Helen Marie

The End

2010-04-21T23:15:00.000-07:00

This is the final post for Sand And Snow. I'm beginning my rebrand which will involve a new website and lots of other exciting things happening. Please come over to

http://wedontsleepatnight.tumblr.com/ for my new work. Peace out xxx

Go Font Urself

2010-03-04T04:05:00.000-08:00

I'm taking part in the 4th Chapter of GoFontUrself. If your free March 17th come to Peer Gallery to see some amazing type based artworks. Details on website www.gofonturself.com.au

eskimo

2010-03-04T01:02:00.000-08:00

I'm currently an intern at Eskimo www.eskimodesign.com.au

Been there for 2 months now. Got to sit in on some pretty cool portfolio viewings and last week I went to my first web press check. Crazy days.

Break Your Socks

2010-01-20T18:47:00.001-08:00

Poster I been working on lately for friends back in Lincoln.

Sounds Like...

2010-01-20T18:42:00.001-08:00

Finished this poster awhile ago but only just getting round to posting it up..zooper busy lately!

Alphabeast

2010-01-06T19:24:00.000-08:00

New Typeface for Fl@33's new book ABC Dimensional

First Noel

2009-12-19T03:21:00.000-08:00

These are my Christmas cards that I screen-printed the other week. They just of a little illustration I did based on turning the letter 'A' into a mustached angel called Noel.

Snow #2

2009-12-19T02:23:00.000-08:00

Soooo while it's snowing up a storm in England I'm having to make up my own Winter Wonderland here in Aus so this week I'm going with the Tiga remix of Miike Snow. Turn up the speakers and let it hit you in the face like a well aimed snowball. Bamm!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CNWN9rEk1_E&feature=related

Kaikoura

2009-12-12T21:20:00.000-08:00

Went into Hoyne on Friday to pick up a bottle of Kaikoura Sounds, the wine label I designed while I was on my internship at Hoyne. Was nice to see everyone again at the Sydney studio too!

Snow #1

2009-12-08T17:25:00.000-08:00

Christmas + Snow = Winner so once a week I am going to put up my favourite snow titled songs. This week its Miami Horrors remix of the Dirty Secrets '5 Feet of Snow'. Brrrrrrrr.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tOkdwEBOZNM

heaps & heaps

2009-12-04T18:07:00.001-08:00

Just finished the poster artwork for a HEAPS big party! Going to be a mega night so come down if your in Sydney.

http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=203604434840&ref=ts

Spin Papers

2009-12-01T18:09:00.000-08:00

My Spin Papers arrived in the post today! Only a fiver and free postage till Jan 30th. Win.

http://www.uniteditions.com/shop/spin-papers/

Dear Santa

2009-12-01T16:45:00.001-08:00

The Jolly Postman

2009-11-24T20:20:00.000-08:00

This book is gold. It cemented my love of post and novelty books forever.

Hello?

2009-11-10T02:04:00.000-08:00

If you're a design studio and you get one of these in the post from me, I hope you can find 5 mins to send me a quick message. A lot of time, effort and love has gone into these mailers and it really makes my week to get responses back. Cheers!

new

2009-11-07T22:29:00.001-08:00

Been busy screen-printing. New batch posted this week. Give us a shout quick like if you want a set.

my logo, a pumpkin, South Wales and an Eagle

2009-11-07T20:21:00.001-08:00

The always lovely Laurence Earl from www.cockandearl.co.uk spent a very exhausting day taking a little pumpkin with my logo on it on a trip to the Welsh seaside. Too nippy for a dip but great for pretending to be in an Enid Blyton story.

happy halloween '93

2009-10-31T00:10:00.000-07:00

It's Nice That

2009-10-26T18:55:00.000-07:00

Thanks to It's Nice That for the lovely things they said about my mailer. Properly made my day. www.itsnicethat.com

Some Type of Wonderful

2009-10-24T20:17:00.000-07:00

Friday night. A good night for typography exhibition openings.

helen marie

2009-10-19T21:03:00.001-07:00

New illustration I drew up for my twitter account background.

spring time

2009-10-17T22:33:00.000-07:00

Latest postcard for Fliss.

cock & earl

2009-10-17T19:05:00.003-07:00

My good friend Mr Earl asked me to do a couple of illustrations for his new collaborative Cock & Earl.

www.cockandearl.co.uk

welcome home

2009-10-15T01:27:00.000-07:00

I baked this cake today for my lovely mum and dad who get back from England tomorrow. Who knew writing with tiny coloured choc chips could be so hard!

the wrong trousers

2009-10-07T18:06:00.000-07:00

overseas care package

2009-10-06T22:24:00.000-07:00

My amazing friend James Wilkie kindly sent out this parcel of English goodness and magic greetings and it arrived in cold grey Sydney today to cheer me up. The Baron is now wearing the crown. x

1st Batch posted

2009-10-06T22:20:00.000-07:00

Heads Up

2009-10-01T01:47:00.000-07:00

I have hundreds of these stamps and I want to use them up in a bit of a project. Suggestions welcome. x

answers on a postcard please

2009-10-01T01:22:00.000-07:00

I have been busy working on my new self promotion mailer and it's coming along very nicely. Here's a bit of a sneak preview of the limited edition postcards I will be sending out. Each one corresponds to a question about some of my favourite things.

Postcards to a Small Island

2009-09-30T21:57:00.000-07:00

Me and my lovely friend Fliss (www.thisisfliss.co.uk) have recently started a postcard project where we design, make and inevitably send postcards between England and Australia to each other. Its early days but we should hopefully end up with a nice little stack of handwritten keepsakes, just as post should be.

Roulettes

2009-09-12T22:54:00.001-07:00

Having grown up near the home of the Red Arrows I had pretty high expectations for the RAAF Roulettes. Heres a couple of photos I took in-between whoops of delight.

Power to the Great Unwashed

2009-09-06T21:25:00.000-07:00

I had a bit of spare time last week so I thought I would design another poster for the Democracy competition.

Democracy

2009-08-20T01:25:00.000-07:00

Nice little comp going on at www.createdemocracy.com

EyeSaw09

2009-08-18T21:44:00.001-07:00

Last weekend I went to Omnibus Lane in Ultimo to see this years posters for EyeSaw. It was nearing the end of the exhibition and most of the works were in a bit of a trashed state...but I kinda liked that. x

7x7

2009-08-17T18:02:00.000-07:00

Last Monday I started the seemingly never-ending task of hand-rendering in ballpoint a presentation for the 7x7 talk at the Powerhouse Museum Sydney. 2 days and 24 nurofen later, here are a few of the pages from Andy Hoynes speech on Future Trends in Design.

Sand&Snow

2009-08-13T05:13:00.000-07:00

So when I was a little I had a book..this book in fact:

I liked it very much because it was all about two of my favourite things. The Seaside and the Snow, summer and winter, Australia and England. I called my blog Sand&Snow because all these years later I still don't know which I like more. But then again, I am very indecisive.

So starting from today I will try to put up at least one new bit of work, or a photo or something that records my adventures at least once a week. Magic Times.