the grass is greener

to market to market...

I love markets *sigh* i love waking up early, i love rugging up, i love trekking down to the bus stop with our bags & scarfs.. i love it all!

this weekend we had a mission... rocklea markets for winter plants, yellow flowers, hot beverages and yummy eats. two bags full of market goodies later, *basil, chilli, marigold, tomato, parsley, rosemary, strawberries,eggs, boiled lollies* and im pleased to say... mission accomplished . *check, check,check and check* and because my new phone has a camera... i could picturfy the whole day!

enjoy! 

xxx sarah

earth hour 2010...

It was another gorgeous night in Brisbane yesterday, perfect for candle light, shadow puppets & picnic dinners in the park *earth hour bliss*

mcd by cr. helen abrahams, dinner was provided by the amazing dutton park neighbourhood watch folk, shadow puppets & musical entertainment by janine and janet of pied piper puppets & the amazing atmosphere was provided by dozens of local families who arrived, dined, watched and played by candle light, lamp light & moonlight.  Just one more reason to *love* earth hour. *grin*

id love to see how everyone else spend their earth hour... link to your pics so i can check them out! 

xxx sarah

1 million women campaign...

tonight i joined 14,493 other Australian women who have signed up to the 1 million women campaign and pledged to reduce their CO2 emissions by making simple changes to their daily lives...

if you're a big picture kind of person you can track the campaign status through snapshots... how many women signed up, how many tonnes of carbon emissions pledged etc.

but if you find the big picture a bit overwhelming *information overload* the site breaks things down into baby steps, which i found particularly helpful.  

you can start by measuring your current carbon footprint (made super easy.. just bring your current utility bills to the party) with a nice little summary at the end! *scary exciting stuff*

but really the place where its all happening is the activity centre *ooooh* filled with really simple things we can all do every day to reduce our impact.  like saying NO to plastic bags and bottled water which can save a staggering 150kg of carbon every year *yikes* washing in cold water and drying your clothes on the line and saving a whopping 400kg every year... but i'm getting carried away... let me know if you sign up and we can get carried away together.

xxx sarah

walking the walk...

True to trend it was a scorching 31 degrees in Brisbane yesterday but that didn't stop nearly 10,000 of us donning our hats, walking shoes and sunscreen to pound the Brisbane city pavement waving our metaphoric if not always literal green flags...  

amongst those representing on the day were:  reverse the effect ; the greens; the a.mazing and hugely inspiring founders and editors of peppermint magazine kelley and ben; siham craftlink; deb and the girls from wray organic; yours truly for iamfish; greenpeace; the wilderness society; and thousands of  Brisbane families, couples and individuals walking the green walk.

it's vintage darling!...

I have never met a shop with a red door that i haven't instantly *loved* and 'it's vintage darling' on Annerley road is no exception.  i've always felt at home in vintage shops, loving oddments as i do,  but when i wandered through the lounge, into the kitchen and out into the backyard  i actually felt like kicking off my shoes, putting my feet on their coffee table and flipping through their magazines! Thankfully Emily and Holly who run the store are chronically cruisy and encourage this strange kind of nesting behavior...  

This gorgeous out of the way store has no website, so if you want to check it out you might have to head down Annerley road to number 257.  Keep an eye out for the red door, giant chess board, coffee/cold drink signs and comfy lounge chairs out the front! *cute* or you can shoot them an email at: itsvintagedarling@hotmail.com 

i took waaay too many pics to post here but you can see more photos from its vintage darling on our flickr page

xxx sarah 

reverse garbage days are the best days...

I love any day that involves a trip to reverse garbage because it means I have projects on the go!  I was on the hunt for hessian bags (for the latch hook rug i'm making as part of my watch this space eco 'usify') and core flute board. It was a Christmas bonus to rummage through the giant baubles and ribbons scattered amongst the usual array of mystery industrial offcuts.  A rack full of cardboard tubes immediately got me thinking... 'giant Christmas tree!!' but I held off...  knowing as I do my history of buying 'this' for 'that' and 6 months later staring at 'this' thinking 'why did i buy that?' Plus it gives me an excuse to go back and check out the 'shift' exhibition one more time

xxx sarah