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  • About MeHi, I’m Libby, thanks for stopping by. In a nutshell I’m wife to a very supportive husband aka the cyclist. I’m mum to  2 energetic boys, the jolly monkey (8) and the little one (6). I’m a part-time graphic design/business student, art school graduate, web nerd and self professed coffee snob. I reside in Australia’s capital having moved here from Atlanta Georgia and I still get nostalgic for southern USA life – I don’t think the cyclist feels the same. My blog started in 2007 after falling victim to a swooping bird. Mostly I document what inspires me which will usually have something to do with colour, design, fabric or handmade. Sometimes I pull out my soapbox for a rant – but not very often. My blog name is an homage to the inexact science of weather prediction, for which I have a strange fascination. I have a job that takes up 3 days of my week and in my ‘free’ time between hanging out with my little men and studying I also develop Wordpress sites for small businesses. Here’s a sample of my work: Signing Stars Heavenly Home Services Creatively Belle Handmade Jewellery Lifestyle Fitness Training Excel Australia Totom…
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  • Pattern in progress :: rain

    May 14, 2013

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    Libby
    in design

    I’ve been doing lots of doodling on my iPad and experimenting with transferring those doodles into Illustrator. Once in Illustrator I use the Image Trace and Expand to turn it into a vector. This seems to work well and I’m sure over time I will work out how to reduce the number of anchor points…

  • Flickr three :: #ED7EA6 :: look closer

    May 12, 2013

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    Libby
    in colour lover

  • Flickr three :: #7AB0CF :: beyond

    May 5, 2013

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    Libby
    in colour lover

  • Flickr three :: #9C1F2A :: fresh picked

    Apr 28, 2013

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    Libby
    in colour lover

  • Lest We Forget

    Apr 25, 2013

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    Libby
    in sharing

    With proud thanksgiving, a mother for her children England mourns for her dead across the sea, Flesh of her flesh they were, spirit of her spirit, Fallen in the cause of the free. Solemn the drums thrill: Death august and royal Sings sorrow up into immortal spheres, There is music in the midst of desolation…

  • Flickr three :: #FDA954 :: pumpkin harvest

    Apr 21, 2013

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    Libby
    in colour lover

  • Inspired by :: clouds

    Apr 18, 2013

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    Libby
    in inspiration

    When you live in a country with little rain, there is a lot of cloud watching that happens. The BOM (Bureau of Meteorology) is my most visited website and it’s used to work out what I’m going to wear, whether or not I hang the washing outside and if I water the plants. You see…

  • Flickr three :: #543487 :: home soon

    Apr 15, 2013

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    Libby
    in colour lover

  • Thinking about :: Sweden

    Apr 9, 2013

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    Libby
    in inspiration

    I have been thinking about Sweden a lot lately. This is mostly due to a decision we’ve made to return to Denmark next year and finish our holiday. As some of you who read this often, our visit in 2011 was cut short with the sudden passing of my mother. To be honest I have…

  • Flickr three :: #8FC6D9 :: the ripples

    Apr 7, 2013

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    Libby
    in colour lover

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