for the visionaries

carpet

YourVision

IssueOneFromAbove

So! It’s been a truly crazy few weeks/months here at for the visionaries, and I can proudly say that with Spoonful at the printers - YAY!! I’m feeling hugely excited/nervous/chuffed and relieved I completed my promise of creating something based on that post all that time ago…

And as for life? And Inspiration? Well, I guess with business and this insane time of year (don’t you think the moment November hits the weeks fly by literally tripley as fast as the rest of the year?? What is that about?…) I am digging my heels into home and working, present shopping, and pursing what’s left of this phenomenal year with eager speed.

My toes on the carpet this morning are a sign of business with remnants of red nail polish appearing on little toes… MUST paint toe-nails… which leads to must get polish… which leads to must leave the house… which leads to- oh no! must work, which leads to, just gonna post on my little blog that’s been a tad neglected.So here I am. Chipped nail-polish and all…

Tomorrow can show you the COVER - YAY!!!!!! of Spoonful which has been top secret all this time. Here is a sneak peek at the prototype I printed off my humble little printer soon to be made real by the pros.

And the quote? Someone posted that on their facebook this morning and I thought it had SO MUCH importance it was vital it was put up asap!! I’m so often reminding us to follow our dreams, and trust our guts, to be brave, to get out there… and all the rest of that. And as I’m learning the hard way, none of that is worth a dime without the follow-through! I agree that no matter how beautiful, ‘your vision is only as powerful as’ that painful commitment and follow-through to making it happen! How to market a new tiny zine? One of my little challenges in my journey.

What are you guys hitting? How are you finding the follow-through and what’s your story? I would love some feedback, some info on other people’s projects and we could put them up here to remind all of us that we’re not alone…?

let me know..

thea.
xx

Comments (View)

+

typesticker

So so many things to blog about today, yummy inspiring finds, beautiful snippets, updates, & quotes…

let’s start with this GORGEOUS press-printed book. As Spoonful is now at the printers - eeeeeeek! I got a little paper/press obsessed and discovered some finds. This book is a print of a poem by Elizabeth York, now I am definitely not the most religious of people however, faith is a tricky magic little thing that can help at the most surprising of moments… You know? Faith in whatever you might choose, the universe, god, luck, drive, ideas…. Elizabeth says:

There is no unbelief;
For thus by day and night unconsciously
The heart lives by that faith the lips deny.

a little thought to ponder…

Whilst pondering take a look at this film. It’s AMAZING to see what this printer did…

thea.
xx

Comments (View)

November 6

COOL DOGS

My smile for the day - hehehehe.

thea.
xx

Comments (View)

+

foto_decadent:

Sorry, Been a little quiet here, but facing that road & trying to complete the final steps before giving over the document to the printer…

EEEK!

thea.
xx

Comments (View)

+

That’s it!
I thought about it for about 5 seconds! But I’m in!

Are you…?

thea.
xx

P.S. The Link if you are :)

Comments (View)

November 4

Making textures today for the final spreads…

LOOKING AHEAD!! STRAIGHT!

thea.
xx

Comments (View)

+

I’m concentrating, I swear, but who can resist distraction when this baby floats past!!! The Opera House is not a small building! How HUGE is this ship??

thea.
xx

Comments (View)

November 3

I couldn’t sleep last night. I kept thinking about all the things I have to do, how to get all my work done, how to not go bankrupt, how to breathe… you know, the usual. I think I made myself feel a little queasy with fear & worry.

Anyway, as I was lying there, all curled up and looking out the window at a city of sprawling red lights in the early morning my mind begain to think about our family’s travel-sickness. I realise this may seem a bit odd.
Eh?! I hear you say, ‘travel sickness?’ Well, let me explain.

ALL of my family get travel & motion-sickness. It doesn’t matter what it is that we’re in; car, bus, train, plane, boat, rides… it happens to all of us. The throats get tight, the air feels whoozy and basically, well, basically we make for terrible travelers!!

And this got me thinking a little. This sick feeling in my stomach. It got me thinking about about what my mom used to say to us (still does, if we’re in the car…), as a technique to counter-act or prevent our car-sickness. When you’re sitting in the car and you’re not feeling too well, my mom always always says without fail, to “Look Straight Ahead!” And it makes a difference.

There’s something about the continuity of seeing where your body’s about to be taken that helps with the brain making a physical connection to the body’s movement. You focus, you breathe, and you look straight ahead, and this way, you are able to survive the car journey relatively well. It’s engrained in me, those three words of sense & help.

So you understand, that when I was lying there and feeling slightly queasy that the words popped into my mind immediately. And I know I wasn’t in a car, or a physical moving vehicle, but life was moving me in ways I couldn’t predict… which is similar to a car, if you think about it. And if this is the case, which I suspect it always will be, all you can do is, well, you need to ‘Look Straight Ahead’. Don’t think about all the cliff edges and terrifying things that are paralysing you from action. Don’t see them. Look straight ahead. Move forward, & it will all be okay in the end… And if it isn’t well, you can always take a break and get out of the car for a bit before trying again.

So that’s what I’m doing today. No time for stressing.
I’m Looking Straight ahead.

thea.
xx

Comments (View)

November 2

I am about to say something that you will probably never, and really I mean, never say again… so listen closely cause it’ll be in a flash and forgotten almost instantly…

This is the one thing that’s made me… wish I worked in an office. Well, this office anyhow :) Lame as it is, it looks frickin fun and I want to do it too!! hehehe. A great follow on to those two asian boys. I like it :)

And since I’m posting something that’s not exactly visionary, allow me to temper it with a link to Max Wanger the AMAAAAAZING photographer’s blog… It doesn’t get better than this guy.

thea.
xx

Comments (View)

+

Jacaranda-Gazing & Looking Up...

jacaranda2

jaca3

jaca5

So, as you guys know, I set up ‘for the visionaries’ based on some miserable (no light at the end of the tunnel) work experiences to remind me, and anyone else who needs the reminder to sit down, look up at the sky and just breathe… (words of a very wise friend of mine in a moment of crisis) &, well, the other day I did exactly that.

Spring is bursting through Sydney with a mixed bag of days, sometimes it’s gloriously hot, and other days mild and breezy. However, despite this unusual confusion in the weather pattern the plants seem to know exactly what time of year it is, and they’re blooming magnificently… Hence my images here.

Instead of star-gazing or cloud-spotting the other day I went down to this gorgeous street which has completely come alive due to its edges being lined in blooming Jacaranda trees.

The purple of the sweet little flowers pops a deep purpley-blue against the sky and I spent a good period of time just jacaranda-gazing. Looking up, and feeling so lucky to witness something so beautiful. I thought you guys would appreciate it too… Any wild plant happenings in your world…?

thea.
xx

P.S. Amazing little film here…

Comments (View)

October 29

FromKeetra

Need a hug?

Always :)

thea.
xx

Comments (View)

October 28

Having a blissful afternoon creating potential artwork for a spread & listening to Craft Sanity…. this is what it’s all about :)

thea.
xx

Comments (View)