I ♥ I Dream a Highway

I just dropped off some new stock at I Dream a Highway....

I Dream a Highway

259 High St

Northcote

supporting local Australian designers

hard rubbish score of the week!

hard rubbish score!

I always seem to find funny and/or cool things on the side of the road.

Some of my favourite finds have been a timber desk (which is now the meeting table in my studio); a collection of red stools; some bench seats; plastic toy animals, etc. 

Last night some of my friends found this Hello Kitty stereo on the side of the road and picked it up.  They wanted to give it to a friend who had her birthday party last night. She didn't want it so I inherited it!!

It actually works & it means I can play my tapes (yes i still own tapes ha!) while working in my studio! EXCITING! Ahh funny... although I might have to hide it when I have client meetings! 

p.s. the tapes below are from my own tape collection & were not found in the street! 

x 

i ♥ strawberries!

i ♥ strawberries!
they remind me of summer and  also of the sweet little strawberries that used to grow in my grandma's garden when i was a kid.
you can now find a variety of strawberry themed brooches and earrings in my etsy store ... with more to come

etsy update ...

Have you visited my etsy shop lately??

After a looonngg break, it is full of some new goodies again!

Have a look: http://www.etsy.com/shop/kallliopi

guitar pick cufflinks
strawberry guitar pick brooch
black polka dot earrings
strawberry earrings

Our backyard!

Sometimes I forget that there are 750 olive trees in our 'backyard'.

Especially in winter when I run straight from my car to the warm fireplace inside the house! I really need to get out and walk around more in winter but it is so freezing up here.

Here are some winter photos of my partner's olive grove....

(photo by Fe)

(photo by Daz)

(photo by Fe)

Autumn garden picks..

Here are some of the things that are growing in our garden at the moment...1. Lovely crunchy apples that taste the way REAL apples should taste
2. Tomatoes - they are still growing in our garden!
3. Silverbeet - lovely colours in the vegie patch!
4. Strange little stump carrots - but they are tasty!

I almost disappeared for a while there...

Well...

I have been way too busy for the crafty stuff over the last 3 months.

But after a long craft-break & because the weather is colder & I think I (and maybe you!) might need some new brooches of other bits of colour to brighten up your chilly days I will start making some new stock soon.. so stay tuned!

My long craft break was mainly because I have been super busy with my main business as an architect.

Even without my jewellery making I have still managed to get glue all over my fingers by making models of houses that I am designing!

This photo is a sneak peak of a small detail of one of them ..

I have been exploring the 'craft' of concrete. I love the texture, tactility, colour, tone, simplicity, stark but warm nature of concrete. This house will be located in an area where there are a serious of old large elm trees. The pattern of the window cutouts mimic the shadows which are cast by the leaves of the trees. This concrete surface forms the walls around the bedroom areas to create an enclosed private sleeping space.

More to come soon... xx