I have always loved framing up interesting pieces for the wall. All through the Christmas break I have wanted to get to this but today is the day. I have a collection of old frames (mainly from op shops). I prefer these to new shop-bought frames which, although cheap, are usually not wood but […]
5/100: 100 Days of Making: The New Year seems to create lots of motivation for people to have a tidy up/sort out. Maybe it’s the thought of a fresh start coupled with a few days off from the normal routine. Anyway, in a bit of a tidy up of my own I found some […]
3 December 2013 – 3 December 2013
11 Eclipse Street
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Join us every Tuesday night from 6.30 to 9.30 as we get together and make magic in the […]
In the final days of our holiday in Europe I found this great shop called Castellum in Vianden in the mountains of Luxembourg. (We hadn’t planned on visiting Luxembourg, but we are big believers in “making it up as you go along”, so armed with […]
Maurice and I are in Germany for a few weeks. Keeping mainly to the back roads, among our adventures we are seeking out businesses that support and endorse handmade.
Yesterday we visited the Franconian Homeland Museum (Handwerkerhais) in Rothenburg an old walled medieval city. The museum was […]
And was this the forerunner to Ministry of Handmade?
This photo was taken in 1968 at a hat shop in Nundah run by my mother, Florence Francis (pictured at right and now 80), and my aunt, Dorothy Gaskell (pictured at left […]
Friday October 26, 2012 – Friday October 26, 2012
11 Eclipse Street
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Our first community event is Girls’ Night In. We will be supporting the Cancer Council and raising valuable funds for breast cancer research.
We decided to get started – ready or not!
So what better way to commit to getting started than to have an event.
