Some people are so amazingly creative, inspiring, talented and driven that it takes my breath away; the editor & designer (& writer, publisher & illustrator!) of Parasol magazine is definitely one of those people. Yasmine has created an AMAZING online magazine (also available to download for free as a pdf) featuring art, design, & photography [...]

This is a great little interview with the editor of Frankie magazine – about how she started out and how she became the editor of one of the coolest Australian magazines (those are my words, not hers!) Frankie magazine is fantastic – independent artists, crafts, photography, quirky fashion, illustration, handmade gifts, indie musicians. It’s inspiring [...]

This is an AMAZING interview with Emilie Autumn – I was going to post it as a link in my next Galaxy link roundup, but the more I listened to it, the more I thought it deserved a post of it’s own.
It’s long – 31 minutes – but for Emilie Autumn fans, it is a [...]

Eleanor Jane’s zines are amongst my very favourites. Her writing and photography transport you to another world – I come out of reading one of Elle’s zines feeling inspired to write and live more creatively. Elle works as a professional freelance photographer, and I admire her determination and hard work in a tough industry so, [...]

One of my biggest guilty pleasures is Australia’s Next Top Model – generally reality tv shows annoy me, but I love shows about fashion & magazines & modelling. In episode 2, which aired earlier in the month, the girls did a fashion shoot called “Tulle on the Trapeze”, and 9 (out of 12) of the [...]

Melissa Nucera, aka This Years Girl has been a favourite digital artist of mine for quite some time now, though I only just realised recently she had a blog (I had been following her on DeviantArt). Her artwork is an incredible blend of photography & photo manipulation, capturing the essence of dreams, magic, faerytales and [...]

Blueberry Girl, by Neil Gaiman, is an absolutely delightful poem he wrote for Tori Amos in anticipation of the birth of her daughter many years ago, which has now been turned into a book, illustrated by Charles Vess.
Many of the illustrations appear in this video, with Neil Gaiman reading the poem:

It’s a book for mothers [...]

Alicia Dabney is definitely one of my favourite jewelry designers out there – not only is her jewelry incredibly beautiful, but the designs are inspired by amazing stories and histories. In Alicia’s own words,
I see both simple and complex mystery in life. History, elements, myths, legends, traditions and customs, old cultures, artistic movements, and spiritual [...]