We sell their most excellent cookbook in our store.
ROSIE
Q1.The name of my blog
Coming soon.. in the meantime check out our website
Concocting healthy and delicious vegan recipes [antidotes]!
Other antidotes include dabbling in procrastination, sewing and art.
Q3. Two books you can't live without
Q4. Two CD's that would travel to a desert island with you
Q5. Where do you like to SURF on the net
Q6. 5 things you can't live without
Q7 One thing you love about mixtape
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RUTH
Q1.The name of your blog
Well it's not a blog (that's on it's way...) but our website resides here
Q2. What's your craft poison
Do cooking and design count as crafts? If not I'm super keen to learn how to knit this winter as I'm becoming an Auntie for the first time and can see lots of hand knitted booties in my future!
Q3. Two books you can't live without
The Edmonds cookbook - it's been the New Zealand family cooking bible for 90 odd years and has seen over 50 new editions, perfect for simple scones and pikelets, a tattered and torn spiral bound copy has been in my Mum's kitchen since as long as I can remember. Maggie's Harvest by Maggie Beer is a beautifully designed and written cookbook filled with hundreds of pages of useful cooking tips and delicious recipes. It comes wrapped in a lovely embroidered cover and it's extra special too me as it was a gift from some of my favorite friends.
Q4. Two CD's that would travel to a desert island with you
I would ask my boyfiend Mike and my friend Armeda to make me a mixtape each: they both have great, albeit quite different, tastes so I'd leave it in their capable hands.
Q5. Where do you like to SURF on the net
I like to scour ebay and etsy for vintage clothes and knick knacks, and I also spend a fair bit of my spare time checking out cooking and design blogs for inspiration.
Q6. 5 things you can't live without
The crazy bunch of people known to me collectively as friends and family, Good music, Good Wine, Italian Food and a Gas stovetop.
Q7. One thing you love about mixtape
That it grew from a laser printed zine into the quality publication it is today gaining a dedicated following along the way. Something to aspire to.
Who are our regular writers?
WHO -Regular Contributor - Kathreen
Q1.The name of my blog
Whipup.net
Q2. What's you craft poison
Have been mad on quilting just lately with a book just out and another on the way - quilting for me is about getting energised and pouring out my design ideas - its a crazy adrenaline filled process - but for pure pleasure it must be crochet. The rhythm just lulls me into a state of meditative calm.
Q3. Two books you can't live without
Cook books are my weakness - and I can spend hours getting inspiration for a gourmet dinner that usually ends up as scrambled eggs. My Stephanie Alexander 'Cooks companion' for essential cooking advice. And Martha Stewart's 'Baking' - so decadent - the croissant recipe works every time.
Q4. Two CD's that would travel to a desert island with you
We made a series of music mixes when we were married and gave them out to guests as presents. I love listening to new music but I still really enjoy the old faves - a mixture of melancholy jazz ladies and experimental 70's German music and a few pop classics too.
Q5. Where do you like to SURF on the net
Oh man - net surfing can suck your brain and your time - I have a zillion blogs on my blog reader, but for pure surfing rather than research I try to stick to my limited regime - the sites I go back to regularly are soulemama for parenting and family inspiration, etsy for retail therapy and TED for life changing inspiration.
Q6 5 things you can't live without
My kiddos and hubby, Coffee + Whiskey, Making things, Silent moments, Music and a Good Book.
Q7 One thing you love about mixtape
Mixtape zine is run by a really groovy chick - a working mum with a great sense of humour with her finger on the pulse of what women want - fun, creativity, groove, art, food, health, love, culture - all the essentials of life - its there in Mixtape!
Q1.The name of my blog == ‘So, Zo...’
Q2. What's your craft poison? == Exclusively sewing at the moment. I’m on a mission to slowly convert my wardrobe into exclusively handmade only, so I know that learning to knit is going to be on the cards at some point, but I doubt any other discipline could become as essential to my well-being as sewing!
Q3. Two books you can't live without == ‘Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas’ by Hunter S Thompson is the only book I’ve ever read more than once. I love its unremitting energy. But I’d say probably the instruction booklet for my overlocker gets the most use round here.
Q4. Two CD's that would travel to a desert island with you == I’d make a couple of compilations with masses of hiphop and soul plus some rock and latino stuff on there, including lots of The Roots and Queens of the Stone Age.
Q5. Where you like to SURF on the net == I have an extreme number of (predominantly sewing) blogs I try to keep up with, plus Burdastyle, Etsy and so so much more.
