tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33064875747559849062024-03-05T15:27:39.568+11:00Lino Forest - Mixing Craft and Colour.Betty Jo Designs. Unique, one-of-kind jewellery and clocks made from recycled vintage Lino.....read all about it!Betty Johttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14297242428242795935noreply@blogger.comBlogger1146125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3306487574755984906.post-80494648935856757102016-03-31T11:26:00.002+11:002016-04-07T21:34:02.265+10:00Maps and BuntingAll Large Maps of Australia are on sale in my <a href="https://www.etsy.com/au/listing/237506993/jumbo-vintage-lino-map-of-australia?ref=related-1">Etsy</a> shop! And the square bunting is now available too!<br />
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Betty Johttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14297242428242795935noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3306487574755984906.post-12412834458896724302015-03-27T16:17:00.002+11:002015-03-28T09:07:11.685+11:00Map of Australia Crazy<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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It's been a while between posts I know! I have still been cutting and gluing lino non stop...especially the seven states of Australia. Right now all Maps are on SALE in my<a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/159866214/i-still-call-australia-home-a-vintage?ref=shop_home_feat_1"> Etsy Shop</a>. But it's just for the month of March and hello!!!! it's almost over already.<br />
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<br />Betty Johttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14297242428242795935noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3306487574755984906.post-19301342794364507522014-08-17T09:06:00.001+10:002014-08-26T10:31:05.872+10:00Hello Betty Jo!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
Hello. I'm back for a long overdue visit. Things have changed a lot in my world since I last posted 2 months ago. I have moved out of my lovely Brunswick shop <a href="https://www.facebook.com/GleanersInc?ref=bookmarks">Gleaners Inc.</a> and am having a wee spell before I embark on new endeavors. Gleaners Inc. has not gone away for good though, there are plans on the horizon....we are just waiting on the right alignment of the stars and moon!</div>
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<span style="text-align: center;">I have moved into a fantastic light filled studio in Nth Fitzroy and have been busy making new things!</span></div>
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Right now every reader can use this $5 gift voucher to spend at <a href="https://www.etsy.com/shop/BettyJoDesigns">Betty Jo's Etsy store.</a></div>
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Just enter code HelloBettyJo at the checkout.</div>
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There are maps and budgies and roses and butterflies and ducks and more available right now!</div>
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Betty Johttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14297242428242795935noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3306487574755984906.post-12049874327892391782014-06-21T08:23:00.002+10:002014-06-21T08:26:06.656+10:00Turning your day around.<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 18px;">Often one little message can turn a crappy day into a not as crappy day........</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 18px;">"Hi there! I ordered the fabulous "Australia" wall hanging you sent to Southport, QLD this week. It is just so so SO gorgeous ... even better than I'd hoped! I will be gifting it to a friend for her 50th birthday In August. She lives in a cute, old fibro cottage on a lake on the NSW South Coast and has travelled right around Australia so I think this could not be more appropriate"</span><br />
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If you would like to have your own special Map of Australia they are available from my <a href="https://www.etsy.com/au/listing/159866214/i-still-call-australia-home-a-map-for?">Etsy shop</a>.or pop into <a href="https://www.facebook.com/GleanersInc">Gleaners Inc.</a> to choose one in person.</div>
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They are all made from pre-loved linoleum from the 40's and earlier.</div>
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This Map has some pretty rosy Lino I rescued from a house reno in Brunswick.</div>
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Betty Johttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14297242428242795935noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3306487574755984906.post-71307380313076732422014-05-23T10:36:00.001+10:002014-05-23T10:37:33.870+10:00"Flying Blind" Flying DucksSometimes when you are looking for a new twist on one of your popular products, the idea is right under your nose.<br />
