Creator and Maker of functional and colourful rope and textile accessories for your home. Proudly handmade for you from Mortlake Victoria Australia.
Hi, I'm Carol and come from Mortlake, a small town in south-west Victoria, Australia, where a 10 minute jaunt down to the shops can take an hour because you run into everyone you know and they are all up for a chat. It wasn't always like this. I moved from a bustling city population 200,000 to a sleepy town of 1,200 when I married. What a culture shock, the transition was hard. I turned to my belo
OMG look away for a split second when filling a bobbin gaaaaaah!!!
29/08/2026
Sometimes we need to step back and gather ourselves. Hope you’re ok and you are taking care.
29/08/2026
Santa is a funny fellow, he knows where it’s at for sure. Have a read.
26/08/2026
There’s been a bit of snippety snip snip, measuring twice cutting once with the guillotine (no missing fingers whew!), stringing and bagging more of my very popular Santa tags today. Magic for the kiddies waking up Christmas morning with a pressie from Santa, not to mention work/office/family Secret Santa’s.
Getting ready for the Christmas rush and of course for the upcoming Terang Makers Early Christmas market.
And before anyone asks 🙂 I started making these before AI was even a thing at least in the world I live in. All fonts and elements used purchased for commercial use by me.
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https://www.busterandcoco.com/shop/p/secret-santa-gift-tags
26/08/2026
Woo hoo, see I have a theory - you get prepared for Christmas early enough, get a few things bought starting now, get your wrapping done in November, then you cruise into December without a care in the world.
The next market that Buster and Coco will be at, including some of Gilmour Art's fabulous wood lathe work, is the Terang Makers Market Early Christmas Market - on Saturday Saturday 19 September. Looking forward to it.
14/08/2026
All set up and ready to go. Terang Makers Market. Civic Hall 9am to 1pm. Weather is great have a stroll down the Main Street and a market visit. Perfect.
PS my head looks abnormally large here Mike has pointed out.
12/08/2026
Hope you’ve got it marked in your calendar!
This Saturday is the final Terang Makers Market of the Winter Series and I hope I see any of the locals there - give me a high five if you are.
I’ll be there with all my rope goodies and my offsider (and hubby) will have some wood lathe items including his very popular spurtles.
Come one, come all and let’s finish the Winter Series on a high!
Photo : Tim Douglas/Pexels
06/08/2026
When it’s so cold and blustery outside it’s kinda hard to think Christmassy. But it’s that time right now when makers are buckling down and revving their engines getting Christmas themed items made. Buster and Coco included.
Making more of these handy bowls and loving that rich red and candy cane rope coloured I dyed.
If you’re thinking of putting a few items together for a gift, instead of a box that will be thrown away, use a bowl as a hamper base. It’s the gift that keeps on giving.
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https://www.busterandcoco.com/shop/p/red-hand-dyed-bowl
21/07/2026
It's time again to rev up the sewing machine and get ready for the last of the three months of the winter season of the Terang Makers Market. Holy moly we're half way through winter as it is, goodness. Pop it in your diaries, add it to your calendars.
16/07/2026
Well I may not be a page 3 girl 😂 but I made this week’s Mortlake Dispatch woo hoo!!!! Just quietly I don’t think the young reporter would know what a page 3 girl was anyway.