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Showing posts with label bike crates. Show all posts
Showing posts with label bike crates. Show all posts

06 October 2011

Oh Happy Day

What a fun day we had last Sunday with our bike craft workshop in the Happy Talk House.  The bamboo bike crates looked gorgeous as did the ones made from re-purposed irrigation pipe crates.  It was so wonderful to see everyone interpret the basic design in their own way.

We were so inspired that we've started work on a range of re-purposed timber crates too so if you're at the Sydney Rides Festival Street Fair this weekend, stop by the Cycle Chic stall for a sneaky preview.

Now I just want to see all these crates on bicycles and some flower wheels riding around Sydney!

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Thanks to everyone who made this event so joyful - you know who you are.....

More photographs on flickr and the Happy Talk House is still creating magic so stop by if you haven't already.

01 October 2011

Happiness Is a Repurposed Bike Crate

So we're very excited to be doing a workshop as part of the brilliant Happy Talk project during Art and About Sydney.
Our brief - resourceful, environmentally aware cycle chic bike accessories with a Pacific twist.  Easy.

I've been wanting to make bike crates for a while so we expanded on that by coming up with designs that are entirely sustainable.  Other than the cable ties everything has been sourced from repurposed, recycled and recovered materials -  hell even the transport was sustainable thanks to the cargo bike and the power tools were charged using 100% green energy.

My new white bike was recovered and given a new lease of life too and I am completely in love so expect a Cycle Chic Bike Restoration Workshop soon.

If you'd like some floral wheels to brighten up your day or have a hankering for a cute bamboo bike crate decorated with shells and flowers to stash your bikini in this Summer, we hope you and your bike can make it to the workshop tomorrow!





I have power tools too - don't mess with a woman and her jigsaw...


Make sure you stop by the Happy House for some crafty Pacific happiness and check out their program of events happening all through October.  The Happy House alone is worth the visit.