Over the last few weeks it was one of my favorite times of the year in my neighborhood- The HARD RUBBISH COLLECTION. I found a funky 70's vinyl blind on someone's nature strip and took it to my studio thinking I'll use it for something one day. Then I thought a set of ducks would look cool covered in the retro pattern.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhO8wp1SuLeUlDZaFlAuFdcUxSuwBP0dNJgufoImIpE0DVNDQJQdPwK6sFzLTLADkLC3I-Lj6tu1G7toOSlFPRkq5nMZwiICkHy8KZGRrT_cawOgMfkzPXMMBgo2JP6QnSbF5hO_7qxo7Xx/s1600/paisly+ducks.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhO8wp1SuLeUlDZaFlAuFdcUxSuwBP0dNJgufoImIpE0DVNDQJQdPwK6sFzLTLADkLC3I-Lj6tu1G7toOSlFPRkq5nMZwiICkHy8KZGRrT_cawOgMfkzPXMMBgo2JP6QnSbF5hO_7qxo7Xx/s1600/paisly+ducks.jpg" height="640" width="640" /></a><br />
Then in further fossiking expeditions I found four more discarded blinds and covered more ducks.<br />
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All five "Flying Blind"designs are now available in my<a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/188542638/flying-blind-set-of-3-retro-flying-ducks?ref=shop_home_feat_3"> Etsy shop.</a> But they are very limited, so grab yours now xxxx<br />
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Betty Johttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14297242428242795935noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3306487574755984906.post-55987132402978282472014-05-01T09:38:00.004+10:002014-05-01T09:39:37.619+10:00A Rose is a Rose<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
Miss Lily was catching the bus home from Brunswick and spotted some guys dumping a pile of this pretty vintage lino in a rubbish pile. Not wasting any time, I zipped over with the car and asked nicely if I could have it. "Yep, sure. It's just going to the tip" was the reply.</div>
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I have made a limited number of rose brooches from the lino and right now they are available for a Special Mother's Day price of $10 each plus postage.<br />
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They are for sale in my Etsy store <a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/187315245/cabbage-rose-lino-brooch?">here</a>. But be quick as there are only two of each colour left!</div>
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There is also a very limited number of Rose necklaces. These are available at my shop <a href="https://www.facebook.com/GleanersInc">Gleaners Inc.</a><br />
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Betty Johttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14297242428242795935noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3306487574755984906.post-91084488518642103922014-04-17T07:49:00.001+10:002014-08-17T09:40:39.429+10:00Squawk and Meow.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I'm continuing my love of native birds and colour with these guys. A rainbow lorikeet and a rosella (just like on the sauce bottle!)<br />
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Kitties aren't forgotten either. This cheeky guy is a wall hanging. </div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 18px;"><span style="color: #0c343d;">I thought budgies were the new flamingo's, that were the new llamas, that were the new sloths, that were the new bunnies, that were the new horses, that were the new donkeys, that were the new owls. </span></span><br />
<span style="color: #0c343d;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 18px;">Craft is a Noah's ark of a</span><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 18px;">nimal motifs and what begins as a cute new image on indie designer goods often ends up done to death on everything from school stationary at Officeworks, to kids undies from Target.</span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #0c343d;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 18px;">One of my friends answered "</span></span></span><span style="background-color: #edeff4; line-height: 14.079999923706055px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Please let's have something native to Australia, not another bleeding' woodland creature" </span></span></span><br />
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Betty Johttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14297242428242795935noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3306487574755984906.post-26999655796343874862014-03-29T09:16:00.000+11:002014-03-29T09:16:03.040+11:00Oz Pattern and Style!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
Last night I went to the launch of <a href="http://www.patternation.net/">Patternation</a>, a thoroughly mind blowing collection of Oz fashion from iconic 80's designers and contemporary practitioners. Jewellery by Kate Durham (who was my idol at art school) and fashion by Jenny Kee, Kara Baker, Ken Done ( who was kinda daggy in the 80's but ironically cool right now) and Linda Jackson to name a few.</div>
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I wanted help deciding which brooch to wear on my Ken Done dress ( made by Lily from a tablecloth from Savers) so I asked on Facebook.....the Opera House, the Map of Oz or the Budgie?<br />
