tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11427342.post4849373566905991226..comments2023-07-24T23:10:48.478+12:45Comments on Fifi Colston Creative: Vintage VelvetFifi Colstonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10725999629390100976noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11427342.post-89730988069074734232008-11-06T10:12:00.000+13:452008-11-06T10:12:00.000+13:45Fifi, I was cheering my heart out at WOW when your...Fifi, I was cheering my heart out at WOW when your "The Birth of Velvet" came on stage. I'd love to visit your workroom and take a peek at the 'Pin Up Honeys'.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11427342.post-22896426629580635022008-11-04T10:55:00.000+13:452008-11-04T10:55:00.000+13:45Ooh-yeah, Vanda-Rox road trip. We'll be dynamite!L...Ooh-yeah, Vanda-Rox road trip. We'll be dynamite!<BR/><BR/>Love these Fifi, and the birds, but my favourites are the bugs.Vanda Symonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09956034768397598056noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11427342.post-44728898527827895152008-11-03T23:08:00.000+13:452008-11-03T23:08:00.000+13:45are there Blackbirds in NZ - introduced ones? I th...are there Blackbirds in NZ - introduced ones? I think we have a few introduced ones here....? Always think of that Beatles song, Blackbird sings in the dead of night...around here, it is a currawong usually!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11427342.post-5278198903994550942008-11-03T21:44:00.000+13:452008-11-03T21:44:00.000+13:45Oh yes - a blackbird...Oh yes - a blackbird...Mary McCallumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07482261103185786111noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11427342.post-28559881107686319402008-11-03T20:50:00.000+13:452008-11-03T20:50:00.000+13:45gorgeous Fifi, I hope you post some more of these ...gorgeous Fifi, I hope you post some more of these cutiepies on your site, bit far to get to your studio from Sydney for a peek...Still love your birds too. If you are not going to do any Aussie birds, any European ones perchance? I love the NZ ones, but they are a little hard to relate to - funny how birds are associated with memories...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11427342.post-18523197959160303902008-11-03T20:41:00.000+13:452008-11-03T20:41:00.000+13:45OMG - its so beautiful. I wants one. Will they s...OMG - its so beautiful. I wants one. Will they still be on exhibition in early January when I'm going to be in Wellington? I'll buy the coffee!<BR/><BR/>MelindaMelinda Szymanikhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10202080805759494767noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11427342.post-80695610246006279332008-11-03T20:00:00.000+13:452008-11-03T20:00:00.000+13:45Haha- writers are revolting? I can be revolting at...Haha- writers are revolting? <BR/>I can be revolting at times- mostly when not busy enough. My kids reckon they'll find me dead on the steps one day still clutching a bunch of egg cartons and an unfinished manuscript(that unfunded YA novel I suspect)When are you in town next- I feel a w(h)ine comimg on? When's the Vanda-Rox roadtrip?Fifi Colstonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10725999629390100976noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11427342.post-38718575304778327822008-11-03T19:46:00.000+13:452008-11-03T19:46:00.000+13:45Why are we writers? Huh? They should change the th...Why are we writers? Huh? They should change the thesaurus to have writer going with masochist. fifi, you are amazing so do this art thing and also write so well. Can we organise a protest movement or will it just shoot us in the head.<BR/>Tania RoxboroghAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11427342.post-71605875717834383852008-11-03T19:31:00.000+13:452008-11-03T19:31:00.000+13:45I do have a very nice Saddleback available...I do have a very nice Saddleback available...Fifi Colstonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10725999629390100976noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11427342.post-85880887395527069682008-11-03T18:36:00.000+13:452008-11-03T18:36:00.000+13:45I still yearn for a bird, Fifi. When I've got enou...I still yearn for a bird, Fifi. When I've got enough spare cash I'd like to commission you...can't decide though: tui, huia, or wood pigeon....Mary McCallumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07482261103185786111noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11427342.post-49458743438106118342008-11-03T16:49:00.000+13:452008-11-03T16:49:00.000+13:45I had to pay a visit to the headmistress for a dre...I had to pay a visit to the headmistress for a dressing-down after having a run-in with Miss Bartlett when she came to speak to us in the 7th form!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11427342.post-75099164251462659352008-11-03T16:43:00.000+13:452008-11-03T16:43:00.000+13:45Funny- I did a caricature of Pat Bartlett when I w...Funny- I did a caricature of Pat Bartlett when I was a design school. I drew her with Y-front embellished horn rimmed glasses ala Dame Edna and had her cutting up film strips of boobs and bums!Fifi Colstonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10725999629390100976noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11427342.post-39038724438667163472008-11-03T16:38:00.000+13:452008-11-03T16:38:00.000+13:45I highly recommend seeing these works in the velve...I highly recommend seeing these works in the velvet flesh...so to speak...the photo's don't really do them justice... they are amazing!<BR/>here's to another sell out season!<BR/>but Fi...if you are offering coffee to all who flock in to the studio where will you find time to make more? <BR/><BR/>my word verification is bartlity...do you think that means...like patricia bartlett...would she have approved of the sexy honeys????<BR/>which could be a food product?..no lets not go there.<BR/>MaureenMaureen Crisphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14904288094197645416noreply@blogger.com