Creative Finds Blog

Often it’s as much about the wrapping as it is about the gift.Just like the planning of a holiday is almost as exciting as arriving at the actual destination. It’s all in the anticipation peeps.Delightful, hand made wrapping paper can be simple to make yourself, yet so very effective. While we are avoiding shopping centres, why not use items around the home to wrap your gifts and pop in the post to loved ones?Tea towels, fabric remnants, newspaper, butchers paper, pages from magazines, kids finger paintings etc. I’ve got a whole board devoted to gift wrapping ideas over on Pinterest...

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....

Winter might be here, but travel interstate largely is still off the agenda.If you're also looking down the lens of another 3 x weeks of school holidays at home (insert eye roll here), then perhaps some virtual, DIY crafting workshops could be the answer?There are many makers and small creative businesses, who will deliver a kit with allthe materials required to your door, so you are all set to tune in and learn online with them. Perhaps even pouring a glass of wine and doing it together with the kids? The Finders Keepers markets cannot go ahead this Winter, but instead they've got an awesome immersion weekend planned instead...

My goodness. It's hard to predict what is going to happen next in our wonderful world, isn't it?  I found myself staring down the new month with a severe lack of motivation, so decided to take a week off social media.  When I checked back in, it turns out I wasn't alone - but sadly for most, it wasn't for the lack of mojo. Following the killing of George Floyd, there was a call to the collective to replace time spent scrolling & posting, to stand in solidarity, and educate ourselves on the ongoing racial prejudices that plague societies across the globe.There are so many worthy causes...