Life InStyle

The preparation -

bowls by Clay Australia and jewellery by States of Nature going in to the kiln

Crowds beginning to gather at Hordern Pavillion

The new porcelain earrings and brooches, tea towels and scarves on display

A big thank you to everyone who dropped in to say hello at LifeInStyle in Sydney over the last 4 days. The fair was amazing with so much to see, and so many talented designers showing their new collections. I was surrounded by fab neighbours including my studio buddy Kim from clay Australia, Matthew from Mattt, Deborah DeStephanis, Brooke from Trove, Richard from Puddinhead and Sarah Rothe. Needless to say I came home with lots of goodies, and after a nice little rest it is all systems go and back to work in the studio again.

Home Beautiful

The March issue of Home Beautiful is out today and has featured States of Nature brooches under the heading of pattern maker (cute!). There are lots of great looking design ideas in the mag, and interviews with the creators of Bison ceramics, and Agnes Coy: made by hand. So it will be a lovely read with a cup of tea for me tomorrow I hope....

Give it away now

Hooray - We have 2 beautiful prize packs to give away! Both contain the very popular flight scarf above, as well as brooches and other surprise goodies, worth over $100 each. Please note: we can only offer this to Australian residents this time round - sorry! Just leave a comment and you will go into the draw - Good luck! We will draw the prize on Friday 12th February xx

*UPDATE*

And the winners are:

Meng and

Lola and Bailey!

Thank you to everyone who entered, congratulations to the two lucky winners - a little package is on it's way :-)

A pinch and a punch

"This month derives it's name from the word februare, to purify, or from Februa, the Roman festival of expiation, which was celebrated through the latter part of this month."

from The Country Diary of an Edwardian Lady by Edith Holden

I have been reading this beautiful book at night, and enjoying it so much. In it, Edith Holden documents the coming and going of seasons through her observations, drawings and notes about her surroundings. She really notices small changes in nature, such as when buds appear on trees and the first time she hears a particular birdsong for the season. She wrote this diary in 1906, however it was first published in 1977 and became a bestseller to be reprinted many times over.