Michelle Fleur Studio Blog

This past week in the studio has been brimming with activity. I haven't stopped making and it's been absolutely wonderful! Not everything...

Ever since I was a little girl I've been entranced by the act of making things. I remember attending Sunday school when I was 5 years old...

Well, well, well, it's 2021 and oh gee, it's mid February already! How on earth did that happen? It has taken me till now to slip into a...

Following from my previous blog post, here is my Minjerribah Holiday Journal in full. I used a small accordion journal, specifically a...

“It is spring again. The earth is like a child that knows poems by heart.” ― Rainer Maria Rilke Ahhh, what a relief it is to be in the...

I feel as though I've come full circle, back to a place that I was many, many moons ago. Proof that time is cyclical. I suppose that...

Dearest fellow Earthlings, How are you doing? It's ok, I already know. What a cluster-truck of a year this has been, huh? Sheesh, it's...

"I live a creative life." This feels like an odd thing to say because this is the life I have always lived and I don't know any...

It's been three months since my last blog post. We were in the final days of winter then and now Spring has almost come to an end. Oh how...

Spring is in the air and I couldn't be happier for the shift in seasons. Lately I've been spending lots of time outdoors in the garden...

I have always wanted to sew my own quilt. Ever since I can remember I have dreamed of having the patience to be able to sit and piece...

It is almost mid-winter. The daylight hours are short and I find myself tucked up in bed earlier than usual weaving baskets or...

Oh what beautiful days these have been! May has been a glorious month of mild weather and sunshine. The world around here looks green and...

The Australian federal election was on over the weekend and the results have shocked me to such a degree that I have wept sad, salty...

I am enchanted with handmade things. I identify a soulfulness with objects that are crafted as a labour of love. One group of objects...

This morning, on a whim (because that's how I roll), I decided to detach myself from social media for the rest of May. I can't say...

April, thus far, has been a wholly whimsical month in my neck of the woods. Rainy days have dominated and many mornings I have woken to...

The seasons have turned. It is Autumn in the subtropics. Mornings are still and crisp, flowers are blooming throughout the herb beds and...

Every time I sit down to write in my blog I marvel at how much time has passed since my last post. So much for a weekly writing practice...

It's 2019. Yep, another year has folded itself into the pages of history and 2019 has us in its vice. Time shatters every illusion of...