{introducing finkigirl}

At last the time has come to fill you in on my super-secret-squirrel business.  I am bursting with pride, hope, gratitude, amazement and so much more.  It is with enormously great pleasure that I introduce you to {finkigirl}, a collaboration between myself and Jay of Finki Handmade.

This collaboration has been in the making since April.  I was fortunate to spend an amazing weekend with Jay at one of the Flora Bowley retreats in Australia earlier this year {more on that here and here if you’re interested}.

As well as spending our days immersed in painting we spent our evenings talking about business, about dreams for the future and tentatively about the idea of working on something together.  I’ve watched Jay’s journey over the years and long admired her courage and commitment to building a creative life and business.  When I thought about collaboration, as I have been for a number of years, she was always one of the people that I wanted to connect with.  We left the retreat with some very early ideas on how we might work together. 

Then as it does, life got crazy.  House moves, job losses, health stuff followed by one of the worst creative blocks I’ve ever had.  My creative life came to a complete standstill.  It was all so yuk.  

One afternoon I was riding home from work and I realised how stuck I was.  I realised the ways in which I was holding myself back.  Most importantly I realised the opportunities that were out there waiting for me to grab them.  And so I did!  And out of that {finkigirl} was born!

My Etsy shop is now open and full of gorgeous {finkigirl} goodies.  Please head on over and take a look.  This is just the beginning of something that is going to be absolutely amazing and I can’t wait to keep sharing it with you as it evolves.

You can also see the full range at Olive Grove Studios, 159 Sydney Rd, Brunswick.

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PS.  It’s not too late to put your name down for the giveaway of awesomeness.  I’ll draw in winner on Thursday.