: Puritan; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.479999542236328px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration: none;"><img border="0" height="148" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcY5hP1z67cVJscp4u7DNKDSZdmeZaoCyqmW7jjxOUM5auoPbXo25OuibqP1dg5pPhrjhERmZ1xv0ZegYutSwZoYF5iw4qfVm5-d84_czklqSKtqbJhOpTWomnMaik4TmWO_LliLnfMtA/s200/stitch3.jpg" style="-webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0) 0px 0px 0px; border: 0px; box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0) 0px 0px 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative;" width="200" /></a><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Puritan; line-height: 18.479999542236328px;">Tie a knot.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Puritan; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.479999542236328px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Puritan; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.479999542236328px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Puritan; line-height: 18.479999542236328px;">Move up to the next hole up, and follow the same steps to attach the front cover to the first signature of your book don't worry about the knot though... that's just for the first one.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Puritan; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.479999542236328px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Puritan; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.479999542236328px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Puritan; line-height: 18.479999542236328px;">Continue up until you get to the last hole right at the top, sew the loop attaching the front cover to the signature and then </span><b style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Puritan; line-height: 18.479999542236328px;">do NOT</b><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Puritan; line-height: 18.479999542236328px;"> bring the needle back into the signature.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Puritan; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.479999542236328px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Puritan; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.479999542236328px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Puritan; line-height: 18.479999542236328px;">Instead, make a small knot (if you can see in the photos how that's done) and then bring your needle from the outside into the top hole of the next signature.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Puritan; line-height: 18.479999542236328px;" /><br />
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Make sure you keep pulling your thread taught. If its loose your binding will be wobbly, and if it's too tight you could rip your paper (annoying) or end up with a book that sits open (also annoying though it does stretch out)</div>
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<br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Puritan; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.479999542236328px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Puritan; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.479999542236328px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Puritan; line-height: 18.479999542236328px;">Keep doing this until you get to the last hole where again you just sew a little knot around the previous stitch and then move on to the third signature.<span style="font-size: x-small;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Puritan;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">(I hope these instructions are making sense... here are some more photos)</span></span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Puritan; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.479999542236328px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Puritan; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.479999542236328px;" /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEge8khqD6cp0fnBsk0MTt9CaKRnaaOd3DNDrBGaUog99KiZM1VWF6dRBHYdDJYuUp3m18pxPrhCG9yLMObduOYA_i0pgFP8Ekwpj-pVq4G6N-JFYZvA28yzV02Py_7wg_adK5u2G0y4CfY/s1600/stitchend.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="background-color: white; color: #888888; font-family: Puritan; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.479999542236328px; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration: none;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEge8khqD6cp0fnBsk0MTt9CaKRnaaOd3DNDrBGaUog99KiZM1VWF6dRBHYdDJYuUp3m18pxPrhCG9yLMObduOYA_i0pgFP8Ekwpj-pVq4G6N-JFYZvA28yzV02Py_7wg_adK5u2G0y4CfY/s400/stitchend.jpg" style="-webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0) 0px 0px 0px; border: 0px; box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0) 0px 0px 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative;" width="297" /></a><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Puritan; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.479999542236328px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Puritan; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.479999542236328px;"><br /></span><br />
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVLSJGjn8KtCvILzJ3GpRe_13F2ULBvGaSqzxxsIq2aTyKEDHHb-B0AwhGQRZd8H4H8hIR-1bziKVKPmLNclhItdTgttR9cvAtxCyXJvjmo1L3kb-Zs-0Z0cv36dk-_tHNRoiVzgWSaKU/s1600/book4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; color: #888888; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em; text-decoration: none;"><img border="0" height="307" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVLSJGjn8KtCvILzJ3GpRe_13F2ULBvGaSqzxxsIq2aTyKEDHHb-B0AwhGQRZd8H4H8hIR-1bziKVKPmLNclhItdTgttR9cvAtxCyXJvjmo1L3kb-Zs-0Z0cv36dk-_tHNRoiVzgWSaKU/s400/book4.jpg" style="-webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0) 0px 0px 0px; border: 0px; box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0) 0px 0px 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative;" width="400" /></a><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Puritan; line-height: 18.479999542236328px;">Keep going like this until you get to the end of your final signature. At this point you are just doing the reverse of what you did to sew the front cover on. From the outside of the final signature loop through the coordinating hole of the back cover and back inside the signature.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Puritan; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.479999542236328px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Puritan; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.479999542236328px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Puritan; line-height: 18.479999542236328px;">Sew down through each hole, attaching the back cover to the final signature. Loop through the last hole, then stitch a little knot inside the signature.</span><br />
