Earth Hour 2010
February 25, 2010 | Angela | General | No Comments
Lets do it ! It’s that time of year - Earth Hour is here again! This year, Earth Hour is on Saturday 27th March at 8:30PM. During Earth Hour,
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The Colour White
February 25, 2010 | Angela | Colour | No Comments
"For those colours which you wish to be beautiful, always first prepare a pure white ground" - Leonardo Da Vinci. White paint is white because it ref
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Thai Beef Salad
January 10, 2010 | Angela | Recipes | No Comments
This recipe was a huge success over christmas, ligh and tangy great for a Queensland christmas. Thanks to Lisa who tried it first. Preparation
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Earth Hour 2010
Lets do it ! It’s that time of year - Earth Hour is here again! This year, Earth Hour is on Saturday 27th March at 8:30PM. During Earth Hour, people throughout Australia and around the world will turn off their lights for one hour to send a powerful message to global leaders that we need ac
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The Colour White
"For those colours which you wish to be beautiful, always first prepare a pure white ground" - Leonardo Da Vinci. White paint is white because it reflects most light rays away from it. White paint can be made of many things. From chalk or zinc, barium or rice, or from little fossilised sea creature
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Thai Beef Salad
This recipe was a huge success over christmas, ligh and tangy great for a Queensland christmas. Thanks to Lisa who tried it first. Preparation Time: 10 minutes Cooking Time: 3 - 5 minutes Serves 4 - 6 500g Rump or Fillet Steak DRESSING: 1 clove garlic, crushed 2 teaspoons palm s
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Florence Broadhurst
Watched a great movie on Florence Broadhurst on the weekend. Like or Dislike her, Florence Broadhurst are bright and vibrant handprinted wallpaper from the late 50s to the mid 70s and she was a great marketer. Found a great video on You Tube with an interview with Gillian Armstong, Director o
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Marimekko fabrics
This one of my favourite Marimekko fabrics - Unikko Fabric Red. It is a classic fabric that has become more popular than even. I would wear it but also great as wallcandy art, cloth or for curtains. Marimekko fabrics are all screen printed, and designed by top Finland designers. The company st
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Colour “The Paintbox”
I am reading a wonderful book at the moment by Victoria Finlay "Colour, Travels through the Paintbox". This book was given to my by a friend last christmas with the inscription " this book was written for you" - how true and thank you for knowing me so well, I love colour in all forms from clot
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Colour –
Working with colour is still an important factor in design for a website for me. Gone are the days when you designed a great looking site with the use of HTML only and your biggest hurdle was to get the site to download quickly over a dial up connection - not photos over 10kb and the colurs had to
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Virtual Professional
Over the past couple of years I have contracted out to several not for profit organisations as their administrator. I incorporate this into my own business so work from a home office on my own. Which leads to the next comment- Understanding the Difference Between Working with a Virtual As
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