Dr Seuss, beautifully illustrated by Amy Borrell.

Sue Blackwell

Is taking paper art to a whole new level, creating fantastic sculptures relating to the stories in the books. Imagine opening a pop up book with these sculptures telling the story...

See more of her wonderful work here.

VISH!

I am LOVING the art direction / styling / graphic treatment in the latest collection by VISH!, hand drawn patterns and nicely matched colours always get me ;)

Pecha Kucha Wrap

Just wanted to say a huge thank you to those that supported me and the other creatives speaking at Pecha Kucha at the State Theatre on Sunday.

I hope I didn't sound too nervous and wasn't stumbling over my words.. hopefully my slides / process / talk was able to inspire someone that day.

Another speaker I met that night was a very bright young thing, Daniella Caputi, who is making her mark in the Australian fashion scene at the age of 22. Incredibly modest and super nice, Daniella's experimentation with lasercutting textiles (yay!), painstaking pleating and innovation with unconventional materials (balsa wood) definitely makes her a stand out. Check out more of her collections here, and regular updates on her blog.

Katelyn Mooney

These soft, playful and naive images are wonderfully styled by Katelyn Mooney, a designer turned stylist who graduated from Parsons in New York. 

She'll be contributing to the next issue of Papier Mache magazine... can't wait!

MASKED, Popsicle and Pecha Kucha

I haven't been blogging that much lately, but it's definitely not because I'm in hibernation! There's a couple of exciting things happening soon, and at the top of the list is Made of Awesome's first exhibition! This year we will be exhibiting as part of the tasty annual Popsicle event, organised by the fantastic team at OnWilliam. 

Partnered with Tu, we will be showing off new artwork, lasercuts and cards as well as old favourites. Come and enjoy cupcakes, drinks and artwork at our Opening Night on Wednesday 21 September, 6pm. We'll ALL be there and would love to meet you.

If you can't make it on the night (boo), the exhibition runs from 21 September - 16 October, so you've got no excuses! :)

A bit about Popsicle from the OnWilliam team:

Popsicle is Perth Fashion Festival's annual tasty treat. Popping up in 11 locations around Northbridge, follow the trail to taste test each flavour.

A selection of WA's exciting up and coming designers have collaborated with Northbridge independent fashion boutiques, giving shop windows a makeover and filling the shelves with their handmade wares. 

Hop over to the Popsicle website to find out more about the designers part of this years' event!

Popsicle runs from 21 - 27 September 2011.

Outskirts is also happening during Popsicle, filling Northbridge with over 100 events in 34 venues for a one day festival. The program is jam packed with street stalls, workshops, exhibitions, pop up stores and laneway events.. super exciting! You can grab a special Passport guide (pictured above) which will help you navigate through the excitement. 

Outskirts runs on Sunday 25 September.

Next to roll up is Pecha Kucha Volume 9, which is happening on the night of Outskirts to wrap up the event. I will be speaking at Pecha Kucha about littlemiso, my creative process and insights from running a creative business.

I'm not really one for public speaking, so this is definitely the most nerve racking thing happening at the moment! If you're interested in coming along to enjoy a drink and some creative talk, it will be held on Sunday 25 September at the State Theatre Courtyard, entry is $5 at the door. There will be 10 creatives in total speaking about their work for 6.6 minutes each.

To find out more about Pecha Kucha, head here for the international event or here for the Perth event.

On other news, I've started a new have full time job (yay!), am preparing for markets during CHOGM (more on that later), have been designing some new lasercuts (oooO) and have been preparing wholesale orders in time for Christmas (what, already?!)

I love September! :)

Not as good as you would like to be?

Ira Glass on Storytelling from David Shiyang Liu on Vimeo.

Yes, i know what you mean.