Do you love op shopping as much as we love op shopping? That’s a rhetorical question obviously as surely no one could, but if you think you’re up there with us then please do enjoy this op shop upcycling gold from Maddy at The Essentials Club – a gorgeously minimalist website featuring beautiful DIY fashion…
Dr Rebecca Ray is an writer, speaker and happiness enthusiast who’s been a clinical psychologist for over a decade. The author of three books (including her most recent release The Art of Self-Kindness), Rebecca challenged our conventional ideas of happiness back in Issue 38 of Peppermint. I don’t blame you if the word happiness ignites…
As winter continues to do what winter does best, ie make us crave carbs 24/7, we’ve got the most perfect recipe we could ever imagine – a dish that combines potatoes with bread in the most gloriously tasty carb-fest. Fittingly taken from the ‘Winter’ volume of The Fruitful Kitchen (beautifully designed cookbooks printed in small…
Sustainable living advocate Rebecca Sullivan has made an art form of natural living, with books on everything from edible flowers to using herbs for health and wellbeing, as well as running a ‘Granny Skills’ program that brings communities of women together to preserve the culture, skills, knowledge and traditions of our elders. Here, just in time…
They’re part of the family and pretty cute to boot, but how does reducing your waste translate to the furriest members of your family? Taking your pets along for the zero-waste ride is just one of the areas covered in Erin Rhoads’ new book ‘Waste Not Everyday’ – a compendium of simple tips designed to…
We LOVE it when we stumble upon someone doing something awesome in the sustainable fashion and lifestyle space, which is why we had smiles a mile wide when we found The Essentials Club – a website crammed with beautiful DIY fashion projects and sustainability tips and tricks, all wrapped up in one gorgeous, minimalist space. …
If you’re looking for the perfect throw-on-and-look-awesome frock, you need to look no further – it’s right here, in the fabulous form of the #pepperminteverydaydress. This exclusive, highly wearable pattern was created for us by In The Folds and is brought to you in partnership with our good friends at The Fabric Store – head…
With Cairns Indigenous Art Fair (CIAF) just a few short weeks away, these photos give a taste of what’s to come at the fashion performance – showcasing as they do the outfits of the Djunngaal Yarrabah Elders Group. ‘Djungaal’ is a Gunggandji word that means the action and sound of hitting water, and it’s also…
In the second of our extracts from Lauren and Oberon Carter’s ‘A Family Guide to Waste-Free Living’ – a book jampacked with simple, practical tips to help you embark on your own zero-waste journey – we’re giving you a couple of ways to ditch the plastic whilst smelling fresh as a daisy, with two awesome…
In Issue 41, we took an in-depth look at clean money – what it means, and why it matters. With Australian banks under scrutiny, a growing number of people are choosing to cash in on an alternative, altruistic financial system. Most of us trust a bank to manage our money when we’re not using it….
With so many clever sew-and-sews whipping up their very own Issue 41 Peppermint wrap skirt as part of #memademay, we thought it only fitting to feature a round-up of our some of our faves from the #peppermintwrapskirt hashtag on Instagram! From left to right: @crossgrainfabrics, @esthermakesadventures and @themindfulsewist From left to right: @wearethefabricstore, @hannahkmtaylor, @gldnage.of.sewing…
For Tasmanian couple Lauren and Oberon Carter and their children, going zero-waste resulted in their total rubbish from the last two-and-a-half years fitting comfortably into a small glass jar on their kitchen worktop. It wasn’t always like that though – as founders of Zero Waste Tasmania, they understand the trials and tribulations of going zero-waste,…