Anise

Hi, I'm a plant biologist, currently working part time and slogging through my PhD part time. I love buttons, and have a vintage and collectible button business (url above). I live in the beautiful Blue Mountains, Australia, with my two kids, 3 dogs and plenty of native flora and fauna around me. And also a hive of Australian stingless bees which produce the most beautiful honey.

I love buttons, sciency things, nature, creativity.

New Flamenco, blues, Corinne Bailey Rae, The Idea of North, Joss Stones first album, Evanescence, and lots more

Making things with buttons, beading, knitting, photography

The Bone People, Tolkein, Narnia, scientific biographies

House of Flying Daggers, Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, KPax, Shakespeare in love, Capote, Lord of the Rings....

House, forensic/crime stuff, anything by David Attenborough

I'm not really a girlie, kitschy kind of person. Don't like acid or neon colours, don't wear yellow or orange.

I LOVE vintage things or vintage inspired things, classical elegance, nerdy-fun. Love muted colours, anything in shades of pink, purple, green, a bit of blue, neutrals, black.