Posted by Janine Morris on Saturday, December 10, 2011,
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give away
If you head over to my secondSister facebook page, you can be in the running for a FREE wooden block necklace.
In the spirit of giving, i am offering you and your friends to upload your photo and one lucky person will be wearing a new necklace.
If you click here it will take you to my facebook page. Simply upload a photo of a recycled, upcycled or repurposed and hand made present that you have made or been given.
You have until the 19th of December to add your photo. I will announce the winne... Continue reading ...
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 ...
Posted by Janine Morris on Wednesday, September 21, 2011,
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baskets
"If you were to focus your telescope on Burnie from anywhere in the world during October you'd see a culturally rich communtity with music, exhibitions, performances and the celebrations of the simpler things of life." Burnie Shines, from the brochure for 2011.
If you are lucky enough to visit or live near Burnie in October 2011, you will be able to take advantage of the many activities going on. From feature artist 'Ben Lovell's' work, to workshops, music, exhibitions, family fun, open garden... 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 Sunday, July 3, 2011,
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toys
Winter is the stock making time. A lovely time to slow down and find those inside jobs. Long walks on the beach breaks up this work - in between showers, sleet and snow! Back at work, I have been laying out and making kits and toys.
Both are made from 100% woollen blankets I have collected over time. I wash them in hot water and lots of soap ( my kids call them soap monster washes). This felts (or fulls) the blankets - ready to be cut into toys and kits.
 
My focus on materials is to re-use... 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 ...
10,000 minutes of plastic.
A project by Janine Morris of second Sister.
365 days of collecting plastic for 1/2 hour each day. This equals over 10,000 minutes of collecting time.
This project is about the plastic I collect in one year, and represents plastic for a week of our life. A small snapshot of our reliance on plastic, our consumerism, lack of respect for ourselves and all that we share our planet with.
This project is about the reliance we have on plastic in our everyday life.
T... Continue reading ...
Posted by Janine Morris on Saturday, March 12, 2011,
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Dresses
I have now in stock Children's Dresses at Nest and the Makers Workshop, Burnie and my own store.
I am making these lovely pieces one at a time, and giving each a lot of love. Here is one under construction.
Each dress a combination of vintage, collected and new materials including linen blends, sheeting, buttons, repurposed wool blanket and jean pockets, chenille, repurposed denim jeans, organic denim, dollies, peck-e details and more.
I am sewing 'Peck-e dresses' in sizes 2 and 4 and 6 at t... Continue reading ...
Posted by Janine Morris on Saturday, March 12, 2011,
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baskets
Making string with recycled sari silk and sisal string.  Framed joined with a god's eye. Weaving in string with basket upside down, between knees. 
Keep turning it around the right way, to see that the colours look right, and that the frame still has the shape you started with. Some of us find that string is woven on more than just baskets (see my wrist).
A lovely basket of collected blue bailing twine, just perfect for these rope baskets.
Another beach rope basket,
That has gone to its new own...
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This is my latest work, now on display at The Makers Workshop, in Burnie. A home to art, artists, paper making, visitor information, local history and modern architecture.
'Encapsulated -
My Journey, Your Journey.'
The collection includes elements of the familiar and the unknown. Life journeys.
Made from a collection of vintage and collected tableware, story books, toys, photos, buttons, natural materials and glass ware.
These images are from my work table before installation at the Makers Work... Continue reading ...
A really great day was had at the Festival. Great guest speakers, lovely local music, many kids activities and fantastic networking of fellow festival goers. The Spider web sculpture was a great success, loved by both adults and children. I had all kinds of recycled and natural materials available, including - raw fleece, bailing twine, sisal string, various op shop balls of shinny wool, sheeting torn up, sari silk, and even some donations of lids, wire and canna lilly cuttings.
My guess is... Continue reading ...
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 Tuesday, July 20, 2010,
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retail outlets
Natalie at Nest in Penguin has her web site up and running. You can follow her blog here http://nestpenguin.blogspot.com.This week she is featuring me, second Sister. I am a lucky girl to have such a beautiful shop selling my work.  I have had a busy few weeks. I have been laying out and sewing my designs for dolly skirts. These should be in Nest in about 3-4 weeks time. Skirts have to have a few features for me to be happy. There has to be old or vintage materials, materials have to be prac... Continue reading ...
Posted by Janine Morris on Wednesday, July 7, 2010,
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Wrap skirts
I was going to put a post letting you know that Natalie at Nest has a new felted blanket skirt or sale. But a lucky shopper has already snapped it up. Thanks so much for your support. Great also for me, as I head back to the sewing room to complete a blue/white check felted adult blanket skirt. It has a beautiful bluebell doiley as a pocket and blue button circle detail. Soon to be avaliable in Nest.
 
A new project soon to be avaliable for sale, 'Dolly' Wrap skirts. Made with denim and vintage ... Continue reading ...
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