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My mum has pretty good ideas. At the end of last year she helped me get 10 of my illustrations turned into cards - just in time for the Dreamers Market. </div>
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I am running a give away on facebook (/eleanormccomb.art) and instagram (@eleanormccomb) and I would love to know which of these cards is your favourite. I have been really surprised by what images people identify most with, and it would help me out to know a little more about what people think of my work!</div>
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At the end of the month I will draw a name from all those who comment (on FB, IG or here on the blog) and they will win one of each of the TEN cards that I sell. Bonus entries for those who share the image (or this blog post) on social media. </div>
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Getting my illustrations ready for printing seems to be a tragically chaotic process...<br />
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The Hipster Lumberjack is heading off to the printer soon, so if you are keen to order one for yourself, send me through an email to <i>eleanor.mccomb@gmail.com </i><br />
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The print is on A3, but takes up the space of an A4 piece of paper.<br />
All the prints will have either the blue shirt, or yellow shirt, - but if you want one that is 100% yours, I have a limited number of lino prints on 225gsm A3 that can be coloured.<br />
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Pre-orders (before April 5) get FREE SHIPPING Australia wide.<br />
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I will have more new work up soon in the shop (there is a new link in the side bar!) and if you go give it a click, you can buy the pictured print!<br />
<br />Eleanorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00232463128315706314noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3181796583937646640.post-164384812329792052014-03-17T18:21:00.000+11:002014-03-17T18:21:33.131+11:00Yes. That's red riding hood again.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Maybe it is the workshop tables being set up in the middle of the shop, or the awesomely green wall, or maybe its just because I haven't done my own art for such a long time - whatever the reason - I have been making quite a bit of art recently.<br />
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Mostly lino prints... or rather. Rubber block prints.<br />
I have blogged about how I work with this stuff before - it is so much easier to cut than lino or wood - and as I don't have a press, it is also easier for me to print.<br />
Everyone who sees them tells me about how they 'did that in high school' and I am not sure why more people don't do it now. After designing the print, there isn't a heap to think about and I kind of like the mindlessness of just cutting... I don't know what that says about me...<br />
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I thought I would share with you some process photos though.<br />
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the initial drawing.</div>
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the block (this is actually after printing the orange, and then cutting away the next layer.)</div>
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the first print... aligning the prints is reaaaally difficult when you are just kind of eyeballing it...</div>
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I kind of got the hang of it eventually.</div>
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it seemed kind of unbalanced (too orange) so I added some extra white with this sweet gouache pen I got from Daiso. </div>
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<b>The final print </b>(original on the left the drawn on one on the right.) </div>
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<i>Challenging </i>is one of those slightly euphemistic words that people use to politely describe things that suck. "Challenging" is what February has been for me.<br />
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This print is some of the only work that I have been able to produce this month and I kind of like it.<br />
I could do with being a little more deliberate about the life that I am choosing to make for myself, planting the seeds that will grow into the trees that I want around me.<br />
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One of the things that I am working on is cutting out plastic bags from the house. Plastic makes up an enormous amount of the rubbish that we have polluted our world with so I have started carrying tote bags around with me everywhere. I've printed them with pictures like this (because that's just me).<br />
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It is incredible how dependent we are on plastic bags. I still find myself bringing home bags from shops when I haven't remembered to mention it... but I'm getting there!<br />
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Do any of you use fabric shopping bags? fabric snack bags? alternatives to glad wrap?<br />
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After all of this, I felt claustrophobic and depressed when we came back to our apartment and it's cluttered balcony. The only nature we have here is a very determined infestation of moths and three pot plants in various states of senescence. I am sure the mint is not recoverable so really we only have two plants.<br />
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I feel like I am surrounded by <i>stuff</i>. Stuff without a place to be stored. Stuff with limited purpose.<br />
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I am more determined than ever to convert the store into a place for environmentally connected products. Things that are beautiful and useful. Things that last. More determined too, to get rid of some of the build up in my house of abandoned craft efforts and small toys and clothing I don't fit and CDs of who knows what (why so many? and where did they all come from??) and the plaque caused by having too many hobbies.<br />
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This year I have been taking time every day to write down at least one thing that I am grateful for. It has made for a very happy year so far, though I recognise that it is still stressful and not without aggravation - I see every day something that I can hold onto and <i>love</i> and today I am grateful in hindsight for learning how to use a cameras manual settings (Thanks again, Analiese) and even though I am a complete noob, I am grateful for these moments - captured and filed - and attached to memories that are full of the sounds, and the smells, and the stories that go with these visual moments. <br />
