Yesterday I attended the launch of Blog Society and their
workshop ‘Learning the art of digital story telling”. It was hosted by Jaclyn Carlson
from Little Paper Trees and
also included Jen Bishop from InteriorsAddict and Vivian Mansour from Ish and Chi
We then broke off into groups to learn a few new
skills on styling and photography. I don’t often get to do nicely styled vignettes
on this blog, but it was still useful and there are ways I know I can adapt
them into sewing life. My group was hosted by Jessica Bellef – Stylist for Temple and Webster Photographers Milton Gan and Emma Scamell
We learnt about using scale, texture, colour,
harmony and shape. Here are some of my attempts…
It was a really useful day and I meant lots of
amazing people from all different genres. I was so great to meet my fellow
Sydney bloggers;
Noah and Willow (Events planning)
Mscritique (Beauty, Style, Food, Travel)
Lipstick and Cake (food, beauty, lifestyle)
Annette Wilson (Photography)
Antipodean Diaries (Beauty,
Style, Food, Home)
The Urchin Collective (Life, style & Curiosities)
The Style Project (Interior Design)
Potty Mouth Mama (life, beauty, fashion and everything else)
Eat Read Love (gorgeous styling, food and photography)
Amanda Fuller of Kaleidoscope (Interior
& Graphic design)
Amanda May (Fashion and Styling)
Dom Morris of Crafted (crafty
tutorials and more)
There was so many wonderful people there I didn’t get
to meet everyone (If you were there, let me know and ill add you to my shout
out list above!)
After such a great day of networking and learning,
I popped down to the book store and picked up some new sewing books – including
this nifty zine Fix your Clothes by
Raileigh Briggs
It’s a cute little book which has some very handy hits for repairing your clothes like sewing on buttons, mending seams, darning
holes, and caring for certain fabrics.
Pretty basic stuff – but I have met people who didn't know how to sew a button and this zine would have been great to pass on!
As a sewer (and now blogger) I can never stop
learning. There are so many techniques out there that I’d love to know and
become an expert at. Reading other blogs, going to workshops and meeting other
people all help with us learning more and more about our craft or life in general.
To win this book all you have to do is tell me
something you would really like to learn. It doesn't have to be sewing related (but
that would be good so I can set up some tutorials!)
I will pick a winner and have it sent out to you wherever
you are in the world!
If you’re a pretty good sewer and you’re not keen
for the zine (rhymes!) let me know in you comment
Cat xo
Sounds like a great event!!
ReplyDeleteThe book seems like such a cute book, thanks for doing the giveaway. And have a great Sunday.
No worries! Were you interested in entering?
ReplyDeleteThat looks like a really cute zine I found your blog via your Burda Style page :D
ReplyDeleteI would love to learn more about interfacing. It would be great to see a tutorial!
Ooh I could definitely do something with that. Ill start my research soon!
DeleteThanks for entering!
I was also at BlogSociety - I didnt get a chance to talk to everyone but I did admire your style from afar... that book looks so cute! Id really love to learn photoshop - I feel like im the only blogger who has no idea about it! ha!
ReplyDeleteOh no i dont think we did get to meet! There was lots of people around and was such a great event I hope you had fun! Maybe next time we can meet?
DeleteNormally you have to pay lots of money to take lessons or go to Photoshop specific blog to learn PS bits and pieces. I did take PS lesson - perhaps I can pass on some editing tips!
Take care!
I need to learn how to use my camera better!
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