Workshops for BrisAsia Festival

I am very excited to announce that Brisbane Brown Owls will be producing Brisbane City Council's Art Bites program of workshops for the BrisAsia Festival! A group of incredibly talented workshop facilitators have been hand selected to deliver a diverse program of Asian-themed workshops in February and March!


You can check out the full line up of workshops here.

Thanks to Brisbane City Council all workshops are free and include materials and equipment. Please note that RSVPs are absolutely essential by emailing brisbanebrownowls@gmail.com. Get in asap, we all know how quickly these will fill up!


Images from top left: Kanzashi flowers with Melanie Gray Augustin from Kimono Reincarnate, Kantha stitching with me, Amigurumi with Jessica Thompson of Out of my Mind crochet and contemporary Jewellery with Liana Kabel.

macramé at jungle bar, west end

It's happening again! If you've never tried macramé before or you'd like to pick up from where you left off at the last workshop you came to pop in to Jungle Bar this Wednesday night in West End for cocktails and macramé!

Wednesday 12 February, 6:30-8:30pm
Jungle Bar
76 Vulture Street, West End
Free with purchase of a cocktail (or mocktail)!

Look forward to catching up there!

woodford folk festival wrap up

I'm settled back in Brisbane this week for a few days before heading to India which I'm very excited about. I hope you've all had an amazing, inspiring and creative start to the new year, I'll be popping in here a bit this week to document all the creative happenings and travels in my little world since Christmas.

We had a fabulous time taking the Brisbane chapter of Brown Owls to Woodford Folk Festival over the Christmas break sharing good things like rubber stamp making, macramé, 17th century fabric buttons/brooches and basket weaving with fabric. It was so much fun for us to share this special time with my sister and her two beautiful girls who just moved back from two years at Lockhart River.

A huge thank you to Melissa and the wonderful team at Woodford Folk Festival for having Brown Owls along and to all the wonderful workshop participants I was lucky enough to share my time at Woodford with. We couldn't have asked for a more inspiring start to 2014!

'Aunty Wayne' (aka country boy) teaching my niece to juggle at Circadia

 Imagine the Land ephemeral art installation in progress at Artisania

Wang Wen-Chih's Bamboo sculpture project

We had the chance to participate in Dyani from Little Deer Creations paper bead rolling workshop, this was great fun and hopefully coming to a Brisbane Brown Owls meet up this year!

Our meeting spot and where we couldn't help but shop up a storm, Little Deer Creations fabulous eco friendly stall

 Country Boy drumming up a storm with my nieces to celebrate the new year

We would have been filled with regret if we didn't bring Senorita home with us hand crafted by the extremely talented marionette maker The Squeaking Tribe.

There's lots more to show and tell but that's more than enough for one post :)

Workshops at Woodford Folk Festival

Hello!

Wishing you all a safe and fun festive season and thank you all for supporting my little creative venture.

Just a reminder that I will be running workshops with Brisbane Brown Owls at Woodford Folk Festival! Workshops will include rubber stamp making, 17th century fabric brooches, basket weaving with fabric and macramé!

You can find all of the details for Woodford Folk Festival and the full program here.

Also check out the full line up of workshops in the visual arts/craft section here.

If you're planning on going let me know, I would love to see you there! You can also keep up with all the fun of Woodford on my instagram, Facebook page or Twitter.

Keep an eye on your in-boxes early in the new year for a fabulous line up of Art Bites workshops as part of Brisbane City Council's BrisAsia Festival that I will be producing as Brisbane Brown Owls. If you're not on my email list already sign up here

See you at Woodford or in 2014!
Rebecca x

make a christmas bird

On Saturday I'll be sharing a special Christmas craft at Brown Owls. If you're in Brisbane come along for our last meet up of the year and make your very own version of the edward & lilly Christmas bird. All of the details can be found here.

two brisbane handmade markets to go

matching sets - custom orders taken now!

Have you finished your Christmas shopping? Or perhaps you still need to treat yourself to some beautiful handmade wares for the season! 

There are only 2 handmade markets left for edward & lilly and both are on this Friday!

Bleeding Heart Gallery Massive Christmas Market

This one is perfect for those of you who work in the City, duck out at lunch time and shop local handmade wares! More details here.

Friday 13 December, 10am-3pm

at the old School of Arts Building, 166 Ann Street, Brisbane CBD

BrisStyle indie Twilight Market

This is the biggest 100% handmade market of the year! And also a great night out for the whole family with loads of entertainment including the Christmas pantomime happening right in the heart of the city.

I'll be sharing with Dyani of Little Deer Creations, we'll be near the huge Christmas tree :)

More details here.

Friday 13 December, 4-9pm

King George Square, Brisbane CBD

I look forward to seeing all of my lovely regular customers and crafty friends there to wish you a fabulous festive season :)

brisstyle indie market this saturday

On the search for the perfect Christmas gift? Support local artisans this Saturday at the BrisStyle Indie Market!

Saturday 7th December, 9am-4pm
City Hall, 91 Ann Street, Brisbane City

See you there!

amigurumi for beginners

Last weekend I ran a little amigurumi meet up for Brisbane Brown Owls. It was great fun and a lot easier than I thought it would be.

If you'd like to have a go at it yourself I highly recommend Fresh Stitches Beginner's Guide to Amigurumi, it's a free pdf download and can be found here.

Once you've got your skills down there's also some great patterns on Craftsy and I'm sure Ravelry have some good ones too.

If you're in Brisbane early next year there will be some more fab amigurumi for beginners workshops happening, details will be announced soon and you can sign up to my email newsletter here to be the first to find out!

Happy hooking!

macramé workshop at jungle

It's happening again!

Macramé workshop at Jungle
Join me for a cocktail and some basic macramé at Jungle bar in West End.
When: Wednesday 4 December, 7:30pm
Where: Jungle, 76 Vulture Street, West End, Brisbane
Cost: Free with any cocktail purchase. Materials included!

This time around tackle the square knot, the basis for all your macramé adventures!

See you there!

QAGOMA Store Christmas Design Market

I'm so excited to be part of the QAGOMA Store Christmas Design Market, it's this Saturday!

QAGOMA Store Christmas Design Market
Saturday 30 November, 2013
9am-4pm
at the Gallery of Modern Art
Facebook event is here

See you there!