Here It Is …. my new look blog!

It’s taken me a while to work out what to do with the blog design but thanks to Artisteer I’ve been able to play around with it. Some of it has been a bit of a headache but most of the time it was great fun. For someone like me the Artisteer theme generator has been fabulous to use.

I’ve gone through numerous colour themes, header designs & backgrounds. As this is a ‘first time’ blog design by me, choosing & settling on a design has been difficult.  And this is the final result….. The background design is a montage of my past recreated treasures;  The logo has had some texture added to it; and I’ve kept the posting sheet white.

I can now take a break from this design,  just long enough to feel refreshed enough to check over everything again & do some tweaking where tweaking is necessary. Please feel free to let me know what you think. Your feedback is appreciated.

No, you’re not at the wrong blog. Wondering why my pretty looking blog has disappeared? Read on and ….

Welcome to Pink Saturday!

It’s a long story but it will return looking all fresh and with a new design. Anyone who knows me knows that I’m prone to what I call my techo ‘accidentals’. I won’t bore you with all the details but the EP Designs blog was due for a revamp over the next couple months. My ‘accidental’ means it will happen sooner rather than later – along with the introduction of a new blog – not to replace this blog but to work as an extension of it.

I won’t say any more for now, so please excuse me while I work on the changes. I hope this plain look doens’t turn you off in the meantime….. stay tuned for the new design.

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… And now for our weekly challenge here are a couple of participants I’d like to introduce you to – Do pop in and say ‘Hi’ -

Marta from The Love of Junk

Marilyn from Unshelved Words

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Have a Happy Pink Saturday Everyone!

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There are many wonderful entries for Pink Saturday which is hosted by Beverly at How Sweet The Sound. Take time to visit participants’ blogs and see how Pink everyone’s Saturdays can be.

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I found this graphic while searching for something pink to share with you today – sending you all lots of pink hearts & hugs.

Ciao for now!

Elena

Crafters on the South East side of Melbourne have long awaited for a show of their very own. This is not a market but a showing or exhibition by a collective group of creative people who beautifully & lovingly create their own wares to the highest quality and of original designs. Many of their works are One-Of-A-Kind and all have their own unique style.

The Handmade Show  is here to showcase the talents that are blooming around Melbourne, especially on the South Eastern side of Melbourne. It’s a petite show of grand proportions by a friendly group who are passionate about their creative work.

Here is part of the creative ensemble -

Celeste from Little Waltz
Kerri from Vintage Sew and So
Celeste fromBowerbird inc
Jade from Holi Goddess
Elena from EP Designs

There will be a limited number of contributors at each show because that is how Celeste of Little Waltz, and creator of this new show, has intended it to be.  A maximum of ten contributors will participate at each show.

We have enjoyed each others company and are enthusiastic in supporting & encouraging one another in our endeavours.

Our next showing is being organised for March. Stay tuned for all the details.

Congratulations to the Winners of the Business Mums Network Blog Awards. The category winners have been announced Here. Well Done to each one!

Thank you to all my blogging friends who supported me by voting for my blog. Although my EP Designs blog wasn’t a winner I had an amazing response and it was exciting to have my blog nominated in the awards.

Thank You!

My blog has been selected as a finalist in the Business Mums Network Blog Awards.  Five blogs with the highest number of nominations in each category were chosen as finalists.

Voting will be open until Friday 23rd October

I’ve come across an interesting article from a newsletter I received, about a new Australian Made Concept Store. 

Treasurer Wayne Swan has recently launched this new store at Sydney’s International Terminal.  Apparently it’s our nation’s first Australian Made store.

We’re all familar with The Australian Made logo which has been used for more than 20 years, so now Mr Swan believes authentic Australain Made products should go on show in one store. He gives us a vote of confidence here saying  “Australia was a very high quality producer of goods and services.” (… Thank you Mr Swan)

“Whether it is in financial services, or whether it is in areas of manufacture, Australia does well, very well by world standards and I think when people come here, or when they’re looking at this country from overseas, there is something very special about Australia that they see,” Mr Swan told reporters on Tuesday.

“So there is for us, at the moment, a fantastic opportunity to promote brand Australia, Australian made and Australian grown.”

Mr Swan said that during recent overseas trips he had seen an increasing interest from people in how Australians lived, how the country operated and how it was governed.

“These are things we can take advantage of as we move forward into recovery and I do see this logo, this concept, this brand Australia as being at the very core of our future prosperity and success in the global economy.”

I find this interesting and would love to know more about it - who will be included in this concept store and will the store open its doors in each state. 

*** It would be absolutely fabulous if small businesses, even home based businesses.  were included in promotion of the Australian brand ***

What do you think?
You can read the source of this article here .
You can also find out more about the Australian Made logo here.
Images sourced from  Australian Made

The Australia’s Favourite Blog By A Business Mum Awards is being conducted by the Business Mums Network. This blog nomination is a ‘first’ for EP Designs and an unexpected surprise - so you can imagine I was quite excited when I received notification of the nomination from Melissa.

Prizes will be awarded to those who nominate a blog, vote for a blog, as well as the winners in each category.  So if you are one of the chit-chatters (comment) who frequent here or you simply enjoy reading or visiting my blog please nominate it because the blogs with the most nominations in each category will be selected as finalists.  Just click on the image above or in the sidebar and fill in the details.

Nominations will close on Friday 25th September.

 Voting opens on Monday 5th October.

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Thank you!

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