Amore No. 10 - Time Outs!

At the exhibition

There are simply not enough hours in the day! yup, that thought has been running through my mind for the past week or so as i busily prepare for my upcoming markets. From the moment i wake up to the wee hours into the night my poor little fingers have been frantically sewing, cutting, gluing... you name it. I've gone craft mental and it's not because i haven't been organise but more due the to huge response of 'The Wedding Story' pics launched on FB last week & last minute orders which i probably should have said no to but too late now.

I also keep changing my mind with the overall theme of my display. Should i stay with the original fun & quirky or lean more towards the new Olive Farm? which has a girly & sophisticated touch to everything. Argghhhh! decisions, decisions.

My poor mind needed a break so i was grateful when my baby sister invited me to her Tafe Clock exhibition a few nights back. Novi (my sis) is studying furniture design and her class was given the assignment of designing and making a clock from their own hands, easy right? wrong! i mean it's fair to say when your restricted with nothing your imagination can really go crazy, well so i think hehe

Here's a few pics of the night ~

Novi and her lego masterpiece =)

Cool orange floor clock

Not a bad spread for big crowd hehe

Kinda like a satellite, don't you think?

My mum was soooo close to buying this. Her reason 'it looks cool!' haha

Awesome fluke shot of moi while cooling off outside =) Thanks Rin!

It was a little humid inside hence the crowd outside.

Overall it was really nice to take a break from preparing for the markets and just mingling with other artsy fartsy people =) Well done Nov, awesome work!

The Wedding Story - Official Photos

For more info & photos on each piece please search for my fan page on FaceBook or email me - olivefarm@live.com.au Items will be posted on Etsy soon! A big thank you to Rin Nelson photography for your amazing work =)

Weekend roaming

On our way to Freo =)

lanterns @ the markets


Love the colours!

'ahh i'll only be a few minutes babes' epic fail!


Was stopped by so many people asking about my flower necklace =)

Although the weather was warm i couldn't resist stopping at San Churros for some hot chocolate with icecream.

My spoils of the day =) Note the little cake topper snow man was given to me by a lovely lady who stopped me in a store to talk about my necklace. Yay freebies!

The Wedding Story

This is one of my favourite shots from the photo shoot in Freo. It was a beautiful day, with people everywhere but we managed to find this little alley way where we were perfectly secluded and undisturbed. Photography by Rin Nelson (amazing photographer - check out her fanpage on FB) and did i mention she's my sister hahaha score!

Creativity overload

Next month is going to be crazy busy for me. I will be participating in 2 markets Made On The Left and Upmarket. Getting into Upmarket actually really surprised me as i had applied for the September spot however i didn't get through, so you can imagine my shock when i received an email inviting me to participate in the Xmas market which always draws in the big crowds.
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Since the photo shoot (which i will be posting up a teaser pic later tonight *wink*) i've been trying to make as much stock as possible not including completing customer orders and replying emails, blogging etc
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I find since creating a calender/schedule on spread sheet i've been good in keeping organised and although i was suppose to be making felt brooches today i couldn't help but take time out and create something a little more 'new' olive farm as well.
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I've been seeing all these amazing bib necklaces on etsy for a while now and this is my version of one =)

Amore No. 9 - Tord Boontje

When i first saw this lamp in a magazine a few years back my heart felt like it jumped up from a somber sleep and started doing cartwheels as the girlest 'squeel' escaped my mouth. That is when Tord Boontje first entered my life.
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Soon after my bestie was asking me if i would help her make her own version for her upcoming exhibition and of course i said a big whopping YES! However after trying to recreate the original we discovered that cutting outlines of flowers, leaves and other bits & pieces from paper is not easy which only made me love Tord's work even more.
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For those who don't know who he is (tho i don't know how that's possible because his work is everywhere!) Tord is a designer from the Netherlands who worked in different parts of Europe before opening Studio Tord Boontje in 1996. His work expands from light installations, homewares, fabric, to stick on tattoos. This guy is seriously a genius & i love his design philosophy ~
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The Studio's work draw from a belief that modernism does not mean minimalism, that contemporary does not forsake tradition, and that technology does not abandon people and sense.

I want you!

Field of flowers *sigh*

Boontje's design on a classic egg chair.

Awesome Chair!

My love... you are awesome!

At kudeta in Bali on our honeymoon =)

Gosh i love my husband! Yes, i know we ALL love our husbands (well most of us hehe) but i just love saying how much i love him!

After reading this article i was convinced that i needed more space to move my business to the next level. The plan was to ask ed if he didn't mind me switching my Olive Farm set up in the study with the master bedroom. The other room was just too small to house all my equipment and ideas =) Also aside from sleeping we spent the least amount of time in our bedroom. His response after i explained my reasons for the bigger room was 'well, i was already thinking about that'. Gold!

I jumped up and down for about 5 minutes all excited and then got to work moving things around, this was at 9pm one night btw. He even tore himself from the tv to help me move the furniture and didn't mind helping me vacuum the carpet. Did i mention how much i love my husband?

Thrilled, ecstatic, over the moon doesn't even come close to describing how i feel about having space to be creative. I will post photos soon but this is just a post to say thank you to my baby =)