Green is everywhere in nature. Blue and Yellow mixed together makes green. Green has great healing power. It is the most restful color for the human eye; it can improve vision. Green suggests stability and endurance.
All green stuff is on sale this week at the shop!Yay! Share your green stories and comments with us.... is green your favourite colour?
(Doing mine now as I won't be around tomorrow to do it!) I have a few works in progress.... it is how I work.... and I have no idea when they will finish themselves! Anyway, here are the beanies half done....
They're made out of old knitted jumpers and cardigans. They're all sewn up, just waiting for inspirational embellishments. Possibly next Winter.... unless someone sees one they MUST have!
These two have pockets on them. (Pockets are from the original jumper, I just cut around them.) They are waiting for their over locked hems..... where IS that over locker?!
Look what I found! It's going to be a cushion cover. Using different types of wool in a range of reds (when ever the half used balls of wool run out is when I change textures..... or I'd be knitting air wouldn't I? Or would I? Must try that next time.....). My plan is to do an orange one and a pink one too. That will probably take another couple of Winters!
One of the brilliant chefs in our family text me this recipe this morning... on the subject of orange! These are his words, quick and easy. Try it if you like and let me know how you go.....
9 eggs 500gms almond meal 375gm sugar 3tsp baking powder 1tsp vanilla essence pinch of cinnamon or allspice, if you like 4 oranges 2 lemons
boil oranges and lemons in water until soft, changing water 3-4 times, seeds removed blend altogether until smooth bake 165c for 40 mins or so, until a skewer inserted in the center comes out clean.
Leading out to the back yard, we battle with plastic string beads that hang from the door. We love them, but sadly, they don't keep the flies outside!
These flowers (the name escapes me....) grow happily in our vegetable garden. They protect the cabbage from nasty invaders. Sorry to be so vague, but I am not able to check my info and don't want to lead you down the 'wrong' garden path..... Anyway, they are hardy and great for companion planting!
Our fabulous orange tree! We have two actually and they are THE best oranges in the world!! You would know this fact if you have tasted them. They are so sweet. No shortage of vitamin C around here!
I'm kicking off the colour series with my favourite!
Orange.
Orange is known for it's vibrancy and energy. It's made up of red and yellow. It's a fruit. Orange increases oxygen supply to the brain, produces an invigorating effect, and stimulates mental activity. It's a hot colour on the colour wheel. It's opposite is Purple. It's bpab's main colour!
Through the week we'll explore Orange through pictures, art work and words. You can join in too by adding your views on Orange.
The shop will have Orange items on Sale this week too! Yay!!
Hey there! Welcome to August - the last month of Winter (in my part of the world anyway!). We have been enjoying the cool weather this year.... surrendering to layers of clothing, hot chocolate drinks, even cooking outside in the chiminea (roast vegies and damper). Spring is peeking her head up here and there, as blossoms start to appear, the sun shines a bit more frequently and we get the chance to play at the dewy wet play ground now and again. Lovely! Anyway, time for some news etc... Have a beautiful August, Monica @ bpab
Pram Outings off to UK
Well, the talented girls that are Pram Outings are relocating themselves (and business) to England! We will still be stocking there beautifully quirky clothing and giant softies and supporting there venture whole heartedly. I'll be keeping in touch with Pascal and Kim so we will have new things in the future.
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Monstar Kids Spring / Summer (sneak peek)
Some cool threads will be hitting the bpab virtual shelves in September.... Does anyone want to pre-order any items? I won't be stocking the whole collection, so if you'd like to have a proper look at all the clothing on offer for summer, please email me and I will send you the pics. I'd need orders in quickly. Aren't I nice?!
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NEW STUFF IN:
Poss Bloss (new brand)
I've been blogging about Jodie's stuff already, so to read more on Jodie the PVC queen....... ***Comp: buy something from the Poss Bloss range of creative mess (protective) gear this month and you may get your purchase for free! Yes, we'll refund the cost of your Poss Bloss purchase (not postage though). Only 1 lucky duck will win!
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Still feeling a bit on the chilly side?
There are some hand knitted scarves and some limited edition beanies (that were once jumpers!) under the Made for bpab label.
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Opinions on products mailing list
You may already be on the Opinion list and if so Thank You for your valuable input! We are getting summer shoes in store sometime in August and at the moment we're deciding on a family organiser pack.
If you are not on THE list and want to have a say on potential products (plus special deals to do with them), email me with "I wanna say!" in the subject line. I'll then get back to you with more info. I'd really appreciate your help!!
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Just for fun, I'm starting a COLOUR theme a week kinda thing!
Every Monday morning (better remember this!) I'll kick off a colour for the week. I'll be exploring the colour through out the week AND the shop will celebrate the colour with SALE items of said colour too!
You can join in by leaving me comments (at the rainbow blog) on anything to do with the colour of the week or send me an email of photos / comments celebrating this colour. Hope you find it fun and let me know your favourite colour when it comes up!!
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Lastly......
You will be receiving an email from me in the coming months to find out if you want to be on the newsletter list and some other stuff too. It will be a long process, so I hope you don't mind when you get an out of the blue email that's not a newsletter. Thanks for your support in all things related to bpab, it's lovely to know there are many beautiful people out there in this crazy world we live in! Enjoy...........
