One of a kind, fibre art homewares and jewellery,
handmade sustainably with natural dyes for you and your home.
Moving to a new place means getting used to a new bunch of things.
For me, being a home-based small business, this also means figuring out the closest Post Office and also the most convenient on-street post box.
Since moving to Sydney in 2018, I’ve been slowly building my dye garden season by season, plant by plant. Many of you have been asking about the plants I grow to dye with, so I thought I’d start documenting my plant to pigment journey.
Edible gifts are always well received amongst my fam & friends, and if you're a new ISO-sourdough baker like me, you're gonna wanna show off your new found baking prowess! Here's a simple yet effective way of wrapping a loaf to bring to your party, plastic-free of course.
Furoshiki - beautiful and sustainable gift wrapping at its best. This traditional Japanese art form places emphasis on versatility, manipulating everyday textiles like tea towels, handkerchiefs and scarves with simple knots and folds into carriers and wrapping. In this mini series, I’ll show you some of my go-to furoshiki styles that are both form and function.
As much as possible, MELO handmades will continue to give back, and earlier this month, I donated $74.68 to Bush Heritage Australia.
In this tutorial, I show you how to create ink with black tea. Black tea is high in tannin, which means the results would last longer and as a common kitchen waste it’s very safe and practically free (especially if you’re a tea drinker or live with one)!
As part of my little give back project, I donated a total of $92 from August’s sales to Two Good Co. and Food Bank Singapore.
I finally got down earlier this week to pull out the numbers for July, and made a donation of $135 to Seed Indigenous Youth Climate Network., Australia’s first network of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander young people for climate justice, and a branch of the Australian Youth Climate Coalition.
Crafting and making have always been my way of staying grounded and relaxing in times of stress. So while we’re all stuck at home and feeling all the cabin fever from stay home restrictions and lock downs, I’d like to share with you a simple yet fun beginner tutorial for making your own bundle dyed scarf.
This video tutorial accompanies the printable sewing pattern pack recently released on my shop. It includes PDF patterns for a mask in 3 sizes and written instructions, guiding you step-by-step to sew a 3-ply pleated face mask, complete with nose wire and a filter pocket.
