Following on from my corsage drama, I checked out Diva and I think giant flowers might be too much for my small frame. So I’ve turned to bows instead. Not your typical gossip girl bows, but more angular bows.
Like these ribbon bows:
Or maybe just a giant bow, like a scarf:
Ignore the fact that she is draped in a cape of AWESOME FLOWERS. This is definetely something to ponder.
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Another page from Aussie Arts, listing shops around Australia that would sell handmade/independent goods by commission. Posted 18 May, 2008.
Fallow – I think this is now Allegorie.com.au?
The Hive Gallery
25 Lonsdale St, Braddon 2612
Itrip Iskip
30 Lonsdale St, Braddon 2612
Abicus
124 Darby St, Cooks Hill, Newcastle 2300
Alfie’s Little Brother Carter
348 Darling St, Balmain 2041
Beautiful on the Inside
45/322 Bourke St, Surry Hills 2010
Betty Mim
167 Darby St, Cooks Hill, Newcastle 2300
Capital L
333 South Dowling St, Darlinghurst 2010
Dragstar Clothing
535a King St, Newtown 2042
Glamourpuss
38 Swanson St, Erskinville
High Tea with Mrs Woo
74 Darby St, Newcastle 2300
Incu
Galeries Victoria, 500 George St, Sydney NSW 2000
256 Oxford St, Paddington 2021
Made590
590 King St, Newtown 2042
MCA Store
Level 1, Museum of Contemporary Art, West Circular Quay, The Rocks
Mint
Shop 8, 9-15 Central Avenue, Manly 2095
Mooch Inside
1/1 Killcare Rd, Hardys Bay 2257
Munky Bizness
313 King St, Newtown 2042
72B Oxford St, Paddington
Nique & Tianna
500b Miller St, Cammeray
Pigeon Ground Records & Clothing
102 Salisbury Road, Camperdown
Object
St Margarets, 417Bourke St, Surry Hills 2010
Ourmishmash
14 Curlewis St, Bondi
Roof on Fire
461 Oxford St, Paddington NSW
RubanRat
423 King St, Newtown 2042
Somedays
72b Fitzroy St, Surry Hills 2010
sQuareOne
525 Harris St, Ultimo
Via Alley
Shop 2, 289 Liverpool St, Darlinghurst 2010
Zukini
483 King St, Newtown 2042
84 Ramsay St, Five Dock
Mixed Lollies
Shop 3/11 Cinema Complex, Todd Mall, Alice Springs
I Hate My Skirt
Shop 2/2247 Gold Coast Hwy, Nobby Beach
Maiocchi
280 Wintergarden, Level 2 Queen St, Brisbane
370 Brunswick St, Fortitude Valley 4006
(m)art
381Brunswick St, Fortitude Valley 4006
Pink Unlimited
103 Mary St, Gympie
eVe Boutique
148D The Parade, Norwood
Irving Baby
40 Hindley St, Adelaide 5000
33 Twin St, Adelaide 5000
Cocoon
109 George St, Launceston 7250
Pocket Space
32 Criterion St, Hobart
Small Rhino
Shop 3, Bank Arcade, 64-68 Liverpool St, Hobart 7000
Alice Euphemia
Shop 6, Cathedral Arcade, 37 Swanston St, Melbourne 3000
Anomaly
Currently moving
Arthur’s Circus
631 Queensberry St, North Melbourne 3051
Bob Boutique
