give away time :)

Comments have been closed, a winner will be announced very soon. Thank you for all you positive comments and encouragement.:)


{4 petticoats, intended for the shop}


I'm so excited - I can't tell you how much - that I have finally gotten my shop into working order!

Last night Peter and I celebrated with a toast of chardy and a little dance - a very small amount of wine can make me feel quite silly, but I think Peter enjoyed the dancing. I know I did ;)

I want to celebrate with all of you, my readers old and new with a special give away. The four little petticoats in my photo above, are destined for my shop, later this week. The littlest one on the right, "recital dress (haiku)" is already there, just to help this shop thing feel very official for me in the meantime!

I would love to offer you a chance to win one of these dresses, as a thank you for all your kind comments, emails, facebook messages and reading. I do ramble on at times, and I just think it is so awesome that there are some people out there (even other than my mom! love you mom...) that take their time to stop by.

Thank you!

To enter this give away please, as is customary, leave a comment on this post and tell me which petticoat you like the very best and why, or what sort of little art dress you might like to see me make and sell in the (hopefully near!) future.

I have really enjoyed making these stitched petticoat forms, each one in it's very beginning was like blank three-dimensional canvas in which I could dream and play. Each dress represents a fleeting moment in a woman's memory (maybe mine) imagined in the shape of a dress. I'll be sharing some more of those details as I list the pieces in my shop. I don't want to spoil too many surprises at once, you know?

And, to give credit where credit is due, these little petticoats were very much inspired by India Flint, her exhibit planeta and her book, Eco-Colour. I have been reading it off and on for the past 6 months and a bit now (it was even requested once as a bedtime story by eowyn) - trying to absorb some of her magic with coaxing colour out of plants ... she is amazing. My petticoats were the first of my plant-dying expirement that weren't altogether brown, and now I think I will be hooked. Thank you, India. One day I shall get myself to one of your workshops, one day soon I do hope!

So please, tell you friends, and don't forget to leave a comment on this post. Which is your favourite petticoat? I think I know which is my favourite, but I haven't made a firm decision yet. One of them is very special to me though!

I will close the comments and announce a winner on this Friday, 26 June at 10 pm Melbourne time. I am looking forward to hearing from you, as I always do ;)

edited to add 23.6.09 - To add a bit of clarity, I thought I would note that the dresses are by no means wearable. A fact I wrote in my etsy description, but forgot to note here :)
My apologies if I gave that impression! The largest petticoat is only just shy of 30cm tall. They are also not intended to be used as doll's clothes. Purely decorative ;) I have one that hangs on my wall, to cheer me up. It reminds me of a lovely gallery visit I had with a friend when Eowyn was just 1 year old.

Much love and thanks,

Jeana Marie

ps - i almost forgot! tomorrow i want to introduce you to our fish!