Browsing Archive: April, 2009
The Perth Belles are kicking off 2009 with a Stitch & Bitch on Sunday 17th May!
Where: Grecos Café, 161 Broadway, Nedlands (we’ve reserved the cosy garden courtyard out the back). Greco’s are fully licensed, and serve a great selection of tappas, as well as gorgeous coffee and cake.
When: We’ll be casting off at 3pm
BYO knitting needles and wool
No idea how to knit? No problem. We’ll have seasoned knitters on hand to point you in the right direction. In the meantime, you... Continue reading ...
Melbourners will always tell you how expensive Perth food is. Let’s be honest …. it’s true. Do we grow gold vegetables over here? For those of us affected by the GFC here is a list of the best cheap eats in this fine city. All information is accurate to the best of our knowledge. Please add your own recommendations!
Flying Scotsman (Cheap eats - From Sunday 3pm)
639 Beaufort Street, Mt Lawley - 9328 6200
Pizza and a pint for $10 from 3pm onwards.
Bliss! The food is awes... Continue reading ...
Posted by Belles on Tuesday, April 28, 2009,
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Courses
Lovely Belle Ailsa has let us in on the fantastic Distracted Manual Arts Academy.
Distracted are at 324 Oxford Street in Leederville and are self proclaimed ‘Merchants of Fancy’. They are a busy lot - as well as a coffee shop, art shop and curiosity shop they run monthly art workshops.
This month they have tempted the wonderfully talented Kyle Odgers (aka Creepy) to reveal all about drawing characters. And they promise no drawing skills are required! We like.
Download the fly... Continue reading ...
St Patrick's Church is having a fete on Saturday 9th May from 9am-11am. It promises bric-a-brac, books, plants, craft, cakes, preserves, a sausage sizzle AND devonshire teas. What more could CWA belles want! If you're interested, rock on over to the Corner of Beaufort Street and First Avenue, Mt Lawley. It's the building with the big cross on it. Continue reading ...
We’re official! The CWA Perth Belles launched at Tiger Lils last night in a blur of wine, sushi and spring rolls. We were joined by CWA State President, the lovely Pam Batten, along with Pat Twiss (State International Officer) and Judy Scott (State Extension Officer) and heard tales of the first WA branch (launched in 1924), inspiring community work, World Conferences adventures (I don’t think Finland will never be the same) and secrets of making microwave jam.
For our May meeting ... Continue reading ...
Posted by Belles on Wednesday, April 22, 2009,
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Craft
Nothing is prettier that candlelight. It’s the easiest way to create ambience in an instant (in fact - so easy, it’s almost like cheating). And how can you resist with ideas like these?
If you'd like something dramatic, you can create a simple outdoor chandelier using found items in under an hour. All you need is an old wire basket, jam jars, votive candles and a selection of old plastic beads, crystals (or even old junk-shop jewellery). Huge thanks to lovely London Belle(inda) for ... Continue reading ...
Posted by Belles on Tuesday, April 21, 2009,
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Craft
We’ve been trawling the web for the latest, greatest craft ideas and we’ve found some gems.
We love this simple tutorial on how to make resin jewellery (and you thought it was hard?). You can buy charms or moulds to fill with resin, or recycle bottle caps, shells, or old jewellery - and use found objects (such as dried flowers, newspaper/magazine cut outs, beads, tiny watch and computer parts) to create one-of-a-kind treasures.
We know there are suppliers in Perth however we c...
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Posted by belles on Monday, April 20, 2009,
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Environment
If you were at the West Coast Blues & Roots festival on the weekend, you may have heard some strong views about the proposed Kimberly Gas Hub by headliners Missy Higgins and John Butler. So what’s the fuss about?
Those against? Feel passionately that the Kimberly is one of the last great wildernesses in the world and should be protected at all costs. They are also critical about the fairness of the native title deal proposed by the government.
Those for? Are buoyed by the benefits o... Continue reading ...
Posted by Belles on Friday, April 17, 2009,
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Environment
According to the good people at Living Smart, nearly two thirds of Australians say they cannot afford to buy everything they really need, despite the fact that Australians are richer than ever and about three times better off than their parents in the 1950s.
Their solution lies in the age-old adage – it ain’t what you got, its just how you use it!
They’re currently running free courses all over Perth that reveal simple ways to live more sustainably. So if you want to get tips... Continue reading ...
Posted by Belles on Wednesday, April 15, 2009,
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Science
We Belles were ridiculously excited last September about the biggest science experiment the world has even seen - the launch of CERN’s Large Hadron Collider (LHC). A 27km circular tunnel (running deep under the Swiss-French border), the LHC was built to smash protons together at velocities just below the speed of light… and just maybe uncover some of the secrets of the universe in the process. However, only 36hours into the project, the machine was found to have a fault and shut down!
... Continue reading ...
Posted by Belles on Wednesday, April 15, 2009,
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Gardening
Autumn is a great time to plant a veggie patch – whether you are a novice or first time gardener. The soil is still warm, roots will grow strongly and your plants can establish themselves before winter.
A few pointers to get you started...
- Don’t have a lot of space? A small garden bed is fine – you can even use pots and containers.
- Mix in herbs or flowers and your garden will be functional AND look specky.
- Supermarkets usually stock a variety of seeds and they are incredib... Continue reading ...
Posted by Belles on Tuesday, April 14, 2009,
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Environment
The Belles were recently shocked to hear about the Great Pacific Garbage Patch – a plastic soup of floating waste twice the size of the USA.
We were happier to hear that in three weeks time, South Australia will be the first state in the nation to ban plastic shopping bags. From May 4, shoppers in SA will no longer be able to get bags at the checkout. It's a small inconvenience that will have a huge impact - to the tune of 400 million plastic bags a year.
