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Guess the pocket shape before the reveal! Dream Bo

Guess the pocket shape before the reveal!
Dream Books coming to @handmadecanberra on the 15th December! These one-of-kind Open Books are definately for hiding treasures in but if you’re one of the few honest folk you can display it proudly open on your bookshelf 🤭
Can’t wait to bring my curious goods to your fair town Canberra!
#foolhouse #paperartist #booklover #vintagestyle #bookart #handmadecanberra

Many pages, many legs! Curious secret pockets in

Many pages, many legs!
Curious secret pockets in my mysterious Secret Vintage Booksafes coming to @handmadecanberra in 2 weeks time!
#handmadecanberra #foolhouse #bookcarving #bookart #paperartist #booksafe #octopus #myfriendtheoctopus #curios #curiositiesandoddities #curiousgoods #alteredbook #alteredbookart

Tis the Season! Annual Tree Raising at Foolhouse!

Tis the Season!
Annual Tree Raising at Foolhouse!
Missing one reindeer this year @ruby.l.l 🥲
Let the fun begin!
#foolhouse #foolhouseaustralia #christmastreedecorating

Birds Eye studio view - doors open, searing heat,

Birds Eye studio view - doors open, searing heat, bare feet, panting dog, the rain is coming.😊 happy place.
Sneak peek at my making for @handmadecanberra
#foolhouse #paperartist #artistatwork #artstudio #handmadecanberra

Find me here next! This will be my last show and t

Find me here next! This will be my last show and tell for the year and I will have a bounty of goodies with me. Due to my untimely canine accident I won’t be uploading any new items to the website as I’ve been slowed down in the making process so something had to give in order for me to concentrate on offering enough to go out with a bang @handmadecanberra !! 2 weeks and counting! See you there!
#handmadecanberra #handmadecanberramarket

So this time last week we were on a high after the

So this time last week we were on a high after the most incredible weekend with @thefinderskeepersmarket and so before all the making began again for @handmadecanberra I thought I’d spend some quality time with the mutt at the dog park but shortly after this video was taken - 90 kilos of 3 x German Short Hair Pointers in a rumble at 200 km per/hr hit me and knocked me off my feet! Now on crutches with a bowling ball for a knee, it was not the slow down I had imagined!! Getting to the studio is slightly tricky atm but my little helpers have brought everything into the house so that I can continue making!
The show must go on! 🙃
(and the dog is so sorry not sorry!) hasn’t left my side all day!

True…but I do like a pattern repeat 🤭 - #cre

True…but I do like a pattern repeat 🤭
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#creativeinspiration #creativeinspo #quoteoftheday

Finishing touches! For a big finish @finders_keepe

Finishing touches! For a big finish @finders_keepers today!! Come on down to Carriageworks til 5pm!

@finders_keepers has begun! All weekend if you da

@finders_keepers has begun!
All weekend if you dare!
Carriageworks, Eveleigh
10-5pm
The crowd was delightful and delighted tonight!
A special mention to @kennedysmithcandles our neighbour and Christmas Lighting Engineers!

Obsessed with vintage books. Obsessed with old wor

Obsessed with vintage books.
Obsessed with old world book titles.
Obsessed with vintage illustrations.
Obsessed with embossed, illustrated covers.
Obsessed with gold leaf on spines.
Obsessed with secrets.
Obsessed with intrigue, mystery and surprise.
Obsessed with serendipity.
Obsessed with making booksafes.
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Find them @finders_keepers this weekend!
#finderskeepers #thefinderskeepers #sydneyfinderskeepers #foolhouse

Yes! The Book Club Ladies will be coming to @finde

Yes! The Book Club Ladies will be coming to @finders_keepers - it’s hard to pull them away from the library but for you, they’ll make an exception 🤭
- three dimensional book sculptures
- carved from hundreds of vintage book pages
- one-of-a-kind
- original vintage book information and date recorded on the base of each sculpture
- sculpture title taken from a word found on the front of the sculpture
- captured in glass cloches
- an intriguing dimensionality on the bookshelf
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#foolhouse #bookcarving #bookart #alteredbook #bookclub #finderskeepers #thefinderskeepers #vintagestyle #booklover #paperartist #bookshelf #vintagebooks #bookcommunity #library #libraryporn #librarylife #bookstagram #booknerd #bookaddict

