Little Beehive on sale!!

Welcome to the Little Beehive, home of young Australian illustrator, Bee. Her cards and invitations are designed and printed in Melbourne.

On sale until Monday morning.

C2C - 6 more sleeps to go!

Print out onto white card and cut out. Just write and stick onto gift, or hole punch a hole in one corner and thread ribbon through so it can hang instead. Enjoy!

Countdown to Christmas.... 18 more sleeps!

The usual dilemma for most people... what do I do with all these cards? (the ones that you received over the Christmas / New Year holidays)

Options:

* MAKE SURE THEY GET RECYCLED INTO SOMETHING NEW
Visit the festive recycling website by PlanetArk for ideas.

* KEEP THEM (memories...)
In a box with anything else you want to keep from that occasion.
In a scrapbook of that years special stuff.

* ART & CRAFT
Cut out any pictures from the front of cards and use for scrap booking, art projects,
kids to play with, create mobiles...

* HANDMADE TREE DECORATIONS
Cut out any nice designs, stick another piece of card on the back along with some hanging
ribbon. You could even add sequins or glitter for that extra bit of festive sparkle!

* RE-USE, RE-CLAIM
Glue pretty paper on the inside of old cards to cover previous writing......
and send them again. (hmmm, back to the person who sent it to you the year before??)

So there you go!
If it is recyclable, please set the example to others by recycling where you can.
Leave me your comment about other ways you can use old greeting cards (and links to projects).

Countdown to Christmas.... 19 more sleeps!

At this time of year, many people are compelled to get it touch with those they know and love... usually by the 'Christmas card'.
It's funny how we get organised enough to write to 50 people all at the same time, but don't have time during the rest of the year to write 1 letter to these same people.
Better make it special then... and mean what you write!

Here are some ideas for you, about what type of greeting to send:

* Got a favourite photo to share? Make it into a postcard. (K-mart, Officeworks, Harvey Norman are a few places that let you do it yourself.)

* Send 100% recycled paper or tree-free cards made by environmental organizations or ones that give twice (like to charity organisations).

* Glue pictures from old cards or wrapping paper onto homemade or store-bought recycled paper to create new cards.

* Glue pretty paper on the inside of old cards to cover previous writing...and send them again.

* Make a greeting card from scrap paper, fabric or wallpaper.

* For short messages use a large leaf or flat stone. (use nature!)

* Send an E-card!
E-mail your friends a festive message with a Christmas picture instead of sending a card, it saves time, money and paper.

* Set up a space for the kids to make or decorate Christmas cards to give their friends.
All you need is cardboard, a few stickers, glitter glue, crayons or pens.

OR.... START A NEW TRADITION AND SEND NEW YEAR CARDS INSTEAD!
We started this tradition last year. We had a family photo done earlier in the year and I just made that the top of the letter and wrote about what we'd all been up to during the past year.
It was well received. Lots of people who we don't see often loved reading about our adventures and got to catch up with us without actually seeing us.
Plus there was no rush to get all the cards out by Christmas either! Bonus.

Welcome to new brand: Lisa Jones Cards

These cool cards are from the UK, printed on recycled paper using vegetable inks!
So now you can feel extra good when you send your next message or birthday greeting (and spread the green love!).

Kapok elephant
Bright colours and retro fabric patterns, there are 6 characters in this range.

Patterned Pals owl
Black and white folk-like patterns, there are 6 characters in this range.

I like the idea of collecting a few and framing them to hang on the wall as art!
You can even colour parts of the patterned Pals cards to suit your decor..... be imaginative.

Poppies For Grace... new stuff!

Just got a top up of Poppies stuff today.... always a pleasure!
Two Willows writing set is back in stock!!! (and it's on sale for Christmas too!)

Little gift tags for topping off the perfect present in Charlie (boyish animals) and Isobel (girlie animals). Only $3.50 each.
Also got recycled plain paper notebooks with brown craft covers. There's a tree design (below) and a flying birds one. A folder to slide little notes into is inside the back cover. Great for drawing, doodling, journal writing, to do lists....... I could fill a whole notebook with ideas! $9.00 each.