Racecourse Road Street Party this Sunday......

The Racecourse Road Street Party is part of the annual Brisbane Festival that is currently in full swing. It's on this Sunday 20th September at Racecourse Road, Ascot/Hamilton from 10am until 5pm.


Come along for a fantastic day with free live music across four stages, an abundance of food, craft and art market stalls, music and dance workshops and lots more. Click here and here to find out lots more info.

Of course Little Diva Designs will be there in amongst the Market stalls. In fact, there will be quite a large contingent of BrisStyle stall holders and we've even managed to secure stalls together outside the St Augustine's Church Hall (home of the BrisStyle Independent Designer Markets). Look out for the special BrisStyle balloons !!!


I'll be sharing a stall with the lovely Mimoo so come and say hello to us...

and the winning idea is......

...actually there's two winning ideas because I combined a bit of both:

Faith Hope and a whole lotta Love and Jessi. Congratulations ladies.... Send an email to me at littlediva @ aapt.net.au and I'll get you to choose your prize - a ring of course !!

So here it is, I really liked Jessi's idea of the photo frame with the nails to hang the rings individually but decided to use my mini pegs to attach them instead....


and then I also loved the idea of using a "wooden trinket display cabinet thingy" (love the wording there - he he) from Faith Hope and a whole lotta Love.

I was stoked when I went searching through the cupboards to find something to use and I came across these fabulous Royal Selangor boxes which used to house my husbands 21st Pewter Mugs (which thankfully are now on display in the bar downstairs!).



I took all the bits and pieces of foam out, found some paint in pink and green - which coincidentally happened to be the exact same colour of pink and green as the bowls I originally used as my ring displays - and gave them a couple of coats of paint.


So, I love it because I still get to use the rice idea and also get to use my mini pegs. I also have less to cart around now as I can keep the rice in the boxes, instead of a separate container, and the rings that are pegged can also stay there.


What do you think?



If you live in Brisbane and want to see my little creations and also my range of rings in person, I'll be at the Racecourse Road Street Party, Hamilton/Ascot, this Sunday (just outside the St Augustine's Church Hall). Otherwise, I'm hoping to have time to list some of the rings in my Made It store next week.



Thanks again to everyone for taking the time to share your fantastic ideas. There were other ideas I really liked too but I just didn't have the time or patience to pull them off!!

I need your creative brains.... and you could win too!!

I need some creative help here people !! I had my new rings displayed on my market stall yesterday and thought they looked pretty cool sitting in their bowls of rice - lots of comments too but I do admit that it's not my own original idea. Anyway, the only problem with the bowls is you can't actually see what's in them unless you are standing right there:


As the rings aren't just for little kiddies, I need to display some so that those strolling past can see them and (hopefully) be drawn into my stall rather than walking on by thinking it's all just for little girls !!



My first thought was to just buy a ring holder like this one below,


but I don't really want to spend more money on display items and I'm sure I (or one of you) can come up with something amazing and handmade by me.


So your challenge is: Create an idea for me to make something from materials I would most likely have at home (or can buy at a reasonable price). ie. I have these cute mini pink pegs that I could use to attach to something ??


The best part is, if I use your idea, I'll send you a ring of your choice as a memento... he he.

So get thinking everyone as I have another market this Sunday, Racecourse Road Street Party at Ascot, so I need to make it this week.... Can't wait to see what you all come up with!!