Helping Hands Doula Services website

This is the work I did for my friend Jay to help her expand her business as a Doula in Victoria.

Web banner design

I created the artwork for this banner using Illustrator and Photoshop.

Project MonMa is non profit organization that focuses on providing,  hope, encouragement and empowerment to women affected by violence and discrimination. At Project MonMa, we want to inspire all women to live their lives in a way where they can make their own choices, follow their dreams and live their life free from violence and discrimination. All our beaded products are hand made by women from recycled paper and our scarves are hand made from silk grown by women in Uganda. We are currently working with Acholi women from Northern Uganda and we plan to expand our project throughout the Central African region. 

The time for change is now! 

Monma comes from a word in the Acholi language from Northern Uganda meaning independent woman.

Check out their website to see it in situ. Project MonMa

images of my past

As a kid I spent hours rifling through my mothers dresser drawers. Like a magpie I examined (and coveted) the shiny bits in each drawer. Imagining myself to be the richest, most beautiful girl in the world I tried on each piece of jewelry thinking it had to be worth millions. It wasn't until many years later that I learned the diamonds were just paste and the gold was just tarnished silver plate. But I still dream about being that little magpie and, to this day, am attracted to small, shiny, bright, intriguing things.

Last week I decided to look for and collect the gems (not including the people gems) in my life. Here are some of the things I found (and put a number of them together in a collage):

• shells and stones from my daughter's trip to Costa Rica
• my old doll collection
• beach glass
• old black and white photos that I took and processed years ago while studying photography and communications at school
• my paintbrushes
• fridge magnet collection
• tiny old sewing machine
• tiny lead figures
• wooden spool of thread
• old tea cups
• textures
• paintings from my kids
• old leather-bound books
• a picture of my great great Aunt Hannah
• my coloured pencils
• a wooden giraffe
• baby pictures
• a painting my gf painted

I intend to collect many more...