There is one very big, very exciting thing making me happy this week… and it’s this…
I have decided to go ahead with a dream of mine, and publish my own zine!
It is called *bespoke*, and it is all about handmade, craft, art, photography, community, creativity, micro-business, vintage, upcycling… you get the idea! It will be a minimum of 28 pages, and it will be available as both a printed magazine, and a downloadable mag. The first issue will have a limited print run of 500.
The cover art has been done by the lovely Sam of Matou en Peluche (you may remember seeing her work on here a few times before!). The zine has a predominately Australian focus, but I’m planning to include a little from international peeps as well!
It will be out in October, and I’m currently accepting submissions. If you want to know more, please visit the website – *bespoke*
I truly can’t believe how fast this has all taken off – I only announced it to the world on Saturday, and already I’ve had so many submissions, not to mention *bespoke* already has over 100 fans on FB, amazing! This is what I love so much about the handmade community – Â the sense of encouragement, good will and offers of help have been flowing – thank you all so much!
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And, of course, these pics from the interwebs have also made me smile… (all images linked to their source).
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I think it is fabulous Jess that you had made your dream a reality. I am sure it will be fabulous and I will be sure to get one of your first copy. Hmmm maybe I could submit something :0)
Yaaay! I bet it will be a good issue! I haven’t decided yet what to submit!! Can’t wait for it! xoxoxo
REALLY cool! Can’t wait to see it.