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The Mad Hatter’s tea party is about to start, and what a colourful mess has been made! Our window features 298 teacups lovingly made by volunteers from our local community, and don’t they look stunning! We have an assortment of handcrafted teacups with ribbons, drawings, paint splatters and paper collages of all shapes and colours. Look in our window and you’ll [...]

We have a range of fun workshops coming up for the month of April – these will be our last classes in the sarbe atelier space, so make sure you don’t miss out!   Easter Bunny “Sensory” Gardening Workshop – Earthy Little Fingers Join Roger Rabbit at sarbe for a sensory exploration of the plants [...]

It’s that time of year again, where flowers, hearts, romantic dinners and those ‘three little words’ are on everyone’s mind. Ever since the heat set in, the team here at sarbe have been desperate to create a window with our favourite cold dessert – ice cream! We are so proud of our Valentines Day window – [...]

Today we had a customer (a photographer) who popped into our store looking for a unique way to present a disc of wedding photos for her clients. As we are always up for a challenge, this inspired us to think of a creative solution that we would love to share with you! Materials: – Alex Mae Tree [...]

Radiant Orchid has been named Pantone’s colour of the year for 2014! Click here to read more about how and where this colour is making an appearance around the world. Clockwise from top left: Japanese Half Sheet, Mauve 25mm Jute Ribbon, Beetroot Recycled A4 Board, Zsa Zsa Eggplant A4 Board, Chelsea A4 Metallic Paper, Violet [...]

Here at sarbe, we often get to help out with picking papers and all the tough decision making, but seldom do we see the end result. Josephine came in a few months ago looking for bits and pieces for her son’s second birthday party. To our delight, she came back and showed us photos of the [...]

Introducing Chisayo Lewis – the creative lady behind Hand made craft creations, one of our newest residents in our Design Spaces. Looking for cute, quirky gifts? You won’t be disappointed! Her re-creation of the real into soft toys will be a delight for your inner-child. Who couldn’t resist a felt (fat-free) hamburger and fries set?!    [...]

It’s December already and we have no idea where the year has gone! There’s something special about this time of year - something about it takes us back to days at the beach, good times with family and friends, relaxing (or stressful!)  get-aways and gifts both given and received. We love how it’s so inclusive of the whole [...]

There are many ways you can use Fabric Tape – so we thought we’d share a few ways you can decorate your next event using the versatile cuties – read on.   1. Seal it Add an extra touch by sealing your envelope with a strip of Fabric Tape! This is a perfect way to avoid [...]

Introducing Kaz – an artist who has some of her beautiful mini canvases in our Design Spaces! We asked her a few questions about her little artworks. 1. Where are you from and how long have you been living on the Gold Coast? I was born in Brisbane, and have lived here on the Coast [...]

What better way to teach young minds about the natural world we so often look past, than to do so dressed as fairies and elves! Earthy Little Fingers is hosting ‘A Magical Garden for Fairies & Elves’ – a workshop for children to get creative AND have fun learning about organic gardening. Children will learn [...]

What a night! On October the 10th, the Sarbe Community Library was officially opened! We now have shelves of books and magazines for you to read and be inspired from – you are more than welcome to browse through the pages, and for a small donation we can also photocopy anything you want to take [...]

“Nagomi” is the Japanese term for something that makes you feel relaxed, calm and warm at heart. At the Pastel Nagomi Art Workshops, that is definitely what you will feel after creating beautiful artworks using pastel powders and your fingertips to draw. Local Japanese teacher Ayako Iwasaki is hosting workshops for both kids and adults [...]

We see amazing photos everyday, whether on Facebook or on Instagram – but when it comes to taking one ourselves, nothing seems to look good enough! Fear no more, Gold Coast photographer Melissa Pratt from Melissa Pratt Photography is hosting a workshop, teaching the how-to’s of photography with an iPhone, using the principles of photography that apply to a ‘fancy camera’. Spaces are [...]

Along with the opening of the Sarbe Community Library, we will be running two workshops at the Brickworks ‘Up Late’ event on Thursday 10th of October. These workshops will use pages from old books to up-cycle and turn them into something new! We love paper based arts and crafts, so with the help of a couple of books [...]

The shelves at our Sarbe Community Library are filling up! Precious books and magazines both bought and donated are patiently waiting for the grand opening of their new home in October. Last week we had one of our beautiful customers donate over 30 books and magazines! Some were from before I was born – yet flicking [...]

*** Exciting new blog post on what’s happening this Thursday night!  Click here to find out more. *** Join us on Thursday the 10th of October from 5pm – 9pm  for the grand opening of our Sarbe Community Library! The library will be available for anyone and everyone to come and gain inspiration from the many inspiring books we [...]

Guess who made the paper?! Sarbe’s Design Spaces was featured in the Gold Coast Sun’s Central edition on Wednesday, 11th of September, 2013. Here are some snippets from the article! ‘Handmade leather binders, jewellery, paper bows and pottery are just a few of the creative treats Gold Coasters can now get their hand on every [...]

Meet Kimiko of Galerie Wa. This lady has patience like no other! Each of her creations are made from tiny pieces of hand-cut kimono fabric that are carefully folded and placed with tiny tweezers. Here the jewellery maker shares with us a bit about herself and her work.   Hi Kimiko, where are you from [...]

Spring is just around the corner and we can’t wait! Here’s a DIY inspired by Creative Bug who does a few different versions to make a paper bouquet. We’ve tweaked it a little bit, used twigs/branches for ours. It’s quite easy to customise this tutorial to make flowers in all shapes and forms!   Gather your supplies! [...]