Rubi Ace Designs, Ballarat (2026)

01/10/2026

Those that know me know I work incredibly hard sometimes for hours locked in my studio. Sometimes I wonder if my butt will get glued to my chair. My k8ds are amazing they help me chase my dream and know how important it is to me. They help me around the house and every single market. They see when I am frustrated and cry and when I am happy. I proudly show them all my work. They are amazing every single market they get up at 530am without much prompting help me set up help me pack up. They were incredible. Honestly I do not think 8 could ever do it without them.
I have noticed I accomplish more when I do not record the video of every piece I make. I learn more and progress my skill more. Truthfully not many people look at those. We are at the age of 3s entertainment, flooded by AI stupidity, frivolous trinkets and things where voices of artists and thinkers get buried in social media. I have decided to focus inwards, make things by my own judgment and interact more at markets and other means. I greatly appreciate well your comments and messages. I will still do weekly dump of all things I have made. Thank you for everything.

27/09/2026

🧌⚔️ BALLARAT! THE SAMPO HAS BEEN FOUND!!! ⚔️🧌

A THOUSAND GOBLIN THANKS to every brave soul who came out yesterday and BRAVED THE WIND, RAIN, MUD AND COLD just to stop by, have a chat, buy shiny jewellery, accept dubious goblin blessings or join the quest.

You magnificent, weather-resistant weirdos! ❤️

AND WE HAVE SUCCEEDED.

The legendary magical SAMPO has been found!

A brave mum and a band of FEARLESS YOUNG ADVENTURERS WHO STILL BELIEVE IN MAGIC followed the clues into the Botanic Gardens and discovered the ancient artefact hidden in a TREE HOLLOW.

A TREE HOLLOW.

OF COURSE IT WAS IN A TREE HOLLOW.

The Sampo is now SAFE.

THE GEMS SHALL FLOW.
THE TREASURE SHALL MULTIPLY.
THE BLING INDUSTRY OF BALLARAT SHALL FLOURISH. 💎

And to everyone who played along with my ridiculous little world:

THANK YOU.

You endured the weather.
You encouraged my nonsense.
You accepted magical wand blessings.
You endured terrible poetry.
You let me make you blush.
You bought my shiny treasures.
You dressed for adventure.
You brought your children into the quest.

You believed, even for a little while, that perhaps there really was a magical Sampo waiting somewhere in the gardens.

And THAT is precisely why I do this nonsense.

Markets are infinitely more fun when we can all be ridiculous together.

From one extremely grateful Chaos Goblin:

THANK YOU, BRAVE ADVENTURERS. 🧌❤️

May your pockets be heavy with treasure, your quests glorious, your dragons reasonably well behaved, and may you NEVER STOP BELIEVING IN A LITTLE BIT OF MAGIC.

🧌💎⚔️ THE SAMPO HAS BEEN FOUND.

NOW GUARD IT BEFORE ANOTHER GOBLIN STEALS IT.

21/09/2026

❤️🧌 A HUGE THANK YOU TO ALL THE LOVELY TOWNSFOLK WHO VISITED MY STALL ON SATURDAY! 🧌❤️

And an especially enormous THANK YOU to everyone who was game enough to join the adventure, dress for the quest, accept questionable Goblin blessings, rescue dragons, admire the shiny things and generally encourage my nonsense.

You made my day absolutely brilliant. ❤️

And now, I can finally announce...

🐉 THE DRAGON HAS COME HOME! 🐉

A handsome and exceedingly tall Bard appeared at the market, dressed all in black and looking suspiciously like Geralt of Rivia.

Recognising the seriousness of the situation, he assembled an adventuring party and led them to the lake to confront the Lady of the Lake.

Fortunately, the Bard possessed the ancient and extremely powerful ability of being handsome and tall.

He swooned the Lady of the Lake.

THE DRAGON WAS FREED.

The victorious adventurers returned with my domesticated dragon just in time for scones with strawberries. 🍓🐉

Meanwhile, the Goblin Wand was working overtime.

✨ Blessings were dispensed.
✨ Protective enchantments were issued.
✨ Beautiful jewellery escaped the Goblin's hoard and found new homes.

The dragon is home.

The Lady of the Lake has been defeated by weaponised charm.

The scones have been eaten.

The jewellery has found new homes.

The blessings have been dispensed.

And the Chaos Goblin is retreating to her cave...

FOR NOW.

🧌🐉⚔️🍓

QUEST COMPLETE.

13/09/2026

🧌💎 THE GOBLIN HAS RETREATED TO THE CAVE. THE ADVENTURE IS OVER. FOR NOW.

A huge thank you to everyone who came to see me at the Ballarat Farmers Market , admired the hoard, rescued shiny treasures and encouraged this goblin's questionable life choices. ❤️

The goblin has returned to her cave to craft more loot, as every good goblin does.

Fortunately, it turns out the terrifying dragon circling the hoard had absolutely no intention of eating anyone or stealing my jewellery.

THE DRAGON JUST WANTED TO BE DOMESTICATED.

So obviously it has been adopted, given somewhere comfortable to sleep and several homemade vanilla and strawberry jam cookies.

The dragon is now happy.

The dragon is also extremely sticky.

🐉🍪

Meanwhile, LOTS OF LOOT WAS BLESSED BY THIS COMPLETELY SANE AND RESPONSIBLE GOBLIN.

Some treasures received EXTRA PROTECTION AGAINST MAN-CHILDREN, because certain pieces were considered particularly vulnerable to the ancient menace known as “men who should have grown up by now.”

The goblin takes her responsibilities seriously.

🧌✨

Unfortunately, there was still one final threat:

THE EVIL BUNNY WITH BIG SHARP TEETH.

Negotiations failed. Diplomacy failed. Common sense was never really an option.

So the GR***DE OF ANTIOCH was deployed.

Following the sacred instructions of the Book of Armaments, we counted:

ONE.

TWO.

THREE.

BOOM.

THE EVIL BUNNY HAS BEEN OBLITERATED.

AS IT WAS WRITTEN.

So the hoard is safe.

The loot has been blessed.

Some of it is protected from man-children.

The dragon has been domesticated.

The evil bunny has been dealt with according to sacred scripture.

And the goblin has retreated to the cave, surrounded by copper wire, gemstones and half-finished jewellery, contemplating the fact that she may have accidentally acquired a dragon.

Thank you to all you brave adventurers who stopped by, laughed, chatted and helped make today wonderfully chaotic.

Now there are pendants to make, bracelets to construct, shiny rocks to stare at, blessings to perform, man-children to ward off and...

A DRAGON TO FEED COOKIES.

🧌💎🐉🍪✨

THE GOBLIN HAS RETREATED. THE HOARD HAS SURVIVED.

UNTIL THE NEXT ADVENTURE.

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