It is now less than a month till the Sydney Stitches and Craft Show at Rosehill Race Course. It is hard to believe that it is almost a year since I was there last as an Independent Crafter. I have been drawing little diagrams on how to lay out my stall. I have a 2 x 2 meter square space located on a corner. A need a place for my sewing machine and a place to work. Then a place for display of finished work – a gallery, a spot to display my book and some cards etc to sell as well. I will set up my tables in the big shed next week and see how that goes. In the end, I know it will just be a matter of seeing how things look on site and having a play around. But next - what to pack and what to leave behind. This week: Tidying my shed (will I ever be a tidy person?). Preparing for the Christmas in July Art & Craft Market at Queanbeyan’s ‘Q’ Theatre & working on a piece for the Queanbeyan Art Prize. Friday is the intake and selection day for the Miniature Society of Australia Awards Exhibition so it will be a quick trip up to Sydney then back. I am entering 3 mixed media pieces and a fantasy drawing. Photos this week are the wind turbines near Lake George, which have now been turned on. Remarkable, enormous and quite awe inspiring when you get a bit closer to them. More rainbows - its that time of year. Then, some photos from around our creek.

Honestly Darling Handbag

These are just a couple of the new 'Honestly Darling Handbag' series I've been working on this week. This design is called The Alessandra Bag. Each bag created is totally unique in the papers and embellishments used. I love them and I hope you will too.

Not Everyday at Wren's Nest Studio

Did you hear a pop fizz sound on the breeze late this afternoon? It was the beautiful sound of champagne - chilled to perfection, being ceremoniously popped to herald the arrival of 'Paper Quilt's' - my long awaited book. We drove in to collect the boxes from Arthur and Marilyn of MBE late this afternoon. We even got the 2 car spots right outside - so it was meant to be.

More later - I'm off for another glass of bubbly.

Your copy is in the mail my dear Mrs Tucker. xoxo

All over the place

It was a busy week for Wren’s Nest Studio. The most important event was the launch of the Website http://www.wrensneststudio.com/. Bill has been working very hard behind the scenes as it was a very big job. Especially organising me to write and review pages. But it’s up and running now. If you come across any problems while navigating around it, please let us know so we can fix them.

‘Paper Quilts’ a handbook, is being printed now and should be with me – maybe Friday this week. I’m crossing my fingers and toes!! I guess I should be happy with next week. Next problem = Where to store the boxes. A nice problem to have really.

I have a new product line based on the crazy Paper Quilts I design. These are now available as a gift card pack with 4 cards per pack and each card with a different image. Embellished with crystals and tied together with a satin ribbon. They are printed onto fine art paper with pigment inks which have a beautiful richness of colour and long lasting quality. Creating these crazy Paper Quilts is one of my very favourite things to do. They remind me of the mixed media collages I used create. These will be available at my market stalls and at Made It www.madeit.com.au/storecatelog.asp?userid=3725

I had 3 star students during the week at a White Dragon Papercraft. Emma, Denise and Ann all created wonderful pieces. Our Dragon Princess Anne Stewart wasn’t well during the week and we are all wishing her our best for feeling 100% again very soon.