Rin the Garden Fairy

17/11/2024

Pride weekend day 2!
Catch me at the Stirling Square Market - Guildford thismorning till 2 making some epic giant bubbles, and then I'll be painting up a storm for the Entertainment Bank at Pride WA fairday in the q***r disability zone.
https://facebook.com/events/s/pridefest-fairday/1564742147462760/

16/11/2024

Kicking off a weekend of pride events down at the Midland City of Swan Libraries with giant bubbles and free face paint - we spent the last few days making fantastic pride face paints, so you can rock your flag with pride 🏳️‍🌈
(Le***an flag is missing from the picture but never fear, it's here too! )

There are also market stalls, drag performance and lots of other fun entertainment 😍

31/10/2024

We've got a bunch of fun free events coming up this weekend!
This afternoon from 4pm - 6pm we will be making some magical, colour changing pumpkin potions at the Guildford Library as part of their Halloween Walk.

Friday evening, find us all the way out out at Boddington Community Resource Centre for their wonderful Friday Night Festival 2024 to kickstart the Rodeo Weekend! We will be doing giant bubbles, flower crowns and festival face gems.
Then Saturday, as always you will find us at the Guildford Twilight Market bubbling up a storm.
If anyone wants to buy any bubble mix or wands for pickup at the market, submit your orders now 😁

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29/10/2024

Our fundraiser weekend is over which means it's time for a very important decision: naming our (not so little anymore) duckling.
Thank you everyone who came along and entered the duckling name raffle.
Without further ado, we would like to introduce you all to the newest member of the Bun House: Lucky Ducky McDuck Face!

(The first name we drew was Lucky, the second name for a last name was Ducky McDuck Face. What a brilliant combo 🤣)

29/10/2024

Whew! The weekend is over and I am still absolutely buzzing with how amazing it was - and already planning the next one 🤣
All up, we ended up raising an incredible $2,754 for Under the Willow Tree Rescue Inc. - I can barely believe it!

It was so wonderful to be able to combine my passions for sustainable gardening and rabbit welfare, and have this opportunity to share my knowledge with anyone who would listen.
Thank you SO much to everyone who came along. We didn't get a full count, but estimate between 250 - 300 people attended which is just incredible.

A huge thank you also to the team of volunteers who worked all weekend to help the event run smoothly - we couldn't have done it without you. Thank you also to Curtin Radio for giving me the opportunity to chat gardening and bunnies on your radio show, and to everyone who helped share and promote the event.

Together, we have achieved a wonderful thing and I'm so proud of our community.

We were so busy that we didn't get a chance to grab any pics of our talks, or of us with people in the garden. If anyone has any pics or vids they'd like to share we'd love to see them!

24/10/2024

The event schedule for this weekend's Open Garden Fundraiser is live!
Don't worry parents - kids under 10 are free and we have planned all sorts of fun things for them to do if they get bored exploring our magical fairy garden.

They can:
- make some mess with our giant bubble play zone
- go on a scavenger hunt and win a prize
- play in the cubby and sandpit
- swing on the hammock or zoom down the slide
- say hi to a bunny
- pat our duckling and enter the competition to choose a name for them
- pick as many mulberries as they can eat (make sure you wear clothes that are ok to turn purple for this one 😂)

PLUS the wonderful Sophie from Fantasy Face Painter will be there Sunday doing face paint for donations to the rescue.
We can't wait to see you!

17/10/2024

Can you believe it's less than 2 weeks until our Open Garden Fundraiser?
We've created a sneak preview of the beautiful flowers currently blooming in the garden that you'll get to see (and sniff and taste! Feijoa petals are one of my favourite treats 😍). It's looking like a real fairy garden right now!

Other flowers that you'll have to attend to see: the macadamia and mango which are just dripping with blossom, the elder flower in full bloom, yarrow flowers are attracting beneficial bugs, cornflowers are popping up everywhere and calendula is making carpets of gold.

09/10/2024

So excited to be running this!
Come along for some fun crafts and just a touch of chaos 😉

01/10/2024

Looking for some school holiday fun?
I'm hosting two face and body painting workshops for young creatives with City of Melville libraries THIS FRIDAY and would love to see you there!
Our first two sessions last Friday were oodles and oodles of fun, I was truly blown away by the talent in our attendees.
If you're not particularly artistic, come along anyway! Anyone can paint and enjoy the sensory experience, all experience levels are welcome.

Bookings essential. Follow the link for times, locations and to book.

Come and play with paint and decorate your arms, legs and faces with amazing animals!

26/09/2024

It's my last day at the show today, but Team Shiny will be here till Saturday!

24/09/2024

Super excited to be sparkling up a storm at the Perth Royal Show for Everything's Shiny Productions today, tomorrow and thursday!

Find the glitter bar at the METRONET tent for free glitter tattoos, from 10am - 5pm.

19/09/2024

'Runt' hit movie theaters in Perth today, so of course we rushed to see it this morning and hoo boy did it blow us away!
We are just thrilled to have been a part of such a beautiful WA based movie, and were delighted to see the balloons we worked so hard to make made it into so many scenes.

Working on set as the official balloon artists, as well as acting as extras was a new experience for us but so much fun. The cast consists of some seriously talented kids, and entertaining them on set in between takes with our balloons and bubbles was such a joy.

Catch the movie in cinemas now and let us know what you think!
Based on one of Craig Silvey's bestselling novels, 'Runt' tells the heartwarming story of a young girl who enters her stray dog into a dog agility contest to save her family farm.
It's heartwarming, full of laughs and a wonderful adaption of a beautiful book.

17/09/2024

I'm hosting an open garden of my home food forest, and would love to see you all there.

There will be giant bubbles, a scavenger hunt, crafts and potentially some face painting for the kids to enjoy, plus ducks, rabbits and other animals to see - if you're very quiet, you might even spot some frogs in our ponds or our resident quenda foraging in the undergrowth!
We've also got a small cubby house, sandpit and slide for the kids to play on while the grown ups check out the garden.

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For the garden enthusiasts: We've got almost 100 different established fruit and nut trees, vines, and bushes growing on 1400 square meters.

There are a lot of tropical and unusual species like custard apples, sugar cane, goji berries, peanut butter tree, loofah, cassava, a whole hedge of different guavas, acerola cherries, sunchokes, yacon and many more!
Plus of course a small army of herbs, veggies, berries, water plants and edible flower plants for every day cooking.

You can also see the way we are incorporating heat management and mitigation into the garden as our summers get hotter; and how with ducks and rabbits to create fertiliser, mulch and pest control, water collection and storage systems, composting and worm farming we have created a closed loop system with minimal outside resources (or expenses!) needed to generate lots of produce.

I will be doing guided tours of the spaces and talking about the way I grow, harvest and use my produce, and am very excited to share the garden love 💚

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15/09/2024

So much fun free stuff happening in the kids zone at the Stirling Square Market - Guildford this sunny Sunday, today till 2!
Face painting, pet rock crafts with Fantasy Face Painter, live music, kids games, and of course: buckets and buckets of bubbles with me 🫧

17/08/2024

It's children's book week! Come and join me today till 12.30pm at Midland library for a pressed flower bookmark workshop; we've got so many beautiful flowers to share!

Plus lots of games and other activities to enjoy for families of all ages - Mario cart, story time, future labs and more.

Event details here:
https://www.facebook.com/share/p/Hf8gvjoxHMjTRgaL/?mibextid=oFDknk

18/05/2024

As well as face painting, I'll also have a stall with some of my magical fairy jewellery and other trinkets up for sale at the Guildford medieval fayre tomorrow.

Which style would you wear - earrings, necklace or hair comb?