These come from trees

Check out this blog: an experiment in environmentalism, viral marketing, and user interface design with the goal of reducing consumer waste paper!
Click here: thesecomefromtrees.blogspot.com

Incidentally, I found this blog only minutes after a heated debate with my coworkers about office recycling. Bureaucratic contracts prevent effective recycling in my workplace, allowing only white printer paper to be [...]

Sampler Column #4: Gifts Define

It’s going to be hard to part with last week’s cuuute Chick Notes, but I’m sure they’ll be put to good use by Lauren, our lucky week 3 Sampler blog comp winner.
Just as cute is this Ladybugs Hairclip, courtesy of Gifts Define. To quote from their website:
“INdollGENCES” is the popular nickname of our mini doll [...]

Is ugly the new beautiful?

I was watching Sunrise this morning and there was a segment on the relatively new TV show ‘Ugly Betty’ which had sparked the question ‘is ugly the new beautiful?’This ‘Betty’ character – who is supposedly ugly, with her glasses, mouth full of braces and who is a bit of a klutz – is apparently sending [...]

Sampler Column #3: Nu Chick

It didn’t dawn on me until last night that week 2’s Sampler comp closed on Valentine’s Day… and our featured crafter was Valentina Design. Purely coincidental I assure you. The lucky winner is Lily, and her Maltese Terrier.
This week we have up for grabs this adorable note sheet set from Nu Chick. Stylish and [...]

Sampler Column #2: Valentina Design

First up – congratulations to Jenny on winning the gorgeous Heyday crocheted earrings from our first Sampler comp.
This week we feature Valentina Design – original handmade necklaces and jewellery.
Her Asian, Tribal and Extravaganza designs are unique and make use of glass beads, gemstones, wood, shyntetics materials, silver beads and silk cords, tied with Chinese knots.
You [...]

lights out

I received this email the other day, which is interesting timing as I’m planning to move onto a 10 acre bush block outside town and build my own house in the near future. So I’ve been looking at self-sustainable options, such as solar power and using recycled materials. But the links in this email give [...]

Sampler Column #1: Heyday Fashion

For a while now, we’ve had an arrangement with the lovely people over at The Sampler where they send us lots of cool samples, goodies and promos from indie crafters, record labels and zines from the world over. In exchange we offer the contributors a bit of free publicity in our magazine (stay tuned for [...]