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And this face. I love this face... (these faces I suppose I should say) <br />
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I read a book.<br />
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An 832 page monstrous book, and it was wonderful.<br />
Not just because I liked the book (which I did) but because I feel like I have accomplished something. I read very fast, and have a tendency to abandon books if they can't hold me attention or if they are too long (this one is very long) my interest also wanes when I read books that wax too lyrical in descriptive prose, so to finish a book this size and in this style is unheard of. I like hearing characters voices and seeing their actions, and though Catton described all of her characters, the firmest picture I have in my mind of all of them is of their characters and personalities rather than the detains of their dress or particulars of their height or even hair colour. I can't go past a mystery though, and after forging though all the clues that were collected in the first (and longest) part of the book I chewed through the rest of it, keen to know what had happened, to whom. <br />
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I haven't reviewed a book since high school I think, or even before then, so I don't know that I am especially qualified to do so - so I won't. If you have read it and have an opinion of it, then share it with me, because I am full of opinions, and I loved how several details were left out of the resolution - leaving it up to us to decide what may have happened.<br />
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The thing that I loved the most though, about this whole book reading adventure - was that I went looking for this book because Eleanor is my name too, and Eleanor Catton was born the same year as me, and while she wasn't born in New Zealand she works there now, in Auckland where I was born - and I like to see my peers (if I may presume to call her my peer) succeed. <b>Especially ones called Eleanor. </b><br />
The book is full of mystical themes like pre-destiny, fate, astrological connection, and so as I read it tickled me to think that it had been something that I was meant to do. <br />
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In any case. I am glad that I have finished it and can at last move on, knowing what happened to Emery Staines, and Anna Wetherell, and that poor bastard Crosbie Wells (though I probably as most sympathetic to Mr Sook...) I started reading in November and 'The Luminaries' can probably be pointed to as being the chief reason why my NANOWRIMO attempt this year was so pathetic - though that's not entirely honest of me to say.<br />
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This isn't a usual blog post for me, but it has been so long since I posted anything I thought that I should. I have been re-doing everything here, and on the shops website for a relaunch in March. It's nice to do some non shop related things.<br />
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Eleanorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00232463128315706314noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3181796583937646640.post-61886505344381490692013-10-23T19:21:00.000+11:002013-10-23T19:21:36.089+11:00Belated updatesIt's been a long time - <i>I know.</i><br />
Since I last wrote I have opened a store and that was nearly a month ago.<br />
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Gabriel turned 3, he now tells everyone who looks at him "Me Gabriel, three years old" *holding up three fingers* and if he has his birthday present scooter with him he will stop scooting, hold it up and say "My cool scooter!"... basically everything you need to know about him I guess?<br />
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In a week or so my little Samurai will be 1. ONE. I swear I was just blogging about leaving the hospital after having him. Time goes by faster and faster. <br />
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So a lot of things have happened.<br />
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<b>At the moment I have no interest in writing about any of it though. </b><br />
I haven't sat down and done anything arty for ages so in that sense there isn't that much to tell.<br />
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Kyle was able to put together this awesome video of our shop for those of you who live away and won't be able to see it.<br />
For those living close by who haven't come to see us yet. <i>Shame on you</i>. <br />
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Come visit us - I'll talk to you in person. It'll be great. <br />
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Eleanorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00232463128315706314noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3181796583937646640.post-76402380352729017542013-09-15T13:40:00.000+10:002013-09-15T13:42:10.363+10:00A blog meet upThe shop opens soon and before we open our doors to the public we will be holding a blogger get together so that people can meet our designers, have some tasty snacks, listen to some wonderful live music and do a touch of craft!<br />
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It's all just an excuse to hang out with friends and meet up with some amazing people who I have been online stalking for a while (that's nowhere near as creepy as it sounds)<br />
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McKenzie will be there, sharing her music talents with us live <a href="https://soundcloud.com/mckenzie-4/sets/the-hearts-weve-got-ep" target="_blank">(check her out on soundcloud) </a>and some of our designers will be there to lay out their wisdom and impress you with their foxy craftiness.<br />
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The list is filling up fast, but we would love to know if you can make it. It's not just bloggers that are invited, but if you are super keen on the old crafts (we're thinking more 'knitting' than 'sorcery') then I highly recommend that you come along and check out the shop.<br />
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It's free! You just need to bring your good selves along to our shop in Parramatta.<br />
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Let me know so we can have all our fun goodies together for you.<br />
