For those who made donations, you are more than welcome to come in and collect your books if you would like them returned. Otherwise from 1st April 2014 all remaining books and magazines will be available for sale, with all sales going to Radio Lollipop at Gold Coast University Hospital.
Radio Lollipop is an international children’s charity who care,
comfort, play and bring entertainment to children whilst in hospital.

As all sales will be donated to Radio Lollipop, we do ask for CASH ONLY with these purchases.

Books – $5.00 each
Magazines – $2.00 each

Original donors if you would like your books or magazines returned,
just give us a call on 07 5528 0330 or send a quick email to mail@sarbe.com.au
so that we can put them aside for you.

This year’s Easter window, “Follow the White Rabbit…”, will be the last window to be created here at sarbe. After 8 and a half years, we will be closing sarbe’s shop-front to focus on other exciting ventures we have been working on. Don’t fret we will still have our online store, so please continue to follow and share with us!  You can read more about it in Sarah’s blog post here, but now back to the amazing window we have planned…

The sarbe window has been by far one of our favourite projects to tackle each month, and looking back at the past displays brings back fond memories of endless ideas being bounced back and forth, colour choices, technical problems and meeting deadlines. So, in celebration of the new changes as well as the many wonderful people we have befriended over the years, we thought it fitting to invite you, our community, to help us with our final window.

Our inspiration comes from Alice in Wonderland’s Mad Hatter’s Tea Party, and who could have a tea party without teacups? We have hundreds of teacups we need to decorate and assemble so we’re calling on craft volunteers to help us decorate as many teacups as possible!  You have the option to come and craft in store or you can also craft at home.  Here’s an example of what we’ll be creating…

- Crafting in Store -

We will be hosting volunteer crafting sessions at sarbe from 10am – 2pm every Saturday in March:

Saturday 8th March: 10am – 2pm
Saturday 15th March: 10am – 2pm
Saturday 22nd March: 10am – 2pm
Saturday 29th March: 10am – 2pm

You’re welcome to come craft with us on any of these days, and you can come and go at any time (no need to stay for the entire session).  Please send an email to mail@sarbe.com.au if you are interested in joining one (or more!) of these sessions, then we can make sure we have enough space and supplies for everyone.

- Crafting at Home -

Can’t make it down to the store? No worries! Download the Teacup Template to print at home, then cut out and decorate however you wish! All we ask is that you stick to the colours in the palette below. We’ll be adding the handles and bases in store, so all you need to worry about is decorating the cup itself.  If you can drop your decorated teacups in store then you can glue the cup together, otherwise if you are posting them it will probably be easiest to keep them flat to send to us. Decorated teacups need to be received in store by Friday 28th March.
For those sending them in, please post the flat decorated teacups to:

sarbe invitations + papers
Shop 3.03, The Brickworks
107 Ferry Road, Southport QLD 4215

- The Colour Palette -

- Sign Me Up! -

Send us an email at mail@sarbe.com.au to join in the crafting fun.
In advance we give you our sincere thanks and appreciation for volunteering your time and creativity towards our epic final Easter window!

This month our window has been inspired by the exciting new products from Dailylike, including fabric tapes, stickers, wraps and fabrics. All of which can be found here at Sarbe this weekend! Dailylike will have their very own pop-up shop where you can stock up on all the materials you will need and even participate in one of the very inspiring workshops that will teach you everything you need to know about using their products.

Here are just a few of the books and other supplies we have had a little fun with:

It was so much fun decorating books for the window. If you love what you see and would like to decorate a few books of your own, click here to sign up for the Brilliant Books Workshop this coming Sunday, 12th of January!

Did you see our super cute bunting? Custom sewn bunting is available here in store for $29.95. Simply pick your design from Dailylike’s awesome range of quarter fabric packs with a ribbon to match and you can have your very own 4m length of bunting to use as a decoration around the home or for any party or event!

Dailylike have also created their own water resistant Laminated Fabrics which can be used to make bags, pencil and makeup cases, raincoats, tablecloths, coasters, and anything else your heart desires! Visit this link to learn how to make your own drawstring library bag. It will definitely come in handy with the new school year that is about to begin.