Shamrock Building, 17 Williamson St, Bendigo
Brunswick Bound
361 Sydney Rd, Brunswick 3056
The Cat’s Meow
Shop 9, Campbell Arcade, Degraves St Subway, Melbourne 3000
Craft Victoria
31 Flinders Lane, Melbourne 3000
Corky St Clair
Shop 3 Degraves St Subway, Melbourne 3000
Curious Eidolon
80 Johnson St, Fitzroy VIC 3065
Design a space
142 Chapel St, Windsor 3181
20 Manchester Ln, Melbourne 3000
Gallery 696
696 Sydney Rd, Brunswick 3056
Genki
Shop 5, Cathedral Arcade, 37 Swanston St, Melbourne 3000
Hummingbird 60
60 High St, Northcote 3070
Hunter Gatherer
82A Acland Street, St Kilda
274 Brunswick St, Fitzroy 3065
I Dream A Highway
259 High St, Northcote 3070
In the Woods
246 High St, Northcote 3070
in.cube8r
321 Smith St, Fitzroy 3065
Kids In Berlin
472 Victoria St, North Melbourne 3051
Little Salon
71 Gertrude St Fitzroy 3065
353 Little Collins St, Melbourne 3000
Lulamae
151 Sydney Road, Brunswick 3056
Lulu
322a Carlilse St, Balaclava
Meet Me At Mikes
63 Brunswick St, Fitzroy 3065
Milly Sleeping
157 Eglin St, Carlton
Miss Lau
Shop 2, 237-239 Flinders Lane, Melbourne 3000
Monk House
102 Lygon St, East Brunswick
Pussycat Black
3 Edward St, Brunswick 3056
Robio
73 Gertrude St, Fitzroy 3065
Somebuddy Loves You
193 Smith St, Fitzroy 3065
Spokey Dokes
Shop 14 Williams Lane, 189 Williams St, Northbridge
Stay Human
Upstairs, 77 Bridge Rd, Richmond 3121
Sticky
Degraves Subway, Shop 10 Campbell Arcade, Melbourne 3000
Thread Den
Upstairs, 16 Errol St, North Melbourne
Wilkins and Kent
230 Brunswick St, Fitzroy 3065
Behind The Monkey
479 Beaufort St, Highgate 6003
the Butcher Shop
Rear 276 William St, Northbridge 6003
Distracted: Merchants Of Fancy
324 Oxford St, Leederville
Eldorado
331 Murray St, Perth 6000
Evolve Gifts & Homewares
Onslow Shopping Village, 159 Onslow Rd, Shenton Park
1260 Hay St, West Perth
36 Napoleon St, Cottesloe
Fremantle Arts Centre
Fremantle Arts Centre, 1 Finnerty St, Freemantle 6959
Funky Bunches
109 Oxford St, Leederville
Harry High Pants
259 William St, Northbridge 6003
Keith & Lottie
276 William St, Northbridge 6003
Lala Orange
411 William St, Northbridge 6003
Libertine
5/595 Beaufort St, Mt Lawley
Lick Clothing
25 Market St, Fremantle
Miani Unique Gifts
23 Hampden Rd, Nedlands
Ruck Rover
4/595 Beaufort St, Mt Lawley
Shop In a Qube
Opening soon at Westfield Carousel
Tu
Shop 9, Shafto Lane, Perth 6000
Urban Depot
115 Oxford St, Leederville 6007
*ware
Shop 3, The Astor Arcade, 665 Beaufort St, Mt Lawley
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A page from Aussie Arts (published May 18, 2008) listing all the independent/local galleries at the time that would accept artist submissions/hires.
