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....and here they are

2008-03-12T03:07:00.000-07:00

Yes, that's right our superous duperous new range of Limited Edition Art Cards. Printed on the most beautiful 100% post consumer recycled paper ever with specially designed envelopes that are printed all over and can be used both ways for the understated or just plain gorgeous look.
I am busy uploading the new range to our Etsy store and watch out for the new rubbergob website.

Here are a few pics of the range so far, there are 6 large cards with special envelopes and 8 small cards, each design is avaiable as an archival quality artists print too (just in case you can't get enough).The folky owl inspired by dear Em from onehourcraft check out the amazing twins Em and Mia at onehourcraft to see all the incredible stuff they get up to.

Plain as the bird on her head card, an illustration I had wanted to do for ages about birds of all types but really into natve Australian birds at the mo.

One of the native seed inspired designs showing funky envelope.

Autumn trees. I love the sound of the wind blowing through the leaves
of tall majestic trees, the feel of the cool autumn breeze on my face
and the scrunch of soft leaves underfoot. Watch your heart be carried
aloft by the breeze and toss and tumble through the tree tops.
Just make sure you don’t get clonked on the head by the branch of a
shedding gum tree because that would really ruin the moment.

In the shops

2008-02-15T21:07:00.000-08:00

A very sweet friend Em pointed out that we should be sharing with the world some of the fantastic stores that carry our stuff. It's something that gives us much joy, that is to see what we poduce in the windows and on the shelves of some of the coolest retail experiences around so we are now going to make an effort to visit all the places we can and show you how they show off for us.
First off the mark is Evolve Homewares, this one is in Cottesloe Western Australia but they are also in Shenton Park and West Perth. They stock a range of Prints as you can see in the window and cards. Thank you to Robi Smith who kindly took this photo after I took my camera out and forgot to put in the flash card duuh!

The print featured here is the Taupe and red Native from the Native Naiive series. This is one of the first and most popular designs we produced that is an abstraction of Australian Native flora. There are four designs in this series that come as greeting cards, prints and mini Limited Edition Prints in a funky Envelope. The last item actually won us the Austalian Memento Award for Memento of Western Australia, pretty cool if I do say so myself.

In case you didn't allready know you can acquire (so much nicer than buy, don't you think) our stuff from www.rubbergob.com.au or our Etsy shop

Limited Edition...here we come

2008-02-11T18:21:00.001-08:00

So much to write about this time, about to print those limited edtion cards just making final decision on which ones. I have put in a few below and here are a couple of new ones but you never know they may not make the final cut. Each will be hand signed and numbered and a little bit of hand embellishment on each woohoo.

There is a sweet little story about each one and where the inspiration came from on the back.
Our printers we use are very patient and are giving us back the many cost permutations we have asked for, bless their socks.
The bird illustrations came from our fondness of birds and the fact we seem to refer to each other as bird (Janines fault) birds with attitude we have to say not just your common nice person bird.

Need to mention how simply inspiring the work of Shim+Sons is, I get so much inspiration from incredibly creative and hard working people out there so I will be sharing those who have shared with me. I do have to admire the hard work of all those talented women out there doing their thing quietly and industriously.

Yoga

2008-02-11T02:10:00.000-08:00

have to tell you how good yoga was this morning- I was calm and at peace with the world when I left..... I know that is a shock to you bird but it is true- and I have a witness.... THEN less than an hour later the whole thing was undone .... what I want to know is why breakast cereal is allowed to advertise that it tastes good- it all tastes like cardboard and I should know I have chewed my way through a few boxes in my time!!!

Can anyone recommend a cereal that actually tastes of the fruit and grains that the company say it does.....

Anyway bird it ruined my very calm day - on a different note I think I may have found someone who might work with the canvas idea, AND picked up the smaller bags- they are looking like a great size for your new designs..... any update on that??
Anyway I had better go and recover from the cereal incident.....

It's raining!!!!

