Anyone vaguely familiar with Ikea will probably be familiar with the KLIPPAN sofa, the absolute budget 2.5 seater that sells for $279 at the store. To celebrate 30 years of KLIPPAN Ikea has enlisted 30 Australian artists to design new slip covers for the sofa. The resulting pieces, featuring everything from industrial plastic meshing to granny square blankets found in op-shops, will be auctioned off with the proceeds going towards the Victorian Bushfire relief effort. Check out all of the [...]

I’ve been listening to the buzz on twitter about this show for a few days now, and only this morning did I get a chance to check it out. The work is absolutely wonderful, and for a movie buff like myself it’s a dream. The show features artwork inspired by cult movie classics such as The Big Lebowski, Pulp Fiction, Willy Wonka and The Chocolate Factory and many more. Everything from traditional family portraits of “The Torrences” from The Shining [...]

Magda Sayeg, founder of Knitta Please, is heading to Sydney with a promise that “There is no way I will leave Sydney without making my presence known.” and she “doesn’t care” if she gets arrested. Edit: [previous text = Of course, the fact that Kings Cross council have organised and given Magda a grant to spread her knitted goods far and wide making the graffiti less of a f-you to the establishment and instead a chirpy little council funded art [...]

My sister is having her first child sometime in August (depending on his schedule and her diabetes!) so I have been hard at work putting together a package to send to her after the bub is born. A collection of all the bits and pieces that I’ve found essential in my experience as a mum. Looking around there are some amazing tutorials and patterns floating around on the Internet, so I thought I’d share my favourite finds with you! Burp Cloths! [...]