Spring has Sprung!

Spring is here! Its a blue sky day and I'm sitting with the sun on my back and enjoying the view of my garden as I stitch some vintage zippers into new zippitydoodahs! Seems like a perfect day, I'm going to squeeze in a few more hours of creativity and then I've planned a special first day of spring dinner for the family.

Things have been pretty busy lately, and of course I'm trying to get some new things ready for Christmas ( So many ideas , so little time). Scarey to think Christmas isn't that far away now, especially if like me you need to send things overseas! A few pics of what I've been up to...

The Auckland Art and Craft Fair is this weekend at the Auckland Art Gallery - Excited! I'm practically bouncing off the walls! I've been thinking up new and exciting ways to show my zippitydoodahs and lets just say I've got something a little bit different planned for Saturday! I promise to take photos of how it looks. In the meanwhile I have been watching Tim Burtons Alice in Wonderland which has inspired some new flower shapes and colour combinations. Here are a few pic of zippies inspired by Alice's dress and how it changes in the movie as she changes in size and circumstances!

I've been busy preping for all the great events happening this month. I'm just back from a short mini working holiday in Christchurch, where I was part of A Craft affair, Loved it - but then I am also a big fan of Christchurch which is full of Arty wonderfulness! http://www.acraftaffair.co.nz/2010/07/meet-maker-zippitydoodah.html

This month you'll find me at the inaugural Auckland Art Fair being held for the first time on July 24th at the Art lounge, Auckland Art gallery in the city! read all about it here http://aucklandfair.blogspot.com

Of course you can head along the very next day to Kraft bomb market at the Greylynn Community centre, Richmond rd, Greylynn Auckland- July 25th 11am -2pm where I'll be with some new zippities I've made especially for Kraftbomb fans! .

So until then I'm going to be eyes down stitching up new zippities and keeping you all up to date via the zippitydoodah facebook page! http://www.facebook.com/pages/ZippityDooDah-handmade-wonders/112513048787766

Going Native....

Lately I've been working on some new ideas for zippitydoodahs, inspired firstly by our native NZ Birds ( O.k. I should also probably admit that I had a lot of green vintage zips I was itching to contort into something new- cause I love green, but its not so good for flowers). I often have little silver eyes that flit in and out of the hedge in my garden, and lately I have even the cheeky call of a fantail next door in the large pohutokawa. So here are my first little birds, A silver eye, a fantail, mmorepork and of course a cheeky Kea. No doubt they will continue to evolve over the next few weeks.

Yikes where does the time go! Stitched together lots of new zippities and have some new exciting Zippitydoodah products coming soon. I have also been busy with new products for the http://www.wastenotwantknot.blogspot.com project which you can see over on the new blog. Pllus some of you will have seen I have a new facebook page for zippitydoodah - handmade wonders, which I have been updating a little more regularly. I popped over to Sydney, Australia at the end of May to catch the Contemporary Art Festival and check out their craft fairs. Currently I'm preparing for My regular markets as well as the new Auckland Art & Craft fair that is happening at the Auckland Art Gallery on 24th July. I'm also popping down to Christchurc for A Craft Affair on the 11th July- Can't wait!

Wow things have been busy, and tomorrow I'm off across the ditch to Sydney for the Sydney Biennale which is quite possibly the coolest festival of contemporary art. I'm hoping to catch as many of the events as I can and be inspired by all the amazing artists, with over 50 to choose its a bit like bliss! Many fabulous things have been happening, lots of new zippitydoodah creations including Rings! And gret news I'm going to be at the Auckland Art & Craft fair being held at the Auckland Art Gallery in july, but more about that when I get back, suitcase to pack, sketch book to find!

WOW May already....

Yikes its MayDay, 1st of May. I'm off to the Devonport Market tomorrow, 2nd May. This week I've really been working on how to display my creations to their best. I also wanted to show how you can wear a zippitydoodah in many many ways. So it was of to Shoot Photographic studios in Parnell for some photo time. Here are some little teases of what we have been working on....

I've also started a facebookpage for zippitydoodah, and there have been some new creations over on the www.wastenotwantknot.blogspot.com, so its been busy, busy , busy.

http://www.facebook.com/pages/ZippityDooDah-handmade-wonders/112513048787766?