The Big Shwop Blog

Getting away, and back, to it all

thebigshwop — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 01:45:03 +0000

And we are back! Hope you all had spectacular summer breaks filled with love, light and peace. We abandoned our garden here in Wellington and trotted off up to Northland, and then down to Nelson. It was great – we glamped in Kerikeri at Pagoda Lodge for a friends wedding and then took to ramming earth into some tyres to help build an earthship at another friends place in Nelson. Well, to be honest, I did no such ramming, my husband Marcus did, but tomayto, tomatoe.

Any time we were in a small town on a weekday, I delighted at scouring through old-school opportunity shops. They really are the best. Not much can beat a pair of trousers for $1, not much at all. Except perhaps a zebra patterned ra-ra skirt. I know – brilliant. I will share with you all some of my best finds in the next few days.

Now we are home again, and its time to get back to it again. The lawns are long, the vegetables are doing their gosh-darn best to make it out of the weeds, but might just need some help and there’s a small man’s birthday party to plan. And I have a stack, I mean a STACK of amazing eco-things bookmarked to share with you all. So lets get back on with it, shall we?

Time out Shwoppers

thebigshwop — Wed, 21 Dec 2011 20:39:53 +0000

I am taking my hands off this dashboard and having a break. Hope you all have super festive seasons and joyful New Years’ surrounded my your nearest and dearest. See you in 2012 Shwopaholics!

Reverse graffiti

thebigshwop — Wed, 21 Dec 2011 20:22:38 +0000

One mural completed at the Stuk Arts Centre, Belgium. Materials needed? Water and one mossy wall. Result? Brilliant.

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We’d blogged about moss graffiti before. Love.

You’re one fixy looking fox!

thebigshwop — Sun, 18 Dec 2011 19:30:54 +0000

Our lovely friend Emma over at Fixy is running a wee competition that we thought you might wanna look at. Its super easy – simply trot off to their facebook page and refer to the competition tab on the left. Winner gets a five-trip Servilles style express card! Surely the perfect way to ensure you have your hair looking resplendent for the most important occasions in your Party Season. Get over there quick – entries close tomorrow.

Shwoproject: fresh gift wrap ideas

thebigshwop — Sun, 18 Dec 2011 19:30:14 +0000

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I just spied this article on fresh ways to wrap your gifts. I wish I had spied it earlier, as I had already ploughed ahead with a wee kids watercolour set and belted out these:

I am kind of pleased with them but I was in an 11pm flap and as a result they are a bit of a mess, as is the coffee table. Next year its going to be all about the silver pen.

Have a squizz at Pinterest too if you are hankering after some green ways to wrap your gifts. Its awash with (eco)festive shenanigans.

Happy Sundays people!

thebigshwop — Sat, 17 Dec 2011 20:15:13 +0000

Its five years old, and 13 million people have watched it, but I only just caught up with this great ode to the joy of Tetris. The hours I used to play on my sisters Tetris handheld. This made me smile a lot. Happy Sundays people!

TGIF: Desk Boogie

thebigshwop — Fri, 16 Dec 2011 03:01:23 +0000

just bop on down people!

and if you liked that, you’ll be loving this , Apologies for the lack of video, but by jingos what a tune! Thanks DJ Misteek for getting me onto this nugget.

Photo Booth Fun at The Big Shwop 2011

thebigshwop — Thu, 15 Dec 2011 23:00:05 +0000

Thanks heaps to the fabulous people at Photo Booth Fun for bringing along their side order of good times to The Big Shwop last Sunday. So many great pictures of shwoppers enjoying themselves – what a divine bunch they all are too! All the photo strips are available to view at Photo Booth Fun’s gallery.

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Giveaway announced: ecostore bodycare pack

thebigshwop — Thu, 15 Dec 2011 19:49:07 +0000

Thanks to all The Big Shwop Blog readers who entered the ecostore giveaway that we had last week. We used our favourite random comment generator. Sarah won a fantastic stash of body care products to keep her skin all lovely and pretty all summer. Nice work Sarah!

PS. I don’t just wink at perfect strangers generally. But my first name is Sarah too and I am compelled. Hope you dont be minding!

Occupy Christmas

thebigshwop — Thu, 15 Dec 2011 08:25:23 +0000

click to go to the facebook group for 'Occupy Christmas'