She’s been busily crocheting these gorgeous amigurumi (little Japanese crocheted toys) for all 6 grandkids and many friends (big & small). They’ve been a huge hit, but it’d be great to sell some to fund her wool purchases!

These little hand-made friends are about 10-12 cms short, incredibly soft and instantly endearing.

Do you know someone who could use a special friend? Drop me an email & I’ll hook you up (getit?) with one! I have about 12 here in Perth, and we can always get Joy to ship up some more, Special Monster Delivery.

I’ve been plotting for weeks to prepare a milestone book for my sister Melissa’s 40th birthday. Finally we could let the cat out of the bag and presented this to her on Sunday evening, at her fab 40 tapas & drinks party. The book is a collection of special moments, memories and contributions from family and dear friends. Her 3 boys Nelson, Oli & Finn kept the secret and wrote the sweetest things about their Mum!

The Blurb bookmaking process was very smooth, with impressive print quality (minimal dot gain, good colour repro). Use the Blurb software, or download the Indesign® plug-in and a Photoshop colour profile, and away you go!

Now Melissa has an exhibition (opening on April 12) in Denmark at the Butter Factory Studios where you can see more of her striking works.

John Rice is the perfect client & a brilliant wedding photographer: talented, entertaining & personable, with a singular eye for artistic photography.

The brief for this job was to present John’s special take on wedding photography: capturing the love between the bride & groom and recording that connection in a photo-journalistic, natural way.

Developing a brand came so easily: just connect the dots between John’s surname, the tradition of throwing rice at weddings, and the suggestion of a camera lens – we had the basis of a brand that conveys the right message without competing with the photographic images. The business cards are letterpress printed, and the lens shape serves as a diecut / viewing window suggesting John’s visual take on the world.

John is opening a second studio in Margaret River, so will be the perfect choice for your Down South wedding if you too feel the magic in his light-painted images.

The Lego® Alien Abduction was a real hit with Finn. He reckons they perform laser eye surgery on the farmer, along with the usual unspeakable experiments:

Driving home along the Albany Highway, we encountered the very pink, very desolate Tunney Roadhouse: a great cover for an Alien Invasion control centre, in say a John Waters or Tim Burton movie:

Hope you had a great Christmas.