So many new and exciting products! Make sure you pop in some time soon to see the whole range!

The Brickworks is holding a competition for the best window display!

Vote for our window from now until Christmas Eve (24th December) and you can go in the draw
to win a $500 Gift Voucher to spend at the Brickworks!
(Entry forms available in-store)

We would also like to send a massive THANK YOU to everyone
who helped us decorate the tiles  for our delicious paper gingerbread house!
We have had great feedback and if you love it as much as we do, please vote for us!

A special thanks to:
Alison Curtis – Renee Jackson – Parris Tiers – Alexander Night
Michelle Dytor – Tee McIntosh – Kassarne Bentley & Kiara – Kaz & Stevie

If you’re creative and would love to help us put together our next window display,
we want to hear from you!
Please register your interest here!

]]> http://www.sarbe.com.au/inspire-me/brickworks-window-competition/feed 0 http://www.sarbe.com.au/archives/atelier-2/atelier-christmas-ornament-with-a-green-use-earthy-little-fingers http://www.sarbe.com.au/archives/atelier-2/atelier-christmas-ornament-with-a-green-use-earthy-little-fingers#comments Sun, 17 Nov 2013 23:39:55 +0000 Manda http://www.sarbe.com.au/?p=2500 We are excited to have Earthy Little Fingers in our atelier again for a new Christmas workshop in December! Kids will make an earthy, sensory and sparkly Christmas ornament with a “green” use in your home for 2014.

Date: Saturday, 7th December
No bookings required, just pop in any time between 10.00am and 12.00 noon
Ages 3 to 9 years
Cost is $6 per ornament

You can find out more about Earthy Little Fingers at their website here
or on their Facebook page here!

>>> CALLING ALL LITTLE HELPERS <<<

Our Christmas window is going up in less than 2 weeks and we would love for you to help us out!
This year we are building a gingerbread house and we need your creative talents
to help decorate tiles for the roof.

We’ll provide all the materials, just bring yourself, your creative imagination and your Christmas spirit!

The Atelier (workshop space) will be open from 10am-2pm on:
Fri 15th, Sat 16th,
Wed 20th, Thurs 21st and Fri 22nd of November

Please contact us via email mail@sarbe.com.au
or call us on (07) 5528 0330 if you would like to take part!

With this fond memory, I went rummaging through all my old things and look who I found!

Here is my little creation from grade 3 and I love that 13 years later I am still using the same methods of papier-mâché for my own projects. Papier-mâché is a great foundation for any physical 3D project you may be working on as it creates a base framework from where you can expand your model by sculpting a more defined shape, adding embellishments and other decorative features or simply just painting it to create your desired effect. Papier-mâché is commonly used today to make face masks or piñatas, but in the past, before we had access to plastics and moulds, this form of art was used to create parade floats, set designs for theatre productions and also used in the process of making puppets.

This little project also got me thinking about what other amazing things you can create with this basic foundation! In my search I found this awesome armchair designed and created by Majid Asif. With 120 layers of newspaper built up over the mould of an inflatable chair, this art piece displays a very innovative and creative way to up cycle old newspapers!

Such an amazing work of art, but you don’t have to go to this extreme to play with papier-mâché! Click on the images below to find a few tutorials on different things you can make at home! If the kids are complaining about being bored, this is a great activity that will keep them occupied for hours!

Hope you find these tutorials useful! Can’t wait to see what you make!

♥ Manda

Then the other day, as I was scrolling through Pinterest, I found this awesome tutorial on how to make paper bows! The design is just too cute and they’re so easy to make! Simply follow the link below to learn how to create them yourself! Sure, they’re designed to be an add-on for a wrapped gift, but glue on a bobby pin and you can wear them in your hair like me!

Images and tutorial sourced from Jessica Jones, DIY Tutorials – ‘How to Make a Paper Bow’, How About Orange Blogspot, Posted on: April 18, 2013

Also, if you read Val’s blog in the first week, she shared some great ideas on different things you can create with ribbons! Follow the link below and you can also learn how to make adorable ribbon and fabric bows that you can use for gift wrapping, as an embellishment for your next scrapbooking project, or as another cute accessory for your hair! There are so many different techniques to making bows, you should try a few!