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<br />Eleanorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00232463128315706314noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3181796583937646640.post-53787303171322563442013-09-09T10:40:00.000+10:002013-09-09T10:40:17.367+10:00Put up signs for markets. Seriously.Does anyone have a Samsung phone? I have a Galaxy 3.<br />
<br />I got it because earlier this year in a moment of brilliance I managed to drop my iphone (which was epic and had great battery life and no problems) into the bath and I didn't want to pay an extra $20 a month for the iPhone 5. <br />
My Galaxy dies every day. Some nights, after being plugged in all night I'll look at it and see that it's only on 17% or something tragic like that.<br />
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I mention all of this to make excuses for the SINGLE dark and uninspired photo that I have of my market stall on Saturday. I only had 50% battery to last the whole day. It didn't last. <br />
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It was a quiet market. I learned plenty about the importance of visible signage, for example, but it was great to meet so many other amazingly talented people. <br />
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Right next door to me was Chanelle who has some of the most crazy detailed drawings ever. I am in love with these elephant fellows. Like... the detail is just mind boggling. <br />
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And this awesome artist Jennie, who illustrates some nifty foxes and some animals in Star Trek cosplay and Dr Who outfits who I think are super awesome. Officially you might call them "children's" or "nursery" prints, but I kind of just want them for myself.<br />
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Everyone had stalls that were about a thousand times more awesome than mine, and I got a lot of ideas and was totally inspired so after feeling sick and like a mental case for all the rest of the weekend I have woken up today (it's Monday) with a brain full of ideas and a whole lot of brainstorming to do as we count down to <a href="http://www.theelmtree.com.au/" target="_blank">The Elm Tree's</a> official opening on the 28th of September. <br />
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First though, I have to clean the house. Ugh. Eleanorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00232463128315706314noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3181796583937646640.post-35476608548191993042013-09-04T18:11:00.001+10:002013-09-04T18:11:15.719+10:00Father's change nappies too. True Story.One time when I was younger, a man who was unstable came into the church where I was sitting and started to swear at me and verbally attack me. Near by a man (who I knew) just sat and watched smiling uncomfortably.<br />
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I was holding my baby brother and the man was kind of big so I just sat there and occasionally defended my rights (not really in a very productive way<i> 'I can look at who I want to look at'</i> for example, wasn't a helpful thing to say) until someone who heard the rukus went and found my dad who took the man aside and told him in a firm voice that <i>"that b!tch"</i> was his daughter and could he please leave the building (where he told him some other things...)<br />
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And I was glad that my father was there, and glad that I could see him defend me. No one else was and it was wonderfully reassuring to know that he would always be on my side. <b>I still remember how it felt to know that someone cared about me enough to confront someone to defend me</b> <span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>(My dad is awesome)</i></span><br />
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<br />Today is Kyle's birthday.<br />
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He's at home editing his most recent film project which means that we have been able to spend the day together and so off we went to get haircuts and eat lunch and play at play grounds (I even took photos)<br />
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And we had to change the baby's nappy. It happens.<br />
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The sign on the door said "baby changing room" and we walked in behind two women talking very loudly about something which they obviously didn't mind us hearing about (or they wouldn't have continued talking so loudly surely) and we changed the baby.<br />
As they came out of the toilets one of the women started to say (just as loudly) that she was sure men weren't allowed in there as 'hearing women piss' is just wrong and couldn't he have stayed outside, and I'm going to check because I think it's completely wrong and sick and at that point I turned around and said:<br />
"IF YOU HAVE SOMETHING TO SAY ABOUT US, SAY IT <i>TO</i> US!" <br />
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... And then I said a few other things... which might have included "if you have a problem with men hearing you go to the toilet then go to the ladies room, it says baby changing room on the door - <u><i>I don't see your baby!</i></u>" And the woman I was talking to backed away.<br />
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We walked out later and saw a council worker who told us that the women had spoken to him about it all and he had told him the same thing that I had. Go to the ladies bathroom if you want there to only be ladies around you.<br />
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Kyle had been ignoring the women's conversation entirely so he was surprised that I had snapped at them, and I know that if he had heard what they had been saying he would have said something himself - but just so you know Ky. I've got your back. I'm on your side. Even though I get a bit shaky and emotional when I have to do things like that and even though I stay all riled up about it for the whole rest of the day <i><span style="font-size: x-small;">(and post blogs about it)</span></i>. <br />
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I'll confront people (even though it's pretty beyond my comfort zone) to defend you - and your right to use a room designated for people caring for babies and children. <br />
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You can use the baby changing room... you know... <i>TO CHANGE THE BABY. </i> <br />
