Big things are happening in my neck of the woods. It’s all a bit much and I’m sipping a very strong drink a ce moment to settle my nerves.
1. Cover of The Age M Magazine on Sunday – an article about how great craft is!
2. I turned 40 on Friday!
3. A pile of our book spotted today about to go out on the shelves at a city bookstore!
Hope your week is going just great!
xx Pip
Congratulations Pip! Don’t you look gorgeous!
Congrats Pip! It took me until the day of my 41st birthday to become a covergirl, too! Congrats and happy birthday. Love your blog.
I’m so happy for you, Pip! You’ve given so much for so long… so happy that you are getting some very well deserved recognition! You look stunning… total superstar! What a marvelous week to turn 40!! Happiness to you during this incredible moment. I’m glad you’re not letting the little black clouds rain on your lovely parade… your response to Anon: perfection! I’m sending you super big hugs across the oceans and miles!
p.s I’m a ’69 gal, too! I’ll be joining you in July!
xoxo
maya
Congratulations and Happy Birthday! You look like a superstar on that cover!
Wow, wow, wow! That’s you! Fantastic!! Many happy returns for your B’day! Your blog is super lovely!
Hey Pip
You made me smile with delight to see your lovely face on Sunday – being a craft covergirl agrees with you π
STUNNING cover shot Pip! Really such an achievement – I hope everyone knows just how difficult it is to pull a book together, develop a profile, reach out to the right people, believe in yourself, and have the persistence and guts to make it happen.
Congratulations!
Steph
Bondville
i so want to see you on the cover of ralph.
how saucy is that cover pic? love it!
congratulations on everything Pip. you are a true pioneer of contemporary Australian craft and design π
Frank is really looking to getting the next Ralph magazine! And I'm going to head up to the newsagent now to buy House & Garden. You're doing an awesome job Pip and don't let anyone tell you otherwise!
Angela xxox
Yeah Pip! Go the Ralph cover! Sexy crafting! Whoohoo! π
Everyone knows you’ve worked really hard, and it’s great to see it coming to fruition. Hurrah!
Anonymous – so funny, overexposure you say? On all fronts, there’s no overexposure here – knickers on – check, no stray nipples – check.
Go Pip – you deserve every success that comes your way.
Can’t wait til my Readings mail arrives. So. Darn. Excited. xxx
Ah Pip. There are always going to be haters, jealous nasty people out there, that are so filled with bile that it spills out and splashes onto good innocent people. Sorry you got caught in the crossfire there. But hey, don’t let that nasty comment get you down, not for one second. I’m not great at maths, but I’d say 1 out of 36 aint so bad!
Hold your head high, you’re an inspiration to us all. Thank you!
Congrats on your trifecta – although I must say, the cover of Ralph is really something special.
There’s no such thing as “overexposure” in a little country like Australia anyway – just ask any actor. You take it where you get it and you run it through its course.
Hopefully ‘anon’ will catch a happy break soon .. although .. it’s all to do with a positive attitude .. isn’t it ?
xx
Dear Anonymous (such an unusual name!)
Thank you for your helpful comment.
Perhaps dragging craft into the mainstream via a beautiful book which promotes the work of 25 other Australian crafters and encourages people to be creative doesn’t seem like a good idea to you?
And perhaps trying to get as many people as possible to buy said book and start making things and creating awareness about the beautiful work of the crafters profiled isn’t a good idea either.
In fact – don’t tell anyone about this book. We want to be sure to clip wings of those we see as successful, don’t we? We wouldn’t want people getting a leg up now, would we? Especially after years and years of toiling away. No. That sounds like a bad idea.
Stay tuned for my Ralph cover, too.
xx pip
So happy to have that book in my hot little hands.
congrats pip…wow you look fantastic there is no way you look forty…
and on the cover…so amazing that craft is forging ahead in leaps and bounds…
Have you ever heard the phrase
“Over Exposure”? Just a thought.
WoW, can anyone BE any more FABULOUS!! You are indeed a blessing to us all, and heck, after this week, who KNOWS what might come next!!??
*AWESOME work your Royal Craftiness*
Blessings,
KittyB
Saw your book in the front window of the Hill of Content: so exciting! Congratulations!