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The Opera House polled favorably, but in the end I went with the Map.....<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDwk0551gAeaqUZv9w4DF560GmzvgRSQjtD_N98pfJBgYC4ipK5iYoHLJqIX85aPrNUeoPAPtj5YoF5NBWiAiDUueJn2Mwb1nYTAwD3dz374r8QQGDBFwjDcqt-0tuE44MMhrVLdym-jid/s1600/My+Documents19-001.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDwk0551gAeaqUZv9w4DF560GmzvgRSQjtD_N98pfJBgYC4ipK5iYoHLJqIX85aPrNUeoPAPtj5YoF5NBWiAiDUueJn2Mwb1nYTAwD3dz374r8QQGDBFwjDcqt-0tuE44MMhrVLdym-jid/s1600/My+Documents19-001.jpg" height="452" width="640" /></a><br />
So here I am Rockin' the Done with the very cool Devlin who has a mighty collection of 80's street wear and Ken Done vintage!Betty Johttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14297242428242795935noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3306487574755984906.post-49547643993258999262014-03-26T10:05:00.000+11:002014-03-26T10:05:00.025+11:00Girt by Sea<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Once again it's been all about the Maps of Australia. Several orders are heading out soon, so lots of cutting and assembling is going on in the studio. I dug out all my pretty floral lino for some of these. Kinda looks like our wide brown land has turned into a bunch of flowers.<br />
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The iconic shape of Australia has got me thinking about the theme for the next exhibition at <a href="https://www.facebook.com/GleanersInc">Gleaners Inc.</a>.......stay tuned!!!!Betty Johttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14297242428242795935noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3306487574755984906.post-31279587192516723122014-03-15T20:38:00.001+11:002014-03-15T20:38:56.525+11:00A Penny for a Picture!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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A few of these swallows and some other feathery friends have fluttered off to roost at Jay from <a href="https://www.facebook.com/FinkiHandmade">Finki </a>and Anna from <a href="https://www.facebook.com/pages/polly-pratt-clothing/8092883502">Polly Pratt's</a> new retail venture <a href="https://www.facebook.com/RubysNestBrunswick">Ruby's Nest</a>. It's a gorgeous shop full of pretty, colourful dresses and accessories so I'm sure my birdies will fit right in!</div>
Betty Johttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14297242428242795935noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3306487574755984906.post-87481446154614960612014-03-10T11:40:00.002+11:002014-03-10T11:41:41.128+11:00March Swallow Sale!<span style="background-color: white; color: #0c343d; font-family: inherit; line-height: 18px;">March is my favorite month. Autumn has arrived, the days are cooler and Betty Jo has a Birthday. To celebrate March, Betty Jo is DISCOUNTING all the <a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/62110054/swift-swallow-lino-brooch">Swift Swallow brooches in her Etsy shop </a>by a BIG $15.00! That's a saving of almost 45%! Limited number available xxxx</span><br />
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Betty Johttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14297242428242795935noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3306487574755984906.post-55397290899624281582014-03-09T10:17:00.000+11:002014-03-09T10:19:50.818+11:00Viva La Frida<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I am one of millions of people who are inspired by Frida Kahlo. Her work, her beliefs, her style and strength.<br />
An amazing woman who channeled her pain and tumultuous life into intricate and colourful paintings.<br />
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Betty Johttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14297242428242795935noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3306487574755984906.post-85555991305651145072014-03-03T21:00:00.000+11:002014-03-03T21:10:17.353+11:00Cocky want a Cracker?<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I thought it was about time I branched out and gave the baby budgies some friends.<br />
So hello Sulpher Crested Cockatoo, Gang Gang Cockatoo, and Galah! I love these cheeky fellows in the wild. Their beautiful flashes of colour and raucous squawking remind me how awesome Australia's native fauna is. So cool and unique.<br />
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The Cockatoo and Budgies brooches are available now at <a href="https://www.facebook.com/GleanersInc">Gleaners Inc.</a> </div>
Betty Johttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14297242428242795935noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3306487574755984906.post-30717752118387885302014-02-22T08:47:00.000+11:002014-02-22T08:55:35.587+11:00Fresh of the Bench!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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New Cupid Sugar Skull available from Gleaners Inc., Lino Disc-o Necklace,<br />
