The Gundagai Craft Emporium in Southern NSW, has become home to the work of Borders by Design.

The signature design of BBD looks great set up on the stand.

For anyone travelling, Gundagai is a great stopover. A country town steeped in history.

The heat at the spring fair was unbelievable. It was cool drinks and ice all day to keep our cool.

I like the chair so much better than the top of the trolley......that is for the dogs LOL

Loved the crowds & oh so many pats....

Here I am, the little Aussie....

Oh so very cute & appealing....

My new BEST friend, Flynn, he is a wonder dog....

I am getting the hang of this....look at me....we were doing this in the kitchen the other night.......and we are on the pegs again.

I need a hot roller in my tail next time...just can't seem to get the kink out of it.

MACKIM AUSSIE ART "Faze" Owned & Trained by June Rippon Handled by Paula Edwards BABY PUPPY IN SHOW

I was sure I left it here.......somewhere......

Ummmm... stand nice and smile...maybe they won't notice.

Ok...what about it...

This is me, polished and powdered, puffed and fluffed. Looking my best for the ring.

I'll just give Mark a quick check....nice pants, shoes clean...ready to go.

Well I just don't have this down pat yet but Mark will always give me a hand when I need it & I won Baby Puppy of Breed :o)

"MY FIRST SHOW & here I am in Sweepstakes....the Judge had lovely things to say about me...nice man"

"I'm FLYING.....and Mark is moving along OK too"

"and here we are In Baby Puppy Dog Class....which by the way I won"

"Here I am again with the very nice lady Judge who told me I was gorgeous.....so now I'm a lady's man"

WHAT! A cage! Who locked me in here?????

Grif, the showman shows Sketch how to wrap the lady with the treats around his 'little' paw.

You need to look elegant and sweet Sketch, we don't want to appear pleading and pathetic, we are show dogs after all !

Perfect - cute without being needy.

Back in my trolley contemplating my next move, but I do have a full tummy!

Well no one is listening, so may as well just relax like everyone else! Besides I have chewed through my new lead...best I keep a low profile.

Still another two weeks until the official start of spring but the weather & the garden tells us it is coming early this year. We have had the most beautiful warm days & everything is in flower.

PRUNUS blireiana - Flowering Cherry Plum

My daughter Amy knows how partial I am to the soft pink oriental lily......just beautiful

Port Wine Magnolia...alas I am gone....replaced by a FISH POND!!

Lunch at Ambrosia Seafood Restaurant.....

Celebrated with my lovely eldest daughter Nicole

Sweets complete with a birthday "sparkler".....perfect

Kim 23, Daniel 16, Nicole 24 & Amy 23

Outback jackets are a great way to share your breed information.

Gail and Casey could not wait for their OJ to be mailed out and picked it up as soon as it was ready....see Gail, you can always get a job on the catwalk.

Fresh from the oven was my entry for the Camden Show in underglaze. This one took out first prize.

These were entries for the Campbelltown Show, in the folk art and the ceramic underglaze divisions. These took out first and second in ceramic and first in folk art.

Another wonderful commission was the Sydney Royal this year, trophies for Best of Breed, Runner Up Best Of Breed, and Highest Point Scoring Border Collie.

The other side of the pieces were finished with the continuation of the gum nut and gum flower design.

I was thrilled to be commisioned by the Southern Districts Country Border Collie Club to design and produce the trophies for our 2nd National Show. The basic design was inspired by the green hills and blue skies of the southern highlands of NSW, depicting the Australian theme and the intrinsic role of border collies.

It was with a great sense of accomplishment that I looked upon the collection displayed on the trophy table.

Paula and June travelled from New Zealand to attend the nationals.

We spent a lovely day in the Blue Mountains sightseeing and lunching, and I look forward to catching up with them in New Zealand later this year.

This is a beautiful friend of mine and he has a perfect face for an artist like me, I simply could not resist him.

My first 'Borders By Design' entry was a good likeness to him.

The judges liked him and he won me my first gold medal.

He went on from there to become our company logo, and appears on many of our products. Stop by the shop and have a look at our stock.