Crafternoon Tea

My lovely friends Janelle and Vanessa are organizing a very cute crochet class at Oxford Street Design Store the coming Sunday! All the materials and afternoon tea are included! How cool is that! Don't forget to tell your family and friends about this wonderful workshop and enjoy a cozy and creative afternoon together!!

Creative Lane Application is now open!

Plush Fox Doll D.I.Y tutorial

I found this adorable Plush Fox Doll on A Beautiful Mess and I can't wait to share this easy tutorial with you all ! I will definitely make some this weekend!!

Easy DIY Artwork

Found a nice and easy DIY artwork tutorial at the Refinery 29 and I think this would be a cool weekend DIY project! The concept of this DIY is quite basic but when you know the technique of it, your imagination can transform into many different artworks!

Creative Lane Zine is ready!!

Open publication - Free publishing - More art


 The magazine is finally done! The amount of time that I spent to organize the files are actually more than I spent to make the magazines. Anyway, now I know my MAC can organize PDF into one file easily and it can also reduce the size of the PDF file from 300MB to 5MB ! How can it do that? I have no idea but a bit of google tutorial did save my life!

Sadly...

I just realized some of my favorite Sydney artists has to close down or limited their crafty business because they have to go back to the full time workforce.... it's such a hard and painful decision. How many of us have dream to be our own boss and do what we like for a living? But the reality is family and standard of living always come first. I have been working full time and running the business since uni, it's hard and sometimes I feel so trapped but at the end of the day, you've got to pay the bills. So now instead of complain about it, I see Creative Lane and my designs business as an outlet to free myself (my creative brain) from my full time job. I remember once my boss said to me, "it's good you have something to do outside work, you have something to hold on to, otherwise what's the point of living?"
I wish my creative friends all the best.

Meet the artist Stitchester Village

One of my favourite artist Katy Dee is having her exhibition at the Sweets Workshop in Summer Hill !! How exciting!

Katy Dee is a Crafter/Designer based in Sydney. Her style is quirky, colourful and fun.  She loves bright and bold colours and is known for clashing things together, which is very dominant in her work.

Katy likes to mix and match, play with scale and have fun. She likes to make one-offs with unique finds.  With a 3D design background she takes delight in dabbling with a mixture of mediums from fabric to resin, often obsessing over something then moving on. 

Always learning new things and expanding on her crafty skills, Katy has a passion for handmade craft and believes the things you own and wear should be as unique as you.

She can usually be found rummaging in op shops collecting trinkets or in craft corner surrounded by piles of fabric and ribbons enjoying a nice cup of tea.

For more information and higher resolution images please contact her:

Katy Dee – 0449 040 342. E: katy.dee@shiztastic.com

Website: www.stitchester.com

Twitter:  @shiztastic