Gosh. I love this song so much. The clip is gorgeous too - filmed in Barcelona - my favourite city. Make me want to go back (for the 4th time!) in the Summer time. Reaaally yearning to go back right now.
Monday, October 31, 2011
Saturday, October 29, 2011
Scathingly Brilliant
Do you recognise Kate from Scathingly Brilliant?
She's pretty recognisable with her gorgeous signature pink beehive!
This week she blogged an outfit post which features
Under the Shade of a Bonsai Tree.
This week she blogged an outfit post which features
Under the Shade of a Bonsai Tree.
Here she is wearing the Green and Hearts Doily Brooch.
I love how her tights are the same gorgeous kelly green as the brooch.
I've added the pics to this page - lots of stunning outfit photos featuring my jewellery.
Making ch-ch-Chai!
I love chai. Real chai. I don't drink these sickly sweet chai lattes at cafes but instead love to make my own chai. I make big batches which keep me going for quite some time and sometimes I package it up for gifts.
This is my recipe - found here - with a few of my own adjustments.
Let me know if you try it too!
Wednesday, October 26, 2011
This Week at Under the Shade of a Bonsai Tree
Doing: Last Thursday I went out with some friends to see Jeff Martin again - his performance was amazing as ever. We went to stay with my family in the north of the state over the weekend and spent one glorious day at Cradle Mountain. My husband took this photo during a long hike he did up the mountain. My mother and I did the less strenuous walk around the lake. Such a stunning place.
Listening to: Jeff Martin/Tea Party, The Paradise Motel
Watching: Midnight in Paris for the 2nd time, The Slap
Reading: The Brotherhood by Yvette Erskine (an old school friend) and Frankie and Peppermint.
Jewellery Biz: The ad in Frankie magazine is bringing in more online sales which is fab but am busy trying to keep my stock levels up. Busy busy times ahead - markets/shop orders/Xmas frenzy.
Listening to: Jeff Martin/Tea Party, The Paradise Motel
Watching: Midnight in Paris for the 2nd time, The Slap
Reading: The Brotherhood by Yvette Erskine (an old school friend) and Frankie and Peppermint.
Jewellery Biz: The ad in Frankie magazine is bringing in more online sales which is fab but am busy trying to keep my stock levels up. Busy busy times ahead - markets/shop orders/Xmas frenzy.
Monday, October 24, 2011
Frankie Magazine
Have you seen the latest Frankie mag?
Check out Page 49.
My Cherry Blossom Necklace has a spot in the MadeIt ad.
Since the mag has hit stores,
I've been getting lots more lovely sales.
You can check out the full-size advertisement ---> here.
Check out Page 49.
My Cherry Blossom Necklace has a spot in the MadeIt ad.
Since the mag has hit stores,
I've been getting lots more lovely sales.
You can check out the full-size advertisement ---> here.
Tuesday Tunesday : The Tea Party - Sister Awake
Last week I went to see Jeff Martin again. I've seen him maaany times before and he always puts on an amazing show. He will be soon reforming with The Tea Party and he said they will return to play in March or April. Yes! This is one of my favourite songs - one he always plays solo too.
Saturday, October 22, 2011
Tuesday, October 18, 2011
Monday, October 17, 2011
Sunday, October 16, 2011
This Week at Under the Shade of a Bonsai Tree
Doing: Coffees with friends, dumpling laksa and bubble teas at Momo, having a stall at Salamanca, party preparation, German schnapps and Absinthe
Watching: The Slap, Incendies
Listening to: Feist, Seeker Lover Keeper
Reading: How Now Brown Frau by Merridy Eastman. An awesomely funny book about how she married a German and lived in Munich. Making fun of a lot of the German culture. So many things I can relate to!
Jewellery Biz: Have you seen a pic of my latest jewellery range - inspired by my recent trip to Germany? Here's another little peek. I'll hopefully find time this week to take pics and list them online as well as getting some out to my fab stockists.
I have a new stockist in NSW called Little Finch. A parcel of goodies will be posted up this week.