Custom made Map of Australia. Belly dancer for the "<a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/620470481334906/">Materialized</a>" Exhibition at <a href="https://www.facebook.com/GleanersInc">Gleaners Inc.</a> opening on the 1st of March.</div>
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Betty Johttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14297242428242795935noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3306487574755984906.post-1490420858087354772014-02-09T08:19:00.002+11:002014-02-09T08:19:15.932+11:00Tugging your Heart Strings <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I have continued the Heart theme at Betty Jo headquarters and designed a Lino Heart Strings Bunting.<span style="color: #0c343d;"> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Perfect for a<span style="background-color: white; line-height: 25px;">dding some romance to your abode! I have linked 10 vintage lino hearts together to form a 160cm long bunting that would look ace in a retro themed house. </span></span></span></div>
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The Heart Strings Bunting is available in my <a href="https://www.etsy.com/au/listing/178205427/heart-strings-lino-bunting?ref=shop_home_feat_4">Etsy shop</a> now!<br />
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If you like Hearts and a BARGAIN, I am offering a $10 dollar discount on all <a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/90350067/heart-strings-lino-necklace?ref=related-5">Heart Strings necklaces in my etsy shop</a> right through February. Just add the code HEARTSTRINGS at checkout!<br />
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<span style="text-align: center;"> As you can see, I'm a bit in LOVE with hearts at the moment. </span></div>
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Once again <a href="http://gleanersinc.blogspot.com.au/">Gleaners Inc.</a> is participating in the Virgin Australia Melbourne Fashion Festival's Cultural Program. A month long exhibition titled <a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/620470481334906/">"Materialized"</a> will run throughout March at Gleaners Inc. </div>
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 16.639999389648438px; text-align: left;">Gleaners Inc. has invited designers, artists and craftspeople to take a swatch of vintage material and use it as inspiration for a creative project.</span><br style="background-color: white; line-height: 16.639999389648438px; text-align: left;" /><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 16.639999389648438px; text-align: left;">All participants must respond to the fabric, ie; the pattern, the texture or the colour palette, by creating a finished piece incorporating or referencing their swatch.</span><br style="background-color: white; line-height: 16.639999389648438px; text-align: left;" /><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 16.639999389648438px; text-align: left;">The material will plant the seed of a creative idea and the final designs will “materialize” as the ideas ger</span></span><span class="text_exposed_show" style="background-color: white; display: inline; line-height: 16.639999389648438px; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #073763; font-family: inherit;">minate and grow into the finished piece.<br />The result will be a diverse collection of work that incorporates fashion and clothing, textiles, jewellery, accessories, works on canvas and paper and sculptural pieces. </span></span></div>
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Here is a sneak peek at the one of the pieces I have been making. The fabric has a Moroccan feel to it, referencing these ornately glazed tiles.<br />
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. I am looking forward to seeing all the wonderful work that is being created for the show!</div>
Betty Johttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14297242428242795935noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3306487574755984906.post-16652368824198789352014-01-26T08:37:00.000+11:002014-01-26T08:40:43.933+11:00Thinking about Hearts...<br />
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Well it is coming up to <i>that</i> Day in February!</div>
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<span style="text-align: start;">You can purchase my Heart Strings Lino Necklaces from my </span><a href="https://www.etsy.com/au/listing/90350067/heart-strings-lino-necklace?ref=shop_home_active_1" style="text-align: start;">Etsy</a> store.</div>
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As you may well be aware, my greatest love in life is partaking in a good opshop.</div>
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On a day trip to Bendigo last week it seems <span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif; line-height: 16.003000259399414px;">I had an unintentional opshopping colour scheme going !</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif; line-height: 16.003000259399414px;">And because it's Australia Day, and all that it represents in our contemporary society, here is one of my Maps of Australia sitting in the window of the excellent <a href="https://www.facebook.com/BlackbirdCorner">Blackbird Corner</a> in Newcastle!</span></div>
