New art in shop

I have been doing a few canvasses to bring some new and different art to our shop - here are some pics of some recent ones.  The landscape is called 'Looking to Facing Island' and all these are in the shop.  The Kokeshi Doll canvasses and a mixture of painting and collage and were a lot of fun to do.  I will soon have some of these Kokeshi dolls on paper in shadowboxes.  These are very cute for a little girl's room...

I also have quite a few things on sale in my online shop, Click here if you would like to see what's on special.  These items are on sale online only. 

More new bits for October

Just wanted to post a couple of recent pieces I did for the lovely Lainie!

They were so fun to do, and I love how they turned out. They looked amazing on canvas.

I have also been playing with the art of 'papercutting', cutting a scene from a single sheet of paper. This is my latest piece, in the shop now.

Zebras

x Shannon

What's new in October at Pod Collective?

Japanese Chiyogami Shadowbox by Ruby Lime Design

Satchel bag by Ruby Lime Design

Wood owl wall hanging by Sharon Farcich

Vintage girl chasing butterfly shadowbox by Ruby Lime Design


Fascinators by Sacha Harrang

Cushions and badges by Ruby Lime Design

Ink and acrylic on canvas by Ruby Lime Design

Bright Bird acrylic painting by Ruby Lime Design

Illustration on old book page by Ruby Lime Design

Baby's bodysuit by Ali Bird

Handmade gifts for babies and young children

We have a lot of handmade products in our shop for babies and young children including toys, clothing & wall art. Here are a couple of pictures of some of the things I've been making...I have more available in my online shop www.rubylimedesign.com.au

What's new?

I (Toni Spencer) have been attempting to spend more time painting, these two canvas's are large, 1.2 metres by 1 metre. I had a lot of fun painting them - it felt great to be painting again - instead of just making candles! The first painting is called "Take Five" and the painting of the woman is called "Freedom."

Well we have drawn the winner of our hamper prize - but as she is away until next week we will have to wait until we tell her before announcing it! So watch the blog to find out who....

In our shop we have some new art by Toni Spencer - and Toni has also been making some other exciting new creations which make great gifts - come in and have a look in the Pod Shop.


In fact, everyone has been making new things, that's what makes our shop so interesting! I have been doing some satchel bags like these and am looking forward to my first Calliope market stall this Sunday!!

Come to our shop to have a chance to win great prizes!!!

Pod Collective Market Place shop is open
Friday 9am - 5pm
Saturday 9am - 2.30pm

See the details below to win some great prizes!!

Come into Pod Collective Market Place shop at the Boyne Plaza and enter the competition to WIN a total of $246.45 worth of great prizes - don't miss your chance!!

Don't forget we are open Friday 9-5 and Sat 9-2.30.

Fill out your details in our shop from Friday 21st August to go in the draw - prize will be drawn on Friday 19th September.

The prize hamper includes:

Hand painted wall art train clock by Sharon Farcich - value $30
Gift Voucher from It's a Snap - making more of your snapshots - taking your ordinary photographs and turning them into something special - value $50
Hand made chunky bead necklace and hand made soaps by Sachi Art - value $34.85
Hand made glass tile pendant and Eco fabric shopping bag from Ruby Lime Design - value $37.90
Soy candles and melts from Heaven Scent Candles - value $43.70
Hand made Kiss Clasp Purse & Baby Girl size 000 singlet and bloomer set from Ali Bird - value $50

You need to come into our shop and fill out your details and answer 2 questions about our shop to go in the draw. These are fantastic prizes to spoil yourself with - or keep some for Christmas gifts.

New Stock in the shop

Art pendant on leather cord


Oval canvasses with sparkling embellishments


A butterfly for your wall


Hand made clutch bags for the races - dinner - girls' night out



Fabric headbands in designer fabrics - big range of designs


Gorgeous gift boxes


Wood pendant with ball chain

Bird on a Branch

This is a work in progress .....
It is acrylic and penwork on on a 183 cm long x 61cm high canvas.
I am planning on adding
some red for that little spark!
If you are interested in the end result,
make sure you come back for a look!

One Lump or Two

I am having a bit of fun with the wonderful world of a child's imagination!

These tea bags have a little "tea leaf" handstitched on the front and have been created for those little people who love to have tea parties.

There's only one problem, where's the cake?

It's a Snap - Recent Project

A recent project, a birthday gift for the gorgeous Leah....her very own secret garden.


By combining several images of Leah, a beautiful background, and some glowing fairies, we created this gorgeous keepsake gift.

Ruby Lime Design

Hi there! I have updated my blogsite with some new products if you'd like to have a look, it's http://www.rubylimedesign.blogspot.com/ Sorry for being lazy and not putting it on here too, but one does have to try and get to bed before midnight sometimes.

Thanks to everyone who has been supporting our shop. We are all loving being there and really enjoy chatting with everyone who comes in. It is also very inspiring to get feedback from our customers about out products and keeps us motivated to keep coming up with new and interesting things.