Impressions on Paper
7 Lonsdale St, Braddon 2612
M16 Artspace
16 Mildura St, Fyshwick 2609
aMBUSH Gallery
4A James St, Waterloo 2017
The Artery
55 Enmore Rd, Newtown 2042
The artRoom Upstairs
Lvl 1, 106a The Corso, Manly 2095
Australian Centre for Photography
257 Oxford St, Paddington 2021
The Art Traders
134 Darlinghurst Road, Darlinghurst 2010
Black and Blue
302/267-271 Cleveland St, Redfern 2016
Blank_Space
374 Crown St, Surry Hills 2010
Blender Gallery
16 Elizabeth St, Paddington 2021
CarriageWorks
245 Wilson St, Eveleigh 2016
Chalk Horse
56 Cooper St, Surry Hills 2010
China Heights
L3, 16-28 Foster St, Surry Hills 2010
Danks St Galleries
2 Danks St, Waterloo
Dobry Den
326 Crown St, Surry Hills 2010
Don’t Look
419 New Canterbury Rd, Dulwich Hill 2203
Firstdraft
116-118 Chalmers St, Surry Hills 2010
Gallery 44
44 Little Oxford St, Darlinghurst 2010
Global Gallery
5 Comber St, Paddington
Kinokinuya Gallery
L2, Galleries Victoria, 500 George St, Sydney 2000
Little Fish Gallery
22 Enmore Road, Newtown 2042
Mays Lane
Mays Lane, St Peters
Medium Rare
70 Regent St, Redfern 2016
Monster Children
20 Burton St, Surry Hills 2010
MOP
2/39 Abercrombie St, Chippendale 2008
Mori Gallery
168 Day St, Sydney 2000
MTV Gallery
4-16 Yurong St, East Sydney
Newview Gallery
277 Australia St, Newtown 2042
Oxford Art Factory
38-46 Oxford St, Darlinghurst 2010
Outre Gallery
13A Burton St, Darlinghurst 2010
Peloton
19 & 25 Meagher St, Chippendale
Pine St
64 Pine St, Chippendale 2008
Rince
346 Crown St, Darlinghurst 2010
RubanRat
76 Parramatta Road, Stanmore 2048
SNO (Sydney Non Objective)
Lvl 1, 175 Marrickville Road, Marrickvile 2204
Somedays
72B Fitzroy St, Surry Hills 2010
sQuareOne
525 Harris St, Ultimo
Via Alley
Shop 2, 289 Liverpool St, Darlinghurst
The Wall
World Bar, 29 Bayswater Road, Kings Cross
Wallspace
currently moving
Jugglers Art Space
103 Brunswick St, Fortitude Valley
Percolator Gallery
134 LaTrobe Terrace, Paddington 4064
Criterion Gallery
12 Criterion St, Central Hobart 7000
696
696 Sydney Road, Brunswick
Artschmart
Revolver, 229 Chapel St, Prahran
Blindside
Nicholas Building, lvl 7, rm 14, 37 Swanston St, Melbourne 3000
Bus Gallery
117 Lt Londsdale St, Melbourne 3000
Carlton Studios & Gallery
Lvl 1 Carlton Club Hotel, 193-197 Bourke St, Melbourne 3000
Centre for Contemporary Photography
404 George St, Fitzroy
Don’t Come
Royal Arcade, Lvl 2/314 Lt Collins St, Melbourne 3000
Fad Gallery
14 Corrs Lane, Chinatown, Melbourne 3000
Famous When Dead
207 Victoria St, West Melbourne 3003
Green-Wood
1 Hotham St, South Melbourne 3205
Hogan Gallery
310 Smith St, Collingwood 3066
Kick Gallery
239 High St, Northcote 3070
Metro 5 Gallery
1214 High St, Armadale 3143
The Narrows
Lvl 2, 141 Flinders Lane, Melbourne 3000
No Vacancy
27-33 Red Cape Lane, Melbourne 3000
Outre Gallery
249 Elizabeth St, Melbourne 3000
Paper Shadow Gallery
Miss Libertines, 34 Franklin St, Melbourne 3000
Per Square Metre
191-193 Johnson St, Collingwood 3066
Rise and Fall
Lvl 6 Curtin House, 252 Swanston St, Melbourne 3000
Uber Gallery
52 Fitzroy St, St Kilda 3182
Until Never
Lvl 2, 3-5 Hosier Lane, Melbourne 3000
Utopian Slumps
25 Easey St, Collingwood 3066
Villian
554 Sydney Road, Brunswick
Behind the Monkey
479 Beaufort St, Highgate 6003
Formallyknownas
Lvl 1, 38 Pier St, Perth 6000
Keith & Lottie
276 William St, Northbridge 6003
Wasteland
Upstairs 44 King St, Perth 6000
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Another one from Aussie Arts, written June 10, 2008.
