the west wind collector
A bunch of lovely makers and designers are gathering to sell their wares at Abbotsford Convent in Melbourne this weekend.Are you one of those very organised people who purchase Christmas prezzies for...
View Articlefilipino queerness photography exhibition opening + interview
We had a little chat with the shutterbug behind this lovely photography series portraying the LGBTI community in the Philippines (where, in ancient times, queer and trans folks were widely accepted and...
View Articlethe 2018 ice-cream festival
The Ice-Cream Festival is happening once again in Melbourne’s Yarra Valley and Victoria’s surf coast. There’ll be 144 artisan flavours on offer – and croissant ice-cream sandwiches galore!Treat...
View Articletunesday – grizzly bear ticket giveaway
Melbourne folk: care to catch Grizzly Bear at Zoo Twilights? We’ve got some double passes to give away.The Zoo Twilights concert series at Melbourne Zoo is truly a thing of musical wonder, and this...
View Articlefreshly wrapped by alice oehr exhibition
Swing by Lamington Drive in Melbourne to check out Alice Oehr’s silkscreened posters inspired by the plastic second skin that so frequently encases our edible goods.If you’re a city dweller, odds are...
View Articlemelbourne international flower & garden show ticket giveaway
Calling all flower and plant fanciers! We’ve got five double passes to the Melbourne International Flower & Garden Show up for grabs. That ought to put a spring in your step.Holy hotcakes, there’s...
View Articlechunky move ticket giveaway
Hold onto your dance-loving butts – we’ve got free double passes to Chunky Move’s latest show in Melbourne town.Love dance? Love going out? Love free stuff? Then you might like to go in the running to...
View Articlejapanese playgrounds book launch
Ooh, this is nice – a Sydney book launch for a frankie photographer.If you’ve ever found yourself crushing hard on the photos in frankie, then you might want to shake Carine Thévenau’s hand. She’s one...
View Articlemarimekko exhibition ticket giveaway
Anyone fancy a free double pass to the Marimekko exhibition in Bendigo, Victoria?Attention fashion nerds! There’s one heck of an exhibition on at Bendigo Art Gallery right now, Marimekko: Design Icon...
View Articlefinders keepers sydney is back
Good times await you, Sydney friends – the Finders Keepers markets are coming back your way!Attention Sydney friends: the Finders Keepers markets are back, which means you’ll be able to get your fill...
View Articlelook what we made book party
Brisbane mates: get on down to the Look What We Made book party today – and rub shoulders with maker legends Bonnie Hislop and Alice Nightingale!To celebrate the launch of our brand new book, Look What...
View Articlegrandmothers exhibition
Multicultural Museums Victoria is hosting a mother of an exhibition dedicated to grandmothers.Well, this is a bit nice: Multicultural Museums Victoria (a brand new coalition of the Hellenic, Chinese,...
View Articlebrisbane finders keepers is back
Treat yourself to wall-to-wall fun at the crafty markets this weekend.Brisbane, you lucky ducks – Finders Keepers is coming back your way! We’re bloody chuffed to be escaping the miserable Melbourne...
View Articlesugar republic is a pop-up museum dedicated to desserts
And it’s frigging delightful.Feel like climbing through a candy rainbow or diving headlong into a giant pink bubblegum ball pit? Well, what do you know – you can now do just that, thanks to a bunch of...
View Articlefinders keepers melbourne is back
Well, well, well, if it isn’t the Finders Keepers festival – and trust us, this instalment of the crafty market is going to be a heck of a time.Hope you’re ready for a tonne of fun, Melbourne, because...
View Articlespecial frankie subscriber screenings of the breaker upperers
Melbourne and Sydney subscribers: join us for a chuckle at the flicks. Subscribers: we do hereby invite you to join us at some very special advance screenings of The Breaker Upperers, a ripsnorter of a...
View Articlelillet x frankie crafternoon
We’re giving away some double passes to this swell little shindig in Melbourne. (Note: there will be booze.)Melbourne friends: we’re having a super-special shindig at Home-Work studio. This will entail...
View Articledisability on the runway
A diverse range of people with disability will be modelling at this Melbourne Fashion Week event.You might be surprised to know that almost 20 per cent of Aussies are disabled – but we rarely see folks...
View Articlecraft cubed window walk project
All around Melbourne’s CBD, shopkeepers are displaying groovy craft and design in their windows as part of the Craft Cubed Festival.Let’s hear it for the Craft Cubed Festival! Now in its ninth year,...
View Articlerachel burke's tinsel takeover
The crafty lass has come up with a new way to leave winter gloominess behind: tinsel.Pop your sun lamps, day-glo tees and vitamin D pills in the cupboard, because Rachel Burke has come up with a new...
View Article