new planet

creative monsoon's new planet

NASA has discovered a new planet .... no, I just discovered photographing my frying pan is cool.

Inspired by the work of Norwegian photographer Christopher Jonassen who turned worn-out frying pans into undiscovered planets from outer space.

Give it a go yourself. I photographed my frying pan with the hipstermatic iPhone  app, popped it into instagram and added a filter then into photoshop to cut out the circle and add a little inner shadow.

christopher jonassen

yumi okita

This month I'm loving the work of Yumi Okita. These beautiful big textile moths make me wish I could sew.

samantha gazal

Glad to see I'm not the only one a little obsessed by envelope lining. These gorgeous 3D flowers are part of Samantha Gazal's latest exhibition at the Butchers Hook Gallery, 52 William St, Paddington in NSW, until July 11.

something new

 Working on something new today...

Plants from scraps

The next step in the great garden conversion - plants. Kitting out such a big space with herbs and vegetables will be pretty pricey so I've been looking into growing plants from scraps. Above is my mutant capsicum grown in just a week from a few seeds saved from a store bought capsicum. And below the spring onions and leek have started to grow. Testing out some lemon basil too.

Vegi garden

It's time for a new diy project around the house. Last year we had two big designs - the kitchen and nursery, well three if you count the baby too! So now we need a big new project to get stuck into and I've decided to create a vegi garden.

We're going to use the big space down the side of the house. It gets enough sun, but not too much and is close enough to the fence to run some sort of netting to keep pesky possums out.

A few problems. What to do with big ugly open drain? How to make sure it won't be in the way when it comes to building in underneath at a later date? And we need a water tank. 

First job is to clear it out and remove the mini jungle. We've made a start and ID'd a few plants like this blue ginger which is apparently quite rare.