Let’s face it – if you’re a designer, crafter or an artist with a blog you’re inevitably going to be wanting to pimp your skills. However, when you start going from personal blog to a professional folio blog, you need to carefully look at the way you present yourself and the way you interact with your readers and the rest of the world wide web.
Luckily, there’s a number of talented bloggers out there who have some tips to help you. As I come along more articles, I’ll add them to this post so it becomes EXTRA-helpful.
Nubby Twiglet has a number of posts on Business & Marketing, coming from her experience as a freelance designer.
Pip from Meet Me at Mikes has recently done a run of entries on how to maintain a craft blog, but they can be applied to pretty much any blog possible.
Every Tuesday, Leni & Rose does a post on blogging tips & tricks. They also include step-by-step guides on how to customise your Blogger account, if that’s your processor of choice.
Other articles:
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Transferring some of my posts from my soon-to-be-defunct arts blog, Aussie Arts. This was written in June 4, 2008 so is probably completely innacurate by now, But good for a start if anyone is googling.
Since Aussie Arts was recieving alot of search hits for zines, I thought I’d celebrate the MCA Zine Fair with an entry about the Zine Scene in Australia. If you are unaware of what exactly a zine entails, I suggest you get the full lowdown at Book of Zines.
The Australian zine scene (sorry, I can’t stop saying it) is a funny thing. It’s like Sydney weather – dry one day, flooding rain the next. The entire structure of the scene is run on people’s spare time and money, meaning that previous information about zine stockists, distros and groups quickly becomes outdated. I’m hoping to maintain this entry as a current and relevant list of zine contacts, which I’ll update as information comes to hand. If you are aware of anything that’s incorrect or missing, please send it through to karen.at.karenisafox.com and I’ll make the necessary changes.
Recently Miss Helen (I think) set up a new google email group, Australian Zines and Small Press. It is great, join now.
Beating Hearts Press
PO Box 37
Rochedale South QLD 4123
Flying Machine
Emma
PO Box 4, Enmore NSW 2042
(She is slowly getting back into distro, currently working on only distributing her new zines)
Gato Loco
P.O. Box 190
Seddon West VIC 3011
Spiral Objective
PO Box 126, Oaklands Park SA 5046
Zine Classifieds
(it’s online! it’s awesome!)
Arc Art Store @ COFA
COFA Campus (OXford St Corner), Paddington NSW
Paint it Black Records
86 Enmore Road, Newtown NSW 2042
Polyester Books
330 Brunswick Street, Fitzroy, Victoria, AUSTRALIA 3065
PO Box 73, Fitzroy, Victoria, AUSTRALIA 3065
RubanRat
King St, Newtown NSW 2042
SquareOne
525 Harris St, Ultimo NSW
Sticky
Shop 10 Campbell Arcade
(underneath Flinders St Station via Degraves St underpass)
Melbourne VIC 3000
This is a listing of stockists that once used to stock zines, but now I’m not sure. If you’re looking to stock at these stores, please note that alot of these stores only accept topical zines, eg: music, anarchist, comics etc.
