Handmade Nation DVD!!!

Were you one of the LUCKY ones to see this at The Stitches & Craft Show's in Melbourne, Sydney & Brisbane? Well you would be as excited as I am to know that it is out on DVD real soon. Meeting the AMAZING Faythe Levine was for sure a highlight of my year.

I'm thinking of selling this in our online shop - you can email me at mixtapezine@gmail.com if you would like to be notified when we do!

Vintage Fabric!!!

Vintage Fabric Sale at the Camberwell Market on the 15th of November. Stall 88.
1000's of vintage fabrics, patterns, buttons and other vintage sewing supplies. Get there EARLY!!

Black Pio

Valentina did the first ever mixtape pull out poster in Issue 8.
She has the sweetest style and you can download a free printable poster here
and her blog here
Marina is based in Italy

Mathildas Market Dates

WEBSITE HERE
November 2009 dates & locations:
Sydney:
1 November 2009 - St Ignatius College Riverview, Lane Cove. From 9am to 1pm, plenty of free parking on the College grounds. Free entry.

Brisbane:
1 November 2009 - Brisbane City Hall, B/w Adelaide & Ann St, King George Square, Brisbane City. From 9am to 1pm, parking is available under the City hall (fees apply). Free entry.

Perth:
8 November 2009 - Oasis Leisure Centre, Progress Way, Belmont. From 9am to 1pm, parking available around the Leisure Centre. Free entry.

Canberra:
15 November 2009 - Manuka Oval (Bradman Room), Manuka Circle, Griffith. From 10am to 2pm, plenty of free parking available. Free entry.

Melbourne:
22 November 2009 - Hawthorn Town Hall, 360 Burwood Road, Hawthorn. From 9am to 1pm, plenty of free parking at the back of the Town Hall. Free entry.

Another Stockist

Number 10 is a chilled out environment where you will find artists and artisans at work in their studios; a contemporary art gallery; a mid century styled cafe/lounge; retail of handmade, soulful, eccentric and beautiful items that you can take home on your motorcycle; music and movie nights; and random celebrations for occasions we deem as important.

All our stockists here!

Please email me if you are interested in stocking mixtape - mixtapezineATgmailDOTcom

Justine

Adelaide Peeps!

A new retailer (they have Issue 10) One Small Room
furniture | lighting | home wares | clothing | jewelry | toys | mobiles and more....

Hip, hip, hip I tell ya~

A new stockist

I am proud to let you know that Lark are selling mixtapezine. I can't wait to take a drive with the family and check the store out in real life. Lark stock the CUTEST things, in fact I could do all my Christmas shopping there...

Check out Allisons sweet as blog here also.

Listening: Teenage Fanclub - Grandprix & Avett Brothers (they are AWESOME)
Crafting : Purses and Pillows for Christmas gifts!

Gadgets and Things

I love my iphone! Christie & I were talking about our phones the other night at Perle Eights.
There is so much you can do with an iphone, and so much time to waste.

I am doing a RRR radio campaign for Issue 11 and I wanted to work out if my words came in under the 30second time allowance. So I used Voice Memos on my phone and then put it into itunes and added the backing track and it all comes in just under 30 seconds! Lovely work.


I also got these cute Christmas Canisters from tupperware and I am going to fill them with yummy homemade biscuits and give them to Molly's kinder teachers for Christmas.

Listening: Bill Callahan - Sometimes I Wish We Were An Eagle
Crafting: Binding Kinder Auction kinder quilts & feeling inspired by all the Perle Eight Girls
Watching: RockWiz tonight with one of my favorite bands "Wagons" - Mr Henry Wagons is a guest.
Reading: Bizness Babes homework! I have not used my brain this much in a long time...

Issue 11 available for pre-sale now

Issue 11 is now available for PRE-sale in our store
The cover was designed by the super ace ms gemma jones and it is the first issue in our NEW SIZE!! I always had in my head that I wanted mixtape to be the same size as my local radio station, RRR's subscriber magazine "The Trip. Finally my dream has become a reality. I am so happy and proud of this issue and I look forward to hearing your feedback once it hits your mail box around Nov 15, 2009.
Yipppeeee!!

