Creative Finds Blog

Last Thursday I zipped over the bridge to the annual Retail Trade event that is Life Instyle. I have a pretty specific set of criteria when sourcing new products - hand-crafted, light weight so as easy to post, unbreakable, non-perishable, small for postage and storage and it has to be something I would happily give to a dear friend as a gift. This set of criteria is fortunate as it means I can whip around these events quickly, and on that particular day I had a tight timeframe. With some more hours up my sleeve I'd have loved to listen...

An Impossible Pie! If, like me, you're not a baker, but find from time to time that it is unavoidable...then I am here to tell you that this recipe is your new Go To! It's basically a coconut flavoured custard tart. The pic is from Donna Hay, and her recipe is a lemon/coconut impossible pie, and has a few more ingredients. 7 x ingredients and about 4 x steps and you'll be well on way to receiving accolades and requests for more with this one below. Here goes: 4 eggs 3/4 cup sugar 1 cup shredded coconut 1 teaspoon vanilla...

If you're as old as me, you might remember your parents inviting friends over for a slide night? I'm talking pre, pre, pre, Facebook days. Like 30 years pre-Facebook. For those of you Gen Ys and younger,  it was where hors d'oeuvre were served (think "pigs in a blanket"), cask wine was poured, and recent holiday happy snaps were projected onto a lounge room wall. I'm sure it was as just as excruciating as it sounds. I guess that's why there was plenty of booze served. While I'm not going to do the same to you now, I did take...

Office Kris Kringle? Secret Santa with your friends? Creative Finds has you sorted. Gifts under $30  (having asked around that's the average spend price)  are my speciality at Creative Finds. Here are my Top 5 Suggestions: Bamboo Straws (set of 10). Embrace and encourage the "say no to plastic" movement with these environmentally friendly, all natural straws. $15   -   2) - Crochet Pot (with plant?). Plants are so hot right now. Greenery is having it's place in the sun and rightly so. Helping eliminate free radicals, and providing oxygen and generally lifting the interiors of any space, pop...