2008-02-06T17:00:00.000-08:00

Yipee rain- got to love it after a hideous amount of humidity.... but already there were people complaining about it this morning, those same people who hated the humidity and heat yesterday.... get back in your airconditioned box you over mommy-coddled personage you.... sorry got distracted!

Mate I am also loiking the envelopes, not sure whether I favor the dalliance into retro '70 design or the lsd swirls.... like the shape and colours though, keep up the grand work.

Catch you later I have people to go and offend..

Slack I know

2008-02-04T21:29:00.000-08:00

I have no excuse apart from I've been busy designing (ha ha did that work). So here's what I've been up to. I've moved on from the hand drawn and gone into abstracted native design/illustrations and looking at embossing and more stunning envelopes. Let me know what you think :)Remember to click on the image for a super duper large version, I'm loving these envelopes if I do say so.

Art Gallery WA

2008-01-22T01:41:00.000-08:00

Mate mate mate- just when you think they day has been spent chasing around 2 children and trying to catch 5 mins at the computer to do some work and failing miserably........along comes a great email from the Art Gallery!!!! Well done bird is what I have to say- that is yet another great store in Perth... they have so much cool stuff in there... we will have to pop in next week when the stock hits the floor and have a coffee and watch people having a look at the cards!!!! Too exciting!- do you think I have had too much coffee today????
Catch you later
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Mmmmm like it bird

2008-01-20T18:21:00.000-08:00

Bird- looking good- I really like the handdrawn stuff too- takes us in a whole new direction which is always interesting. Balloon great but not sure about the bubble??? Thoughts??? think it should definately make it to the short list for our limited edition card range... are we still looking good for March launch on those?

Been really busy this morning sending off newsletters.... how did you pull up?
Catch you later
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Bird+One cards

2008-01-17T20:20:00.000-08:00

Hey bird, I have here an idea for a birdplusone card, getting into the hand drawn things lately and I've wanted to draw the willy wagtails that ounce around my front garden with so much attitude. This one is off to a party with his balloons I think he needs to say something in his speech bubble aswell.

First for the New Year

2008-01-14T17:11:00.000-08:00

We launch into 2008 without making any New Year resolutions (I mean who keeps them anyway) and a fandabbydozy offer on all of our greeting cards. Order 2 cards and get a third absolutely free. This extremely generous offer is avaiable form 25th January until 31st January. If you are ordering online at Rubbergob be sure to let us know in the comment box at checkout which additional card you would like. For groovy retailers you can email customerservice@rubbergob.com.au to place your order.

Two Days Before Christmas...

2007-12-23T02:35:00.000-08:00

....and not even a mouse did stir in the house but the rest of the animals that live here were making planty of noise. Oh the joy of living with boys! So here I am after a day that comprised of messing about on the river with friends and our toddlers and fighting our way through the best food stores in Perth to get all that yummy stuff we couldn't survive without over the 2 days that the shops are closed for Christmas!!! I only wanted to add a new post each week but beginners enthusiasm got the better of me and this fantastic hand made tank top made by the sweet Miss Em or Moopi as her newly registered Etsy shop is called (stand by for fantastic wares).

I had drawn her the owl as I know she loves them and look what came back, the same design sewn onto a fab tank with cool girly cap sleeves to boot.
May you all have a very safe and happy festive time.

First Day

2007-12-20T19:38:00.001-08:00

Here we are on our very first day. We intend this to be a sharing of our design and illustration, the crazy people in the world that inspire us or provoke us to create our stuff and our equally nutty lives filled with even nuttier kids and (life) partners in crime. We will attempt to show other stuff out there that we love and the process we go through to create ours. We refer to each other as bird therefore the name for our blog feel free to also refer to us as bird, that way it doesn't matter who you are talking to :). You can see us being all sensible and grown up at here and also at our Etsy shop.

For a wee introduction to what Rubbergob has done sice it began in June 2007 here are a few pics of our greeting cards.