{creative spaces} pompoms for pledges

Today we've been making lots and lots of pompoms... We're making pompoms for pledges! Doesn't that sound fun. 

We're hanging our window display for our Hey Maker Pozible campaign art installation. Every pledge is represented by a pompom in our window display. Lots of pompoms to keep making! Our campaign launched last week, with our beautiful video (made by Jo and Belinda). Go watch it if you haven't seen it. We're raising funds to open a grand space for crafting creating inspiring making learning teaching gathering connecting and simply hanging out in a pretty cool place. We're also working on the slow project of Renewing our home town of Murwillumbah. Lots of good things. 

You could help us out, you know. While you're watching the video make a pledge - every little bit helps (and some big bits too!). There's prizes for pledges and then we get to make more pompoms and put them up in our window display. We'll share more pics of the window as it's progressing - its warm and fluffy and woolly and colourful and fun. 

What are you making? Go check out the other makers at Creative Spaces - always a good and inspiring place to hang out for a little while.

{check out our Hey Maker facebook page, lots more updates over there}

Hey Maker Update

Hey Maker! needs a HQ.  


If you've been following our dream of securing a beautiful space in Murwillumbah, you'll know how deeply in love we are with our vision of creating a great space for locals and creatives.  


There is so much potential in our riverside home to be an arts destination, buzzy with making and learning and sharing. We want people to stop by, we want them to spend their cash in our cafe's and our retail spaces, we want our wealth of creatives to be celebrated, visited and promoted. 


Imagine a space, where you can sit and knit or draw or flick through cool mags. While you're there you sign up for a workshop, watch as glass or wool or paper or ink is transformed by an artist who sits window-side and explains the process and the love.  


Not only could you learn and share, you could support.  Our local creatives are amazing beings and most people around our town may not be aware of the talent that settles into their studios each morning above our streets. In this imagined space you can buy local, buy unique, buy handmade, by crafted, buy loved.  


Just imagine and stay tuned........

{creative spaces} more and more crochet

So, lately I've been slightly (ok - a lot) addicted to making these little crochet covered stones. They're just too much fun!

I keep giving them away (and swapping for them), so don't have many left at home. The giving away is so satisfying.

I don't use a pattern for them, each one is different depending on the rock shape and how I'm feeling at the time. If I used a pattern, then I'd have to count stitches........ but if you're interested in making your own, let me know and I can try to write a pattern up for you. (or you can search online and find some as well).

A big thanks must go to my lovely friend Helle who reminded me how to crochet, and showed me how to hold my yarn correctly. Helle makes the most beautiful amazing intricate fascinating crochet pieces. She's a big inspiration around our town.

Are you on Instagram? I am, follow me there if you want (search Petalplum) - there's sure to be more images of my crochet work and also shots of the mountains around the valley. Those mountains and the clouds are my everyday creative space.

joining in creative spaces over at the new home today. 

What are you making today? - Ellie xx {visit me at my own blog Petalplum, for more making and creating}