madeit
November 7, 2007
Do you love all the fun and funky handmade goodies that you find at all the great markets? Then you are going to LOVE madeit.
madeit is an online community where you can buy, sell and talk independent. It started life as a directory for independent Australian designers and has evolved into a colourful marketplace where you will find an amazing array of wonderful products and talented designers. Jewellery, Bags & Purses, Homewares and a whole lot more. Their directory boost over 130 Australian designers and growing.
madeit is proudly Australian owned and operated. Selling is restricted to Australian Designers only, but anyone is welcome to purchase.
You could spend hours browsing around the beautiful items, all original, handmade with love right here in Australia and nothing like you will find in a department store.
Attention Bargain hunters
November 2, 2007
Who doesn’t like grabbing a bargain, and saving some money. Especially at this time of year, when it seems like our wallets are constantly haemorrhaging money.
I love getting junk mail, all the fab catalogues could nearly be the best part of Christmas for me. Pouring over all the nifty things, and checking out who has what for how much. What’s even better, these days you can read them on most of them online.
Catalogue Central provides the most up-to-date retail catalogues online so there is no need to ever miss a sale. View all your favourite store catalogues online, their site makes browsing or searching easier than ever. As an added bonus, when you sign up you go into the draw to win $3000.
Another great site for finding a bargain is OzBargain. Here you can share specials and bargains with other shoppers. There are some really fantastic specials coming through here, and you get usually hear about the sales and special offers earlier. If you get in and share some bargains that you find, you have the chance to win one of two $20 prizes each week.
Australian toy recalls
August 15, 2007
There has been disturbing number of toy recalls in the last few week due to dangerous toys in the marketplace.
Today Mattel has announced yet another recall, 18 million toys including more than 460,000 in Australia, citing injuries to at least three children who swallowed small magnets that had broken loose.
2 weeks ago Fisher-Price toys, also made by Mattel, recalled characters including Dora the Explorer, Sesame Street’s Ernie and Barney the Dinosaur after they were found to be coated in dangerous levels of lead.
Last month there were the recall of the a popular range of Thomas the Tank Engine toys again due to toxic lead in their paintwork.
What on earth are these companies thinking, allowing lead paint to be used in the manufacture of our children’s toys?
For infomation of the various recalls and which products are effected
Mattel Polly Pocket and Cars recall
Fisher Price Dora and Sesame Street recall
Thomas the Tank Engine recall
Information on latest Bindeez recall
Personalised Greeting Cards
August 10, 2007
Birthdays, Mother’s and Father’s Day, Valentines Day or just to say I love you. There are greeting cards these days for just
about everything. According to the Australian Greeting Card Association, Australians consume 22 cards per person per annum. That is a lot of greeting cards! But at the end of the day, they are very similar and they don’t give many options for adding your personal touch, saying what you really want and making them something special.
Moonpig personalised greeting Cards are different. Moonpig offers a selection of over 7000 cards, covering just about every occasion you can think of. What makes Moonpig different is all their cards can be personalised, the messages on the front and inside the card, to include the details of the recipient and your own message. Some you can even upload and include your own photographs.
Perfect for Father’s Day which is coming up on the 2nd of September. They have a big range of cards just for Dad.
Prices start from only $5.95. They can post your card directly to your recipient or back to you. Service is fast. I ordered a card yesterday afternoon and was very surprised to receive it in the mail today and the card looks great!
Moonpig personalised greeting Cards
Shop till you drop!
July 3, 2007
Well, it is that time of year again. Can you believe how fast it has gone! You better get in quick,there is only 175 days till Christmas girls. This time of year is junk mail addicted Christmas!
So it is toy sale time again, the big 4 a getting ready. It seems every year gets bigger and bigger.
Big W Toy Sale
Starts Thursday 5th - Wednesday 18th July. The Catalogue is 124 pages! but have yet been able to find this on line, they are leaving it a little late. I’d say it will be out today or tomorrow. Will let you know when we find it.
