Black Swan Blog

I had a lovely little surprise on the weekend when my flatmate spotted one of my Mt Cook Lily brooches in the May issue of New Zealand Gardener magazine! There’s nothing like a little bit of unexpected press to brighten a rainy Winter day!

Felt’s fancy full page ad in the latest issue of Peppermint magazine, featuring a Black Swan lily brooch! Nothing beats being in print, and in such a beautiful magazine too… so much prettiness to covet…

The cat brooch is out of the bag! After a busy couple of weeks for the black swan, one of my secret crafty projects is ready to be unveiled!
In collaboration with the lovely Hera, singer/songwriter of Icelandic origin (with one of the loveliest voices in town), these little cuties are ready to join her official merchandise range! Hera is off on tour this week with Amanda Palmer, playing in Wellington, Christchurch and Auckland, where our brooches and necklaces will be available to buy. If you haven’t heard Hera sing before here’s a link to one of my favourites of hers, feels so good…

Well, another Craft 2.0 is done and dusted. It was a fun day up in Wellington, despite the 4.45am start to the day, and as usual there were some amazing goodies on display. I’m normally very restrained when it comes to spending the profits, but I lapsed a little this time… on the left Sweet William’s gorgeous Queenie brooch, and on the right Bad Animal’s super cute toast keyring!

Hooray, another Etsy treasury feature! Again with fellow crafters inmybackyard and BamBamCreative

Look what turned up in the Zest section of the Press today, as part of the Craft 2.0 marketing campaign…

That’s my wee fern photo brooch on the left, and I’ve even been quoted! Thanks heaps to Katy and Lucy for the extra pre-Craft 2.0 promotion! It should be a good day…