Creative Monsoon

Illustrator Kat MacLeod

On - Monday 16 March 2009

I have to say one of the nicest things about my work is I do come across some really lovely products. At the moment I'm loving Blooms thirst quencher vitamin e body cream, $24.

Not only does it smell great but the packaging has been beautifully illustrated by Kat Macleod.

Kat has a fantastic portfolio full of colourful combinations of watercolour, pencil and collage.

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Well I just bought one of these, so I'll let you know how it goes, but they look great. They are the work of UK based artist Thomas Forsyth. Bascially you just pop your pen or pencil in them and give it a twirl. Instant cool squiggly artwork.

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New work: Rock Pools

On - Sunday 15 March 2009

We've been out early this weekend taking some photos of the local rock pools. The light was great and its made for some lovely images. Keep an eye on the creative monsoon site when the prints go for sale.

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Tea time

On - Saturday 14 March 2009

Perfect to help unwind after a stressful week - have a nice cup of tea:

Full of vintage charm these cheerful tea pot tea-towels will have you putting the dishwasher to one side. Available through SITE.
A little birdie once told me someone very senior at the BBC kept a piece of wood on his desk to be used for colour matching his cups of tea - I hope someone's got him one of these since. How do you take yours?
I'm not so sure about the ants, I think they might get mixed up with the real ones around here. But Bailey Doesn't Bark has some beautiful hand decorated cups and saucers to choose from.
On our recent visit to the Canberra markets we came across Glenbog Fine Teas. They have an amazing selection all very reasonably priced. Try the little tiny sample packs to start with - we loved the 'Daintree' and 'Aussie Bush Blend' teas. Or for something really different try 'Camp Fire' with its lovely smokey flavour. (ps. they post to Sydney)
and 6. You can't beat a cup of tea made in a good old fashioned teapot served in a good old fashioned cup and saucer. Well, Nina In Vorm and Esther Coombs thought you could. So they took the old fashioned teapot and cup and saucer, and made new ones out of them! Fabulous!

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Jen's take over

On - Wednesday 11 March 2009

Have you ever googled your name, see who comes up, what they do? Funnily with my name they're mostly artists, designers and illustrators. And look what I found today! A whole Jen-eration of artists. Maybe next time they'll make it Jen 12 (although I prefer Jenn)

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Find of the week

On - Monday 9 March 2009

I decided because I seem to spend so much time hunting for interesting things on the net I'd pick out my favourite find each week. Might be a photo, a place, an idea... anything.

So to kick it off what really caught my attention the past week was this fabulous Nautilus Light by New Zealand designer Rebecca Asquith. Prices start from NZ$460.00 and they ship worldwide.

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Sunday snaps

On - Sunday 8 March 2009

Last week the lovely sfgirlbybay was kind enough to feature some of my photos on her blog along with other peoples shots from all over the world taken on that Sunday.

Well I didn't think I'd have anything to submit this weekend, Mardi Gras kept us out till late on Saturday night and the weather looked a pretty gloomy today. But we went for a little drive to check out some rock pools for a future photo shoot and I made sure I had my camera phone.

This shot is Mahon Pool in Maroubra. It started to pour with rain as soon as we got there and walking along the grassy cliff top, wind howling and totally drenched, I felt a bit like a character lost on the moors in a Jane Austin novel (although I doubt women wore fluro beach towels over their heads in those days). But, I managed to get a couple of shots and I've had a play around with them this afternoon. I think there are some good ideas for future work.