Q6 5 things you can't live without == I hate to admit it, but probably these days my laptop, decaff coffee and (at risk of sounding like a broken record) my sewing machine.
Q7 One thing you love about mixtape == I love the way Mixtape expresses the fact that living a more conscious and handcrafted life is actually more fun and rewarding, and can often be done so with more style, than the alternative.
Q1.The name of my blog
bethnellie
Q2. What's your craft poison?
I choose embroidery. I like to draw with the thread.
Q3. Two books you can't live without
Right now? The Book Thief – the end is near…
In general? ‘No one belongs here more than you’ – Miranda July
Q4. Two CD's that would travel to a desert island with you
Yeasayer’s ‘All Hour Cymbals & Radiohead’s ‘In Rainbows’
Q5. Where you like to SURF on the net Blogs, wiki, blogs, flickr, youtube some other blogs … and some other places too.
Q6 5 things you can't live without
My dog – Thomas
My music collection
People
My cameras
A notebook and pen
Q7 One thing you love about mixtape
It celebrates craft, the homemade, the original, the important little things that make you smile.
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Sooz works, crafts, mothers, teaches, cooks, designs and hangs out on the internet from her home in Melbourne, Australia. Her sewing and knitting have been known to reach obsessional proportions but luckily she has kids and a job to keep her honest.
Q1.The name of my blog
== soozs big adventure
Q2. What's your craft poison?
== I love quite a few crafts, but sewing would have to be my number one, can't go past it, suck me in everytime craft of choice. Knitting would be a close second.
Q3. Two books you can't live without
== the latest Ottobre magazine, a fine balance by Rohinton Mistry
Q4. Two CD's that would travel to a desert island with you
== the happy music mix from last year's CD swap and the K-Tel Music of the 60s, 70s and 80s compendium
Q5. Where you like to SURF on the net
== Can't go past Etsy.com for inspiration and interesting supplies, the new MySewingCircle.com, Ravelry.com, Flickr.com, and a disgusting number of craft blogs and fabric and yarn stores!
Q6 5 things you can't live without
==the stash, the sewing machine, my macbook, my iPod, my tea infuser
Q7 One thing you love about mixtape
==it's totally real! It ditches that airbrushed model, 2 hour beauty routine, corporate global advertising campaign and talks to me about the things I see, eat, do, read, hear and look at everyday.
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Kylie Robson
1970-
Melbourne
I'm a mum to one hellava gorgeous 11yo girl, and I knit with addiction! I also play roller derby with the newly formed South Sea Roller Derby league, and I'm also a coach and Media Rep, so it keeps me busy beyond belief. I studied Fine Art in my 20's and though I rarely get to work on my own practice any more, I still love going to exhibitions, especially of emerging artists. Music is my lifeblood, the constant thread running through my day, and I couldn't live without 3RRR.
Q1.The name of my blog
kgirlknits Come say "hi"!
Q2. What's your craft poison?
knitting is my poison pleasure. Others have tried, but old habits die-hard
Q3. Two books you can't live without
Jitterbug Perfume - Tom Robbins, and Life of Pi - Yann Martel. Both changed and inspired me at critical points along this life-path
Q4. Two CD's that would travel to a desert island with you
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds - B-sides& Rarities, and Lucinda Williams - Car wheels on a Gravel Road should cover all moods
Q5. Where you like to SURF on the net
Ravelry is my favourite surf-break cos I can spend hours being taken on new tangents craft-wise and find inspiration every single visit.
Q6 5 things you can't live without
My daughter - the beautiful Lily-girl; my knitting, natch; my skates are almost permanently attached to my feet too, music is ever-present - 3RRR is my soul, and yoga puts that crazy, hectic mess above all into a grounded perspective!
Q7 One thing you love about mixtape
Of course, my editor is #1 ;) but I also love that I have been involved since the first issue and have watched this gem of an amazing idea grow and grow into the fantastic publication it is today. I love that it brings together all types of people and ideas, and that there is something for everyone in each and every issue.
Bianca is an Attention Deficient Crafter, mum to a Smurf and lover of cooking
and baking to make her friends and family feel happy. Named after two of
Bianca's grandparents, Sadieandlance.blogspot.com is a way to keep track
of miscellaneous craft related adventures be they sewing, knitting, crocheting,
cooking or whatever tickles her fancy - most of which are influenced in someway
by Sadie's very crafty hand.
Q1.The name of my blog
Sadieandlance ...it's five years old this year!