Oh congrats, well done, Bravo!!
I’m only a recent convert to Meet me… but I love it! I can’t wait to get the book. It’s making me all crafty. Congrats Pip – love your blog too!
you should blow your own trumpet!!!!
go girl.
I heard about the article, but missed it….downside to living in the north I guess.
can’t wait to see the book.
Are you kidding? Whose week could possibly be this good!!! Many happy returns XXOO
How excitement!!!
I’m going to buy the book online right now, I can’t wait to devour it.
Happy, happy, happy birthday! They say 40 is the new twenty, won’t be long before I’ll get to find out for real.
Keep being fab! π
You are so stinkin’ cute, I can barely stand it.
wooooooooooo!! you are on fire girl! Good on you!!! looking good!
what an awesome week of wonderfulness!!! happy happy birthday and congrats on the gorgeous cover dear deserving miss pip! it makes me happy to see such good news for you!
xoxo
sosser
look at gorgeous you!! go girl, get craft to the masses. love Posie
Happy Birthday! You look fabulous … being a cover girl suits you.
Congrats & happy birthday candle-blowing! Sounds like any birthday wishes are pre-emptively coming true.
Good luck with the book. It's nice to have craft reign again.
Lee Tran
Big congrats on everything Pip!! Very well deserved π
(Oh and a belated happy birthday to you!)
I think life gets more adventurous as we advance. Hurrah!
Congratulations on all your achievements Pip! With all your hard work and wonderful energy, it is success well deserved!
Yay for all three things! Congrats!
Hi Pip, congrats on all your book stuff, you look fab. I bought the Apil Real Living mag yesterday and your book is featured on ‘the things we love this month’ page (but I’m sure you prob already know this).
Well done on all your awesome PR.
xx
D
Yey for trumpet blowing I says. I think you have a lot to be trumpeting about. I hope you feel better soon but I am not surprised the dreaded lurgy has hit, as your life must be a supreme mixture of stress and excitement at the moment. I hope you are getting some good downtime too. xx
AND! when I picked up a copy of House & Garden and flipped it open at the newsies this week guess who was smiling back at me!!
You media superstar! =)
woo hoo, congrats pip!!! ours arrived yesterday and are already making a splash, have a fab time at the launch xxx
your prettyness is still sitting on the coffee table!!
So HAPPY for everything that makes you blow that horn.
I’m blowing my kazoo for you too!
xoxx
Congratulations Pip on all the wonderful news & happy birthday too! Looking forward to posting about the Meet Me at Mikes book soon… Looks like a great photo on the M Magazine cover π
You go girl… cover girl!!!
And…40 is when life really starts:)
You look super lovely in that yellow dress! xxs
I saw you in the paper on Sunday, I think I squealed “hey look it’s Pip!” to the whole cafe π
Congratulations on the paper, your birthday and your book!!
That is HUGE! And SUPER too! Congrats on all of the above – you thoroughly deserve to blow that trumpet of yours π
I had read the article but didn’t see your front cover until today – a great choice for the face of the supportive craft movement.
And all the other good stuff – I think 40 is going to be tops!
Oh WOW and YAY and WOW again!! Look at you go! All deserved limelight too me thinks. Super stunning pics. Really lovin the yellow dress / red lip number too x
Gosh … what a week.
What else can happen??
Hold on tight.
Hi there! Congratulations on all the above – you must be so excited. Am really looking forward to sitting down and reading your craft book – it is one of those birthday presents i know about but have to pretend i’ve forgotten about when I open it…SOON!!!
I made the wheat toy that was in Frankie, out of my own fabric designs, for my sisters baby shower and was so happy with the results…have posted a pic on my VERY new blog. Thanks for all the blog tips too!!!! Congrats again, D
Yellow is your colour!
xx
You look gorgeous on the cover Pip! I’m so excited for you and I’m excited that craft is making a comeback! I never would have thought that when I walked into your shop a yearish ago that one day you would be in my favourite magazine (Frankie) and in the newspaper and publishing your own awesome book. But you are such a super nice person you deserve it all and more, good luck with all your plans and dreams π
That is brilliant that you were on the cover!! And a belated happy birthday!