Fantastic news for the planet - alt... Continue reading ...
Posted by Belles on Monday, April 13, 2009,
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Quirky Perth
Ever wanted to try life drawing? Dr Sketchy's Anti-Art school combines our two favourite things in the world - art school and cabaret! You can sketch a burlesque beauty (or something out of the ordinary), have a drink or two and enjoy live burlesque and variety acts, games and giveaways. Dr Sketchy’s takes place once a month on a Wednesday at The Burlesque Lounge. BYO sketchpad and art supplies. More info here.
The next class is 7pm, Wednesday 29th April
Where: The Burlesque Lounge - upst... Continue reading ...
We belles have always been huge fans of our local library and now the secret is out. Public libraries currently soaring in popularity across WA. Comfy chairs, wireless internet, a huge selection of bestselling books, DVD’s, magazines and music – and all completely free of charge. What’s not to like? If you’re as excited as we are, you can find your local library here.
And if you like the bricks and mortar version, you’ll love the incredible World Digital Library which launches ... Continue reading ...
Posted by Belles on Thursday, April 9, 2009,
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Courses
Feeling inspired Belles? Central Tafe are running some fantastic short courses over Autumn at their Aberdeen Street studios. Courses include digital photography, adobe photoshop, fashion design, screen printing, life drawing, sculpture, and jewellery making. But you’ll need to act soon – enrolments close on Tuesday 28 April!
You can download the flyer here. Find out more about the TAFE 12 Aberdeen Street studios here Continue reading ...
Posted by Jo on Wednesday, April 8, 2009,
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Fun&Games
Posted by Belles on Tuesday, April 7, 2009,
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Fun&Games
Haikus are easy.
But sometimes they don’t make sense.
Refrigerator.
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Posted by Belles on Tuesday, April 7, 2009,
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Quirky Perth
Posted by Belles on Monday, April 6, 2009,
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Baking
Another online sensation. Why the most dangerous chocolate cake? Because you will never need to wait more than five minutes for cake ever again. Ingredients: 4 tablespoons flour 4 tablespoons sugar 2 tablespoons baking cocoa 1 egg 3 tablespoons milk 3 tablespoons oil 3 tablespoons chocolate chips (optional) Small splash of vanilla Add dry ingredients to coffee mug and mix well. Add the egg and mix thoroughly. Pour in the milk and oil and mix well. Add the chocolate chips (if using) and... Continue reading ...
Posted by Belles on Monday, April 6, 2009,
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Fun&Games
For all the lovely belles who went to V-Festival yesterday (Duffy is our homegirl) we thought we’d post the completely addictive ‘Make Your Own Album Cover’ game. The game has three simple steps...
1. Get a band name. Just use the title of a randomly-generated Wikipedia article.
2. Get an album title. Use the last couple of words from the last quote on a page of random quotations.
3. Get some album art. Use this Flickr tool to generate a random image. Then use Photoshop, Paint, or whatev... Continue reading ...
Posted by Belles on Friday, April 3, 2009,
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Baking
A household icon, the CWA Cookery Book was first published in 1936. Complete with its original blue cover, it’s packed with classic Australian recipes, from Anzac biscuits to lamb chops to pavlova. The CWA have been publishing the cookbook since the Great Depression of the 1930s (check out the recipe for rabbit pie) and sales are still going strong.
Stunningly economical – when it comes to combating the credit crunch, these ladies could give the G20 a run for their money. The book inc... Continue reading ...
Posted by Belles on Friday, April 3, 2009,
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Ideas
You may not know that the Australia Government runs the New Enterprise Incentive Scheme (NEIS) which aims to help people establish a new small businesses. NEIS is run through Centerlink and can provide training in small business management and business plan development. If approved you might even be eligible for a NEIS allowance and/or rental assistance while you get your business off the ground!
More info here: www.workplace.gov.au/workplace/Programmes/NEIS ... Continue reading ...
Posted by Belles on Thursday, April 2, 2009,
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Ideas
TED (Technology, Entertainment, Design) is a not-for-profit organisation devoted to giving millions of people direct access to the world's greatest thinkers. Their annual conference brings together the world's most fascinating thinkers and doers, who are challenged to give the talk of their lives (in 18 minutes). The best thing? Their fantastic website makes the best talks and performances from TED available to the public for free. More than 200 talks from their archive are now available, w... Continue reading ...
Posted by Belles on Thursday, April 2, 2009,
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Quirky Perth
Posted by Belles on Thursday, April 2, 2009,
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Baking
Located in Greenwich Village New York, the Magnolia Bakery’s cupcakes are so highly sought-after they limit purchases to 12 per customer. Luckily, you don’t have to leave home to get a taste of NY.
INGREDIENTS:
Cupcakes:
Makes about 2 dozen cupcakes.
1 ½ cups self-rising flour
1 ¼ cups all-purpose flour
1 cup (2 sticks) unsalted butter, softened
2 cups sugar
4 large eggs, at room temperature
1 cup milk
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Butter-cream Icing:
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Posted by Belles on Wednesday, April 1, 2009,
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Quirky Perth
If you’ve always wanted to learn more about astronomy but have never had the chance, the Astronomical Society of Western Australia (ASWA) hold free astronomy classes prior to most ordinary meetings. These provide the beginners with an introduction to the major areas of astronomy and kick off at 7pm. The next one is on 13th April. http://aswa.info/diary.html Continue reading ...
UNIFEM (United Nations Development Fund for Women) is looking for young women from across Australia and the Pacific to participate in a forum that will develop their skills and confidence to become architects of change. The Forum is a three day conference involving up to 150 young women from across Australia. More info here - www.unifem.org.au/node/284 Continue reading ...
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