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Tell us about your journey to
Rotterdam
What is your workspace like?
I am very lucky to be able to designate a
spare bedroom to my studio space. We
I met a beautiful Dutchman in Rotterdam while on a three week Europe trip. have a large light-filled apartment that
enables me to photograph and display
After a whirlwind few days I returned
my finds. The studio space is equipped
to Australia for eight months, deciding
then that I wanted to relocate to Europe with two large work tables where my
screen-printing takes place.
to be closer to my family and spend
more time with the Dutchman.
How do you balance creative work
What inspired you to start your blog and normal life?
and Instagram feed?
I work a 40 hour week in an office job so
weekends are sacred for gathering inspiIt’s the simple things that I find most
beautiful and if I can help trigger a little ration, baking and adventuring with the
inspiration in someone by posting pretty boy. My full time job gives me the freedom to travel and buy all of the vintage
pictures of what I love most, then I am
truly humbled. My blog has become less treasure my heart desires.
of a forum to share my favourite recipes
and artwork and developed more into a What’s your advice for taking a
storyboard of my adventures overseas. great Instagram pic?
Why do you love what you do?
I make the most of the beautiful light
that infiltrates my apartment. A beautiI am constantly inspired by the beauty of ful blue sky always makes for a great
the everyday. From fresh market flowers backdrop too. The Dutch weather
doesn’t always inspire me so I compenand ‘70s fabric patterns to 1930s archisate by composing colourful vignettes in
tecture…I am never short of new projects and designs. Screen-prints and bak- my home whenever I can. I’ve learnt to
love the moodiness and there’s a VSCOing sweet treats have been my creative
cam filter that complements the darker
mediums of choice over the past year
days perfectly. I take all of my photos
and best translate my creative ideas in
with my i-Phone 4S and edit with Aftermy new home.
light and VSCOcam apps.
What do you need to be creative?
Vintage wallpaper, great light and my
iPhone.