Introducing Herbert Co.

Well, one Etsy shop just wasn't enough for me, so now I have two. Oh, and a full time job as an environmental scientist in the city, with a commute that sometimes reaches 3 hours a day...

Anyway, this idea popped up after making a set of three prints on vintage atlas pages for my dear Scottish friend who lived in Melbourne but then moved to Zurich (hence the set of three different maps). I know a lot of people make these prints on old dictionary pages on Etsy already, but my only mark of difference is that I use only Australian maps/street directories, that are at least 20 years old. My idea is that custom prints can be made for people, that have a specific interest in something, and ties to a particular place in Australia. Here are a few examples that are now in Herbert Co.

They look great framed - here's one I did for my brother's girlfriend (who hasn't seen it yet, hope she doesn't read this before Saturday ;)

So there it is, two shops, lots to keep me busy - but that is what life is all about....epoch has been picking up, lots of photographing, wrapping and posting the last couple of days. It's been a good time to  be inside though, we've had huge storms here the last two days - and had a few hours without power yesterday - good opportunity to sit in front of the fire and play with the little black dog.

marnie xx

a dog and a handful of suitcases

i decided a while ago that dog beds didn't have to be ugly. that they could in fact be incorporated into the design and decor of your house. this is what i came up with:

this was the first bed - a find in a vintage shop called bells belles vintage in castlemaine. it was handcrafted into what looked like a suitcase for carrying bowling balls, with separate dividers made out of wood. this bespoke addition pulled out however, and herbie could just squeeze into it. a perfect travelling bed...

the next one was picked up in daylesford on my hen's weekend. slightly bigger, more of a 'stay at home' kind of bed. my crafty man then screwed some old mattress base wooden legs into it, so it now sits up off the floor...oh, and these great letters came from an old church in the states courtesy of lackluster co. 

and this one was just for display - it sold within about 10 minutes of listing it on etsy. maybe it was the model...

and sometimes, a little dog just wants a couch and a blanket in the deep, dark winter....

marnie xx