Catherine Campbell

If you haven't already found yourself lost in the endless eye-candy that is the Daily Smudge, you should definitely take a look. Emily is a Sydney based book designer and her blog is devoted to her admiration of paper and print. It will make your eyes happy.

dailysmudge.blogspot.com

Image source here and here.

“Once a little boy sent me a charming card with a little drawing on it. I loved it. I answer all my children’s letters — sometimes very hastily — but this one I lingered over. I sent him a card and I drew a picture of a Wild Thing on it. I wrote, “Dear Jim: I loved your card.” Then I got a letter back from his mother and she said, “Jim loved your card so much he ate it.” That to me was one of the highest compliments I’ve ever received. He didn’t care that it was an original Maurice Sendak drawing or anything. He saw it, he loved it, he ate it.”

- Maurice Sendak

Thank you Indie Fixx for interviewing me for your Wednesday Indie Artist Fix! Thank you also to Amy over at the beautiful Pikaland for mentioning my 2011 Calendar.

I like everything about these creations made by Misako Mimoko. I only knew of her fake watches (which I also like) but I recently stumbled on a second blog and found these little people. She must be quite fun.

I just noticed it's been two weeks since my last post, that's a long time even for me. What have I been doing? Searching for lost spring sunshine, trying to keep the slugs off my new vegetable seedlings, watching the chickens grow, wondering if I'm going to release a calendar for 2011, finding beautiful pictures. That kind of thing. Speaking of beautiful pictures, aren't these lovely? I can't quite work out the artist's name but if you click on an image it will take you to a website. Happy September to you.

Update: Thank you Dia! The artist's name is Ikenaga Yasunari.

Hello Monday morning. I like these.

Work in progress by Richard Pearse.

tumblr...

I have a tumblr. At first I thought it might be just another way to waste time on the internet, well maybe it is but it's also a great way to find, collect and archive images. I'm an image junkie, I'm constantly trawling the interwebs throwing pictures into my iphoto library. It's one of my most treasured collections but I'm very absent minded in labelling all the necessary details needed to share said images on this here blog. So hello tumblr! You can take a look if you're interested:

catherinecampbell.tumblr.com

summer colour...

There's a new issue of Small Magazine out, once again it has the most amazing photo shoots and styling. I had to post all of these photos, they're just magic and provide a nice spot of escapism from a cold Melbourne winter...

 

 

www.smallmagazine.net

dottie angel...

 

I have just started reading the wonderful blog of Dottie Angel, you probably already do... I tend to be a bit behind in these sorts of things, but just incase you don't, here is where she can be found:

dottieangel.blogspot.com

I have been thinking more and more about the countryside lately and this picture of her with her chickens made me smile.

rabbit hearts...

 

Whilst thinking about rabbits, I just found this beautiful picture by Andrew Bannecker.

my datsun...

This is my car. I love my car (despite the fact that she seems to be visiting the mechanics a little too often at the moment). How could you not love her, she's the four with more...

I never knew car manuals could be so funny.

(ahh... apologies for random car love post)

stories...

 

I just found these little story films, they're really wonderful. One of my favourite things is listening to artists talk about what they do.

Take a look here.

finders keepers photos...

Here are some photos of my weekend with Frankie at The Finders Keepers market...

 

Holly at the Frankie stall

 

Lots of people

 

 

Our stall neighbours Pocket Carnival, Flossy-P and Ben Conservato. I know these talented ladies from blogland so it was excellent to be able to meet them in real life.

 

 

The picture I worked on and one of me in action (which I pinched from one of my favourite blog reads The Daily Smudge, thank you!).

Okay, I'm going to admit that the coolest thing that happened to me was receiving this...

 

It totally made my day, and I don't even know who made it because she was too shy so she sent her friend to give it to me. Thank you who ever you are!

happy mother's day...

 

Happy Mother's Day! As I was in Sydney today I got to spend Mother's Day with my Mumma... and Grandma and Aunty, which was very nice. Three generations of women demolished a yummy chocolate cake as seen above.

I had such a fun weekend painting at The Finders Keepers market with Frankie magazine, i'll have a big post full of photos appearing very soon.

painting with frankie at the finders keepers...

 

Something totally rock n roll is happening to me this weekend. Lovely Frankie magazine are flying me to Sydney so I can do some public art making at their stall at The Finders Keepers market. Yikes! I'm a tiny bit nervous. If you are visiting the markets come and say hello, you can click on the beautiful flyer above (illustrated by Madeleine Stamer) to see all the details.

random nice things...

 

I made a really yummy berry cake on the weekend from a recipe I found over at Design*Sponge. If you don't already know about it and you feel like eating something nice, you should visit their recipe page.

Also, I stumbled across these beautiful simple patterns on one of my favourite blogs, Fine Little Day...

 

 

frankie number 35...

 

The latest issue of Frankie is a beautiful one. I got to make some little drawings which were then turned into life size models that show off some lovely scarfs...

The whole issue is full of lovely things... as usual.

winter patterns...

This city mouse has been on some country adventures lately. I spent last weekend chopping up fallen trees for firewood, I used a chain-saw! Importantly I still have all limbs intact, which is good news for me. Stacked firewood makes for some very nice patterns...

rain...

 

I have been in the country for a few days, avoiding everything in an attempt to get my drawings finished for the show on Thursday. It has been raining all afternoon and it is magic.

frédéric noël...

I've been having a nice time looking at drawings by Frédéric Noël...

 

 

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Frédéric Noël