We are planning a promotion soon so keep in touch with our blog for more info...

Also, thanks to everyone who has been asking after Toni. I saw her yesterday and she is looking great and feeling a lot better.

Toys

Some soft toys - the monsters are made with wool felt and backed with designer fabrics and the Sally doll has a soft body with her own designer dress and matching bag.

Jewellery

Mixed media collages

Ruby Lime Design

In case you hadn't noticed, I am into owls at the moment....

These owls are made with recycled denim and designer fabric and are appliqued and stretched over canvas to make bright and colourful wall art. These can also be custom made to match an Ali Bird child's quilt or baby throw rug.

Toni Spencer

Mini triptych sets

Pick and Mix Soy melts

As well as her amazing soy candles, Toni has now found some time to be creative with her artwork again. These are just 2 examples of her work which are now in the shop. These canvasses are bright and textural and there will be more to come....

Soy melts are also now available in a pick and mix form for only $1.00 each. You can select the fragrances you like and try some new ones.

Ruby Lime Design

Recycled bottle top necklaces

Chinese Pottery Shard pendants

Chinese pottery shard pendants with sterling silver, leather cord or beaded necklace

Designs by Ali Bird

Awesome model!

Baby throw rugs

Appliqued canvas satchel bag & hand screen printed shirts

Ali Bird has a range of designs for both women and children in our shop. From wrap skirts with one-off beautiful fabric combinations, to hand screen printed t-shirts and singlets, and baby throw rugs there are lots of original hand made products to choose from.

Vintage book art

Jewellery

As well as lots of colourful artworks, Sachi Art has some handmade earrings and bracelets and other jewellery, which is all excellent value for yourself or for gifts. Come in and check it all out!

Wall art for kids

This is just one example of some great colourful wall art we have in our shop by Sharon Farcich. There are heaps of designs and they are cut out and painted in many designs such as dolphins, mermaids, lizards and lots more with some colourful canvas designs coming soon....

This design is a great one for boys which has already been popular

Storybook Owl Collage

Japanese Yuzen papers and a vintage storybook - collage on watercolour paper

Hand made soaps

To complement our range of products we now have some beautiful smelling hand made soaps in our shop. These soaps are hand made in Australia and unlike commercial soaps they do not contain any animal products, propolene glycol or sodium laurel sulphate. Instead they use ingredients such as coconut oil, palm oil and essential oils for aromatherapy and well being.

The fragrances are sourced from ingredients such as organic lavender from the Mediterranean, organic peppermint from the virgin soils of Tasmania, Arquiletz clay from France and Australian bush clays.. the list goes on.

These soaps make a great addition to your gift shopping at only $4.95 each.

Shop opens

A gorgeous bunch of flowers from our friends Lainie and Vick
It's a Snap and Ali Bird

Heaven Scent Candles and Sharon Farcich wall art

Ruby Lime Design and Sachi Art

Here are some pics of our shop - we think it looks great. Thanks to all the people who came to have a look today and buy some local products! Our first day was excellent and we think we have brightened up the shopping centre, we all had a lot of fun.

As we are 6 indepedent businesses all in together, we can only take cash at this stage.

Thanks for all the local support!

Boyne Tannum Hookup 2009 weekend - Pod Collective Market Place opens

Pod Market Place is now open!

Come and see us at the Boyne Plaza opp Woolworths

We have a huge range of locally hand made art, jewellery, bags,designer clothing, baby items, cards, soy candles, kids wall art and clocks. We also have a graphic designer who can transform your photos into something magical.

We are open from 9-5 on 5th June and 9-2.30 on the 6th

Every Friday from the 12th June 9am-2pm and Saturdays from 9am - 2.30pm

Come and see us, meet the artists and designers and have a chat.

Pod members at Ecofest

Carolyne (Ruby Lime Design) and Ali Bird had a stall at Gladstone Ecofest today displaying their recycled creations. It was a great day, lots of people and a great response to the news about our shop opening next Friday. It was great to see lots of people from out of town there too, from Agnes Waters, Yeppoon, and lots of international tourists as well.

Here are some pics from today.

Oilcloth bags by Ruby Lime Design

These handbags come with a matching purse and a made from oilcloth by a Japanese designer - Etsuko Furuya in the Echino range. Hand made by Ruby Lime Design

Pod Collective Market - Boyne Island

Pod Collective recently held a one day exhibition and sale of all our creations at the Boyne Island Shopping Centre. We had such a great time and such a positive response we have decided to open the "Pod Collective Market" which will be open every Friday (9am-2pm) and Saturday (9am - 2.30pm) or by appointment. We are hoping to open on the 5th of June

We will have a great range of handmade and unique giftware, art, candles, jewellery, kids wall hangings, designer women's and children's clothing and accessories. We are excited to offer and outlet for our unique products locally and make our products more accessible to everyone in the area. Here are some pictures from our shop day and once our opening date is confirmed it will be posted on this site.