Eeee! A new local artist find, I am a happy woman. Trawling around Etsy this morning I stumbled on to Melbourne based Mara Girling and her beautiful artwork, my jaw hit the floor, Instantly I was drawn to her Animal Stack – my son’s room is a jungle theme so I have a soft spot for animal artworks. I love how simple the prints are and yet manage to cram in so much detail, she has a beautiful whimsical style [...]

Ed’s Note: Please welcome Charm to CraftBlog, our Victorian crafter extraordinare, this post will hopefully be the first of many here! When I was a kid my grandma would always have a box of yarn and a bag of needles sitting beside the sofa so it was only natural that I (being a very inquisitive child) would want to learn to knit! She spent hours showing me how to cast on, knit/purl, drop stitches (well maybe I learnt that one [...]

These awesome softies are from a pair of London Based Craftsters “The Grateful Thread”, not only do they have one of the best names I’ve ever heard in the crafting world, they have completely inspired designs to go with it! I can see everyone from toddlers to hardcore music heads falling in love with their plush guitars. Nicolas Worth and Jami Gigot are the brains behind these designs and many more, they are inspired by their “love of music and [...]