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Here’s where homepage features go to ‘retire’. Chucking stuff out is not one of my strengths! Enjoy…
Featured project
August 2021
FROM LITTLE THINGS, BIG THINGS GROW…
Influenced by a monthly veggie swap held by the Normanville Natural Resource Centre on the Fleurieu (my ‘other’ community), and overwhelmed by a bumper crop of tomatoes, I started the V4V produce swap in the summer of 2015. Initially taking over the outdoor tables at a restaurant on O’Connell Street, the swap aimed to bring community members together to ‘share’, be it home-grown produce, home-baked goods, home-made pickles and jams, or just stories. After a short time it moved to my home in Gover Street, where it has become a hugely popular community event. Also, given I have a courtyard where everything grows in pots, I thought it a good way to inspire others who didn’t have gardens to grow their own produce. Still attracting new people to this day, but also maintaining a bunch of ‘regulars’, I now have over 200 people on my mailing list. Thank goodness they never all come at the same time! The turnout is generally about 20–30 people – likeminded, but from all walks of life. The atmosphere is relaxed and nurturing. A safe place to be and share. Given COVID-19 lockdowns and restrictions during 2020 we managed just three swaps, but the final pre-Christmas champagne cocktail swap in December gave us the perfect opportunity to celebrate the end of what had been a trying and challenging year for us all. Whilst we couldn’t meet often throughout the year we maintained contact, and that was how the idea of sharing a collection of recipes was born which, with the help of a City of Adelaide grant, will culminate in a cookbook, to be launched in March 2022. In the lead up we are reaching out for recipes and stories from the community, and organising events to bring people together, the first of which is our meet. greet. eat. event at The Café Outside the Square next month. Join us if you can, for an evening of friends, food, fun and frolics as we bring our V4V COMMUNITY COOKBOOK Project to life!
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Featured project
July 2021
ONE THING LEADS TO ANOTHER…
Given all the restrictions and ramifications of COVID-19 in the lead-up year, it was by no mean feat that Festival Fleurieu happened. And it didn’t just happen, it was a hugely-popular, well-attended, vast and varied 15-day showcase of the district. And again, it didn’t just happen, to stage it took all the energy, resilience and resources of a dedicated, passionate and very flexible team… but it also took all of the kitty! As a means to raise some funds towards the next Festival in 2023, the idea of a silent auction was sparked, with local businesses and individuals donating worthy items and services to be auctioned. So I thought I’d join in, and donated a logo design package, curious to see whose bid would be successful, and inspired by the prospect of working with someone new (as ever). Enter Cheryl Willie – Une Femme Fitness. Turns out I had met her, and even been to one of her classes before she moved to the other side of the Fleurieu. Small world! Initially she had wanted me to work on a logo for her husband’s business, but then decided on a rebrand for her own. It was so good to meet up, and talk/walk Cheryl through the process, and discuss some directions. We chatted like we’d known each other forever, and by the end of our meeting I had complete confidence I was going to nail it for her. Cheryl was so easy to work with, and is thrilled with the outcome. Watch out for it on her vehicle in the near future!
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Featured project
June 2021
THE VOICE OF REMOTE HEALTH
Initially I was introduced to CRANAplus by one of my printers, whilst at the same time referred by another client, and was then engaged to revamp their quarterly magazine. This was back in early 2010 and the magazine has gone from strength to strength! I have had the pleasure of partnering with them ever since, working across all their collateral, including annual reports, annual conference programs and other conference materials, course training manuals, posters and flyers, advertising and stationery. I am happy to have built up strong, collaborative working relationships with many members of staff across the country, and am proud and happy to be part of the amazing CRANAplus family.
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Featured project
May 2021
YOUR EXPERIENCE MATTERS!
I have been working with Bec as part of another team of conveyancers for many years, so I was thrilled when she approached me to help get her own business off the ground earlier this year. The collaboration process was smooth and enjoyable, and Bec is thrilled with the end result – on-brief logo and branding, and a full suite of stationery and web assets. If you are based in Victoria and are in need of a professional, ‘no fuss’ conveyancer, who is a true pleasure to work with, Bec’s your girl. She’d love to hear from you!
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Featured project
April 2021
MAMMA MIA!
HERE WE GO AGAIN… The popular productions of Northern Light Theatre Company (NLTC), presented at Shedley Theatre, have been enjoyed by my family for four generations now. On returning to Adelaide from London in 2005, I was thrilled to revive my own passion and accompany my dad for a thoroughly entertaining show. We soon became ‘regulars’ and over the years have also built strong connections with members of the hard-working front-of-house and behind-the-scenes teams. In 2014 NLTC was in need of graphic design support. It was a natural progression for me to offer my services pro bono and become more involved with this wonderful group. I find it a true pleasure to support this cause and work with this amazing team, and it is great to know my efforts really do help. I am so looking forward seeing their current show, Mamma Mia! – particularly after the ‘theatre drought’ of 2021. Why not book a ticket? I guarantee you’ll have a fab time!
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Featured project
March 2021
FESTIVAL FLEURIEU FEVER IS UPON US!
Festival Fleurieu started its life back in 2005 as the Leafy Sea Dragon Festival, under the directorship of friend/client Lorraine McLoughlin, to showcase the artists, arts, heritage, landscape and community of the Yankalilla district. It is now a multi-award-winning biennial celebration, with diverse events held in venues across the district. I met Lorraine in mid-2008 to begin work on her first self-published book, Barbara Robertson: An Australian artist’s life. With her encouragement I became involved and am proud to have supported the last five Festivals, providing my design services pro bono. Over the years, this has encompassed everything from refreshing the logo – the leafy sea dragon ‘icon’ is taken from a painting by George Tetlow, one of the subjects in Lorraine’s more recent book, George Tetlow and Mark and Jill Pearse: Lives in art – to working on websites with Murray Russell and Urszula Richards. All of this working alongside the amazing and dedicated Festival Board, planning committee, coordinators/producers and the many energetic and talented volunteers. As well as immersing myself in the Festival itself, of course! And it is my greatest pleasure, and a huge honour, to be a Patron of this wonderful Festival. April here we come!
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