NSW
Gallery Serpentine
Shop 2/116 Enmore Rd, Newtown NSW 2042
MacLean’s Booksellers
69 Beaumont St, Hamilton NSW 2303
PO Box 130, Hamilton NSW 2303
Red Eye
66 King St, Sydney NSW 2000
QLD
Ace Comics
Level 2, 121 Queen St, Brisbane QLD 4000
Comic Warriors
Shop 18, Annerley Arcade, 478 Ipswich Rd, Annerley QLD
Rocking Horse Records
245 Albert St, Brisbane QLD 4000
Trash Video
1/73 Vulture St, West End QLD 4101
TAS
Play by Wire
Shop 23, Yorktown Square, Launceston TAS
VIC
Barricade Books
1st floor of Irene Community Arts Warehouse, 5 Pitt Street, Brunswick VIC 3056
Collectors’ Corner
240 Swanston St, Melbourne VIC 3000
Eltham Bookshop
970 Main Road, Eltham VIC 3095
Friends of the Earth
312 Smith St , Collingwood VIC 3066
Greville Records
152 Greville St, Prahran VIC 3181
Greville St Bookstore
145 Greville St , Prahran VIC 3181
Missing Link Records
Basement 405 Bourke St, Melbourne VIC 3000
Paperback Books
60 Bourke St, Melbourne VIC 3000
Peril Underground
Basement 17-19 Elizabeth St, Melbourne VIC 3000
Synaesthesia
Level 1, 28 Block Place, Melbourne VIC 3000
GPO Box 1117, Melbourne 3001
WA
78 Records
914 Hay St, Perth WA 6000
Dada Records
36 Pier St, Perth WA 6000
Quality Comics
872 Hay St, Perth, WA 6000
PO Box 7742 Cloisters Square WA 6850
Zine Libraries are places you go to read and photocopy archived zines.
Copy and Destroy Zine Library
Visible Ink, Fortitude Valley QLD
Murdoch University science fiction zine collection
South St, Murdoch WA 6150
National Library of Australia
Canberra ACT 2600
Octapod
3/231 King St, Newcastle NSW 2300
State Library of Victoria
328 Swanston St, Melbourne VIC 3000
Festivals can be a one off thing, or an annual thing. Markets on the other hand are pretty regular, and are good if you’re stocking other crap.
ACT
Canberra Writers Festival Zine Fair
Run by the ACT Writers’ Centre, the Zine Fair will be held on Saturday 21 June, in the foyer of Gorman House.
NSW
Consolador de dos Caras DIY Markets
Every Wednesday, 8pm
la Campana, 53-55 liverpool St, Sydney NSW 2000
Kino Zine Fair
A new initiative of Kinokuniya, the giant bookstore in Galleries Victoria. It’s held this year on 28 June 2008 in store.
Level 2, TGV, 500 George St, Sydney NSW 2000
Newcastle Zine and Independent Press Fair
The National Young Writers’ Festival is held as part of the This Is Not Art (TINA) Festival, during the September/October long weekend of every year. A key highlight of the Festival(s) is the Zine fair, which attracts zinesters from all over the country. This year the fair will be on Sunday, 5th October 2008.
Penrith Regional Gallery Inaugural Spring Zine Fair
Last year this was held on the 1st September, as part of a Zine Factory program the gallery was running.
smARTarts Art & Cultural Festival
The smARTarts Festival is a National Youth Week initiative run in and by Pine St Creative Arts Centre. One of the features of the festival is a zine fair. This year the festival was held on 12 April.
Pine St Creative Arts Centre, 62 Pine St, Chippendale NSW 2008
Verge Arts Festival Zine Fair
Verge Arts Festival is run annually by Sydney Uni, and the Zine Fair is booked to run on the 11th September, 2008.
Sydney University, Camperdown NSW
Wollongong City Gallery Zine Fair
First was during National Youth Week earlier this year (13 April, 2008).
SA
Pt Augusta Zine Fair
Every year Pt Augusta has a writer’s festival, and in July ‘08 they had a Zine Fair.
The Barracks, Beachamps Lane, Pt Augusta SA
VIC
Independent Press and Zine Fair
The flagship for the Emerging Writers Festival in Melbourne, this year the Zine Fair was held on the 11 May at the Atrium in Federation Square.
Melbourne, VIC 3000
Mercado Art Market
Bi-monthly art market selling all bits of DIY, run by the good people at Forepaw.
275 High St, Northcote VIC
Sticky’s Festival of the Photocopier
This annual festival run by Australia’s best zine shop was held earlier this year on February 6th, in the Degraves Subway under Flinders St station.
Yeah Write! Zine Fair
Held by the City of Boroondara, Yeah Write! Zine Fair occurred last year on the 24 November at the Hawthorn Town Hall.
