How this Sustainable Fashion Blogger Planned Her Carbon-Neutral Wedding
Weddings can cost an absolute, tear-inducing fortune. But there’s one cost that should be in every…
-
-
Why this Pioneering Ethical Fashion Label is “No Longer a Sustainable Brand”
The first fashion brand in the southern hemisphere to become Fairtrade certified, Etiko…
-
“It Shows Us What It Is That Is Worth Saving”: Aurora’s Five Songs for the Earth
“Our world and our environment have always been a heart matter for me.” So says Aurora Aksnes…
-
A Few New Year’s Re-Sew-Lutions from Some of our Favourite Sewists!
Congratulations everyone, we made it through 2022! However, as Smash Mouth so adroitly said, “The years start coming and they don’t stop coming,” and we now find ourselves staring down the barrel of 2023. We are not so hubristic as to attempt to claim “This will be our year!” but that doesn’t mean we can’t…
-
The Stitch Up – Pop the Champers and Cheers These December Makes
Ho-Ho-Hi there stitchy pals! As we draw close to the end of December it’s time to look back on 2022 and… well, probably say yikes…
-
A Long List of Good News That Happened in 2022
After spending a good portion of the year doom-scrolling, it’s pretty tempting to call 2022 a bin fire and leave it in the dirt. But, as always, humans find a way through the darkness and there was a whole lot of good news that happened. We think that’s worth celebrating. So, to end the year on…
-
Peppermint Book Club: 22 Books by BIPOC Authors You Need to Read
If there’s one thing better than curling up in your favourite nook with a page-turner of a book, it’d be gushing about your latest read with your closest friends. As JD Salinger’s protagonist says in The Catcher in the Rye, “What really knocks me out is a book that, when you’re all done reading it,…
-
Drink Responsibly This Festive Season with These 10 Sustainable Wine Brands
Somebody page Tim Minchin because we’re dreaming about ‘Drinking White Wine in the Sun’. The heartwarming ode to an Aussie Christmas touches on many deeply relatable themes: love, family and the sheer satisfaction of savouring a delicious glass of vino on a hot summer’s day. This festive season, and really at all times, we encourage…
-
Beach, Please… Everything You Need for a Sustainable Day in the Sun
The platonic ideal of a perfect summer’s day has got to include heading to the beach to soak in some essential sun, surf and sand. But what about the other essential S-word, sustainability? The beach is, not to state the obvious, a natural environment. And like all natural environments, we’ve got to be considerate of…
-
Sleigh, What! The Finders Keepers Market Is Coming to Sydney This Weekend
The Finders Keepers markets will be shining bright at The Cutaway, Barangaroo from the 9-11 December, 2022…
-
Hannah Diviney on Calling in Beyonce to Now Making Waves on the Small Screen
Hannah Diviney made headlines around the world earlier this year when she called in Beyonce…
-
Meet the Patternmaker Behind the Peppermint Rosalie Skirt
Get ready to swirl and twirl our latest free pattern, the radiant and ravishing Peppermint Rosalie Skirt! This exclusive, highly wearable pattern was created for us in collaboration with the marvellous Johanna Morris, the New Zealand-based patternmaker behind Forget-Me-Not Patterns. Johanna started Forget-Me-Not in 2019, irresistibly drawn by her passion for slow fashion and home sewing. …