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<b>Happy Birthday. </b><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Apologies for the awkwardly compiled photos. The boys didn't all fit in the photo because Ronin was way below table level. In other news good on you Boost and Salsa for giving free things to customers on their birthday. Don't rate the burrito but at least no money was wasted in figuring out that they aren't that good.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"> Gabe blowing bubbles (he thinks it's so cool... it's so gross) while Kyle gets his hair cut. I spoke to the hairdresser in Mandarin and she didn't understand me (devastating) but it was only because she didn't expect it from me (phew!) after that she understood everything I said. Crisis averted.</span><br />
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This is a 6 minute assignment that he did for school. The first film that he wrote and directed himself.<br />
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HR in this office must not do anything because there is some serious bullying and invasion of personal spaces and properties going on here...<br />
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While we were setting up our market, Ky was shooting his next assignment... here's a preview...<br />
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Our <i>mega glam garage sale</i> was an effective experiment, though perhaps not the roaring success that we might have wished it to be. (You know - when heaps of people come and give us all their money) <br />
The weather was fantastic, and although there were a significant number of hiccups in the morning as we got things set up (including a man who wanted to buy McKenzie's guitar - NOT FOR SALE!) it all looked wonderful (if I do say so myself)<br />
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Thanks to <a href="http://dimplesbyanaliesejane.com/" target="_blank">Analiese</a> and her photography talents I can give you a tour of our little market and it's wares.<br />
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Framed prints. Notebooks. Reina's rice filled heat packs. Zana's bags, and Reina's cushions.<br />
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Katie's booties and muesli. Tool box/magazine holders and Candle centrepieces (below) by Reina (and Ryan)<br />
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We will be opening our shop on September the 28th and you will be able to find all these things and much more from other amazing local talents. <br />
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If you want to catch up with me in the mean time I will be at the Makers Market at UNSW next Saturday (September 7) so feel free to come and visit me (and a whole troop of other awesome etsy sellers) when you are done voting!Eleanorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00232463128315706314noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3181796583937646640.post-67941517554354555802013-08-15T11:24:00.000+10:002013-08-15T11:56:31.133+10:00A Glammed up Garage SaleThe Elm Tree has been approved and we will be moving into our Pop Up space on September 20... so after furnishing it and prettifying all the wonderful stock people are bringing in to sell we will be opening for business before the end of September!<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Pretty awesome news!!</span><br />
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With all the time that we have leading up to getting our space we have been furiously making things and being creative and all of that good stuff.<i> (Never mind the bank stuff and stressful side of the whole thing)</i> The Elm Tree as a brand is coming together pretty well and to celebrate and launch the things that we will be selling in the store ourselves we have gathered together a few friends and will be hosting a<span style="font-size: large;"><i><b> mega glam garage sale</b></i> <span style="font-size: small;">in North Parramatta on Saturday August 31.</span></span><br />
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It seems a bit pretentious of me to call it a brand launch - but I won't deny that I am ridiculously excited about the thought of spending time with some very awesome ladies and chatting and making things and listening to nice music and visiting with the people who come <b>(you'll be there I'm sure) </b><br />
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I will be selling my art and various other things that I have made (that also have my art on them) like notebooks and quilts (I'm still figuring out this whole quilting thing so we'll see if they make it on the day) <br />
My sister <b>Reina</b> and her husband (who is a pretty talented wood worker) have been putting their minds together to bring to life all the sketches that she has in her sketch book with wooden ladders (the designer home-ware kind) and candle centrepieces and a whole heap of beach style home-wares.<br />
<b>Jess</b> will be baking up a storm and catering for even the gluten intolerant among us (pre-orders will be available soon!)<br />
<b>Katie</b> (my business partner in the store) has been testing out her craft skills on a range of baby gear - from onesies to booties.<br />
<b>McKenzie</b> (who will also be working with us in the shop) is a talented artist who has turned her hand to sewing and is just as talented at that! McKenzie is also a wonderful musician (because she doesn't have enough talents!!) and has performed numerous times in Parramatta and I'm sure we can expect to hear her lovely music as well as seeing her other creations on the day.<br />
A lot of my friends already have children who I've seen wearing <b>Zana'</b>s unique skirts, but you'll also be able to pick up a one of a kind design from her on Saturday too!!<br />
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So spread the word and hit up the ATM before coming to visit us. <br />
It's close by Parramatta Lake, so make a day of it why don't you and enjoy our little neighbourhood.<br />
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See you then!!<br />
<br />Eleanorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00232463128315706314noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3181796583937646640.post-54778683868636329492013-08-12T22:03:00.000+10:002013-08-12T22:03:10.824+10:00My family. <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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On the morning that we were to get our photos taken by Analiese <a href="http://dimplesbyanaliesejane.com/" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: x-small;">(from *Dimples* by AnalieseJane)</span></a> Ronin fell onto his face and bruised his cheek. <br />
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Analiese's photos have basically confirmed two things that I pretty much already knew.<br />
<b><span style="font-size: large;">1.</span> She is an awesome photographer with some leet photoshop bruise removing skills.</b><br />
<b><span style="font-size: large;">2.</span> I have adorable children!</b><br />
