kirin notebook - the blog of lara cameron

Last day in the studio before maternity leave So, I look pretty happy in this photo, but I tell you what - one week later, now that my due date has come and gone, I'm starting to feel pretty ov...

http://kirinote.blogspot.com/2014/04/ready-and-waiting.html

My bump AKA food shelf, useful for when snacks are outside of reaching distance... It's been an interesting time to be pregnant. 2013 was full on, with plenty of other things to be focussing on...

http://kirinote.blogspot.com/2014/03/growing-small-person-34-weeks-and.html

Hello! In the spirit of blogging about things a few months after they've happened, here's a few pics of our recent honeymoon! Dave & I chose Tassie as our destination, mostly because we didn't...

http://kirinote.blogspot.com/2014/02/tassie-honeymoon-agrarian-kitchen.html

So, it's only been a mere 2 months (!) since our wedding and I'm finally getting around to sharing some pics with you! And what an epic two months it has been; the usual pre-xmas craziness at wo...

http://kirinote.blogspot.com/2014/01/wedding-pics.html

My gorgeous new husband (ha!) Dave and I, freshly married @ CERES. Photo by Kate Berry Wow. What an absolutely spectacular day. I'm a little bit shell-shocked to be honest. I've never been one...

http://kirinote.blogspot.com/2013/12/getting-hitched-making-of.html

Our beloved Ink & Spindle studio - want to work here? It'd be a bit of an understatement to say that life is a little bit full on right now. I'm 19 weeks pregnant, getting married in 2 weeks,...

http://kirinote.blogspot.com/2013/11/big-changes-over-at-ink-spindle.html

Turning 5. Now there's a little bit of a big deal. Half a decade of running our beloved little textile studio, helping it slowly evolve into something that we can be truly proud of. I wouldn't s...

http://kirinote.blogspot.com/2013/10/turning-5.html

It's been over three months since my last post. That's gotta be a new record. But this time I have a pretty good excuse: Say hello to the tiny person growing in my belly! Whew! It's been a f...

http://kirinote.blogspot.com/2013/10/a-little-bit-of-big-news.html

My first post in two months. Not for lack of things going on, as always the opposite is true! Life's been throwing curve balls again and although in some ways the last month or so has been quite...

http://kirinote.blogspot.com/2013/07/blogging-and-big-botanical-prints.html

There's a few things I'm quite liking at the moment... Who Gives a Crap toilet paper This ethical, 100% recycled loo roll is produced by the guys at Who Gives a Crap - a Melbourne based sta...

http://kirinote.blogspot.com/2013/05/i-like-these-things.html

Over the last week I feel like there's been a common theme in a lot of conversations I've had and things I've read. And it's this: It's not your right to have a perfect life. It's not your r...

http://kirinote.blogspot.com/2013/04/its-not-your-right-to-have-perfect-life.html

What a tough couple of weeks! Dave's surgery went really well, thank god, and we're both so glad to be finally out the other side. In the last week in particular it feels like a fog has been lif...

http://kirinote.blogspot.com/2013/04/returning-to-normal-programming.html

Tonight (and for the next 7 nights or so) I'll be sleeping at home on my own whilst the man I love sleeps in a luxury $800 a night twin share down the road. Not quite. Before I met Dave I di...

http://kirinote.blogspot.com/2013/03/hate-ya-guts.html

If you're one of those fools who doesn't believe in global warming (which I'm sure you're not, if you're visiting this blog) then try living and working without air-conditioning over the last co...

http://kirinote.blogspot.com/2013/03/a-trip-to-taranaki-farm.html

Food is a bit of a thing around our place at the moment. I wish I could say it's been in a good way (full of exciting cooking adventures and inspirational meals) but instead it's been in a trick...

http://kirinote.blogspot.com/2013/03/figuring-out-food.html

So, I've had a pretty fun and productive couple of weeks since my post about a new perspective . First things first, I found this shipping crate posing as a raised garden bed on eBay: Raised ga...

http://kirinote.blogspot.com/2013/02/beginnings.html

It's not every day that an opportunity like this comes along. Ink & Spindle has been asked to fit out an eco friendly apartment from top to bottom! How awesome is that? Of course we've ralli...

http://kirinote.blogspot.com/2013/02/forte-living-festival-this-fri-sat.html

Would you believe it, it's time for Ink & Spindle's first Open Studio for the year already! Where did January go?? This Open Studio is going to be a little more exciting than usual in that our...

http://kirinote.blogspot.com/2013/02/open-studio-this-saturday.html

A new perspective for 2013 (literally, too) I have to say, 2013 is off to a strange (but good) start. Where do I begin? First and foremost, being in Nepal - completely separated from home and...

http://kirinote.blogspot.com/2013/02/2013-new-perspective.html

One of our past interns Lauren, printing a two colour repeat design I'm taking a little break from my usual programming to talk about something a little controversial at the moment - internshi...

http://kirinote.blogspot.com/2013/02/on-internships-industry.html

Hi everyone! It's been an epic couple of weeks over here. Whilst all my friends back in Melbourne have been struggling with 40+ degree days, in Nepal it has been cold, cold, cold. As much as I...

http://kirinote.blogspot.com/2013/01/hello-from-nepal-2.html

Hello and a Happy New Year from Kathmandu! I've been here only a week but it feels like months. We've done and seen so much that it feels impossible to distil my experiences into a single blog ...

http://kirinote.blogspot.com/2013/01/hello-from-nepal.html

I haven't really talked much about relationshippy stuff on this here blog of late. I guess that part of my life hasn't historically delivered the best of times and I got a bit tired of documentin...

http://kirinote.blogspot.com/2012/12/big-happy-news.html

Monochrome duvet cover in Leuca So. 2012 hey. What a year. Another one that has positively flown by. If you asked me if I've achieved much this year offhandedly I'd say 'not much' but when I ...

http://kirinote.blogspot.com/2012/12/2012.html

Leuca Duvet cover - up for Auction right now. Help raise funds for a fair trade enterprise in Nepal! My trip to Nepal is swiftly approaching! I know it'll be here before I know it and I feel l...

http://kirinote.blogspot.com/2012/11/nepal-fair-trade-fundraising-auction.html