Image and tutorials sourced from Fashion Diva, ’26 Interesting DIY Ideas How To Make Bows’, Fashion Diva Design, Posted: April 13, 2013

Hope you found these tutorials helpful! Below are just a few bows I have made and absolutely adore! I would love for you to send through any photos of your creations! You can contact me via email, mail@sarbe.com.au or share them with us on our facebook page.

Look forward to hearing from you!

♥ Manda

In this collection, along with notepads, planners and journals I had also bought these adorable little paper clips/marking clips which I had planned to use to help organise each of my new books. When writing, I often divide my book into sections to help me decipher between each of my projects and it also helps to keep everything neat and tidy. To do so, I use dividers (like tabs) to split each section, making it easier to flick from page to page. So I bought these colourful clips! But on my return home, I ended up giving them all away as souvenirs and now had to think of a new way to organise myself.

I considered creating tabs, but they seemed too ordinary and not as cute as what the clips could have been. So I did a little hunting on Pinterest, an awesome creative hub filled with amazing ideas and inspiration! And this is where I came across these little origami bookmarks! One glance and I knew they were perfect for what I was trying to achieve. There are many different styles that you can create, so I only picked out a couple to share with you today. As my notepads already have the cute designs and colour schemes, I thought I’d keep my dividers simple and just focus on the colours to match each book. This tutorial will teach you the basics, but once you have mastered the folding technique, you can decorate these little bookmarks however your heart desires!

They’re so quick and easy! Simply follow these instructions and soon you’ll be able to keep all your notebooks and journals organised too!

>>> Simple Corner Bookmark/Divider <<<

Materials:

• Coloured and/or Patterned Papers
• Paper Trimmer
• Scissors
• Double Sided Tape

While I was making these, I also did a little playing and found that these look even cuter when you cut the tips off of the triangles! See below for the alternate way of creating these corner book tabs.

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>>> Origami Heart Bookmark <<<

Materials:

• Coloured and/or Patterned Papers
• Paper Trimmer
• Double Sided Tape
• Corner Rounding Punch

How did you go? I hope you find these little bookmarks as useful as I do! They’re such a great way to add that little personal touch to your stationery whilst also proving to be useful if, like me, you enjoy keeping your journals organised. They also make a great quick and easy gift for friends or family, so get creative and make something special!

Here are just a few more ideas you can use as inspiration for your own designs:

I’d love to see your creations! So please feel free to take photos and send us an email to mail@sarbe.com.au or share them with us on our Facebook page!

Stay tuned for more great ideas and inspiration! Have a good weekend and I shall see you next week!

♥ Manda

Just recently, I travelled to Seoul, South Korea on an adventure to gain inspiration and ideas for my next line of projects. In my travels I stumbled across the cutest stationery store I have ever walked into! It was filled with notepads, journals, diaries and calenders, a wide variety of pens and pencils, adorable little gift cards, writing sets and great gift ideas! What is this place? It’s called Artbox! And you will find this little store around almost every corner throughout Seoul.

Artbox stocks over 50 brands of kawaii products and in the 30 years that they have been running, have expanded their stores internationally with over 200 retail outlets world wide. Locations include London, Moscow, Singapore, Jakarta, Kuala Lumpur, Lima, Hawaii, California, Vancouver and of course Korea! They also have an online store and can ship internationally! So check it out and you may just fall in love… Alternately you can ‘like’ them on facebook and keep up-to-date with all their latest products and sales!

Here are just a few of the little treasures that I found on my journey:

Each of their designs are just so cute, yet so simple! If you know me, you’ll know how much I love my bright colours and cartoon styled designs which made this store very dangerous for me to walk into! So much money spent, but definitely worth it! If you do ever get a chance to travel to any of the cities where Artbox is located, make sure you go in and have a look! You won’t regret it! (or maybe you will, and you’ll hate me forever for introducing you to the cutest store ever!)

Hope you all have a great weekend! Happy Shopping!

♥ Manda oxo