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<b> </b>See? So cute. (If only this were a perpetual reality because they were both little nut cases today...)<br />
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I actually really dislike having my photo taken partly because of the regular boring reasons<i> (wah wah my eyes are crooked blah blah)</i> and partly because I think that I look especially stupid in posey photos.<br />
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These photos weren't like that. With occasional guidance (lighting and composition ideas) Analiese just took photos of us being a family and when Ky decided that he wanted certain photos of him with his boys she was more than happy to oblige.<br />
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<i> (Fun fact: Ronin is eating grass in the photo on the left and is shoving a flower in his mouth in the photo on the right... Just keeping it real)</i><br />
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The turn over between getting the photos taken and getting the link to the online gallery of our work was fast, and I was SO happy with the photos that she chose to send us. Especially because she sent through the photos of us being real as well as the ones of us being atypically (comparatively) good looking.<br />
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I love this photo... (that green colour in the back? One of my favourite colours <i>in the world</i>)<br />
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And I love this photo even more... because this is basically the story of my life. Kyle laughing at something (probably something that he said himself) and me looking at him just like that.<br />
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It's REAL!<br />
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Photography is awesome because it captures real moments that are worthy of remembering - and I love those real, honest photos much more than posed photos. Analiese was great because she made the boys feel comfortable (Gabriel LOVED having his photos taken) and let us laugh and parent and joke and just be ourselves and still managed to make us look good!<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>Gabe's mismatched socks :)</i> He was really worried he was going to fall off Ky's shoulder.</span><br />
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Sometimes it's a difficult thing to prioritise family photos when other things come up (like power bills and registering your car and all those other gross real life things) but you can't really put prices on memories like these. I have a lot of photos, a lot of them have great memories attached to them, but they don't look super nice like these ones. Why bother paying to get photos taken? BECAUSE THEY LOOK BETTER. You know... <b><i>cos it's their job!</i></b><br />
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Good photographers have skills that you probably don't.<br />
I know how to use photoshop to make art, I can even edit some photos but making beautiful photos isn't my job. Thanks to Analiese I even know how to shoot using the manual settings on a camera... but my photos don't look like these.<br />
Also - I am usually the one taking photos and so there aren't a lot of photos of me and my boys together (selfies absolutely do not count) so these photos are amazing for me.<br />
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I have already ordered prints.<br />
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Ky and I have set a goal to get photos taken every year to track our families growth.<br />
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<i><u>It is worth it. </u></i><br />
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<br />Eleanorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00232463128315706314noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3181796583937646640.post-55355134101588372972013-08-05T10:33:00.000+10:002013-08-05T10:33:01.144+10:00The Elm Tree - Handmade in AustraliaNot long before the Samurai was born I decided that I really wanted to set up a business that sold handmade goodies and then taught you how to make things... it seems rather counter productive to teach people to make the things that you are also trying to sell them, but I am standing by my initial business plan.<br />
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I have awful timing. Brand new baby + brand new business = stress, and when it came to the 'something's gotta give' point it was naturally the business that gave.<br />
I just couldn't do it on my own.<br />
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Enter Katie.<br />
Katie has a lovely daughter the same age as the Samurai.<br />
Her husband is studying full time. (like mine)<br />
She speaks Mandarin after living in Taiwan (like me!)<br />
<strike>Best of all</strike>, she is in the perfect position to be going into business with me.<br />
BEST of all she is <i>WILLING</i> to go into business with me.<br />
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So we have been working our butts off this past month putting our application into the Parramatta Council to be part of the Pop Up Parramatta initiative that places creative enterprises like ours into vacant commercial properties.<br />
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We've been meeting with stockists, working out budgets, calling in favours with trades-people we know, re-purposing furniture we pick up from the side of the road, meeting with the bank, taking photos, sourcing materials... and having a lot of facebook chat conferences hahaha.<br />
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Half (or 2/3) of the space of the store will be dedicated to selling the work of local artists and designers in a marketplace style set up. All our products will be aimed at children, with a focus on sustainability.<br />
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The rest of the space will be used as a classroom where we will teach crafting and art classes for children and adults.<br />
We just want to bring the focus back to the community, to makers and craftspeople and away from the commercialism of big stores.<br />
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That's the goal.<br />
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If you or anyone you know would like to be part of a shop like this, as a teacher or as a stockist (we sell on consignment - no commission, only rent) please contact us { hello@theelmtree.com.au } <br />
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<br />Eleanorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00232463128315706314noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3181796583937646640.post-57135163917697892862013-07-31T17:16:00.000+10:002013-07-31T17:16:01.311+10:00If my boys had a room like this...<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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Light and organised and tidy and spacious.<br />
