Posted by Janine Morris on Friday, December 2, 2011,
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Recycling
I am pleased to say that the Nest-y feeling i had, (and still have), has hatched. I have been busy creating nests and homes for nests lately. Something about Spring, a time to clean and sort out our Nest perhaps.
beach egg, hand carved cuttlefish egg, in birds own nest.
After the nest and eggs, at last, the 'Birds' have hatched!!!
These necklaces are repurposed wooden building blocks with vintage and collected images. This series - Birds. The have vintage and collected treasures. They a...
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I'm in a Nest-y kind of mood at the moment. You can see it in my latest work.
Repurposed vintage spoons with black velvet ribbon and mini nest with moss, available at Nest, Penguin..
I'm feeling inspired by our feathered friends. I watch them in the garden, gathering materials, building nests, all the while talking and talking and talking. I wonder who is in charge, who gets to make the final say, on the best looking nest. I watch the birdies hanging on to the overhead wires, almost vertical ... Continue reading ...
Tomorrow is the day we say thanks and give love to all the dads out there. To celebrate this in Penguin, there will be general joy and happiness in the 'Paris' end of town. Shops will be thrown open and children welcomed with everyone catered for. Look for the jumping castle kids! I will be providing for FREE a Bunting making table. We will be repurposing magazines (kindly donated by the Penguin Newsagent and Nest) together with string, staples and stickers, into fabulous mini bunting. Make ... Continue reading ...
Posted by Janine Morris on Saturday, June 25, 2011,
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upcycled
I recently made a new product for my growing range of clothes. Here is the child's Cape I made. It is made from a repurposed 100% woollen blanket, felted and cut into a cape, and lined with red linen.
It has a hand sewn snowflake detail, with baby doileys and buttons. It is reversible, the red linen side has baby doileys and vintage and collected buttons.
This cape has been sold, thanks to the lovely lady who bought it! I have a few more capes in progress and will be selling them through Nest,... Continue reading ...
Posted by Janine Morris on Thursday, November 18, 2010,
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Recycling
This is a selection of baskets that I have made over time. I make baskets at the Makers Workshop, Burnie, two days a week. I do take orders, you can email me with your request here.18" Red Hot Poker Cradle Basket with my baby Red Hot Poker plant.
Close up of Red Hot Poker Basket.
Rusted Handle basket with raw fleece and iris, lily, rope, sisal and stringy bark at Nest, Penguin.12" Basket of beach rope and recycled sari silk at T he Maker...
Yes, i am making string. After a nice short break where i relaxed and caught up with my mum, I am back to work. I have been commissioned to create lots of string, this will form part of an installtion. I will give you more details as the project unfolds, or unravels.... Lets just say, that this happy girl will back making lots and lots of string!!!  I have been making string from all sorts of recycled, upcycled and repurposed materials. These include plastic bags, rope from the beach, bailing ... Continue reading ...
Posted by Janine Morris on Friday, June 4, 2010,
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Paper dress
Pam Thorne - Paper people sculpturer and myself entered into the Burnie City Council 'Paper Dress' competion. We went all out with a life size ball gown. It was made with recycled paper mill paper, handmade 'Creative paper' paper (Handmade paper factory called 'Creative Paper', located in new Makers workshop in Burnie, Tasmania), recycled paper dress patterns and lots of glue, and painted with tea.
I am pleased to say that we won our section -
Best group design
 
Pam Thorne at work. Continue reading ...
Posted by Janine Morris on Sunday, May 30, 2010,
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Wrap skirts
 Now stocked in Nest are my new 100% woollen blankets upcycled and felted into wrap skirts. They come in five different sizes, adult, small adult child 4-6 years, toddler and newborn.
Each skirt is an original and cannot be repeated.
Wrap skirts have side pockets and hand stitched details of circles and vintage buttons. Some skirts have my toys - Peep-o, Popcorn, Penguin and peck-e stitched onto them.
I take orders for skirts, you can find some in my online shop or email me for a request. I will ... Continue reading ...
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