358 Burwood Road, Hawthorn VIC
Big ups to the Australian Zines and Small Press group and Keg De Souza’s MCA Zine Fair program for the wealth of info, some which has featured here.
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Last weekend while holidaying on a houseboat (true story) I was reading an article in Vogue Australia’s December issue about the Return of Elegance, by Sarina Lewis. In short, it was about living a “thoughtful life”, stylishly and elegantly. Yesterday at my work Christmas party one of my male co-workers came dressed as Princess Di, and he was way more elegant and strikingly feminine then I have ever been.
The Vogue article summed up for me what I’ve been battling with for a few months now. We’re humans, so why can’t we dress shit? We’re busy, so why not each stir through pasta every night for dinner? I live in a sharehouse, so why can’t I have the shittiest second hand furniture ever? These are all terrible battles. Utimately, I want to feel nice. I want to enjoy the things around me. But I always think I’ll have it later, when I’m older and married. So why not now? What’s stopping me?
Nothing, really. The answer is that I just need to look more at investing in myself rather than trying to please the people around me, who at the end of the day aren’t that important (PS Not including the ones I love who never get enough attention or respect from me, but anyway).
I’m a little poor post tax-knockout and christmas shopping, but starting January next year I’m investing in change. I’m going to start taking yoga classes twice a year. Running at least once a week. Cooking every night. Ticking the food groups. Only owning things that I thoroughly enjoy, not just having them because they have a purpose or that I might want them one day. Let’s face it. I’m getting pickier. I’ll live without these things.
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At the moment I’ve been thinking alot about corsages. Shitloads of flowers swallowing up women. There’s something very feminine and perhaps lesbianish about the whole thing. Think Frida Kahlo, Billie Holiday, or Miss J from America’s Next Top Model.
Although, it’s the eve of my 26th birthday and I’ve more and more been thinking about dressing my age. Flowers are quite popular with the 20 year old set, and I already look young enough. So maybe nothing in the hair, and instead focus clustering them around lapels or the decolletage.
Martha has a nice tutorial about how to make crepe paper pom poms. I figure less layers in thin gauze-like fabric would make for some nice smaller flowers. Make it Do also has a tutorial on how to make more solid, ruffled pom pom flower brooches. I actually have a crepy cream store-bought version of this, might be good to make a few varieties.
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I’m at home, sick with a fever. Could be Glandular fever, but for the moment we’re not sure so I’m just resting lots. And looking at online shopping sites.
Cue the new winter Witchery. Apart from the droll, energy-sucking new stylings of Witchery man (click on the link, only if you dare) I am still dissapointed. Witchery, you’ve gone downhill. And uphill in prices. Which doesn’t really make sense, because we’re in an economic crisis and if you read Vogue you’d know that now it the time to dress FUN FUN FUN!!!!!, which your boring drab crap isn’t letting us do.
But anyway. I’ve picked out some items I’m deliberating over if they happen to eventually go on sale in my size.
Deco neck detail camisole
Sequin jacket
Lace insert dress
Frill sleeve lace insert dress
Mesh weave chain belt
Felicity high heel
Alot of black happening there. Boring. I also have to point out that the Witchery site hasn’t updated its meta title tags for a while. Spring fashion, anyone?
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At the moment I’m kind of obsessed about Salt n’ Pepa’s “Shoop”. Reminds me of being six when it was perfectly fine for women to be this domineering and sex-demanding, before everything got confusing and PC. That said, I never actually realised how all their lyrics was just screaming SEX SEX SEX, or in this case, SHOOP SHOOP BA-DOOP.
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There are many songs about Sydney but not so many filmclips. However, I’ve recently come across a few and the old ones are the best. Check out Newtown before it was trendy and only had empty/wierd shops, in John Kennedy’s Love Gone Wrong clip. It looks a bit like the current Marrickville, which is a bit scary. AND HOW OLD IS THAT FUCKING COLES.
Then there’s this awesome one of The Fauves on Bondi Beach, before it was filled with whiny brown scabby backpackers.
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