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Pears pears everywhere!

February 25th, 2008 · 2 Comments

While I am fighting to keep up with the pears and apples dropping in the garden I look at this lovely purse and think of how fruit inspires many such designs and colours, not only are they visually inspiring they are also tasty! I was given this for my birthday from Katy, a lovely lady [...]

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Tags: Shops · craft

Creative Junk

February 5th, 2008 · 1 Comment

Around the back of Christchurch at the base of the port hills is a wee place called “Creative Junk” some of you may have heard about it before, basically its a place for “trash” to be turned into materials kids can turn into something else. But its good for us big kids aswell. Carpet and [...]

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Tags: Arts and Culture · Blogroll · Shops · craft

Thrifting at its best and most delightful

January 30th, 2008 · No Comments

Christchurch has this amazing system to deal with peoples trash. ONE part of it is as you go to “the tip” with your trailer load of “rubbish” you go through/past a recycling area. This recycling area has the usual bottles and paper, they also have a big shed to off load anything that is re-usable; [...]

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Tags: Blogroll · Life in general · Shops · The Garden