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24.01.2022 Handmaids, hares and secret squirrels ah ha! Book sculptures up online now! It has finally been lovely to have the time to photograph the cloches I have in the studio and put them up online to offer to those of you who haven't been able to make the markets. I'm sending these out with a FREE EXPRESS POST upgrade until 12 noon tomorrow, (Australia only) after that no guarantees from Postman Pat!... The dogs are all sold out, but I have 2 cats and a couple of foxy foxes as well as a variety of Handmaids to delight the bookish among you. More photos on their listings. www.foolhouse.com.au

23.01.2022 The one & only Alice of its’ kind...I wish I could offer you more but the one and only problem my business has had during this pandemic is the delay in supplies. I have been waiting 2 months for my glass cloches to arrive and as yet no cigar! So I have used all I have left for the market @handmadecanberra this Saturday and after that who knows when my little shelf of patient sculptures will get their stages? Log on early on Saturday if a Book Sculpture is on your bucket list! X @ Sydney, Australia

23.01.2022 HAND MADE Hand Maids...blossoming. My glass cloches have finally been delivered after the slow delay of pandemic deliveries and these little Aged Book Sculptures have homes to nestle within now! Find these and more creatures on my website this weekend to adorn your bookish shelves!

19.01.2022 My view when I woke up this morning!!! Yay! Gang plank guarded by Uruguayan Police and my all clear for now!! Disembarking tomorrow on a Sanitary Corridor from Montevideo to Santiago to Sydney! Fabulous news but going to miss this incredible yacht!

19.01.2022 TREASURE BOXES DISCONTINUED - sad face I have 5 left and I have dropped the price from $95 and $85 to only $75! Plus free express shipping within australia up to tomorrow noon! I have been making these for 7 years and have loved every minute designing them and laser engraving my illustrations onto them but they are bulky and heavy to lug around to markets and take up alot of space when you have 50 or so in the studio! They have been so loved by the Foolhouse community so if ...you have a little sprocket who loves to collect (read - hoard) treasures and trinkets - one of these special keepsakes might do the trick for Christmas! Visit www.foolhouse.com.au to nab the last ones! I have a Rockin' Racoon left, A Bike riding rabbit, a butterfly chasing fox, a headstanding dog and a Moose on the loose! GIFT WRAPPING + FREE CHRISTMAS DECORATION INCLUDED See more

18.01.2022 New Apothecary Book Tonics compounded for @handmadecanberra this Saturday. The perfect remedy for the book-lover’s Christmas!

17.01.2022 I've had fun over the weekend stocking up my empty library shelves in anticipation of creative times ahead! Christmas markets fair emptied me out and I was wondering if I was going to have enough vintage material to start planning the ideas and carvings I have in my head for 2020, but things are looking up!

16.01.2022 MY NEXT MARKET IS BEING HELD IN YOUR LOUNGEROOM! I promise I'll tidy up afterwards! Alot of my customers say that they've always wanted to get to @handmadecanberra but have never made it, well now "thanks to COVID" (and we can't always say that can we!)...YOU CAN! No matter what country or state you are in, you can log on to the Handmade Canberra website on SATURDAY JULY 11 and there will be links to all the best handmade stall holder's websites from the one place, and every stall holder will be offering discounts or free shipping or free gifts as rewards and extreme thanks for indulging with us digitally when it can't be done in person. I hope you can join me, I'll be uploading extra one-off Secret Vintage Booksafes and Sculptures at 9am on the day so get ready for the lucky dip and make a day of it!

16.01.2022 ONE MORE SLEEP TILL MY FIRST MARKET OF THE YEAR! It's online with Handmade Canberra starting at 9am. I will be uploading 30 new Secret Vintage Booksafes, 7 x Limited Edition Book Bunting Sets and a selection of my aged Book Sculptures. I'm sorry not to be seeing you in person but this is the new norm for us creatives for the moment so I have tried to take as many photographs as possible to explain my products so you can browse to your hearts content as you shop without the crowds. I hope you find something that inspires you or puts a smile on your face!

13.01.2022 NEW Vintage Paper Sculptures up online now - each one individually isolated inside a glass cloche just like the rest of us! ...If you're buying for Mothers Day - i am gift wrapping, writing your message in a complimentary card and can send it straight to your Mother - magic! If you are buying for yourself - i will do the same - you deserve it! www.foolhouse.com.au

13.01.2022 One-of-a-kind vintage book carvings or gifts hidden in Secret Vintage Booksafes are the answer for those that have everything! From 9-9 tomorrow, shop my site @handmadecanberra and Not only will you find makers doing a happy dance you will find me donating 10% of books to Lifeline. It is my last market for the year but I’m planning something special for foolhouse’s birthday in early December as my last hurrah for 2020! stay tuned!

12.01.2022 IT'S WHATS ON THE INSIDE THAT COUNTS!! Here is a sneak peek at the surprise insides of some of my Secret Vintage Booksafes! Set aside some time to browse my shelves for the perfect one, just like you would if a bookshop was open! Be creative and hide a Little Something inside for an All Weather Friend. Pocket money for Tuesday's Child, Jewelry for your Muse or Emergency Confectionery for your Good Self. These inspire a little bit of Magic, a hint of Secrecy and an Adventure in Giving. (Shameless Plug - albeit in brackets! All these and more are up on my website now, from only $45) www.foolhouse.com.au

11.01.2022 SET YOUR ALARM for 9am tomorrow to enter the FOOLHOUSE online LIBRARY to choose personal gifts for Christmas that will become instant family heirlooms! I will have nearly 100 Secret Vintage Booksafes, of all shapes and sizes for all sorts of secrets, treasures and surprises! Over 20 Vintage Book Sculptures for the bookish, cats, dogs, rabbits, squirrels, foxes, hand maids, jane austens and the like and a handful of book and sculpture sets for that extra special tribute. Handm...ade Canberra will be open from 9am-9pm and if you purchase during that time I will be donating 10% of all book sales to Lifeline. It's a great cause and so is shopping sustainably and mindfully as I know my followers do. I have my fingers crossed that this will be the last virtual market I do and that 2021 will have you in front of me once again in the swirling dervish of a real live artisanal market! See you tomorrow! See more

09.01.2022 Virtual doors to @handmadecanberra are open! Let’s go shopping!! Or you can go straight to wwww.foolhouse.com.au but don’t forget to check out all my fabulous artisan peers selling with @handmadecanberra uniqueness abounds and discounts too!

02.01.2022 Just some of the beautiful vintage books that will be up online tomorrow at 9am - all with hidden carved out pockets and secret messages inside. A bookplate in the front is perfect for your dedication to the lucky gift recipient and then what you hide in it is up to you! Money, vouchers, jewelery, passports, keys? I'll leave it in your hands! It's an instant family heirloom and some are over 100 years old, all rescued and supporting sustainable making.

02.01.2022 Black Beauty Secret Vintage Booksafe and Book Sculpture Set - check out the vintage book sets I have on line - this finicky creatures don’t always come out of the book in tact but when they do I get to offer something truly unique!

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