With the Autumn sunshine predicted for Melbourne tomorrow, the Merri Creek Primary School fete is looking like it will be a ripper! And it needs to be. The funds we raise at our school fete are really important. For a start, it means that the school can afford to keep and maintain our wonderful elm trees. And then there's all the other stuff like educating the youngsters...
I've had a great month getting involved with the environment stall. In fact I've been so busy plarning* and pom pomming and plastic-creating that I've had no time to be here, in blogland. Who would have thought that plarning, pom pomming and plastic-creating would be so labour intensive? (Oh, I must admit I have had time for tennis. And goodreads. Please don't be jealous bloggies! I promise you are my first and only true love.)Hello blogland!
When I catch my breath after tomorrow, I'll post more about what we've been making. The Enviro Stall coordinator, Kasia, has been - please excuse the daytime-tv-gushiness - an inspiration with her innovative approach to recycling!Stay tuned....
*plarning is turning plastic bags into yarn for crocheting/knitting etc.
Have you been feeling it? The itch in your hip pocket? A longing to delve in and be part of the tinsel-shimmering-bling-blinding buying? I know I have.
We're bombarded with ideas and images of the perfect Christmas - from endless catalogues, blogs and magazines -
and there is no doubt it leads to the same end;consumerism. Suddenly we
desire a new colour scheme of ornaments, a new wreath - and then there is the wrapping embellishments, cards, tags etc - it's endless!!!
I'm trying to come up with low cost and low carbon footprint ideas for Christmas fun. And while I acknowledge I have the benefit of a large supply of craft staples and tools, I still think it's possible to
keep it eco.
For that winter wonderland magic turn your freezer bags into snowball pom poms.
Roll 2 plastic bags up from bottom to top and cut into strips about 1 cm wide. I then used a 5.5cm pom pom maker to make these very fluffy snowy pom poms.
These would look great on a tree or as a garland or even a wreath...."let it snow, let it snow, let it snow"....is it too early for Christmas Carols? Yeah...it is. I know.
