i have a shocking memory for lines from a tv show (sorry to sam and hamish in particular who know the good ones but just get a blank look from me because i don't remember the...

this weekend is bathurst! cars go round and round.

it won't come as a surprise to you as you already know i am a rugby fanatic, so the last four weeks of the rugby world cup have been brilliant. except of course for the mostly...

i am part of a small family - there are only three of us - and sometimes i like to borrow someone else's family.

years ago, when I was in grade four, i wrote a list (in very neat cursive) of all the different words for said.

There are words, aren't there, that just make your heart sing? That sound fabulous as you say them.

Don't you sometimes wish that feelings were a little easier to control?

I have a TOTAL girl crush on the fabulous Emma Watson.

i have been incommunicado, i know!

things that make you go hmmmmmmm.

I certainly do love them. I take photos of them whenever I get the chance. In fact, I am taking a short trip to Canberra in the next few weeks and I definitely plan on hitting up...

i am very excited ... i start a new job in about a months time. i have been in marketing and communications for the last decade or so, and while I have loved it, i need something...

I was asked the other day to write a list of the little pleasures I have in life, and I thought I would share them with you.

That moment in a movie when two people are blissful in a relationship and the film maker wants to demonstrate it.

sometimes ...

on the weekend i went with my mama and my sister to see tamara drewe (it's a movie).

they say that a change is as good as a holiday. so i guess the four hours i will spend at the hairdressers on saturday morning will be like a holiday!

many of you know that I am catholic - a catholic who goes to mass every sunday. yep, one of those! i was at a youth training day on saturday and heard the amazing fr richard...

my lovely friend brett has travelled extensively, and seeing my photos of waterlilies, he sent some of these through to me, and I had to share with you all. thanks brett! they...

it has been wonderful the past few weeks with the warmer weather (finally!) - the butterflies have been bursting from their cocoons. barely a day goes by when I don't see at least...

sometimes, and other creatives will relate to this, you just have too many ideas running around your head! it is hard to pick one to focus on.

We watched this week as our town of Brisbane went under, becoming part of 75% of Queensland that is flood affected. It has had an enormous physical effect on Brisbane, but also...

we got spoilt yesterday at work because uncle dave (aka my boss david) let his lovely wife bring in their cat, audrey, for the day!

this is my excited face! my family (on my mother's side) are having a reunion! it has been 130 years since we set up camp in northern new south wales and we are having a shindig.

i have been silk painting madly and want to give you a sneak peek of my new silk creations.

It is funny isn't it, we just get into the habit of doing something and only when we take a step back do we realize we are caught in a vicious cycle.

I got home one afternoon this week to see a mama cat and four kittens playing in my back courtyard.

I am not sure exactly what my life would look like at twentynine and a half, but I can tell you I didn't think it would look like this.

Google, the search juggernaut (a word not used often enough) is again making changes to the way we think of search.

my mama has been taken poorly

i wrote this a couple of years ago, and for the same person today it resonates.

i have been tossing about two posts recently - the agony and the ecstasy of social media and the nature of compelling people. and i think that they are not two different blog...

more and more of us are shopping online more and more frequently. bricks and mortar retailers are concerned that online retailers (particularly those from overseas) have an...

i went shopping last week and it was heinous. simply heinous. i hadn't been shopping in a while. i had forgotten that it can be so traumatic!

my dream job would be to work for tony cochrane (he runs v8 supercars). i mean, the guy is a visionary and he absolutely knows his target market, so it seems like everything he...

i haven't been posting much lately sorry lovelies. there has been rather large upheavals in my life. but am now in the right mind space to share.

I am having a wee launch party on friday night and i am getting everything ready, check out the inspiration wall.

i really love my girls ... georgiana and lillabeth. so i made them some friends. coming soon to my online store!

i realise that this is something i need to learn. i have been trying for a while, but i always slip back into the 'yes' mode.

stoopid computers and software at the moment. I have more than enough to do in my life without everything taking 6 hours!

I absolutely love discovering something new about someone ... and love it even more when the thing I discover is creative!

it sounds kind of rockstar ... shoot and shoppe. But for me it has just been a hard but satisfying slog.

I thought I would give you a sneak peek at the colours I am working with for my first range.

some of my favourite reads at the moment are a bit like popcorn - they give you that little salty hit and then they are forgotten. But I say that is not all a bad thing.

I didn't get as much time as I wanted to do silk painting on the weekend (the drying time between layers really cramps my style!), but I am working with a great colour palette.

So, as I alluded to in my last post, the world of textiles is really very cool. And very inspiring for me.

The lovely Lisa (my boy's sister) was married last weekend and it was just beautiful! I do love weddings, and this was fabulous!

As I mentioned in a previous blog I am sewing a dress to wear to the lovely Lisa's wedding. I am in love with it! It has inspired me to work more with textiles.

a few weekends ago we had a family reunion at the botanical gardens. And while it was great to see everyone, I wasn't missing the opportunity to photograph the flowers and...

Yes, yes, Bad Kate hasn't been blogging much lately. Not for lack of love or inspiration, just well, I have a lot going on!

I love winter! I love layering clothes, the shape of the clothes, the look of the clothes, the accessories ... it is all winter wonderful! (I also like the colours of nature and...

Communication problems happen all the time, in all sorts of situations and relationships. But how does one sort them out? And what impact can they have?

the results of my silk painting on Sunday ...

I got the very exciting news this week that I have been extended for another six months in my contract role.

I am the proud new owner of some beautiful new silks and silk paints, ready to create something wonderful!

A while ago I was reading an article about the 10 essential virtues in a person.

i am a bit of a foodie. I just love good food. And when I was cleaning my studio out, I found my book of grocery lists.

I was watching the movie hes just not that into you the other day and it prompted me to think about several of the messages in the movie.

It is one of those things we wonder ... what do people really think we are like? How would they describe me to someone. I am about to find out!

I think the combination of my marketing background and my strong personality means that I definitely believe in the concept of personal branding.

I first wrote this post for my lovely friend's site, but I thought it was worth republishing here as I am just about to get into the swing of entertaining again. Guests, be...

How wonderful was the fog to wake up to this morning?

Don't you just love colour?! That blast of colour that makes you smile, takes your breath away?

With the start of the new year, I have been refocusing on what I want to achieve this year. Not 'resolutions' per se because I have a phobia about resolutions, but making sure all...

With the year drawing to a close, I hosted an Open House for my family and friends. It was lovely to spend the day with so many wonderful people.

yep, that is right. the story of my emancipation. it has been a long time coming. and this is only the start.