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Designer lass in Melbourne specialising in print, web and beautifully crafted email. Lover of typography, rain, colour & calligraphy.

Melbourne, Australia
Joined April 2009
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Lame complaint, but I do wish Twitterific for Mac had all the lovely fonts that the iOS apps have. Still lovely though!
To read this week: "Getting Things Done" by David Allen. Are there other great books for creative/exploding brain organisation?
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I usually find these mini #infographics in the NYT Mag totally pointless, but at least this one caught my… instagr.am/p/WIR4VvDuYU/
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BEAUTIFUL! love. RT @brainpicker: Our Friend the Atom – lovely vintage science illustrations from Disney j.mp/130rSCX
God Twitterific for iPad is beautiful. Finally an app with beautiful typefaces and total control over line spacing and such!
Too much fashion has somehow crept into my feed. Fashion begone!
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Yup, looks real to me. tinyurl.com/acg46nk (thanks @Tobias_FJ)
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Top 10 guidelines for Web Credibility.. Oft-forgotten basics. I like #7: ‘Make your site easy to use — and useful.’ credibility.stanford.edu/gui…
“@gillespi wouldn't care if the book was written in crayon by a garbo. It makes sense and is working for me.” lolol. Poor garbos though :)
Amy @ St. Gertrude Letterpress' amazing secret message wedding invites.. you gotta see! bit.ly/14227p7
Hand protection while felting... Gardening gloves!
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MY FACE!!! WHAT HAPPENED TO MY FACE!!!!!!
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Just finished my 1st needlefelting project – a little @gretelparker doglet from @molliemakes mag. It was so much fun!
Boo! I got 77/100 in Shape Type, a typography game shape.method.ac
Going to see Frank Chimero talk today! Woohoo.
We are going to see Frank Chimero speak here in Melbourne in June! ~exciting~
O how I wish I was at the #stationeryshow in the USA