Here are some small Tasmanian home-based businesses with quality, home-produced products. Great buys for using yourself or for a gift for a friend!
Look for us at
Hobart's Salamanca Market
held every Saturday from 8 am till 3 pm....
Or contact the business as below:
beautiful handmade silver jewellery and spoons.
Wendy also stocks the delicious fudges made by
"Bruny Island Fudge Co"
Look for her at Salamanca Market, under the trees beside Parliament House.
Stay warm this winter with a colourful Pure wool felt hat or scarf
made by Simone and Stephanie of
Felt Mad in Margate, Tasmania....
Phone 0409 671 340 or 0409 396 550
email <treebud@bigpond.com>.
<http://www.feltmad.com>
And do ask about their new range of Goat's Milk beauty products when you talk to them!
Not a Tasmanian, and not at Salamanca Market... but well worth checking out if you are looking for a special gift for one of your women friends!!
BLISS for WOMEN
Level 1/245 Lonsdale Street, Melbourne, Australia,
Ph 61+3+9639 1522 .
If you are in Melbourne call in, or, for long-distance shopping, look at their website at <http://www.bliss4women.com> for a wonderful range of products and services especially for women.
Two courageous women have recently written their stories of rape and recovery. Their stories are stories ALL women should hear. They are about abusive men and about women experiencing suffering and trauma; but they are also testimonies to healing and strength. These two stories are about a subject which our society rarely discusses. The huge, untold story of women being used and abused by men who are behaving in ways absolutely unacceptable to our society's values and beliefs, yet these men are often protected by the veil of secrecy.
Under our current laws "Justice" requires invasive "medical proof" and "evidence" of "rape". We force a woman to stand in Court to protest she did not "submit"; while the perpetrators are "innocent until proven guilty".... little wonder that so many deeply traumatised women stay silent in the face of this crime against them. Yet their healing requires their story being told. Requires society to say "these men are NOT behaving in acceptable ways". Their healing requires them to reclaim their ability to choose, reclaim control in their lives and reclaim self-approval/love.
Evelyn and Chloe tell two very different stories. By making their stories available on this website, we are making it possible for their voices to be heard, their truths told. We also trust that it will help other women. Other rape survivors may be encouraged on their journey of recovery and healing. Just one other woman may learn how to be safer in our world! And we trust that ALL of us will campaign for changing current legislation.
Please read these stories, cry with Evelyn and Chloe, grow with them, and grow in your own experience of womanhood and your own commitment to the safety of all people in our society.
As a mum of three I am really happy about your site and your products. I am a small scale Tasmanian family owned business connecting the local growers of natural fibres with the local craft people.
I keep angora rabbits for their 'wool' and am the only person selling angora baby hats in the country.
The angora rabbit is a rare breed and I nurture my bunnies like members of the family. I disagree with the cruel 'intensive farming practices' of angoras in China and New Zealand and choose to raise my bunnies in a loving, social and natural environment where they grow plenty of 'wool' for them selves and us. Their fur is trimmed four times a year in a gentle manner. They are never restrained and shorn like commercial producers do.
Angora is the finest, softest and warmest natural fibre available perfect for tiny babies in winter, elderly people with arthritis or people like myself who just love to feel the softness of guilt free fur. My bunnies are never harmed !
I spin the yarn myself and have local knitters who can make anything to order for any one who asks. I even tell you the name of the bunny that provided the soft fur for each garment.
I work in with my local gardening group. They provide my bunnies with their excess garden greens and the bunnies give them rich manure for their veggie patches.
Not all of this info is on my site yet but you are welcome to browse my site and ask me questions.
Yours Sincerely,
Lil Valentine.
My name is Jenny Kilvert, I run a charity group called Alice Kilvert Tampon Alert from Manchester, UK. It is named after my daughter Alice, who died of Toxic Shock Syndrome in 1991. We aim to alert people to the dangers of tampons and in particular to TSS.
This link is for women who want to try sewing their own cloth menstrual pads.... she shows two different designs, suitable for straight sewing or overlocking machines. Clear instructions and a pattern.
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