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Thursday, June 30, 2011

The Estate of the late Alina Galasso – Auction this Sunday 3rd July 2011

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A friend of mines auction house, Theodore Bruce, has been entrusted with the giant task of auctioning the exquisite contents of one of Stra...
Sunday, June 26, 2011

Simplicity "Project Runway" Mini Dress

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I fell in love with the cotton Brocade before I decided what I could make with it. It's been sitting a home for a while so thou...
Sunday, June 19, 2011

Handmade Leather Jacket... by me!

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the finished product! My leather jacket is finally finished after months of pattern making, adjusting, cutting, sewing and...
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Saturday, March 26, 2011

Launch of STUDIO2103

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Design Detective Diary has now launched a sister blog to house a collection of projects for the craft minx. I wanted to have a location tha...
Tuesday, March 15, 2011

How far will $150 go at Kirribilli Fashion Markets?

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Left to right: Seduce top $5, Zara skirt $10, new Portmans top $10 Left to right: black ankle boots $15, new Witchery suede wedges $30, RMK...
Sunday, March 6, 2011

My Green Thumb - Making a Terrarium

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My terrarium - I would have like a vessel with a glass lid but this glass vase was only $10 and the one with a lid was $80. Steps for making...
Sunday, February 20, 2011

Nanna Craft

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Nan with her origami fabric flower Close up of the detail in the fabric flower. It's perfect even thought it was made by aging hands! ...
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Thursday, February 17, 2011

Colours for winter (continued)

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Camel colour board for my winter wardrobe Grey colour board for my winter wardrobe To work out the colour combinations for my winter wardrob...
Sunday, February 13, 2011

Chanel inspired tunic

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sketches of my chanel inspired tunic My inspiration board: I love the brooch detail on the Oscar de la Renta dress (top left image) ...
Wednesday, February 9, 2011

French = Style

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doodle from Paris (please excuse the lady with chicken legs, my pen got a little carried away!) I was in Paris early Octobe...
Tuesday, February 8, 2011

Colour Boards + Trouser and Blouse Ideas

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sketches of the pants and blouse I would like to make images from hypeed After trawling through images and magazines, I’...
Sunday, February 6, 2011

Winter Wardrobe

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I know it’s insane to be thinking about a winter wardrobe in 40+ degree C heat but that’s exactly what I did this weekend. I want to sew a f...
Wednesday, February 2, 2011

Strawberry Fields

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After months of tendering to my strawberry plants I am finally reaping the first fruit of my labour. Creating this first little plump strawb...
Tuesday, February 1, 2011

Limelight - Interview with Miss Be Designs (Wendy Rattray)

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Above: Miss Be (AKA Wendy Rattray) A selection of works from the Miss Be Collection “I love how resin can capture time in a new contempor...
Sunday, January 30, 2011

Australian Artist – Rachel Carroll

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I visited an exhibition at Painters' Gallery over the weekend and fell in love with the Australian bird studies by artist, Rachel Carr...
Saturday, January 1, 2011

My Bryon Bay Shorts

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before.... after... I’m on holidays in the beautiful Byron Bay and ripped denim shorts are almost mandatory for anyone visiting. I’ve bee...
Thursday, December 23, 2010

Christmas Eve, Eve

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All the presents are now wrapped and sitting pretty under the tree. I always forget how much time you need to allow to wrap all the presents...
Tuesday, December 14, 2010

Christmas cards and gift tags

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I’m always running late with Christmas cards and this year is no different! I started making them today and I really wanted to use up the b...
Monday, December 13, 2010

All wrapped up

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I love the raw look of recycled brown paper for wrapping up Christmas presents. I thought I should try and jazz it up a little this year wit...
Sunday, December 12, 2010

Sydney Summer Sun

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This weekends weather was too good to miss. My sister-in-law just jetted in from New York so we lapped up a swim, read by the lake and ate f...
Monday, December 6, 2010

19 days ‘til Christmas!

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Ok, so I’m starting to get a little obsessive with my studio space and I’m burring myself in lots of projects. On the weekend : - I padded o...
Friday, December 3, 2010

I heart the Finders Keepers market

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I’ve got the biggest Market crush ever!!! The Finders Keepers is well worth the visit. I bought stacks of handmade Christmas presents and ...
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Kelly
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Born from a need to express and document my obsession for all things design, Design Detective is a design blog to capture my thoughts, finds and experiences. I’m sure I was a bowerbird in a previous life as I hunt, collect and hoard everything beautiful – from an antique button to a beautiful piece of modern furniture. I’m hoping that this blog will allow me to share with others my special finds and archive my thoughts so they aren’t lost forever. contact: studio2103@gmail.com
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