Unfortunately my stockist in Adelaide, Artisan Boutique is closing down. If you live there you could take advantage of the 20% off sale on Under the Shade of a Bonsai Tree.
Lotssss of jewellery delivered to Inside Home & Gifts this week.
Don't forget about my FREE SHIPPING code! Save some $ on your next purchase!
Watching: The Slap, Incendies
Listening to: Feist, Seeker Lover Keeper
Reading: How Now Brown Frau by Merridy Eastman. An awesomely funny book about how she married a German and lived in Munich. Making fun of a lot of the German culture. So many things I can relate to!
Jewellery Biz: Have you seen a pic of my latest jewellery range - inspired by my recent trip to Germany? Here's another little peek. I'll hopefully find time this week to take pics and list them online as well as getting some out to my fab stockists.
I have a new stockist in NSW called Little Finch. A parcel of goodies will be posted up this week.
Unfortunately my stockist in Adelaide, Artisan Boutique is closing down. If you live there you could take advantage of the 20% off sale on Under the Shade of a Bonsai Tree.
Lotssss of jewellery delivered to Inside Home & Gifts this week.
Don't forget about my FREE SHIPPING code! Save some $ on your next purchase!
Saturday, October 15, 2011
The New Range is out! Ja! Ja! Wunderbar!
The process behind getting this new range finalised took quite a while - from coming up with the ideas, sketching these ideas, creating them on the computer, working out which materials and colours to use, and getting them laser cut, then making some adjustments, to assembling all the pieces and taking these photos. I'm yet to list them in my online stores or letting my lovely stockists know about the new products but hopefully this week! I'll need to get some better photos taken first - these are quite bad indeed.
The concept for this range came about from my recent trip to Bavaria, Germany. Whilst spending time in the alps and seeing all these German icons, I was already able to sketch a few ideas which I thought would work well on my laser cut jewellery.
(I decided to use Tasmanian Myrtle, Tasmanian Oak and a mix of coloured acrylic)
They're a little bit quirkier than my other designs but I couldn't help myself!
If you're keen for something before they're officially available, please email me and we can work something out - contact@shadeofabonsai.com
Tuesday, October 11, 2011
Keep Calm and Buy Tasmanian
Are you a Tasmanian artist/crafter or one who appreciates Tasmanian art?
Do you like Tasmanian Art, Craft & Design on Facebook?
It's a page I set up a while ago to help spread news
about Tasmanian artists work and upcoming events.
Here is a banner I've made to spread the message too.
Perhaps you'd like to share the image as well.
Christmas is approaching - time to start shopping handmade.
Do you like Tasmanian Art, Craft & Design on Facebook?
It's a page I set up a while ago to help spread news
about Tasmanian artists work and upcoming events.
Here is a banner I've made to spread the message too.
Perhaps you'd like to share the image as well.
Christmas is approaching - time to start shopping handmade.
Monday, October 10, 2011
Saturday, October 8, 2011
Under the Shade of a Bonsai Tree on the WWW
- Liesl is wearing my earrings in this outfit post. I love this pic with her plaited hair and these deep blue chrysanthemum earrings. Have a look at her whole outfit here.
- Have you visited the Oh Hello Friend blog? Danni is so sweet and her blog is really the cutest. If you go to this page, you can spot a super special discount code for my etsy store.
- Do you know Nubby from Nubbytwiglet.com? She posted this pic of my Black Origami Crane Brooch.
- Donna was the lucky winner of my Facebook giveaway. She won floral earrings, ring and a Bluebird and Blossoms Brooch. She posted some great photos in which she is wearing her prizes. Cute, huh?! Check out her blog entry here.
Gift Wrapped Always
I love to wrap all purchases from my online stores to make them look pretty (and at no extra charge!) Here are a few pics that some lovely peeps have taken at the arrival of some Under the Shade of a Bonsai Tree jewellery. I can even enclose a personalised card if you're buying as a gift.
Online stores:
http://www.ShadeOfABonsai.etsy.com
http://www.madeit.com.au/ShadeOfABonsaiTree
Monday, October 3, 2011
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