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Happy New Year Groovers!</div>
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The year started pretty slowly at Betty Jo Headquarters. Studio pottering, not really focused on any one thing......until yesterday. I was scrolling through instagram and happened to notice several crafty friends vintage fabric stashes all neatly sorted and colour coded. Wouldn't some of these fabricy bits make pretty bunting I thought ( it's hard not to think of bunting when you are sitting in a shop FULL of it!). Then I glanced over to my higgledy-piggledy pile of lino and *Bing* (that's the light globe switching on) I set to and made the Betty Jo version of pretty vintage Bunting. </div>
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It is 160cm long with eight vintage lino flags linked together with jump rings and finished each end with an 18cm chain. It would be perfect for a kitchen, patio, verandah, or anywhere really! It even looks alright hanging out in the scout hall that is my lounge room.<br />
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And it's pretty hardy so would cope with the elements outdoors as well. You can get your own custom made Bunting from my E<a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/174911648/lino-bunting">tsy</a> store or my real life shop <a href="http://gleanersinc.blogspot.com.au/">Gleaners Inc.</a> <a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/115157360/bunting-crazy-lino-necklace?ref=listing-shop-header-2"></a><br />
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After the success of my <a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/115157360/bunting-crazy-lino-necklace?ref=listing-shop-header-2">Lino Bunting necklaces,</a> I'm hoping this bigger bunting will appeal to the same vintage loving peeps!!!!Betty Johttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14297242428242795935noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3306487574755984906.post-65177495680080941162013-12-23T09:09:00.000+11:002013-12-23T09:12:21.164+11:00Signing off for 2013!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
Well that's almost it for another year. A year of big highs and annoying lows, business and artful juggling, plans and ideas ( some fruitful, others not so), decisions made, minds changed. Just your normal roller- coaster ride on the Big Dipper of life.</div>
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In my creative life I made a couple of good decisions. Making these Maps of Australia for the wall was one!</div>
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Going with my friend Lois to the salvage this amazing lino also proved to be a wise move, as I have been able to incorporate it into loads of Betty Jo goodies this year!</div>
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Like these Flying Ducks, ordered by a lovely man as a Chrissy gift for his vintage lino loving wife! </div>
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And of course brooches...oodles of brooches!</div>
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And to continue the Christmas tradition, I made a limited number of wreaths for all seasonal persuasions!</div>
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Best wishes for Christmas and here's to a great 2014! </div>
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As usual this is the busiest time of year in my world. Stockist ordering for Christmas always send their requests in at the same time, so it's non stop making right now!<br />
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px; text-align: left;">Plate of Betty Jo goodies. </span><br style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px; text-align: left;" /><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px; text-align: left;">I need to fill two more for an exciting new stockist in NSW. As I hand cut and assemble each little critter, no two will ever be the same.... Some will be wonky, but we like it that way!</span></span></div>
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My lino Cuckoo Clocks have been popular. This pretty floral one in now living at a gorgeous shop in Rylstone <a href="https://www.facebook.com/pages/Mon-Alisa-Design/346917035336959">"Mon Alisa"</a>. <br />
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Map's of Australia are still my faves. This one is available at the coolest boutique in town, <a href="https://www.facebook.com/pages/Pussycat-Black/347837423658">Pussycat Black</a>!<br />
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Last Sunday we had a stall at the fantastic<a href="https://www.facebook.com/MARKitDesignersMarket"> Markit @Fed Square</a>. I took a bunch of <a href="https://www.facebook.com/GleanersInc?ref=hl">Gleaners Inc</a>. goodies and a great day was had by all!!!<br />
