Knitters please: Stitching up the NGA

Sharpen your needles and prepare to knit! (There's phrase I never imagined I would use!).

Knitters are invited, by guerilla knitting group Knitta Please, to create pieces 10-20cm wide x 140cm long which will be stitched together to create coverings for 6 concrete poles at the front of the National Gallery of Australia.

Any colour, yarn or technique will be accepted, but extra points for originality - the brighter and wackier, the better!!! How awesome is this bus??? See more of their handiwork around the globe at their website here.

If you're up for it, and as slow as me - start your knitting now and follow the link here to find out where to send your knitting and when.

This event is part of Knitta Please, a festival of events from 5 to 12 July, which celebrates the final week of the exhibition Soft sculpture at the NGA.

Loooove it, can't wait to see it, installation takes place over 4 days at the Gallery from July 7th.

Soft Animators: exhibition ends soon

This little exhibition has been on my do-not-miss list, and this weekend is your last chance to see it. Closing this Sunday, Soft Animators is currently on exhibition at Craft ACT in the city...

"soft animators came about after sensing a movement in the field of textiles that involved the abstraction and creation of comical versions of the physical world. I was particularly interested in artists who were creating entities, characterisations in textiles resulting in soft characters. I saw this as an opportunity to comment on the creative process itself and to examine how artists bring into the world that which was previously non existent. Sarah crowEST, Alan Jones, CUPCO, Ghostpatrol and Cat Rabbit were invited to show together following on from conversations with other artists, (in particular Ellis Hutch) and from visuals I had spotted in various media" - Jas Hugonnet, curator

More images here. Exhibition ends this Sunday... gorgeous!

Wedding in style: Gorgeous

Written by Kathryn Porritt

Caterina and Joe are one very stylish Canberra couple who tied the knot on Saturday 18th April 2009. My involvement in their day was to style their wedding and honestly, with Caterina at the helm, they really didn’t need much help. This is one glamorous lady.

Here are the gorgeous photos from Caterina and Joe’s wedding, styled by Canberra event planners (weddings parties anything) Pink Frosting and photographed by the very clever Steven from Creative Image.

Caterina and Joe were married at St Christopher’s Catherdral in Manuka, followed by a stunning reception at Rydges Lakeside Ballroom in Canberra City.

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Caterina’s hair and makeup using Napoleon Cosmetics were by Bentley’s Bridal at the Jamison Centre, Canberra.

Caterina’s stunning gown is by Arushie Bridal Couture in Leichardt. The ruffles and boning are so gorgeous. When I first saw Caterina, she took my breath away.

Bridesmaid gowns in a soft mushroom latte colour, accented with black netting by Park Avenue Bridal Parramatta.

Yes, Joe and the boys also look great… What a handsome bunch of Canberra boys!

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And the Pink Frosting team download underworld rise of the lycans movie did a wonderful job of styling the reception. The Rydges Lakeside Ballroom has never looked better! The team at Rydges loved it so much, they’re using our glamorous images in their advertising…

Caterina and Joe, congratulations and thank you for sharing your amazing day!

Zseike: haunting beauty

Discovered on Etsy, talented Canberran photographer Zseike. I thought these images possess a haunting beauty and simplicity. Movement and stillness. I could not wait to share my favourites with you.

And the first image captures a beauty in fog which has me in raptures about winter in the capital...

So beautiful. Visit Zseike's etsy shop for more.

Who's That girl?: A fashionista with byte

Today's Canberra Times Relax magazine has a little feature about style bloggers, with yours truly representing Canberra! I spoke with fashion writer Claire Low a few weeks ago about Canberra's Got Style...

"With a background in textiles, fashion and interior design, Barrett fits blogging around her busy lifestyle which incldes running her handmade accessories and homewares brand Tango & James, and being a stay-at-home-mum of two young children. Her blog showcases local design, fashion, architecture and photography and is a reply to those who say the capital is daggy"

The article also points to the girls at Go Fug Yourself, Singaporean Bagaholic Boy and fellow Canberrans with style at Pony and Pink... love!

Thankyou Claire, a lovely article and (might I say) the first to be completely factually correct!
Hope you had a Relaxing weekend!

Love Nina x

Something for the Weekend: Tweed Ride

How adorable is a man (or woman) in tweed? Inspired by the British Tweed Run held earlier this year, here's your chance to dress up and have a little dapper fun...



For more tweedy inspiration, check out more images of the London Tweed Run.

Love it! Hope you have a marvelous long weekend,

Love Nina x

In a spin: On all Bids

Hot Hot Hot...

Spotted: 6 black vinyl upholstered bar stools with a slick retro edge (and they swivel)... now only $7.00 on All Bids.

Here's where they would work like magic... some of you may remember this gorgeous Canberra home I blogged about here...

Or equally in this humble Dickson cottage...

Vanity Fair Portraits: a red lipsick event

Opening this Thursday night to a VIP crowd, The National Portrait Gallery will host Vanity Fair Portraits: Photographs 1913 – 2008. It's the hottest ticket in town and the first exhibition to bring together rare vintage prints with contemporary classics from Vanity Fair and the legendary Condé Nast Archive.

Hollywood's brightest young things, an Annie Leibovitz spread


Gloria Swanson; Keira Knightly with Scarlett Johansson

The glamour exhibition is a photographic history of celebrity portraiture, including the works of master photographers such as Edward Steichen and Cecil Beaton, Annie Leibovitz and Mario Testino. Lucky us, The National Portrait Gallery is the sole venue in Australia to host this travelling exhibition.

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Demi Moore; Jean Harlow

National Portrait Gallery Director, Andrew Sayers says “We are very pleased to be able to present this exhibition to Australian audiences. It fits perfectly with our interest in celebrity,style, of-the-moment people and, of course, the work of great portrait photographers. A particular feature of the exhibition seasonat the National Portrait Gallery is the inclusion of a number of Australians who have made it on the world’s stage. Like all of the subjects in the exhibition these Australians have been captured with that mixture of flair, originality and incisiveness that is aunique quality of Vanity Fair”

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On at the National Portrait Gallery Of Australia until August 30. Gorgeousssssssssssssssss!

D.O.N.T. M.I.S.S. I.T. darling,

Love Nina x

Wonderland in Braddon: Morning Tea

Cuuuute: this weekend...

When: Sunday 31 May 2009, 10am til 12pm
Where: Lonsdale Street, Braddon
What: Morning tea fundraiser for the Cancer Council's "Australia's Biggest Morning Tea", with an "Alice in Wonderland" theme.

The Hive Gallery are doing a kids colouring competition, sponsored by Eckersley's art store on Mort Street.
There will be games and fun for the kids near Little Owl and Hive.
Debacle will have tea, coffee and biscuits out the front, and itrip iskip are doing a display for their fashion designers.
Brindabella Baby (upstairs, look for the signs on the footpath opposite Debacle) will have an organic fair trade chocolate fountain.
Dress up, come down and have some fun for a good cause.

Adorable, count me in!

Canberra's Beautiful Autumn at it's best

From The Yellow House In The U blog.
Karin also has an Etsy store featuring her prize winning art, check it out here.