Never did I imagine...

Never did I imagine went I went to a careers exhibition did I think there would be postcards... I dont know why... I guess it was because the careers expo was at a very nice school for boys in Sydney... I was just thinking about boys really - as my friends would say, of course. But one of the stalls was for the Academby of Information technology and there was a whole rack of student designed postcards (who's names I have put next to the title). I was ecstatic as I'm sure you can imagine! Here are my top 5: 

While I don't particularly like the composition of this one - with the large petal looking things behind the figure, I just love the colours which, while well balanced. provides what I think is some great contrast.

5. By Qing Xu

And here is the kookiest little character of the bunch:

4. By Cina Park

This one is just pretty. It reminds me of a crystal formation or the like, just glowing as that beam of light hits it.

 3. By Kelly Bogdaska

This particular one just makes me laugh. What seems to be a repetitious image is in fact a character of many faces and expressions. I love it!

2. By Xu Ying

 And my favourite is this one because it is so beautiful. The delicacy of the roses all around her and how they are draped around the wire umbrella. And the girl is so pretty, it makes me wonder what she is looking at....

1. By Qing Xu

♥ grace

postcard count: 1548

its a bird... its a plane... no! its SUPERMAN!

Ok, well not quite superman... but this little boy is pretty close - how cute is he!!

1. Actually about what goods are safe and which are unsafe under Australia's laws

You know what else is super cute?? These trucks! How awesome are they?! I didn't notice until now, but each represents one of the 3 emergency services - the police, fire brigade and ambulances - all with the licence 000. I think its rather clever.

 2. In regards to teaching kids about what to do in an emergency

This next one is about Sydney Roller Derby Leauge, but how cool is the postcard, its so tough looking - I certainly wouldnt want to take on that woman, then again, sport really isn't my thing. But it's a great postcard all the same.

3. For more info about the Sydney Roller Derby check out the website here.

And last, but certainly not least for this evening is the super cute postcard from The Finders Keepers - some awesome 'indie design and art markets' held at CarriageWorks. How awesome is the little birdie?? I love it! It was by Madeleine Stamer who has a blog on blogger (here) and a website too (here) with comments on life and some awesome illustrations.

4. I have been to these markets and there are some of the coolest trinkets and bits and pieces. Check out the website here!

Thats it for now, I must be off to study for exams.

♥ grace

postcard count: 1535

a new resolution

Hey all, to start I'd like to say another apology, quite like the ones made in the posts in May (eek). I am dreadfully sorry for not blogging more regularly, school has taken over my life, but I'm making a pre-HSC (aka big end of year exams coming up in October) resolution to blog during my breaks in attempt to be slightly productive while not studying. Thank you to my friend Deb who persisted in asking "when are you going to blog?" and I thank her dearly for being such an avid reader... when I post that is. So here it goes. Before I blog any of the postcards I have received this month, over the next few posts I'm going to show you some of the postcards I have received in the past 2 months when my blogging was lacking...

Here are some funny and awesome ones:

Some of my friends and family will find it ironic that I'm posting this, considering I have quite a bad phobia of dogs... but this one is very cute - as an image anyway... if it was really... well lets just say I would be very far away,

1.Shiva - Pet Portrait Series, 2009 by Toby Dutton - who actually has a blogger too, check it out here. There are some really cool sketches and the like.

The next is another furry creature, the composition and colour choice - despite appearing to have eaten a bird - I rather like, it reminds me of a child opening its mouth as if to say "I'm done, look!"

2. Little Devil by Carla Fletcher, 2009 - who too has a blog, check it out here! There is some really cool stuff :D

I love this postcard, all the boxes and squares and little images mixed in with the information. It is an advertisement for the 17th Biennale of Sydney, a rather cool exhibition of contemporary art all over Sydney in spaces like The Museum of Contemporary Art, The Royal Botanic Gardens, Cockatoo Island and others. I went to cockatoo island last time the event was on and there were some really cool - along with some rather strange - examples of contemporary art. However due to my delayed blogging the event is over, otherwise I would have recommended going to check it out.

I think I'll leave it here for now, but do watch this space for some more soon :D The count will go up slowly because I want to keep secret the number of postcards I have obtained since my blog in May... I will let you know when I hit that number... :D

♥ grace

postcard count: 1523