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As it is Christmas in um,oh, about 4 weeks, I have started making wreaths again. This one is now hanging on a front door of a lovely customer from Adelaide.</div>
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This little lady art work is the size of a playing card and is for a very cool exhibition at Tinning St. Gallery called <a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/537270156366131/">"Smash and Grab"</a>. The work is called "Carmen from La Mana Fresh". Her hat is a brooch and her carnelion earrings are removable!</div>
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It's not been all about me these last few months. My girl Lily has been working hard to complete VCE and submit her folios. This is arguably the coolest halo in town and we are hoping it brings her divine luck as she embarks on her tertiary adventures. </div>
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OK. No beating about the bush here. It's now only six weekends till Christmas. </div>
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I have just noticed the Christmas vibe starting to hum in my retail shop <a href="https://www.facebook.com/GleanersInc">Gleaners Inc.</a> with organised customers talking about Christmas gift lists and stocking stuffers. Nothing a shop keeper loves more than a well prepared shopper!!</div>
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I had a dig through the vaults for a bit of Christmas inspiration yesterday.</div>
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And here is the first Christmas wreath of the season. The wreath is approx 26cm wide and hangs flat.<br />
The angel can be removed and worn as a brooch. These will be for sale in Gleaners Inc. and I will also be happy to take orders. Each wreath will be one-of-a-kind!Betty Johttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14297242428242795935noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3306487574755984906.post-89955462548270566692013-11-04T09:00:00.002+11:002013-11-04T09:01:49.694+11:00"A Rod for Your Neck"<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 18px;">This vintage Cuisenaire set won't last long as I crank up the drill and create primary school maths inspired jewellery! </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 18px;">Cool lady teacher gifts anyone? </span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 18px;">Does anyone actually remember learning anything using rods? I built some kick arse towers in grade one and these days seem to connect several numbers in my brain with their corresponding rods colours. eg. When I think of ten I think of orange. </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 18px;">Mild synethesia maybe?</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 18px;"><a href="https://www.etsy.com/au/listing/83385136/a-rod-for-your-neck">"A Rod for your Neck"</a> necklaces are available from Etsy! </span>Betty Johttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14297242428242795935noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3306487574755984906.post-2045653207180419902013-10-22T20:01:00.001+11:002013-10-22T20:11:35.974+11:00Australia, Your Standing In It!<div style="text-align: center;">
Lately it feels like I'm knee deep in Australias.</div>
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And in news just to hand, soon you will find one of these Australias on display at the Bonnie Doon holiday house made famous in the Aussie movie "<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Castle_(film)">The Castle"</a>.</div>
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Am I allowed to make a very un-Australian confession? I didn't like "The Castle". I couldn't last the whole movie, in fact I think I only got through a choc top and some smiths chips before I slunk out of the cinema. I think it was the fake ocker accents that drove me away. Have you ever walked out of a movie?</div>
Betty Johttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14297242428242795935noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3306487574755984906.post-57379686553191307602013-10-16T09:55:00.000+11:002013-10-16T09:57:26.629+11:00I like Birds........!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Yep, we like birds at Betty Jo Designs. These little budgies were caught having a kiss at Finders Keepers Market.<br />
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Two swooping Swallows are off to live at <a href="https://www.facebook.com/pages/Michael-Reid-at-Murrurundi/64394877094?ref=br_tf">Murrurundi Gallery</a>.<br />
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In the tradition of the three flying ducks, here are three swallows for the wall. Hang them over the mantle, and while your looking at them, have a whistle and a dance to this very cute song by Californian band <a href="http://www.eelstheband.com/">"Eels"</a>!</div>
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