Q2. What's your craft poison
I am an Attention Deficient Crafter, so I couldn't possibly pick one. It's
a known phenomenon, you know, I even started an Association for it. I dabble
in many crafts and my favourite changes often. At the moment it's a toss
up between sewing and crochet.
Q3. Two books you can't live without
Anything by Banana Yoshimoto and any of the Harry Potter series.
Q4. Two CD's that would travel to a desert island with you
Oh no, only two? That's not fair, I think I'd have to smuggle my Ipod onto
the island. Alright, I'll choose The Specials, Best Of to encourage happy
dancing and PJ Harvey Stories from the City Stories from the Sea.
Q5. Where you like to SURF on the net
My bloglines still never fails to deliver me endless hours of clicking adventures
and I also love losing myself in Whip Up.
Q6 5 things you can't live without
Family, Friends, good food, music and something crafty to occupy my thoughts
and hands.
Q7 One thing you love about mixtape
I love that mixtape started in Australia. When I first started blogging,
there
wasn't a whole lot of craft blogging happening in Australia so it's exciting
to see influential voices like Mixtape bringing the global craft world together
from an Australian base. Plus that Justine lady, she's one rockin'lady.
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Megan:
I love to write, to take photos, and to make things. I have little idea of what I am doing in any of these three endeavours, but whatever paths my life has taken me down, I have always come back to writing, taking photos and making things.
Q1.The name of my blog
www.thescentofwater.typepad.com
Q2. What's you craft poison
This changes depending on mood, but knitting and quilting remain my two big loves.
Q3. Two books you can't live without
Just two? That’s painful, and would probably be a different two depending on which day I answered it. Today it would be Foods That Fight Cancer by Richard Beliveau and Denis Gingras, which is admittedly a seriously odd choice, particularly given that I neither have cancer nor am a food scientist. Nevertheless I just love the idea of food as medicine and never get sick of re-reading this book. My second choice would be a big fat poetry anthology. Any would do.
Q4. Two CD's that would travel to a desert island with you
My new Natalie Merchant CD, Leave Your Sleep. She has put 19th century poetry to music and I just love it. The second would be a mixtape of my favourite angst-ridden ballads, all written in a minor key. I like my music sad. I have no idea why.
Q5. Where you like to SURF on the net
Everywhere. I am a very well travelled surfer. I keep coming back to see what new lectures are on the TED site every few weeks or so, and the haunt the edges of Flickr, but otherwise I just travel where the waves take me.
Q6 5 things you can't live without
Tea, books, tea, tomatoes, and tea.
Q7 One thing you love about mixtape
Watching this magazine grow over the last few years has been so amazing. It’s all great, and I have a special love for the concept of ‘ordinary’ people coming together to share their wisdom and creativity with each other. The covers always rock too.
Q1.The name of my blog
Flowergarden
Q2. What's your craft poison
I’m a quilter and quite addicted to making them . . . and hoarding fabric.
Q3. Two books you can't live without
The Dictionary, I love words - and my craft magazines (not really books I know, but I just read them over and over again and have them hidden everywhere!)
Q4. Two CD's that would travel to a desert island with you
I think I’d rather take my sewing machine and a generator and just enjoy the noises of the sea
Q5. Where you like to SURF on the net
All sorts of craft and garden blogs and sites – oh and fabric shops
Q6 7 things you can't live without
1. My pussy cat Nellie
2. My sewing machine
3. My quilts
4. My garden
5. My friends
6. My sewing room
7. My one day off work a week
Q7 One thing you love about mixtape
Oh, there are so many things I love about Mixtape – the connections, the links, the community, the comradeship, the understanding of such great passions . . . I just LOVE it, and feel so proud to have some of my thoughts published in this great ‘Zine
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Q1.The name of my blog
chickenflowertots
Q2. What's your craft poison
I'm a dabbler and have more things on the go than I can count as I will give most things a go. My top three at the moment would have to be Knitting, sewing and spinning. Oh to have more time.
Q3. Two books you can't live without
Stephanie Alexander's The cooks companion & Montse Stanley's Knitters Handbook
Q4. Two CD's that would travel to a desert island with you
Our wedding CD set (this is 6 or 7 CD's that a friend of ours put together to play at our wedding many years ago with all sorts stuff on them. We're talking well over 10 hrs of music) and Weezer because they still make me smile.
Q5. Where you like to SURF on the net
I spend way too much time on Ravelry, I pop into craftymamas regularly and travel through the wonderful crafty blog world on a daily basis.
Q6 5 things you can't live without
My family, my craft, sunglasses, my notebook, paracetamol.
Q7 One thing you love about mixtape
The sense of community and the connections made.
