Turtle and Rose Creations

15/10/2026

This coming Saturday we will be setting up at the Tuggeranong Uniting Church's SpringFest. Hope to see you there!

08/10/2026

04/09/2026

07/08/2026

We're preparing for several markets over the next few months, so we visited Thor's Hammer | Canberra Recycled Timber Experts to pick up some reclaimed timber. After many dimensioning cuts, we have laid out 6 full size chopping boards/serving boards - some have already been glued up, others are waiting for some clamps to be freed up! Keep watching to see more photos as these products develop, and feel free to reach out if one of them takes your fancy!

28/07/2026

We are participating in the July Word A Day Challenge run by Craft + Design Canberra. The theme this year is 'Dissent'. We have decided that all of our responses will be made of reused or recycled products, because we dissent in the face of our wasteful, throwaway culture. We hope to contribute to highlighting the opportunities for creative and unique pieces, in our responses.

Here is an itemised list to demonstrate the difference we have made through our dissent against throwaway culture. 21 days of one deliberate decision per day has led to the re-use/re-imagining of:
* 1 small world globe decor item;
* Timber from a discarded piece of furniture
* 1 secondhand book
* 1 embroidery hoop
* Reused scrap/leftover fabric ribbon
* 1 secondhand glass bowl
* 7 secondhand beaded necklaces
* 1 secondhand jewellery box
* reused fabric scraps/leftovers
* Scrap foam
* 3D printer filament 'p**p'
* 1 secondhand letterbox
* mistinted paint colour
* discarded padding and fabric cover from camp chair
* chain from secondhand hanging basket
* secondhand bed slats
* 1 secondhand music scroll
* 1 embroidery frame
* secondhand christmas decorative pearls
* scrap plywood
* secondhand perspex
* 5 boxes of waterdamaged river red gum floorboards
* 1 tree branch, discarded by the gum tree in our front yard
* 1 secondhand small suitcase
* 1 set secondhand computer speakers
* wood scraps/leftovers from our woodshop
* secondhand wooden frame
* secondhand children's toy hammer
* secondhand small metal hammer
* 2 reusable fabric shopping bags
* 1 shattered coffee mug
* 1 secondhand mdf tray
* 1 secondhand small demijohn
* 4 recycled ginger b**r bottles
* magazines and junk mail
* 1 secondhand metal tray
* 1 secondhand puzzle
* 2 damaged elecrical charging cords
* 1 secondhand box tv frame
* scrap/leftover yarn
* 6 unneeded compact discs
* 1 reused hanging bird cage stand
* 1 secondhand metal lantern frame
* 1 secondhand glass vase.

One decision a day can make a big difference! A good thing to remember when the problems of the world seem insurmountable - you can make a difference, one decision at a time!

28/07/2026

We are participating in the July Word A Day Challenge run by . The theme this year is 'Dissent'. We have decided that all of our responses will be made of reused or recycled products, because we dissent in the face of our wasteful, throwaway culture. We hope to contribute to highlighting the opportunities for creative and unique pieces, in our responses. The word for day 21 is SPARK.

One of the wonderful things about this world is that every person is unique. We all have something that lights our world, sparks joy or passionate convictions, makes us tick. Those sparks are perhaps one of our most true expressions of who we truly are - therefore one of the greatest gifts we can share with those we love.

For us, we have found our spark, what makes us comell alive. Creativity, inspiration, reimagining, ideas, designing, making and sharing our work lets us share some of who we truly are, both individually, and as a couple.

This light is a beautiful piece made from an old bird cage hanging stand, an old lantern case and a glass vase from our local op shop. It provides light to whichever room it's in - in this case, our loungeroom - sharing both its light, and our spark, with whomever we welcome into our home.

27/07/2026

We are participating in the July Word A Day Challenge run by . The theme this year is 'Dissent'. We have decided that all of our responses will be made of reused or recycled products, because we dissent in the face of our wasteful, throwaway culture. We hope to contribute to highlighting the opportunities for creative and unique pieces, in our responses. The word for day 9 is GRACE.

Grace is a funny concept. Often it seems to be thought of as a religious concept, but grace is also necessary in human relationships. Without grace, there can be no forgiveness, and with no forgiveness, there can be no reconciliation after a dissent.

We were so thrilled when we walked into one day to find a huge collection of these paper strip music box rolls. We grabbed as many as I was allowed to by my beloved (and much more practical!) husband and business partner.

For this project, we chose this sheet music, 'Abide with Me' as we felt that it could reflect either or both of the religious and human elements of grace.

From there, we mounted the sheet music scroll onto an embroidery frame (also a Goodies Junction find!), placed some fairy lights behind it as a light source, hung some second hand Christmas bead decorations as an accent and protected the whole project with a sheet of recycled clear perspex.

27/07/2026

We are participating in the July Word A Day Challenge run by . The theme this year is 'Dissent'. We have decided that all of our responses will be made of reused or recycled products, because we dissent in the face of our wasteful, throwaway culture. We hope to contribute to highlighting the opportunities for creative and unique pieces, in our responses. The word for day 20 is GLITCH.

We recently discovered our long-forgotten folio of music CDs. This folder used to live in our car, a key component of most drives, regularly opened and flipped through to find the perfect music to match each mood.

CDs, like other physical music mediums before them, were fragile. One tiny scratch in the wrong place on the disc could disturb the musical experience, glitching repeatedly in the same place, over and over again.

What was worse was the ongoing risk of accumulating more damage, more glitches while driving. Hitting a big pothole or misjudging a curb might lead to further scratches, more glitches, on the CD.

Like scars on a body, these scratches on a CD, and the accompanying glitches in the music, can become badges of pride and survival or the introduction to an entertaining story to be told. Singing the music with the glitch can be a private joke well after the CD has been replaced by music streaming. A glitch only remains a glitch if it is allowed to fester - better to find a way to respect, and maybe even enjoy, the change.

These are our old CDs, some of which are having the labels removed and scratches carved into the disc then painted, to create a colourful drinks coaster.