HOT AIR BALLOON ALERT🎈Edition II This one’s f

HOT AIR BALLOON ALERT🎈Edition II
This one’s for the Milly Molly Mandy lovers.
…and proof that you can turn trash into a treasure!
It just took glue, a couple of days and a bit of imagination! ☺️ love it when stories are re-invented in the round!
See her @finders_keepers this weekend!
4-9pm this Friday November 15
10-5pm Saturday November 16
9-10am Low Sensory hour Sunday November 17
Then 10am - 5pm.
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Btw. It’s not often with the thinness of vintage MMM that I can turn these into Booksafes but even this damaged, I can use them to great effect in one- of-a-kind book sculptures.
She’s so sweet.
Online now if you’d like to treat yourself!
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#foolhouse #thefinderskeepers #finderskeepers #sydneyfinderskeepers #paperartist #papermache #papermacheart #papermacheartist #millymollymandy #hotairballoon #booklover #booklovers #librarydecor #vintagestyle #bookshelf #bookshelfie #recycleandplay #recycleart #upcycledart #vintagebook #vintagebooklover #sydneymade #sydneymaker #handmade #oneofakind #curiositiesandoddities #curiousgoods

How do you catch a Sugar Plum Book Fairy? It’s n

How do you catch a Sugar Plum Book Fairy?
It’s not easy to do, but I will have a limited number of these elusive whirling dervishes @finders_keepers this weekend! No nutcracker required.
These are the very latest in Foolhouse’s mini-book sculpture collection, the perfect sweetness to adorn your bookshelves with this season! Resplendent with tiny vintage fairies atop very bookish sugar plums captured under glass.
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#foolhouse #paperartist #booklover #vintagestyle #bookart #bookstagram #bookshelf #bookshelfie #bookshelfdecor #sugarplum #sugarplums #sugarplumfairy #nutcracker #fairy #fairies #thefinderskeepers #vintagebooks #alteredbook #maker #sydneymaker #handmade #handmadewithlove #handmadegifts #papercraft #stopmotion #stopmotion

Your Secret Vintage Booksafe awaits you! @finders_

Your Secret Vintage Booksafe awaits you!
@finders_keepers
Nov 15-17, Fri-Sun
Carriageworks, Eveleigh, Sydney.
Come do your Christmas shopping or just soak up the goodness! Creatives galore to inspire you☺️

What have you got to hide?!! These re-imagined ant

What have you got to hide?!!
These re-imagined antiquities are awaiting your secrets @finders_keepers this weekend! Give the gift of an instant family heirloom. These rare Secret Vintage Booksafes are not only precious, they are taking books out of landfill and putting them back on our book shelves, re-inventing long forgotten stories as the mysteries of our future. 😉
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Peruse my mysterious books and book sculptures at:
Carriageworks, Eveleigh
Fri-Sun 15-17 November
Last chance in Sydney before Christmas!
#upcycle #recycle #reuse #sustainable #sustainablelifestyle #sustainablegifts #paperartist #alteredbook #booklover #vintagestyle #foolhouse #bookshelf #secretbook #secretvintagebooksafe #booksafe #booknerd #bookstagram #instabook #thefinderskeepers #bookshelfie

Big surprises coming to @finders_keepers Just one

Big surprises coming to @finders_keepers
Just one week to go until the 3-day extravaganza!
So many creatives under one-roof and such good food too!
15-16 November
Carriageworks, Eveleigh.
See you there!
#foolhouse #paperartist #secretbooksafes #secretvintagebooksafes #curiousgoods #curiosities #oneofakind #finderskeepers

Because something has to be more absurd than life

Because something has to be more absurd than life atm. ☺️
Original absurdist collages coming to @finders_keepers
#paperartist #foolhouse #booklover #bookart #collage #collageartist #collageartwork #finderskeepers

A day in the life of the Foolhouse Studio… the m

A day in the life of the Foolhouse Studio… the melee, the chaos, the obstacles 🤭 silly season has started!

Scarab beetles are symbols of rebirth, resurrectio

Scarab beetles are symbols of rebirth, resurrection, transformation and growth. I’m not a great fan of insects but if that’s the legend of this little 1914 book beetle I’ll make an exception. 😊
More surprises coming to @finders_keepers next week!
Friday-Sunday 15-17th November
Carriageworks, Eveleigh.
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#foolhouse #paperartist #booklover #vintagestyle #bookart #bookshelf #thefinderskeepers #vintagebooks #alteredbook #beetle #insects #scarab #scarabbeetle #curios #curiosities #curiosity #curiositiesandoddities #cabinetofcuriosities #cabinetofwonders

The Sirens are calling…🧜‍♀️ @finders_ke

The Sirens are calling…🧜‍♀️
@finders_keepers
Carriageworks, Eveleigh, Sydney.
15-17th November,2024
- Last opportunity to do your Christmas shopping with Foolhouse in-person before Christmas and many other unique small business makers who are coming out of their workshops just for you! 🎅🏻 -
#foolhouse #paperartist #oneofakind #oneofakindgifts #oneofakindart #vintagestyle #mermaid #booklover #bookart #finderskeepers #finderskeepersmarket #finderskeepersydney #sydneymaker #foolhouse #secretvintagebooksafe

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