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Meet the Maker: The Pickled Wife

Meet the Maker: The Pickled Wife

What a year it has been!  After a long hiatus due to COVID-19, it now seems like the right time to bring you the second chapter of our Meet the Maker series, where you get the chance to learn more about our carefully curated brands. Today we sit down with the lovely Christine Fishwick for a chat about her family business, The Pickled Wife. Small Batch: We love a good origin story! Tell us how The Pickled Wife began.Christine: I guess all things Pickled Wife began one lazy Sunday afternoon sitting on the deck of our friend's winery, who had friends visiting from Perth. I'd prepared an assortment of grazing boards full of local fare along with some of my condiments for everyone to share, along with our our...

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Meet the Maker: Otto & Spike

Meet the Maker: Otto & Spike

Otto & Spike is as much about a place as a product.  Les Mananov has been knitting in Brunswick since 1960 when, at the age of 16, he bought his first knitting machine, rented a shopfront in Nicholson Street and wrote a sign on a bit of cardboard. Over the years the L M B knitwear business grew and moved locations but always remained in Brunswick. The second-generation family business used to produce woollen garments for others: womenswear labels and surf brands, but gradually their contracts dried up as most garment businesses moved their production offshore.  Les, his son Anthony and...

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Who likes an origins story...Valentine’s Day!

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Who likes an origins story...Valentine’s Day!

We have to admit that we thought Valentine’s Day was a fairly modern invention, maybe started by Hallmark to sell greetings cards along with red roses and teddy bears. It was interesting to look into the history behind this day and discover that it has its origins in the Roman festival of Lupercalia, held in mid-February.  The festival, which celebrated the coming of spring, included fertility rites and the pairing off of men and women by lottery!!! At the end of the 5th century, Pope Gelasius I replaced Lupercalia with St. Valentine’s Day. It came to be celebrated as a...

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WE MAKE IT A CINCH TO SUPPORT LOCAL THIS MOTHER'S DAY!

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WE MAKE IT A CINCH TO SUPPORT LOCAL THIS MOTHER'S DAY!

What a whirlwind of excitement it's been for the past few weeks!Easter, school holidays, ANZAC Day and 3 lovely public holidays.In all of that action, it may have escaped your attention that Mother's Day is coming up.....in just over a week!Being mums ourselves (to 4 little boys under the age of 7), we feel like the #1 priority for Mother's Day is to make the mums in your life feel like a queen for the day.Flower crowns are optional (but pretty!) *shout out to our friends at Hey There Poppy for these ones* This could involve:a sleep in,a cup of tea or breakfast...

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WHY WE DON’T DO HAMPERS

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WHY WE DON’T DO HAMPERS

Have you ever worked in an office and the IT company or HR consultant sends a gift hamper for the office to share? And after the ribbon and cellophane come off, you’ve got peanuts or slightly stale pretzel sticks or something equally as crappy to choose as your “share” in the gift?

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