Queuing is a big part of attending any film festival. I went to see Anna Brownfield's Making it handmade a wonderful doco about crafting subculture in Melbourne. Check out Anna's blog post to learn more about the movie. If you get a chance to see it do. Some keywords about the movie to leave you with: subversive, crafty, thought-provoking and enpowering. The doco features some amazing women who craft for many different reasons.

I was there and found it informative.  You can read my post here. Some great advice. Video made by @david_neiger.

I am packing up an envelope and sending it off to meet me at mikes to be a part of the envelope project. The idea is that you send an envelope with a few handmade, inexpensive things and the envelopes are displayed in the window. Pip Lincoln has provided some suggestions for things you might like to put in the envelopes.

The project runs for 6 weeks and photos will be put up on Flickr. Window displays start on 14 June. At the end an envelope is drawn randomly and they win all the lovely things sent in. Awesome idea. You can be a part of it too. Find out more at meet me at mikes.

Awesome name for a Melbourne Laneway. Last night I went to 24 Moons to listen to 3 power bloggers:

1. @problogger
2. @meetmeatmikes
3. @duncanriley

It was a really informative night for someone like me who is puddling around in blogs. Full of practical advice. The top five tips for me:

1. Buy your domain name.
2. Find your voice and be true to yourself
3. Share the love. Link to other blogs that you like.
4. Use other social media like youtube, twitter and facebook to drive traffic to the blog. It is the centre.
5. It's not all about you build and give back to community.

I related more to Pip Lincoln from meetmeatmikes.com. It's a craft blog (mostly). She also recommended checking out daydreamlily.com (@daydreamlily).

My favourite Pip tip of the night  was when she was asked what do you wish you had known? She said:

I had no idea how big my blog would get. I wish I had tagged and categorised my posts so people could find them. I have so much great stuff that no-one can find. Start off right - tag and categorise (paraphrased)

My little librarian heart went "girl crush". The vid will be available on youtube I will add the link here when it is.