WE MADE IT OURSELVES

we're spinning around, move out of our way This week was still about banging out 'product' for the upcoming Northern Exposure Market, the Warm and Fuzzy course and the Melbourne Scarf Festival. Beck had a crack (he he) at the brooch making during the week, as well as finshing off some of (last years) scarf festival entries. Ramona graciously accepted model duty for the photo shoot, which started well, but.quickly went downhill...

are we there yet?
thankfully a little playing around with the plush managed to lighten the mood

bums are funny.

WE BOUGHT IT OURSELVES

take out

Due to impending deadlines and an empty pantry this weeks staff breakfast came courtesy of Ramona's corner cafe... a banana muffin and flat white for Ramona (the closest she's ever getting to fruit) and a bran and berry muffin and soy latte for Beck (bloody hippy)

As usual the hml mascot kept a close eye on the take out while we took the photo, needless to say even with these slim pickin's he managed to do ok.

BIBLIOPATH OF THE WEEK

keeping up with the joneses

From the calloused scalpel holding fingers of the snappiest spod wearing boho in town comes another fine collection of carved and folded tomes as part of Sculpture 2007 at Australian Art Resources (snappy name huh?). There are some other chaps exhibiting too but we don't give a toss about them - it's all about jonesy! Opens tonight down at Southbank - avoid the bad fire twirlers and cheap pasta...
we have to go, he came to ours...

CANT STOP MAKING THINGS!

round like a rissole?

It's like the dam has broken. The ladies of hml have gone into some sort of frenzied overdrive. We actually have a couple of treats in store for you dear readers in the coming days as we go into revamp mode. It's time for us to frock up the blog and we might as well ride this tsunami of activity because no doubt this time next week we'll be back at the movies wondering how we can avoid work and still feed our families. As for our reindeer friend above, we know it's not christmas yet and we have NEVER been 'christmas in july' kinda gals (christmas when it's cold - are you crazy peeps?) but we can't resist antlers - especially angora ones!

SHE MADE IT HERSELF

circle work

Despite working like the proverbial hound, Ramona managed to whip up this brooch before work on Friday, which we might add, 'cottaged' up the Stella Mcartney cardigan no end. The brooch was so hot, that even under the ghastly fluro of the evening train she still looked an absolute treat.

WE ATE IT OURSELVES

the musical fruit
ok here's what was on the menu at todays staff meeting and as you can see we ditched the 60's rhode island aesthetic this week and went a little tribal...
Of course when there is the possibility of saucy crusts we always have company. Muji, the hml mascot, was tres impressed with our tribal stylins and even more effusive about the surreptitious under-the-table deal. Needless to say we all had a good breakfast...
Do note the almost perfect placement of parsley, the cracked pepper and the fanning of the avocado (how good are they at the moment?) We have to admit the effor for the photo shoot meant the coffee had to be reheated and then remade but we were ultimately so inspired by our 70's flashback we spent the next couple of hours pouring over vintage craft books and went away dreaming of embroidered vests and macrame potholders.

WE CANT STOP MAKING THEM OURSELVES

who are you people?

After so long away from the sewing machine we've now gone completely mental. We don't seem to be able to stop making things from felted wool scraps, we don't even know where they come from, one minute we're talking about the latest David Fincher movie and the next we're coming to in front of the sewing machine with this glazed look in our eyes and these weirdly panted stuffed creatures in front of us, beaming maniacally... its getting downright spooky.