My name is Zoe & I am the owner of Rockrose Handmade- a Geelong-based online store selling handmade & ethically made Indi goodies. I have recently started designing my own range of eco-friendly laser cut jewelry under my new label Lucy Locket.

Lucy Locket is an old nursery rhyme that has drifted around in my subconscious since my childhood. It was the first song my sister learnt to play on her Recorder when she was 10, and those of you who have any experience with learning recorder-players will understand that those sounds become somehow ingrained in our brains. :)
It all started with that blend of envy & wistfulness I often experience when looking around me at the talented makers I stock in my online store. I knew that I wanted to create something myself, but I didn't know what it was. Then at the Finders Keepers Market in Sydney I finally purchased a Kitty Came Home notebook for myself and I started doing a few doodles. From those pictures came Lucy Locket's first range. 

I started Rockrose Handmade a little over a year ago & it has been so much fun and hard work. I absolutely love working for myself. I love being presented with problems & questions and having to find solutions and answers. I love being in contact with so many creative people and sharing their gorgeous ideas with the world through my online store. 

 
What inspires you?
Lucy Locket's first range is inspired by significant memories from my past.   Memories of growing up by the sea, sewing with my Nanna, the hills near my home, my interest in Native American cultures & in the Harajuku neighbourhood in Tokyo.  I guess you could say that Lucy Locket is an expression of the things that have been important and formative in my life. 
 I am addicted to creative ideas and the physical process of creating things. I always need to be creating something, and I need that something to be challenging because I can get quickly bored (which is not an altogether fabulous quality, but I'm being honest!). I love being involved in the process of turning inspiration into something physical, that can be enjoyed by others. 
I mother my children; I run Rockrose Handmade; I design gardens & plan renovations; I write novels. I try to find some time to sit quietly, but I'm not very good at either finding the time, or sitting quietly!
I have two as yet unfinished novels sitting in my drawer. I would dearly love to finish writing them-- I just have to find some time to squish them in. I hear you loud an clear.
I really love Byron Bay. But if money was no object, I'd love to take my family to London for an extended visit with my sister & then take everyone to live in Barcelona and Tuscany for a year! 
I've just finished a "Scarecrow" by Micheal Connelly. I do love a good crime novel now and then.