zines and beans

The eagerly anticipated first ever edition of the Six South zine has hit the market and is now ready for purchasing from all good Etsy stores. Ok, I'm slightly exaggerating about it being available from ALL good Etsy stores. I believe all six contributors will have the zines available for sale from their individual stores. The zine is a collaboration between six very talented Australian illustrators and the theme for this issue is Love & Hate. The zine is a nifty a5 size and the cover artwork was designed by one of my fave artists, Sam.


[photo image credited to Penny from Pocketcarnival]
Check the shops belonging to the artists below to snag yourself a copy!
Sam ~ matouenpelucheEmma ~ benconservatoPenny ~ pocketcarnivalHelena ~ littlemoandfriendsNiina ~ niinaaokiAli ~ aussiepatches
And what do beans have to do with zines? Nothing. Apart from the fact that zines and beans rhyme.

While munching away on these tasty little jelly belly beans I thought that an image of these colourful sweets would make a nice picture for a jigsaw puzzle. So I took a few photos and uploaded one to Big Huge Labs...


As you can see I've managed to reach a whole new level of procrastination. I'm currently filling in tax forms. I don't like filling in tax forms. So not fun. I'll persevere. Only because I've run out of jelly beans.

The bowl of jelly beans is my contribution to the Color Carnival party this week.

I do feel guilty about eating them all before I even arrived...