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With much regret, we have made the difficult decision to close our online store for sarbe. With the closure of our shop-front earlier this year I had hoped this would give me the extra time and resources needed for my new projects, however I am still finding it a juggle to manage it all (and [...]

We are having our very last sarbe sale this Saturday to clear all remaining stock. Everything is reduced to bargain prices and we hope you will come down to score some amazing craft and stationery goodies at awesome prices! Here are the details: Saturday 13 December 2014 8.00am – 12 noon 26 Sinclair Street, Arundel [...]

Exciting news crafters! We’ll have a POP-UP SHOP at the Craft Alive Pages and Stitch craft show this weekend! Saturday 15th and Sunday 16th November 9.30am – 4.00pm Southport Community Centre 6 Lawson Street, Southport Come down and stock up on wraps, ribbon, envelopes, pens, tapes and crafty goodies for Christmas! SPECIAL OFFER – Buy [...]

This time last week we were getting ready for a night of crafting happiness at the BrisStyle Etsy Craft Party. Here’s what we got up to… A worldwide crafting event pioneered by the creative folks at Etsy, the Crafty Party was hosted by BrisStyle in their brand new BrisStyle HQ and we got to spend [...]

We have FINALLY gone through all of our treasure troves of stuff, stuff, and more stuff! We now have a massive collection of ex-classroom tools, props, display items, bric-a-brac, furniture, fixtures and random stock that we want to sell, sell, sell! So come on down and join us for the sarbe Garage Sale! The Garage Sale [...]

We are constantly amazed by the many wonderful creative and crafty opportunities that exist in our own backyard just waiting to be discovered. So we have taken it upon ourselves to keep you up to date with what’s happening in the creative world and hunt down exciting workshops, markets and get-togethers that we think you [...]

We are sooooo super excited to be featured in the latest issue of Inside Out magazine! The May/June 2014 issue hit the shelves last week and you’ll find little ol’ sarbe in the “online stores” write up. Here’s a sneaky-peeky! A huge thank you to the very lovely Lee Tran Lam for including us alongside some [...]

Have you seen these cute Mother’s Day Projects from the Dailylike Design Team? Time to get crafting! Rosettes 3 Ways by Magdalena Franco of The Craft Revival For this project Magdalena has used the Fabric Sticker sets in First Love and Red Ribbon, as well as Deep Yellow Twine. Click here to see how it [...]

This is it folks! Get your bargain hunting eyes ready to feast on our super-duper, epic closing down sale! Starting this Saturday our stock will be reduced to clear. So come down and stock up on crafting, party and creative goodies one last time! A4 paper, wraps, ribbon, envelopes, fabric tape, washi tape, tags, stickers, notebooks, [...]

Looking for some crafty inspiration this Easter? Check out these amazing DIY projects created by the Dailylike Design Team! A clever no-sew Mad Hatter Easter Bonnet created by Magdalena Franco of The Craft Revival. {Magdalena has used the Childhood Collecting Paper, Alley Fabric Buttons and Lace trim} A super adorable Easter Bunny Costume created by Lisa [...]

It is with both sadness and excitement that I share this news with you. After 8 and a half years, I have made the difficult decision to close sarbe’s shop-front to concentrate on my new business ventures, Alex Mae and choki choki. I feel sadness as the sarbe store has been my life for the [...]

As Christmas gets closer it’s always hard to find a day when everyone can get together for an end of year celebration.  So we thought we’d get in early and on Sunday 1 December here’s what happened… Leaving the traditional fare for Christmas day, we opted for a champagne afternoon tea to celebrate the year [...]

As a small business, we are so grateful to our wonderful customers, many who we now can call friends. With much excitement we are letting you know of an amazing chance for sarbe to win $10,000!! We have entered the MYOB Shop Small competition to win a Love Your Work Business Grant and this photo [...]

We can’t believe Christmas is so near… But at the same time we can’t wait! There is so much fun in finding the perfect gift for the special people in your life and we have put together a little gift guide to help you! The sarbe Holiday Gift Guide features some of our favourite products, [...]

We have so much to share with you at the Grand Opening of our Sarbe Community Library on Thursday night! To start with we have 15% off storewide (excluding the Going Dotty Sale and Design Spaces), so you can stock up on your favourite papers and ribbons. Then look out for orange dots, as our Going [...]

Do you make amazingly beautiful things? You do? Then read on, read on! We are excited to announce that sarbe is introducing “Design Spaces” – dedicated spaces in our store to sell, promote and support locally made, hand created designs. Design Spaces will feature the wonderfully unique and ingeniously creative talents of our local community. If [...]

Just wanted to make special mention that yes I am still here!!!  You may have noticed that I’m not amongst the action as much these days, but don’t worry I’m still around and will be popping in every now and then to see you all. I have been busy, busy, busy working on exciting new things, [...]

Our latest window installation features gorgeous paper peonies made from very lovely textured Japanese washi paper! We are absolutely loving the vibrant colours which brighten our day and make us smile each time we walk by. The installation has been designed to promote our Paper Peonies Workshop in July where you’ll learn how to make these beautiful [...]

We asked for your help, and you answered our call… 76 volunteer crafters, 2714 hand decorated leaves, one amazing paper dress! We are absolutely delighted with the beautiful paper masterpiece that resides in our window for the month of May, and we urge everyone to come down and see her if you can! A huge [...]

  We are excited to announce that Ellah Dunn is the winner of The Great Bunny Search! Ellah has won herself a $100 School of Creativity voucher! Woo hoo! Watch our video below to see if you found all of Bobby’s friends in our Eggstravaganza window!   Video // The Great Bunny Search