The Purple Finch

Entries from July 2009

Happy Friday – A star was born

July 31, 2009 · Leave a Comment

Today Kooshan is a star. His 30 seconds of fame came about last weekend when my husband decided to create a mini video to promote the RSPCA cupcake day fundraising event that he will be having in his photography studio.

On Sunday we packed up 1 dog and 1 cat and travelled into the Photobat studio. Where we were met by Bruce who did all the video shooting and editing and Tiarne who helped out with animal & reflector control.

So after a few hours of footage shooting and persuading the dog that it was okay to take food off the table (Kaba is well trained when it comes to food), a few hot drinks and lots of cupcake eating, we have the final video of Kooshan.

 

No pets or people were harmed in the making of this video

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New Stock in Store

July 29, 2009 · 1 Comment

The Purple Finch has a new stock outlet. You can now find The Purple Finch plush range at CocoBlue which is a cool store in at Campbell Town.

Kooshan Cat Plush
Kooshan Cat Plush

Snow People
Snow People

Images By Photobat

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Operation Beautiful

July 27, 2009 · Leave a Comment

Is the brain child of Caitlin, (editor of operation beautiful). The mission of this blog is to record posts of anonymous notes in public places conveying the message that we are all beautiful just the way we are. These notes are intended for others to find.



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Happy Friday

July 24, 2009 · Leave a Comment

Hope that everyone has had a good week. I did a little search on etsy and found these beautiful products from some exceptional artists.

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1 Saucy Shopping limited edition print

2 Starburst of Color Necklace

3 BUTTERFLY bottlecap necklace

4 Watching the Canary – Print

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Featured artist – The Rainbow Forest

July 21, 2009 · 1 Comment

One day when I was searching for fellow sellers who lived in Tasmania, I came across The Rainbow Forest which is a cute little shop that sells bottle cap pendents, creative canvases and cute animal brooches. The thing that caught my eye with the store was the way that the items were photographed, I just love the background images.

Interview with Alison who is the creative designer behind The Rainbow Forest

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How did you get started? I’ve always enjoyed art! As a kid I would spend hours drawing cute and strange little characters. & over the years I’ve always had numerous projects on the go. I thought it was about time I shared some with the world…

How long have you been creating your work for? I’ve been creating different things ever since I was little. But only started the rainbow forest this year!

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Where can we find you work? At the moment my work is only available through my etsy site. therainbowforest
but I’m actually in the process of starting my own business in Launceston selling my work and stuff from other local and international artists.

What’s your inspiration to creating your work? I’ve always loved unique one of a kind stuff… things that are not mass produced! Colour is a big thing for me…I love creating fun and colourful designs. Birds, tree’s, animals!

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What’s the most favourite item that you have made? I would have to say the 1st ever bird canvas I made. Originally it was going to be for a market stall I was having but I couldn’t part with it.

What’s your favourite blog at the moment? Print and pattern. It’s full of amazing stuff!

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New Design – Long Dog

July 20, 2009 · Leave a Comment

I have a new exciting design which I have called  ”Bandit Long Dog”

he is a bad little dog who likes to chew shoes and chase cats.

 

Dog Plush

The purple finch - dog plush toy

 

You can find him here

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Not so Happy Friday

July 17, 2009 · Leave a Comment

Sorry guys, but no Happy Friday post this Friday.

I have pulled a muscle in my neck and have had to rest all day. I don’t have much movement in my neck at the moment and the doctor has given me Anti-inflammatory hopefully they will help.

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The Purple Finch Has Been Featured!

July 16, 2009 · 2 Comments

The Purple Finch has been featured on the Wipster Blog check out the post here

Thanks so much to Beccy for such a lovely post about my work :)

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Cool Brooches for Jackets

July 15, 2009 · 3 Comments

A fan part of winter is being all rugged up in warm fluffy jumpers and waring funky jackets. Doing my usaual search around blogs and online shops I came across these finds that can add a bit more character to your outfit. 

Fantastic retro TV brooch from Dick & Dora

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Cool vinyl dog brooch by Betty Jo Designs at Georgie Lovedog

 

One of our favourite designers Cat Rabbit can be purchased on Georgie Love

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Bunny Brooch by fun is cool

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Photography

July 15, 2009 · Leave a Comment

Well its another late night so I thought that I should put a post up, not much talking from me tonight. I will just leave you with some visual treats from my photography collection. These are a few cats that I came across while holidaying in Greece.  

By the way I am a major fan of cats, if I was allowed I would probley have a lot more cats by now. I would realy like to own a Scottish Fold

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You can check out my blank photo cards here

I also have a spical on where you can purchase all three cards for $9

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