How to Avoid Overwhelm and Protect Wellbeing this Christmas
Christmas and the holiday season is a tough enough time of year already, let alone after the deluge of never-ending setbacks we’ve…
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#BuyBlak: A List of First Nations-Owned Businesses to Support this Christmas
Need inspiration for the coolest gifts this festive season? We’ve rounded up some of our favourite 100% First Nations-owned brands…
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Have Yourself a Crafty Little Christmas This Year…
Saying Christmas has become an over-commercialised holiday is a bit like saying water is wet or global warming is a serious concern that requires immediate drastic action. It’s like… yeah, duh. But Christmas isn’t about buying a bunch of unnecessary trinkets to be disposed of come January, it’s about peace and love and family and…
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“Where Were the People I Recognised as Sewists?”: Meet the Patternmaker
Sunny days are here to stay with our latest free pattern – the Peppermint Skye Shorts – a dashing pair of swinging swing shorts. This exclusive, highly wearable pattern was created in collaboration with the brilliant British patternmaker Mandi Bharij from Make With Mandi and is brought to you in partnership with our good friends at…
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Introducing the Peppermint Sustainable Shopping Guides: Brisbane Edition
Welcome to the first Peppermint Sustainable Shopping Guide – a carefully curated resource designed to help you discover the best places to visit and shop your values! We love an online shop as much as the next pyjama-clad scroller, but really is there anything sweeter than visiting a real life bricks-and-mortar store? We know that…
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Cut It Out! Create These Cute Papercut Art Cards Just in Time for Christmas
Nothing beats the meditative practice of cutting out paper and Studio Flos‘ Claire Cassidy has it down to a fine, carefully cut art. With Christmas and all its consumerist ways around the corner, we’ve teamed up with our pals at Fiskars (the leader in all things scissors) along with Claire – a multidisciplinary artist and…
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Have Some Old, Leftover Fabric? Who You Gonna Call? Scrap Busters!
Picture this… You finish a fabulous sewing project and you bought just the right amount of material. All that’s left are scraps – not large enough to make another big ticket item out of, but also not small enough for you to throw away without qualm. You put them away, perhaps in a nice box…
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Best of the Month: Inside the Metaverse, Tie Dye Fails and Letting Go of the Grinch
It’s time for another edition of The Monthly Mint – a chance for you to join in the Peppermint office chat about all the things we’re loving and living for each month. Here at Peppermint we’re forever on the hunt for the best in sustainable reads, eats and wears to inspire you all. But have you…
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How Your Phone Can Help Make a Difference to the World
Scrolling on TikTok, sliding into someone’s DMs or simply giving your mum a call to complain about your day are all seemingly…
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“Art Come To Life”: Luke John Matthew Arnold’s Joyous Collab with Gorman
Known for colourful prints, artist collabs and playful cuts, it’s probably a bit of an understatement to say that Gorman has built…
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Can Your Morning Routine Make You a Better Person?
Embracing a daily routine doesn’t have to involve waking up at 2.30am and eating three turkey burgers for second breakfast…
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The Good Bean: Get Your Fix of Fairtrade Coffee
With the support of Fairtrade Australia New Zealand, small-scale growers in PNG are tackling climate change…
