Creative Finds Blog — Creative Finds

Fun find Friday! If these little dioramas don’t bring a smile to your dial in these trying times, nothing will! Designed on the daily by Japanese artist @tanaka_tatsuya I’ve been saving his creations to my Pinterest board for years and have only just rediscovered them.Oh my…what a rabbit hole. They are all just sooooo good. What a steady hand he must have ✋ Check out Tatsuya’s You Tube clip of the making process: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1JVcTZ_J1cc&feature=youtu.be All those teeny tiny pieces, people and different elements organised in true Japanese style in beautiful shelves and boxes, so he has everything at his fingertips....

I’ve been trying hard to keep my vibe high these past 9+weeks (I’ve actually lost count of how long we’ve been in the Corona cave)...  

If you were to scroll back through my insta feed, I’ve posted this pic for 3 x years running. As a solo-preneur, hand-made gift business, I was all guns blazing in the Chrissie lead up. But post Christmas: None of you were thinking about gift shopping, so I figured you really didn’t want to be hearing from me.   I was exhausted and craved the digital detox, and Our country was burning.  February is the Creative Finds New Year and with my children finally back to school after 9+ weeks (an insane length of time - lucky ducks!), I’m easing myself...

Two years ago on Nov 1st, the Creative Finds website was launched! Birthdays are the perfect time to both reflect, and to drink Rosè. So I invited a few of my best customers to join me in a business birthday lunch to thank them for their ongoing support...ie: their purchases!  Estimates are that one in three new small businesses in Australia fail in their first year of operation, two out of four by the end of the second year, and three out of four by the fifth year.  And I have to say, the past couple of years hasn't been plain sailing. Cash flow has been the biggest challenge, and...