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Bear Suit

Bear Suit

Picture this, you’ve been surfing all day in cold waters, wind gusting, wet suit dripping, you’re all shivery, wrinkly and water logged. Now imagine, drying off after a hot shower, slipping into a soft warm bear suit and warming up in pure unadulterated Huggy Bear style!
Mmmmm, now that’s what I call comfort.
Cuddle me bear [...]

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The Ube Love Story

The Ube Love Story

Ube Love – The Birth of Ube Love, by Elisa Marigold. Ube – pronounced “oohbay” – is an intensely purple, yam like, root vegetable found commonly in the Philippines. It is so popular it has been recognised by Philippine based American food franchises and placed on their menus! Imagin ube -flavoured doughnuts with richly coloured [...]

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Hoodie dresses

Hoodie dresses

www.ubelove.etsy.com
One off original yellow over-all dress, ladies size 10.
Don your wellies and emulate sweet sunshine undercover on drizzly days, when you need it most.
Cold machine wash.
Machine spin and hang to dry.
There is only one. Hand made in Australia.

Fire engine red corduroy with dark blue flower print. Ladies size 12.
Perfect for chopping wood.
Stock up the fuel. [...]

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Ube Love: In the beginning

Ube Love: In the beginning

I’ve taken a step back in time, and rediscovered a small album of past work.
Back in the late 1990s, I was studying Visual Arts at RMIT. It was torturous. All I ever wanted to do was paint, and the tutors kept encouraging me to practice sculpture, or photography once I dumped sculpture in favour of [...]

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Pirates Ahoy!

Pirates Ahoy!

Pirate costumes are easy to come by. There’s an outfit to suit any budget. Whether you’re raiding the linen cupboard and garage at home, or are wanting a full set of pirate britches and coat tails, feel free to enquire for pirate party tips!
Here’s a few words that spring to mind when thinking of Pirate [...]

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Manly Markets 2008

Manly Markets 2008

Manly Markets, November 2008
Marta and I held our first stall at Manly markets on Sunday November 30th.
The interest was encouraging enough to decide to do it again next week!
We acquired a few orders for accessories – some more pink fluffy ears and tails for little girls, and even a request for a really well made [...]

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The Rumpelstiltskin Project

The Rumpelstiltskin Project

Fairytales are alive and living around us today.
Of course they are!
Dreamtime continues, from ancient times to present day, creating and recreating, continuously evolving.
Just as the python like roots of a Morton Bay Fig tree grow steadily before our eyes, ever lengthening and expanding, and we don’t even see it moving. The life force [...]

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Ube Love: new designs

Ube Love: new designs

I have been busy working hard at my Botany studio.
Here is a small selection of designs Marta and I have decided to develop further.
We were all packed and ready to go to Manly markets on the weekend. But, it rained!
So instead we paid an unexpected visit to an old neighbour of mine. He kindly took [...]

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Early Days

Early Days

Early days, sitting on a desk, working from my bedroom, before the luxury of working from a separate warehouse in Botany.
The job concerned there, involves altering penguin suits, for a television commercial, to allow performers to breakdance with comfort.

Agent costume is not even a year old, and we are still learning what it means to [...]

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Tropical Island Dream

Tropical Island Dream

So you want to look like an Islander?
Balmy nights by the soothing flow of the waves washing on a golden shore, sparkling in the moonlight.
Sassy Island wahines, and wise island Mumas, who have seen it all.
Young Warrior Men, with real grass armbands, and tribal tattoos, glistening with pure, clean freshly pressed coconut oil – fragranced [...]

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