Kmart Toy Sale
Kmart’s toy sale is also starting 5th July-18th July. You can check here to see if your store opens at 12:01am on Thursday (that is just a little too crazy for me LOL) The catalogue is 56 page and on line now! Didn’t seem to be much information on Layby terms, if you have any ideas, let us know.
Target Toy Sale
Target’s toy sale starts 19th July-29th July. The catalogue is on line now, but without the prices until Friday 13th July. I must say I am really enjoying the new Target catalogue layout, much quicker and easier. As with the others, I couldn’t find any information on No despoit layby, just Christmas eve pick up, and no deposit with Coles Myer card.
Some stores will also be open from 12:01am.
Myer Toy Sale
Myer’s Toy Sale is on now. 25th June-18th July
Cheap airfares in Australia-How to get the lowest price flights
June 29, 2007
Over the past few years, the cost of domestic airfares has been decreasing with new competition entering the market. With prices so low, why would you not want to take the opportunity to see our beautiful country. Here are a few tips to make sure you are getting the best price possible on your airfares.
There are 3 main Australian domestic airlines
- Qantas (usually not really great value for domestic flights)
- Jetstar which is Qantas’s budget airline
- Virgin Blue
Be flexible with the times and dates you want to travel. Travel mid week and out side of peak times is most often cheaper. If you are more flexible about the times and days you wish to travel you will be sure to save money.
Book your flights early not only do you avoid disappointment of your desired day and time being sold out. The earlier you book, the cheap your airfares will be.
Sign up to all the major airlines newsletters to be first to hear about special offers, discounts and sales which are available quite often. Last month I got flights with Jetstar for only $3 each way for my family, it was a newsletter members only deal that ran for 3 hours. So it certainly pays off to be on their mailing list.
The draw back with these sales are often that the sites get bogged down with so much traffic, it can be very hard to get a booking through. If you get in quickly, have a good broadband connection and some patients, you should be fine.
Also keep an eye out for Tiger Airways which is set to hit the Australian domestic market towards then end of 2007, beginning of 2008. They have been quoted as saying they will be offering single digit domestic fares, so that will definitely be something to watch out for. The other airlines will also have some super sales on, to try and compete.
Airfare aggregators such as Webjet are also great for helping you find the cheapest fares. Input your details of where and when you want to go and Webjet will query all the relevant Airlines to find you the cheapest fare available for that time and destination. They also have a mailing list that would be worth joining for specials and discounts on a whole rang of travel products, not just airfares.
Jetstar has recently annouced a price guarantee policy. If you find a published internet airfare on another airline that is lower than the lowest available JetSaver fare on jetstar.com they will send you a Jetstar voucher for double the fare difference. Obviously conditions apply, check their site for details.
Little Ears storybook magazine
June 3, 2007
Little Ears have produced a first of its kind in Australia, a storybook in magazine format. It is designed, written and illustrated by Australians for Australian families. The magazine is complementing the existing storybook market as an easy, regular alternative that takes the hassle out of sourcing good material to read to children. The target market is parents, grandparents and carers of children aged between 3 - 6 years old. There is flexibility in this age category because older children will be interested in some of the stories we offer. Also, kids will be at different reading levels even if they are the same age.
Little Ears will be launching a free electronic preview of the magazine from June 4. It is available at www.LittleEars.com.au. We are encouraging people to look at the preview and then sign up for a subscription. If they are one of the first 100 people to do this they will receive a free hamper of gifts for their kids and themselves. The annual cost of a subscription is $55.00 for 6 issues.
For those people who subscribe and are not part of the 100 first registrations, there is another offer. Sign up together with a friend and receive 20% off the subscription price. This offer is valid until December 30, 2007.
eBay Services
April 28, 2007
Have you seen the new eBay services? As the name suggests, it is a section of eBay for selling services. It has been only been running for a few weeks, but looks really interesting.
There are Wedding planners, maids and cleaners, personal trainers, business services, builders, beauty therapists..and the list goes on and on.
I have already purchased a service, it was actually something I was considering buying and bought it on eBay services for 1/2 the normal price.
If you hurry, they are offering free listings until midnight April 30th if you have a qualifying service to offer.
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