Little Papercup

Photo Credit: Little Papercup

I feel Newcastle might be calling my name. There seems to be a lot of talented creative peeps popping up new shops, exhibitions and street art all over town… the latest of which is Little Papercup.

Owners Jo and Fran have rolled a shop bursting with paper goodies, a studio and installation space all into one, and it officially opened on Saturday hoorah! Part of the studio is so they can work on their own papery creations from their humble new shop. And the other part is a workspace for customers! You can pop in, say hi, bring some materials and while away a crafternoon. They’ve even got a few supplies handy in case you forget something.

The crafty twosome are dedicated to showcasing art, illustration and paper goods from independent artists and designers. And you can even find them at the Olive Tree Market and the Newcastle Farmers Market of a weekend. That’s basically 7-days-a-week worth of dedication to papery products. Go team!

Shop 18/19 Market Square, Hunter Street Mall, Newcastle

Open Tues-Fri 11am-5pm, Sat 10am-2pm

Vogue meets Vegan

Photo Credit: Jessica Milan

What do you get when you combine fashion and food? A lookbook-cookbook of course!

‘Lookbook – Cookbook’ is an online photographic cookbook where babes and baking meet to bring you the best vegan recipes. All (kind of) guilt free!

Created by photographer Jessica Milan, the cookbook is all about amazing visuals and delicious recipes, all gluten-free, dairy-free and meat-free.

You can find recipes for all kinds of treats and sweets to suit every taste. So for your next DIY indulgence – do it with style and visit LBCB!

Monday Morning Coffee

Photo Credit: Tenzin Arrty

If your first coffee this morning was justnot enough, you can definitely get your fix by checking out Art in My Coffee.The site features some amazing coffee art from some very cool baristas, but thebest part is yet to come… they give you an excuse to go out and get anothercoffee!

If you know a barista who creates foamyawesomeness on a daily basis, take a snap of your next espresso, send it in tothe site and contribute to their coffee art collection. Cool, huh?!

We're raising awareness...

Photo Credit: Facial Awareness

Here at Seam Magazine, we’re big fans of the crumb collector, so we absolutely love the Tumblr, Facial Awareness!

Facial Awareness is a real treat boasting the most brilliant and bizarre beards from all over the world. Gentlemen of all ages are captured in their prime, hipsters to hobos, all flaunting their hairy homemade creations.

However it’s not all just about beards but also about beautiful photography and well worth a look. So if you’re a fan of the tash, raise your awareness!

New Brisbane feminism zine launches tonight!

Photo Credit: eFEMeral

Here at Seam we love a good zine, especially one for the ladies.

Two months of working on eFEMeral are about to pay off for editors Briony Lipton and Nicola Scott when they launch their Brisbane-based feminist zine this evening at Brew in Burnett Lane in the city. The zine plans to bridge the gap between academic journal and mainstream magazine, creating a forum for feminist voices in Brisbane.

After an initial fear that they wouldn’t get any submissions, they’ve collated a grand mixture of visual and literary content from friends and strangers, with the theme of issue one pertaining to the body. We feel eFEMeral and Seam could become quite good friends as we both have a love of zines and the print medium. Briony and Nicola have combined the grassroots qualities of a handmade zine, with visually attractive computer-assisted design to add that extra level of legitimacy to their publishing pursuit.

The twosome are a tad nervous about their inaugural issue, but feel people will be able to grasp the idea of eFEMeral better once they see it in the tactile-papery-goodness of the hard copy. And considering the number of people attending the launch tonight – and buying the zine for a neat $10 – it might sell out straight away! If you want to find out more you can listen to an interview they did with 4ZZZ Book Club or check out their facebook page. More details about tonight’s launch event can be found here.