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I don't think they mind very much that their room is only about half the size of this room with a window that overlooks the carpark (and cemetery beyond) because, well, the Samurai is 8 months old so what does he care, and the Angel is far more interested in the boxes of toys that take up any floor space he might have had to play on. He happily (and regularly) takes over the living room if he needs space to play.<br />
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But <i>if</i> they had a room like this I can guarantee that the art on their walls would change very frequently, and would be photographed often. Frankly - this is the only honest reason why I wish the boys had a room like this... because I am tired of being disappointed by the photos I have been taking of my work... my complete lack of space (and professional stylist) are frustrating. As for the boys? as far as they're concerned, the whole house is their room so they don't care if they have a schmick and nicely styled place to sleep (thankfully)<br />
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Photos of my work will be coming soon, and stuck all over etsy and the new selling platform Nookroad (<a href="http://nookroad.com/" target="_blank">check it out</a>) but it takes me a while to think up descriptions (I won't pretend that they're witty) and click through all the categories my work fits into and enter sizes and postage costs and all that other stuff. So I have cut some corners and posted all my current prints <a href="http://eleanormccomb.blogspot.com.au/p/blog-page.html" target="_blank">on the blog</a> for you to have a look at. (Click on the 'print sale' tab along the top) When I get some more time I will be moving them onto etsy, but you'd be doing me a favour if you bought them from here so I don't have to put them up hahah... yeah. <br />
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<b><span style="font-size: small;">The Elm Tree: the real life shop </span></b>is coming some time next month and everything has been super busy getting it sorted out. I have had zero time to do art or anything very creative so I have to apologise (again) to those with subscriptions. I am putting together something special to make up for my tardiness! Promise!!<br />
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If you are interested in being part of our store I will be posting more details soon.<br />
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<br />Eleanorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00232463128315706314noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3181796583937646640.post-51356317823004257392013-07-10T17:13:00.000+10:002013-07-10T17:13:53.223+10:00Sick daysIt seems like every winter I am bemoaning the same things. It is probably indicative of some kind of disastrous vitamin deficiency ( :( ) but every time the weather gets cold our house needs to be quarantined. We are the tag team family of phlegm (ew) as soon as one member of the family has wrestled their illness into submission and reached a state of wellness the next person leaps in to the sick ring. Last winter I remember having to cancel nearly every social commitment we had because we didn't want to infect our friends.<br />
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Everyone is slowly recovering and so the days here are punctuated by naps. Family naps.<br />
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I came out of my 'office' (I have my computer set up in the angel's room) and found this.<br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">ps. Ky dressed them - and obviously dressed himself - and they're matching. Pretty cute. The room was really dark so these are the clearest photos I could get - and it took a lot of tries to get them. Blur city. </span>Eleanorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00232463128315706314noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3181796583937646640.post-51411018765803895312013-07-09T14:37:00.000+10:002013-07-09T14:40:35.519+10:00Love your cameraI have always felt a bit limited by words, which might be one of the reasons why I love art so much. That's not to say that I don't love words too - I read a lot, but sometimes you can say a lot more with an image. You know...<br />
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<b>1 picture > 1000 words.</b><br />
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However many words a picture may be worth, learning how to take nice photos has always been on my list of things to do.<br />
Reading other peoples blogs and seeing how awesome their photos are has only served to remind me almost daily how badly I wish I knew how to do more than just take an 'auto' photo.<br />
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So on Monday morning <a href="http://dimplesbyanaliesejane.com/" target="_blank">Analiese</a> sat down with me and schooled me on how to use a DSLR - it's my mums, but after this she'll be lucky if she gets it back... (don't worry mum, I know that you're very very lucky)<br />
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For anyone who is interested in learning more about using your camera then I would absolutely recommend going to one of Analiese's classes. I have spoken about her before on this blog, so if you have a good memory you will know that she is a relative of mine, but asides from this and her being generally awesome - I really enjoyed learning how to take a decent photo.<br />
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The benefit of her 'Love your camera' course was in the absolute personal application of it. It wasn't just about learning how to use a tool for sake of being able to use a tool, but the whole conversation (it was one on one so it was informal and relaxed) applied to how I would be using a camera after I left the class. So while I haven't taken any other photography classes (ever) I still think that it is a great reminder even for people who have.<br />
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She went through all the auto and semi-auto settings on the camera and then we took a bunch of photos fully manual, which was around the time that my boys all came back from wandering around the park and so I was able to take some photos of them.<br />
