Tea Towels

We have a bit of a sneak peek of our two new tea towel designs. We just got them back from the printer this morning and I've spent the afternoon getting them all packed up for Finders Keepers Brisbane and my suitcase is full to the brim. The designs we chose (and boy was it hard to decide) were "I love you just the way I am" (affectionately known as fat cat to Gareth and I) and "I don't have a lazy eye I was trying to wink at you". I did a resign for the lazy eye card because I couldn't decide if the boy or the girl would make it onto the tea towel and I ended up drawing about 24 different winking faces. It was a taxing afternoon coming up with all these different people but I'm super happy with the result. I've given Gareth some for Rose Street Market and they will be up on Etsy next week. Now I have designed these two, I cannot wait to design some more. I think I will aim to get new designs out every few months.

Brisbane!

If you're in Brisbane this weekend be sure to come by the Finders Keepers Market on either Saturday and Sunday. I've been checking the weather each day and it has gone from raining to sunny so I hope that forecast doesn't change because some t-shirt weather could be nice.*

We have some new card designs and I'm looking forward to testing them out at the market. This time last year we had just made our fat cat card and he had his first outing at Finders Keepers in Brisbane. We were not sure if people would like it, but by the end of the day we had one left.  We also cannot wait to get some feedback on our Brisbane Train Station cards we made last year (yes, we went out to Goodna, took some photos, then waited 35 minutes for the train back into town!).

All the details for the event are on the Finders Keepers website and there is also a Facebook invitation if you want to tell friends about it.





*that being said it is almost t-shirt weather here in Melbourne at the moment. Almost.

Sorry Dude

It might be a bit of a catch-22 that the reason we don't sell many sorry cards is because until a week ago we only had one sorry card. I drew this guy and had him stuck up on my studio wall for a week or so thinking he was destined for romantic card stardom with looks like that. A bit of a heartbreaker who would most likely be apologising to someone for hurting them he ended up becoming a sorry card. We have him listed up on Etsy and he will be at our markets this weekend. Oh and check out his Lady Clairol hair, maybe whoever did that home dye job might need this card to say sorry to him.

I would like hot chips to be perfectly honest

No time to write as Gareth wants to leave because he has rumbles in his tumbles.

Game On Game: Which?

A few weeks ago I rocked up to meet Gareth at Rose Street late on a Sunday afternoon and he was next to a stall selling a game called Which? Stuart, the man who designed and made the game, had the idea in his head for the last 20 years and spent the last few months designing and making it. I know I'm one of the many people who have had lofty ideas of making my own board game, but how often do you meet someone who has actually gone out and done it?

The game works by you choosing between two options from a question card and everyone else guessing what you have chosen. You can play in teams or individually with the first team/person to reach 30 correct answers the winner. We played it the other night with 5 people (odd number - so we played as individuals) and despite having people who were total strangers before the night we were all able to compete and had some interesting conversations. Some of the questions are rather interesting, for example: would you rather die before or after your partner? (Gareth guessed this one wrong by the way) and by the end of the game we had learnt some interesting things about one another.

Next month we will have two games of Which? to give away in our newsletter, so if you're not on the mailing list you can join by entering your email on the form on the left hand side, or you can buy directly off the website here.


Cost: $25
How long till you get the hang of it: Right away
Play it when: You have a bunch of people over for dinner
(from 4-8 people would be ideal)
Platform: Old School (dining table, lounge room)
IQ Improvement: 0
Addictiveness: Medium
Honeymoon is over: When the wine runs out

That guy in the yellow jacket

I was going through my folders of old drawings and found this guy and wondered why he didn't end up on a card. I redrew him with a smashing yellow jacket and sexy eyes. When it came to the copy the guy kinda of spoke to me, a gentle whisper that said what's up birthday babe? Yeah, sometimes the people I draw tell me things, it's a special power.

We have him listed on Etsy, and I'm trying to think of what his name would be. Marty maybe? A guy who had his heyday in 1990 and likes to get his groove on to a bit of Deee-Lite.

It's been on the cards

We made some Ha Ha Ha 30 cards over a year ago for a friend's birthday (yes, when he turned 31 we gave him the same card with a one scribbled after the three) and we made a Ha Ha Ha 40 after a few requests. We then started getting requests for a Ha Ha Ha 50 card but I was unsure if people would buy it. After being assured by many women it would be perfect to give to a girlfriend turning 50 I realised it was a card that we needed to make. I said to one lady at the market that it was on the cards when she asked for it. Wow, what a bad pun, and I didn't even realise when I said it, because even though it was on the cards it wasn't on our cards. We have this listed on Etsy and we will also have some at Rose Street this weekend.