Calling all night class addicts out there...

Extra Curricular is looking for wonderful night class tutors (and classes) to profile. We are looking for tutors with a passion for their craft - whether it be flax weaving, screen printing, photography or something else creative. Do you know of any?

Katydid Paper Goods Emporium

Katie Sims has been printing cards with her trusty Gocco for ages, but most recently she opened 'Katydid Paper Goods Emporium', an online store featuring her gorgeous hand printed cards as well as a carefully selected range of new + vintage books, stationery, Japanese washi tape and other papery goodness. It is a feast for the eyes and a must-visit for all stationery addicts.

And she is always coming up with new card designs, like this awesome one - what a clever lass.

Winners!

Some news to brighten up a few of your rainy Tuesday mornings...
I have drawn the winners for the giveaways in Issue 2, using a true random number generator.

Winner of 'Martha Goes Green: a vegetarian cookbook':
Kathryn Smiley

Winners of 'The Handmade Marketplace' by Kari Chapin:
Anna-Maria Sviatko
Victoria Griffin

And the winners of the Devon Smith print packs:
Ellen Henry
Ike Hendrosoebono

Congratulations to all, and thank you all for your entries and for all the lovely comments that came along with them.

Extra Curricular is looking for lovely advertisers for Issue 3. The print run has increased to 1000 copies, (which will still be individually hand-numbered), and it comes out in August. If you would like to advertise, take a look at the rates page to the right there, and give us a bell.

you gotta be in it to win it...

If you have the 2nd issue of Extra Curricular, don't forget to enter the giveaways. Maybe you thought, 'great, I'll do that later, there's heaps of time', so this is just a wee reminder - less than a week to go now!
Winners will be announced right here so stay tuned.

Prime real estate

On the counter at Mag Nation in Melbourne - thanks Anna-Maria for sending the photo.

Who's Martha?

Martha Goes Green is a cookbook full of yummy vegetarian recipes independently published by a group of friends who live in Melbourne. It's a cute wee thing (about the size of the Edmonds cookbook), full of deliciousness, and it comes in its own fairtrade organic cotton bag. Rosie, Ruth and Jessica were interviewed for Issue 2, and photographed by the talented Olga Bennet.

One of the questions I asked them was 'Who's Martha?' - I was curious about how they came up with the title. They said, 'We get asked this all the time! Our friend Hazel came up with the name. In a way it references the cooking show queen Martha Stewart, but also the home cook who wants to serve easy tasty food, but is concerned of the effect our diet has on the world around us. So I guess you could say “Martha Goes Green” is all about delicious, familiar and accessible cooking with an eco conscious edge. Oh and we think it’s a pretty cute name!'

So there you go.

If that sounds like what you're into, don't forget to enter the Martha Goes Green cookbook giveaway before the competition closes at the end of the month - details are inside the magazine.