Launch of The Golden Paw Society – Freshly Found Was There!

Thanks to The Highway Mail for mentioning Freshly Found’s presence at the launch of the Golden Paw Society.  The theme of the event was recycling, which is where we fitted in.

I am so grateful to charities like the SPCA for the service they provide for recycling businesses like Freshly Found.

while I was there, I snapped some pics of the delightful venue.  Pop over to the Freshly Found Durban Blog to read about Marilyn’s Tea House at The SPCA

 

The Kloof and Highway SPCA launched their Golden Paw Society on 29 May at their premises in an attempt to get the community more involved and more aware about what goes on at the SPCA.
Barbara Patrick, manager of the Kloof and Highway SPCA said, “Our first priority is to get to know our community and get them to know more about us. We rely on the support of our community for finances and their time to help us.”
Marketing manager, Barbara Laubscher also emphasised the importance of getting the community involved. “We have a small staff and we need the community to become part of our family. We need the community to be our eyes and ears to report animal cruelty. There are also ways you can be involved however small from collecting coins, to donating clothing and items for the Village Green shops to spreading the good work of the SPCA to family and friends.”
The Golden Paw Society meetings will take place on the last Thursday of the month. The meetings are a way of providing feedback to the community about the SPCA’s latest projects, getting the community involved in the SPCA and letting the public get to know the faces behind the SPCA.
If you would like to become involved, contact Barbara Laubscher on 031 764 1212/3.

Washi Proteas

Today is the start of the annual ECR House and Garden Show.
Freshly Found proteas will be on display at the Washi Bug Stand. 

Each Protea is decorated with Washi tape from their range.  In particular, we used the recently launched Candy Stripe Protea Design by Surita Brink.

Follow Washi Bug on Facebook to keep up to date with events at the show.

Mixed Bunch of Proteas

A new option in the online store – a bright mixed bunch of Proteas!

The flowers are made up from a variety of coloured and painted recycled papers.
Each bunch consists of 7 proteas, 4 origami lilies and 5 feather leaves.

Freshly Found was delighted to donate 1 of these bunches to the Durban etsy craft party last week.

The bunch of proteas is long lasting and is great for home decor or for commercial reception areas.
The blooms have a very high recycled content and local crafters are involved in hand making them, so they have an appeal to those who are environmentally and community conscious.

Visit the Freshly Found Online Store to find out more

Thank You Thank You!

Big thank yous to some talented locals for coverage of the I Love Pop-Up-Shop at artSPACE in Durban. I am so delighted with the way they have captured our Freshly Found Products♥ (Click on the links to see the work of the other amazing exhibitors.) 

Gorgeous pic by Illustrator and Designer Fathima of Happines is…

Another Happiness Is… perspective

Lauren of Glossary and her camera made this beetroot dyed bloom sing

Lovely and light pic by Glossary

Creative Business guru Nadia vander Mescht has published a comprehensive article on Gen Motley’s curated space too.
More info and visuals on the artSpace website and Facebook Page.

Prehistoric Proteas

The paper proteas that we have been making have been such fun to design.  This ancient flower, which has been around since the days of Gondwanaland is also known as the Sugarbush or Suikerbos, because of the sweet syrup that can be harvested from some of them.

Using sticker backing paper, which is unrecyclable, because of its paper and plastic layer has been a challenge, as the plastic wax side resists all glue and paint. 
But the paper side has been a wonderful canvas to work on.  Some of the proteas have had their petals painted pink.
Christy Kiggan has worked to colour the petals of others in a different and more exciting way too.  She has used beetroot to make dye, and has dipped the petals in this dye, until the colour shows right through to the wax layer. In this closeup you can see the difference between both treatments [and the faint logo on the recycled paper]

These are all part of the new Freshly Found Recycled Paper Flower range, which will be launched at the Design Indaba Expo at the beginning of March.  
And this is where it has all been happening.  Here’s the work table.  Although it could be classified as messy, I had to take a pic .  I found the colours and rhythm of the petal shapes quite pleasing.