Blog LOVE

(image taken from Carlton Hibbert's Pattern Blog)

This one

Hours of fun for the little one (and me!)
So many ace patterns and pictures - what a wonderful resource!

This week the intern thinks you should look/eat/try/buy/have....

Semi Permanent: The design conference Semi Permanent was on over the weekend. Tara McPherson spoke at it and I’m totally mesmerized by her beautiful and creative illustrations.

Noodles: Scoffed down some noodles from Yen Sushi Noodle in Centre Place (Melbourne City). Best noodles I've had since forever! Yummy yummy for my tummy! Crazy fact: my partner went to high school with the nephew of the guy who designed the noodle boxes.



Room Service: Went to the exhibition opening of Room Service, which is still on above the Carlton Hotel, Bourke Street. My favorite artist was Denny and his ‘Dark Room’. Denny is a truly beautiful and technically proficient photographer.



The Thread Room: The Thread Room has shut up shop front and moved online (tear). I’m buying all my thready and woolly bits from the online shop now. I go crazy over the wool tops and silk tops!

Peripheral: an exhibition at the RMIT Project Space. The exhibition includes Daniel Armstrong (an ex lecturer) who work is particularly exploratory and insightful. Open till the 16th Oct at 23-27 Cardigan Street Carlton.




Big love. xxx

whip up calendar

I was chuffed to be asked to be one of the judges for the 2010 whip up calendar, it was hard just choosing 13 images let me tell you!
You can purchase the calendar here , mixtape are very proud to be a sponsor of this awesome calendar.

favorite blog:

This week I found a new blog via Whipup. It made me smile - I learnt stuff and so I bookmarked it. I'm thinking it's gonna have a whole lot of fans: Red Cordial Revolution

Love and Hates with the Intern

Oh how I have missed going on little adventures, both physically and virtually, to find little places and things to let you know about! University is over forever for me and I'm a little lost in the vast expanse that is the rest of my life. "What to do! what to do?" all the little graduates scream...?!

A blog will do for now!



This week the intern is loving:

•Grumpy’s Green - An environmentally and ethically conscious lounge bar (pub)! It’s vegetarian and semi-organic!



•Hand bound - I recently made my own hand stitched book to present a photographic body of work in. I stole inspiration from this blog.

•Buying her first crochet needle - Now I just need to learn how to crochet. Are there any good blog’s out there that can help?

(Will i ever be able to crochet like this?)

•Graduating- Finishing her degree and having time to live her life and fully embrace working with Mixtape!

•Silhouette SD Digital Cutting Tool – Silhouette SD Digital Cutting Tool and the EZ Cut Roller Cut Machine– I’m waiting for the EZ Cut Roller Cut Machine to come out at Lincraft. I’m going to paint the city with stencils when I get one!


•Jasmine - In full bloom in the backyard


•The whole of Gertrude Street, Fitzroy: great for vintage boutique's (where I bought these lovely sunglasses) and Dr Follicles Barber Shop where my partner gets his hair very stylishly chopped. And the street twitters!


Intern hates:

•Moving out of her place and putting everything in storage

•The jasmine in the backyard giving her hay fever

•Not knowing how to crochet



Sending big interny love!

xxx

Dali inspired Bert and Ernie

Drawn/traced her place mat by our soon to be 5 year old!

sorry about the quietness!

I've been feeling rather shit for the past few weeks and I finally went to the doctors and found out I have a chest infection. I've been soldiering on all this time when I should have just got myself down to the doctors and nipped this in the bud before now.
Anyhow just wanted to explain the lack of post action - I just have not had the energy.

We have been putting Issue 11 together and it is off to the proofer this week-end - then back for a last minute design check then off it goes to the printer. It will be for sale the middle of Nov 09. I just got the cover artwork from the divine ms gemma jones and it is all I could have hoped for. I will show you a sneak preview now:

This is it! The logo and info need to be dropped in - so this is stage one! I am soo happy and can't wait to release the new size mixtape next month. yippppeee!

Going to

Angelique Tattoo Mystique&

Live Music
The Stems & Huxton Creepers @ The Corner Hotel
Oh how I loved the Huxton Creepers especially this song - Autumn Leaves

Craft Action
I finished the two quilt tops for the kinder auction!