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Analiese is predominantly a family photographer, but this class is about learning how to use and love your camera so that you can use it to tell the stories that <i>you</i> want to tell in the way that you want to tell it. There was no pretentious<i> 'only shoot manual because everything else is cheating' </i>or anything like that, but I am excited that I can apply the things that she taught me (and use the little cheat sheet of notes she gave me) to my point and shoot camera - which also has a manual setting.<br />
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I'm totally putting pressure on myself to produce good photos on this blog now, but with a shop opening in the works and life as hectic as ever, it is really nice to have some more skills in my arsenal and great as well to have been able to spend some time doing getting something from my bucket list ticked off.<br />
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<a href="http://dimplesbyanaliesejane.com/workshops/" target="_blank">Analiese has a class coming up later this month</a> (on the 20th) so check out her website and send her an email if you are interested in a spot there - or if you would like to have a class like me just one on one, email her for more info.<br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">ps. Obviously Analiese took the photos of me taking photos - she sent them to me (because I'm vain and I asked for them) and they had a number for the file number. I totally renamed it 'eleanorisaphotographer' hahahaha. One class and already I'm all like 'woo check me out' Hi-larious. </span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span>Eleanorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00232463128315706314noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3181796583937646640.post-62040108561881946922013-07-03T17:23:00.001+10:002013-07-03T17:23:42.917+10:00KyKyle served a mission for our church in Washington DC. I served one in Taibei.<br />
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As you might imagine, living away from home with a strict set of rules, working hard to share something that is deeply personal (faith) with a lot of people (most of whom reject your message) can be quite challenging.<br />
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Recently Ky was asked to make a short documentary style film for his course - using a voice over and photo montage.<br />
I don't think that either of us are overly preachy people (obviously asides from the time we spent actively being preachy as missionaries) we just live our lives and let other live theirs and our relationships with people are not contingent upon them agreeing with our lifestyle nor us with theirs.<br />
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So it was somewhat surprising to some people in his class when he produced a film recounting part of the personal journey that he went on as a missionary. It's not really about being Mormon so to speak, it's not even really about God... it's just about a journey.<br />
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I drew some of the images for him to fill in the holes where photos were absent. The girl who appears in reference to girlfriends never actually dated him (he actually went out with that girl's friend) - he just didn't have any other photos.<br />
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And as a final note - I hate that last photo. I totally wasn't ready for the camera to go off. Boo.<br />
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<br />Eleanorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00232463128315706314noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3181796583937646640.post-83750019924471649272013-07-03T16:44:00.000+10:002013-07-03T16:44:49.609+10:00Oh this?Some days I am so overwhelmed by everything, or just so out of sorts that I feel like I am faking everything I do.<br />
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On those days I wonder if it is really obvious - just how much I <i>don't</i> know about what I'm doing.</div>
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Some days it probably is, but other days less so. </div>
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In any case, it helps to remind myself that everyone has their own issues that they're carrying around. </div>
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Maybe not as obvious an animal perched on my head... but still. </div>
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<i>I drew this a few years ago. My brother just let me borrow his computer monitor and so I have been able to get back into a whole lot of my art that has been locked away for months since my screen got wrecked. </i></div>
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Eleanorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00232463128315706314noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3181796583937646640.post-10422027742175793892013-07-02T16:11:00.001+10:002013-07-02T16:11:25.248+10:00Mum, Oma, and GrandmaWhen I was pregnant with the angel Ky and I helped his parents pack up some of the rooms of their house in preparation for getting it ready to sell. For me - quite pregnant - that meant that I was packing up Sue's craft room - which was extensive and totally awesome. One day I will have a craft room like that. With shelves of fabric, (maybe paper and paint for me) and all sorts of goodies in drawers around the place.<br />
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There was a whole basket full of fabric off cuts in various sizes and patterns that I looted like a fabric pirate. (The rest went into the bin, so really I was rescuing it)<br />
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I am a total quilting noob, despite my mum being super awesome at making quilts and my mother in law having a quilting business - but I thought I would give it a go.<br />
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I cut the fabric wrong, I didn't even iron some of it, I sewed it however I felt like, and my general lack of precision left me with a quilt top that wouldn't sit flat ... and it was seriously frustrating.<br />
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My mum saved me. We used my patchwork compilation as a fabric which we cut up and mixed with some yellow she had to make squares which we could get to sit flat. She very recently finished it up for me - quilting it on her machine.<br />
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So... it all started as fabric remnants from Grandma, got messed up by Mum, and saved by Oma.<br />
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More than 2 years later, here it is. A very Swedish looking (in colour) kids quilt.<br />
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Lessons learned (or revised)<br />
<b> 1. Be precise. </b><br />
<b> 2. My mum is awesome.</b><br />
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