G Magazine

G Magazine recently requested our colourful tea-towels for a product review. I am delighted that they have selected the Thea & Sami Rose Fretwork tea-towel for their "Kitchen Capers" page in the current July/August Issue.

Our eco tea-towels are made of hemp or hemp blends and only hand-printed with water-based and toxic-free inks.



G Magazine is Australia's green living magazine and is published bi-monthly. Features in this issue include articles on Waterless Car Washing, Solar Panels and Alternatives to Conventional Dry Cleaning.



I am slowly listing new products this week on my on-line store. And I mean that I AM LISTING them myself. This is a really big deal as I am finally conquering my fear of Dreamweaver.



PS. I will have plenty of yummy tea-towels for sale this week at the Portside Boutique Markets.

Note: Tea towel prices have gone up slightly since G Mag went to print.

Vintage Clothes Rack

The Young Designers Markets are on again this Sunday at Brisbane's Southbank. I have always felt that these are THE markets in town to find the best of local talent AND they are now a monthly event which I am especially excited about.



A few weeks ago, I scored this vintage clothing drying rack or whatever this is (does somebody know?)



I tried it out today as a display stand for my hand-printed linen and hemp tea-towels. What do you think?



Look out for the Thea & Sami stand if you are visiting and please say hello. On offer will be craft packs, fabrics, homewares and some organic clothing.

Oh and we have now added a currency converter to our on-line shopping store to make things easier for our international buyers. Keep checking as we are adding new products weekly.

Will I see you at the Young Designers Markets?

Organic Gift and Wrapping

Hemp tea-towels make a wonderful environmentally friendly gift wrap. Hemp has the advantage of being naturally resistant to bacteria and mould even after several washings. While these towels are not certified organic, hemp is a weed so grows well without the use of pesticides and will quickly regrow once cut, making it very sustainable. As the strongest natural fibre, it will last for many years.

This idea is courtesy of the lovely Rita, a client of mine who buys our hand-printed tea-towels to wrap around wine bottles. I am going a step further by choosing a certified organic wine. We are very fortunate in Australia to have wonderful vineyards and many of the smaller ones are now growing their grapes organically, without chemicals.



So for a lovely guilt-free hostess or party gift, begin by choosing a hemp or organic cotton tea-towel, an organic wine and some hemp twine. I purchased my twine from my local organic food store.



I am using the Thea & Sami Mexican Climber hemp tea-towel as the design is reminiscent of grape vines. Fold the towel wrong side out so when wrapped, you can fold over the border (see final image).

Place the bottle inside the towel and wrap. This step is very important otherwise if you wrap the towel around the bottle without enclosing it, the towel can easily slip off and the bottle may tragically crash to the floor.



Use the hemp twine to secure the towel and then fold over to style a collar. You now have a very impressive gift with wrapping that will be treasured for many years to follow.

Please feel free to comment if you find a better way to wrap your tea-towel.

Please note that this tea-towel is no longer available. For other tea-towels in our range, click here.