Screen printing at Ruby Victoria

Screenprinted wedding commemorative teatowels for a lovely couple from Qld who are getting married this weekend here in Tasmania.

Not really known for my screen printing abilities 

I have been getting quite a few requests for screen printed calico bags and  tea towels with my linocut images printed on them and of course the easiest way for me to do this is to paint them onto a silk screen and print them this way .

 

 

 I will post some more photos of the end products once they have been printed and list in my online shops :)

Narelle x

Scottish garden wedding

I buckled and agreed to prints some wedding stationery  

Linocut and letterpress type invitations with linocut place card tags.

I have to admit it was fun working with Cate on this project I might be able to be talked into do some  more wedding stationery at some point.

Narelle  X

Finders Keepers Brissie and The Barn market Hobart

Ruby Victoria will be attending 2 markets this weekend woohoo ! one in Hobart and the other is Brisbane 

I will personally be attending in Hobart to sell and greet my lovely customers and in Brisbane I will be represented my Bluecaravan eco online store thanks to the lovely Jen 

If you are anywhere near either of these market please come along and say hi 

Narellexx

Finders Keepers Sydney

Ruby Victoria are off to Finders Keepers again in the form of a box of goodies

My Products will be for sale along with other selected retailers

in conjunction with Blue caravan online store,

 the place to find all eco friendly and sustainable wares by some of Australia's best Designers.

I would like to thank Jen for this wonderful opportunity to take part as it isn't always easy it escape the island to attend markets on the mainland no matter how much I would like to, so I am totally in debt to her for this fabulous opportunity to be part of this fantastic Market 

 

If you are unable to attend Finders Keeper and would like to get your hands on some RubyVictoria  just follow the link to my Ruby Victoria  Blue Caravan online store 

Narelle X

Boutique Markets Hobart

Seems like the only time I get to write on my blog at the moment is when I am about to head off to another market and this occasion is no different. 

Ruby and I are heading back down to Hobart this weekend to have a stall at The Boutique Market at The Old Woolstore in Macquarie Street, Hobart 

Doors open at 9am and will be open till 1pm

Please come along there is going to be a great reange of stall holder the likes of Dick and Dora, Marley & Lockyer,  lil'luscious cupcakes, 2pm at the button factor,  Kids stylefile, AdoreU and Beetee's oh yeah and me ! to name just a few. 

Please come along and support your local artists crafters and makers. 

Made With love Wynyard

having trouble finding something special for mum this mothers day why not come along to the market this weekend for you last minute shopping especially of you are looking for something a little bit special and different 

This will me my first market in Wynyard so I am really looking forward to meeting Michelle the organiser of this cute little market 

I will have some of my popular love grows and retro caravan greeting cards for sale as well as some letterpress notecards for mothers day, a steal at only $3.00 a pop!

As well as all my other printed goodies gift tags, bookplates, bookmarks and greeting cards. 

Hope to see you all there rain, hail or shine :)

The Branch Market

The weekend will see me off to Launceston again, this time to attend The Branch market.

 This will be my first stall at this market so I am hoping to meet lots of new people and maybe make a few friends. 

 

Please come along as it supports the Indias Elizabeth's home Orphanage in Nepal as all stall holder fees are dontated to the charity.

Changes

It has been a little while since I have posted on here loads have been happening, there has been a move to the  sleepy little town of Railton in north west coast of Tasmania,  a new school for ruby and I am back to working from a home studio instead of having to travel whenever I want to work :) 

Moving was all a bit sudden and unexpected but we got there in the end and I am really looking forward to having a look around the coast to see what has changed over the past 4 years that I have been living in Southern Tasmania 

 This week I will be travelling up to Launceston for my first Niche market of the year, feels like we haven't missed a beat right back into the markets !

I am really looking forward to catching up with all my market stall friends and meeting new customers and just having a nice time of it really, I hope to see you there 

Narelle XXX

Kelly Gerdes Photography

Yesterday while at Salamanca market I met the lovely Kelly, of Kelly Gerdes photography 

She has just recently moved to Tasmania and has been keeping herself busy taking lots of lovely photographs around Hobart.

I was thrill when she wanted to take some photos of my products on my stall here are some of her images. 

If you would like to take a look at some more of her work please take a look at her Facebook 

her landscape photography is particularly beautiful.

www.facebook.com/kellygerdesphotography

Valentines day

linocut quilted hearts greeting cards

Yes it is fast approaching so if you are local to Hobart and you haven't yet found a card to send to your love come down to Salamanca market tomorrow and have a look at what I have to offer,  don't go and buy a run of the mill greeting card from a newsagents get a card that doubles and original work of art that they can keep and put in a frame as a keepsake to remember how much you love them

love grows linocut  letterpress greeting card

love grows linocut  letterpress  handcoloured  greeting card   

If  you are unable to make it to the market I have a range of card available in my online store just click on the link belong 

etsy

A wonderful week of Printing

It has been a busy week at the studio printing a custom order of change of address card for a family that have just done the big move from NSW moved to sunny Perth W.A, lucky them, 

I love Western Australia.

Last name and address has been blanked out for privacy purposes

I have also been busy printing some pretty heart gift tags for Valentines day which is coming up very soon in the 14th of February.

 I also decided to print some handy little notebooks with some of my older prints

These single  beehive notecards  as well as other designs will now be available  if you want to just write a little letter to someone extra special you can without having to buy a pack of them.

These will all be available at Salamanca Market this weekend

Late Christmas Pressie for me

oh the excitement I have been wait for this package to arrive from England for about a month and it is finally here .

lovely new engraving blocks & sand bag

 I really can't wait to get started on carving these block but they are so precious I think I will have a bit of a ponder before I go ripping into one oh and I need a couple of new engraving tools .

It is going to be interest to feel the difference between carving lino to carving hard end grain wood. oh what an adventure:)

newly listed on Etsy for the first time

I thought I would get back into the swing of things by listing some new items on etsy .

glass covered wearable art linocut print brooch

 I actually made these brooches a little while ago but never got round to listing them in any of my shops so I thought it was about time

The images that are on the brooches are parts of my other linocut prints that didn't quite work out the way I had planned for instance a smudge of the paper or a fingerprint or just a not perfect print that other parts of the print were perfect so instead of wasting all the paper I thought I would up cycle them into something else a vwalla original art brooches!

This is one of my favorites

back and front view of linocut brooches

As well as my brooches My Apricot jam labels have finally made an appearance on Etsy as well I am not sure how these will be receive but I like them and thought somebody else might like them too if they are popular I will think about making some more with different images like raspberries and  strawberries and stuff like that :)

If you are interested in any of these items please follow the link to my etsy store where you will find these and many other handprinted letterpress & linocut items 

2012 wholesale Product list

Well we are only 2 days into the new year and the work has already begun 

I love the feeling of having something to go ahead with and feeling enthusiastic about getting on with it.

Today I have been updating my wholesale product list for Ruby Victoria Letterpress & Printmaking and I didn't realise until now how many things I have made over the last couple of months that I have needed to include on my list.

It is a really nice feeling to realised that I have been so productive without really even noticing it .

 

If you are a business and would like to be emailed a copy please feel free to email me a request I will be more than happy to send one to you for your consideration.

please send an email to rubyvictorialetterpress@gmail.com

Not one for Christmas carols

I saw this clip of Annie Lennox on Rage this morning and felt compelled to share it. 

a beautiful dark rendition of this classic Christmas carol of which on Annie lennox could produce. 

The clip is especially beautiful in my eyes, if I were to be a film direct this is the kind of clip I would like to make .

MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE X