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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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

Thank you so much to everyone who has donated books and magazines to our Sarbe Community Library since its launch last year. With our closure in May we will no longer have a home for these treasures. For those who made donations, you are more than welcome to come in and collect your books if [...]

This is our very last window installation and we would love your help! 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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

Have you seen our new Back to School window!? Come in store and visit us for some great ideas on how to decorate your child’s new school books, pens, pencil cases and lots more! This month our window has been inspired by the exciting new products from Dailylike, including fabric tapes, stickers, wraps and fabrics. All of [...]

To kick off 2014, Dailylike Australia is touring with “New Beginnings”, a series of DIY workshops and pop-up shop to celebrate the new year and inspire you to get creative! We are honoured to host the team from Dailylike this weekend (Sat 11 + Sun 12) as they share with us some super exciting workshops and even a [...]

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 [...]