a cat lady

yes i'll admit i'm a bit of a self confessed cat lady. I never thought much of cats while growing up til i endured a 'bad break up' in my late teens, as you do ha ha

Gussy being cheeky on the front porch

My friend and i went down to the local pet shop 'Pets Bizarre' in downtown Southport and picked up a couple of adorable black kittens and from then on me and Gussy (Or Gus is his proper name) were a team. That was way back in the year 2000 so Gus is now about 11 years old and still goin strong with not many grey hairs among his black fur.
We are truly the best of friends and don't know if anyone else's cat does this but he knows if i'm upset cos he comes and gives me a cuddle and a nudge. It's pretty neat

So my love of cats has brought me to quite a few design ideas of late, one including my entry into the Reverse garbage: Materialistic Exhibition 

The opening night will be held on Saturday September 10th @ 6pm
It should be a real hoot with drinkies, nibbles and entertainment yew AND you'll be able to have a geez at my entries, there's a whole stack of them!!

Have you any cat stories to share with me?

behind the scenes

Venturing into some much needed 'behind the scenes' work at the moment.

Taking a well earned break from the usual markets (except the Arts Festival on the 20th here in downtown Redcliffe) denver mackenzie and i attend to gather my dreams and evaluate where i am heading with current apparel and fresh product, including some TWEED based men's wear

My illustration based range will be getting a lift with more variety such as- postcards, stickers, zines and notecards- using new artwork!! wowzers

i'm also delving into some rad little buttons that you can wear or buy for friends and even kids! cool

So stay tuned for updates, pics oh! and a competition coming up... yesssss

new loves.

While browsing through the interwebs trying to get back some inspiration lost while moving, i have discovered some 'new' loves and would like to share these with you if you're interested!
I can't get enough of Kirsten Lepore's films, she is greatly talented and if you have a look at her websy page you can watch the films under her 'films' tab ... my favourite is "Bottle".

Let me know what your favourite is too, i'd love to know.

Through Kirsten i also discovered David Wilson another fantasticly creative soul and you can view and enjoy his work here

It has given me some fresh inspiration, hope it works for you too or at least sends you some creative pleasure. 



Picture thankfully sourced from http://www.djstorm.wordpress.com/
and information from http://www.kirstenleopre.com/

absolutely nothing

Well my apologies in not posting  a n y t h i n g   for ages i have been busy selling stuff, packing up, moving house, moving on and trying to get settled in a whole new town- pretty hard work ha ha but it's all good and i'm slowly coming together along with the set up of the house.

Today i revamped our new rental home's garden with heaps of lovely new plants

it looks loads better i think

And got some herbs underway in pots

i love to use fresh herbs in my cooking

when i can borrow a drill off a family bloke i will put these flowers in the planter boxes i scored from vinnies one day!

they will look rather pretty at our front door.

Tomorrow i will attempt to unpack the boxes of 'studio' stuff that pulls denver mackenzie miracles all together!



my baby wrote me a letter..

I love stationery. Always have. And stickers. Most of all i love japanese stationery sets and everytime i know someone is going there i put my order in and hope to death they come back with suitcases full! But you know what? I don't use it. I can't. I literally can't bring myself to do it, write on it. It's totally too precious and there is no one worthy enough to use it on ah ha ha doesn't that sound terrible :) 

Terrible but true !

So. I've always wanted to design my own and at the moment am focusing on that for a whole new upcoming range of illustrative products including ppppostcards [excitement]here's a sneeky of some getting printed right now!

Let me know what you think?

 

holiday; a day when one does not have to work

Krystle aka Denver is on a holiday.

Yep while Will is on school holidays i thought it'd be the perfect time to getaway from the madness of moving, mess and decision making at home and have a little holiday with my boy !

We are in Bowen, North Queensland which is a small town in between Airlie Beach [gateway to the beautiful Whitsunday's] and Townsville, which is probably most known for producing the yummiest mangoes in Australia.

Someone parked up outside the library

It seems every time i come to visit the pears [my parents] it is windy and raining and that can be very uncomfortable when they live on the sea [in a boat]! :/

Someone parked up out front of the pub

While here i'll be taking some great shots of the old buildings and surroundings and scrounging in the opportunity shops. 

And while lapping up some much needed rest i have brought along some felt craft to make denver mackenzie brooches for the Brisstyle Indie Designers Market held next weekend at Hamilton





down on wilson st.

I often remember this saying "skate or die" i don't know maybe it was a brand?
Anyway i've been hangin out at the local skate park quite a lot lately because i take young Will down to rip it up on his scooter amongst the talented guys that also go there.
It's a great time for me to sit in peace and draw, although it's been rather chilly the last few times i've had to resort to the comfort of the cube.
I come up with new ideas and take a little bit of a different angle with my drawings when i'm in those surroundings so it suits me fine and if i'm lucky i get a perve on the older boys!! [smile] 
When i was there today i was compiling a list of my designs and illustrations to be printed on postcards, mini sticker books and hopefully some limited edition art prints - all under a new brand that i've been working on the past couple of months but that's just a clue so *sshhh* i'll tell you more when it get's closer!

So these older guys were trying to master a couple of moves [at a high price i might add, falling and rolling numerous times at the hands of the concrete] they were filming each other and it was a pretty neat scene so i drew my favourites haha
They mentioned Wilson St. mid conversation, maybe one of them lives there? The guy with the sunnies on was

 doing the filming and the other fellow was one of the 4 skaters- i quite fancied his whole modernised jesus look