My Creative Space..

After spending a few days with a lovely tidy studio I thought it was time to mess it up again! My creative space this week is all about inspiration and I have spent the last few days bringing together all my ideas for my new shop collections which I'm very excited about. Stacks of magazines, article clippings and swatches of fabric line my desk as I scribble on giant post it notes to get all my ideas out of my head and onto the page.

My creative space - my journals, plenty of lovely magazine clippings to stick in, a little box of ribbon and lace, my very cute tea pot and a new inspiration board filled with images for my new collections.

My 'take everywhere because you never know when inspiration may strike' journal. Check out Keri Smith if you want to be inspired to never again live without a journal.

The Library fairies visited me again this morning with a beautiful bag of ribbon and lace. I just love sorting through all the pieces and dreaming up ways to give them new lives.

I'm also very excited to be an official member of the Udessi family. Kim, the wonderful mind behind Udessi has put together a beautiful online gallery and boutique market stall featuring some incredibly talented artists and I'm so delighted to join the team. Pop over to the Udessi gallery to check out their exclusive collection of Sophie Isobel Designs brooches, including a series one of a kind scrap brooches.

Brooches all packed and ready to be sent to Udessi.

Make sure you head over to the wonderful Kirsty to join in the fun and show of your own creative space.

Hope you have had a love and creative Thursday! I'm off to find a blanket, brew a pot of tea and spend a few hours amongst the pages of my journal on one of Keri Smith's wonderful adventures. Just print off her wonderful list of 100 ideas, if you feel like an adventure too.

Much love and creative Thursdays
xxx

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My Creative Space..

A little creative space is never complete without some clutter and this week my space has plenty of that! The week has just flown by again and I'm trying to make the most of every minute in the day so my creative space is serving many purposes at the moment. Sewing, writing, cutting, gluing, scribbling, drawing, marking, reading and just making a mess!

My desk - vintage telephone, interior design journal, my 'wreck this journal', new Country Style magazine and letter writing supplies.

This is my ever evolving favourite page of my journal. I now have students and colleagues bringing their fruit stickers to me at lunch. Will be full in no time!

New little 'teabag' brooch idea I've been working on.. for all the mad tea lovers in the world.

Thank you to all the lovely people that replied to my postcard poetry. I'm so delighted to get so many responses. You will find a postcard in your mailbox very soon. Also you may find a little comment on your blog asking for your details so the your postcard can find you.

I'm off tomorrow afternoon for to Tasmania again for the long weekend. I feel like I'm never at home anymore! This time to catch up with the other side of my family, many of whom I have never met and celebrate the 90th birthday of my lovely Aunty Linny. It's so amazing and inspiring to be able to attend two 90th birthdays in one year. I'm packing tonight so any advice on what to take would be lovely. It's cold here in Mildura so I can only imagine what it will be like in Ulverstone! Can't wait to visit some lovely little antiques shop and go exploring.

Make sure you head over to the wonderful Kristy at Kootoyoo to join in the fun and show off your Creative Space. I'm playing along in the great heart hunt too! Can you spot the hearts?

Much love and hearts!
xxx

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My Creative Space..

This week my creative space is full of journals, letters and magazine clippings. I have finally found a few minutes in what seems to be busy week after busy week, to cut, glue write, dream, explore and create.

My desk full of journals and magazine clippings. In the background my pin cushion house and favourite little French house tinnie. My love of correspondence means I always have someone to write to. Courtney and I have been sending our travelling journals around the world for years. The collage moleskine (above) is now complete and we have begun on a larger moleskine, filling it with ramblings, scribbles and collages.

When a lovely letter arrives in my mail box I can not help but be joyous. I was so delighted to receive a beautiful letter from my lovely new writing friend Gemmipop and just love searching for the perfect stationary to write my reply.

I've also taken a moment to catch up on the stack of magazines I have been saving for months and have finally, with great satifcation pulled out all the beautiful pieces and distributed them around my many journals. My most recent addition is my A3 interior design journal, full of beautiful and inspring decorating ideas.

After deciding I really wanted to focus my energy on finding the perfect little cottage to buy, I felt I needed a place to put all the images that inspired my dreams and searching. It is so wonderful to have everything in the same place as it allows personal style and ideas to blossom.

Head over to Kristy at Kootoyoo to join in the fun and show off your Creative Space.

I feel it is high time a granny square was crocheted and an episode of Antiques Roadshow was viewed. I think I might just curl up by the fire and do just that..

Much love and letter writing
xxx

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