Interesting Snippets

 

 

Many of us love to go shopping. Let’s face it, there are millions of gorgeous things out there – for your home, to pamper yourself, for gift giving and so on. But sometimes ‘bought’ is never quite as unique or original as ‘handmade’.  Handmade Is Never Out Of Fashion    – do stop by and read what Cherry Magazine has written about this.

 

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Annette Piper has transferred her blog Under The Loupe to WordPress. It’s a work in progress at the moment but I’m sure she would love you to visit her new blog. In the meantime Annette will keep her original Under The Loupe blog on the go. Do stop by and check out her latest creations.

 

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From now until Christmas every order over $50 at Your Cheeky Monkey receives a free kids Christmas mini mug. There are lots of handcrafted goodies for mums bubs & kids to choose from. So if you’re not crafty but would love to give a handcrafted gift to someone, pop on over to Your Cheeky Monkey online store. 

 

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A Blast From The Past

Welcome to Another Pink Saturday! 

Beverly has issued us all a challenge for Pink Saturday – to visit someone new amongst the particpants and then introduce them to your readers. So my blog for the week is –  

Candy’s blog – Rock Candy . Candy loves old and preloved things. She has a gorgeous blog, so do pop over and take a look around.

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For today’s Pink I’ll share with you more recreated items …. these are past works of mine (…. and also early photos so my apologies for the quality of the photos). Here is a mix of things – a tall planter, small vase and decorative jugs.

 

All items in the above photo are recreated, with the exception of the pretty pink sheer tablecloth/throw the items are gracefully resting on. The pink fringing was hand dyed especially for it.

In the photo below – what was an old, worn silver tray became a pink decorative tray refusing to be hidden away in a cupboard….. The colours around the rim are actually a little deeper than what is seen in the photo…. what you can do with old pieces is only limited by the imagination.

I’m not too far away from returning to my creative space where someone’s disgarded items are awaiting to become new treasures. I’m hoping to be able recreate many more decorative items and perhaps even post some of the work as I do them step by step.

In the meantime – 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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Recreated, Repurposed, Rebirthed

Welcome to Pink Saturday! 

We all need a little colour to brighten our days. I personally love lots of sunshine streaming through the windows. But when the skies are grey it’s nice to be surrounded by pretty things to help brighten up little grey corners. So for today’s Pink I’ll share with you another recreated item…. a pink one of course.

 

This was an old brass jug rescued from an op shop. It was given a nice cleansing and scrub; then the creative hand set about to give it a face lift.

A nice bunch of pretty blooms would look extra gorgeous in this jug/vase. 

 

Another recreated/repurposed item – transformed from iceream bowl to jewellery holder.

A bit of paint, a few trims and a velvet drawstring pouch …. who would’ve thought that desserts were once eaten from this bowl? Now it holds your precious gems.

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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Beverly has issued us all a challenge for Pink Saturday – to visit someone new amongst the particpants and then introduce them to your readers. So my blog for the week is –  

Tammi’s blog – Visions of Vintage . Tammi loves junking around for antiques, vintage pieces (furniture and accessories) and re-vamping stuff.

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Happy Pink Saturday!

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Australian Made Concept Store

 

 

 

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

Interesting Snippets

Interesting snippets can usually be found at The Tall Poppy so here is something well worth seeing that I must share it here too – The Girl Who Silenced The World For Five Minutes. A 13 years old girl addresses a UN meeting on the issue of environment.

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