Welcome to the Brilliant Idea Marketplace! The businesses in our marketplace are run by women who are participating in the Brilliant Idea program. They’re diverse and creative. Visit their websites and/or blogs or make contact with them to find out more about their products and services.
A Spark of Splendour
Lynnette Dickinson is an author, and yoga and meditation teacher, living and teaching in Canberra. Lynnette has just released her first book, called A Journey to Peace through Yoga, a true story about Lynnette’s triumphs over the chaos of life and disability caused by MS. The story is not about curing MS. It is about the transformation of our experience of life, regardless of circumstances. Lynnette’s Journey to Peace is but a spark of the potential we all have to find greater peace and harmony in our lives. For more information: www.asparkofsplendour.com or lynnette [at] asparkofsplendour [dot] com
Alexa McLaughlin
Mistakes in spelling, grammar and punctuation distract your reader from engaging with your ideas. Copy editor Alexa McLaughlin can polish your writing to remove such distractions.
alexa [at] pcug [dot] org [dot] au
Alicia Anne Kane Handmade Ceramics
Alicia Anne Kane is an Honours graduate from the Canberra School of Art and has studied in Glasgow, Kyoto and The Jam Factory in Adelaide. Alicia teaches ceramics classes in Hand building and Wheel Throwing. She enables and guides her students in developing their skills and ideas in creating their own work. Alicia is a passionate and encouraging tutor who places great importance on giving each student practical help and individual attention. Her work can be seen at www.artistshed.com
April's Caravan
A treasure trove of vintage bliss. Outfitting guys & gals in unique, quality clothing from the 40s to the 80s. Hire for fun or buy for keeps. facebook.com/aprils.caravan
Black Pearl Horses
Welcome to Black Pearl Horses where our aim is to open peoples’ lives to the wonder and joy that is working with horses. Through a variety of services from trail rides and riding lessons for all ages and experience levels to a school program aimed at helping those in need of the many beneficial effects communication with horses provides. We also work to offer a second chance to many horses rescuing, re-training and re-homing them.
blackpearlhorses.webs.com
laurenwoodbridge [at] hotmail [dot] com
Canberra Academy of Dramatic Art
Canberra Academy of Dramatic Art (CADA) is Canberra's leading drama school and is committed to the development of local talent for stage and screen. CADA runs classes for all ages and abilities in drama, acting and communication skills. New in 2011 is CADA's Certificate III in Performance (Acting), a fully accredited and nationally recognised course for people who wish to explore their dramatic potential or pursue acting as a career.
www.cada.net.au
Phone: 1300 908 905
Canberra Holistic Massage
Canberra Holistic Massage provide a variety of therapeutic massage services including, remedial, sports , shiatsu, pregnancy, lymphatic drainage, relaxation massage and tui na/traditional chinese medicine massage. Open 7 days from 10am to 8:30pm by appointment only.
www.canberraholisticmassage.com
CEO – Trading for a Better Future
A new business venture founded by Joanna Abernethy has begun importing handmade products from communities in developing countries. CEO – Trading for a Better Future features Guatemalan imports including colourful rugs, bedspreads, tablecloths, scarves, bags and jewellery from a small village in the volcanic region of Antigua. “My vision is to make a contribution to communities in need around the world - to build connections that link people and needs through an exotic range of cultural products.” jandoabernethy [at] hotmail [dot] com
Dahlia
Kristin Collins is the founder of Dahlia, an elegant and feminine clothing label designed for young girls. Inspired by the 1950s, Kristin has taken little bits of history and mixed them with the seasons to create stunning garments. The label aims to provide age-appropriate clothing that caters for all occasions and is even reversible. dahliastyle [at] live [dot] com [dot] au
Dorothy & Mr.Lee
Dorothy & Mr.Lee is all about dressing up and having fun with your image. Tahlia Downes creates one off garments from vintage textiles, which are often inspired by their retro prints and antique lace.
http://dorothyandmrlee.com.au/
Envirolove
Envirolove empowers businesses to divert their organic waste from land-fills, leaving them with a great feeling of achievement at having contributed to the environment. We implement systems for larger commercial industry in the ACT to make organic waste recycling part of their existing workflow. We specialise in working for commercial industries where there are many players interacting with many sources of waste, such as shopping centers. www.envirolove.com.au
Learning Adventures
Learning Adventures is a specialist provider of quality Japanese language tuition to young children and their families. “We believe that foreign languages are best learnt early, through play and hands-on learning so that young learners have ample opportunity to use new languages in joyful and practical ways.” www.learningadventures.com.au
Livity – making creativity part of your life
Livity’s workshops focus on the connection between handcrafts and creative thinking. Participants experience different handcrafts (knitting, sewing, crochet etc) and discover their “creative consciousness”
www.livity.com.au
Matilda Productions
Margaret McHugh, an ANU School of Art graduate (honours), founded Matilda Productions to provide video and photography services that create dynamic visual communications for numerous applications applications, from showreels to websites. Margaret draws on her artistic talents and technical skills to create engaging videos and photographs that can tell a story that is unique to the client. Contact: 0434879977 or margaretimchugh [at] gmail [dot] com
Click here to see Margaret’s portfolio.
My Adelina Cleaning Services
You love a sparkling clean home but hate spending hours on your hands and knees scrubbing. MyAdelina - a professional house cleaning business—gives you the freedom to enjoy living life to the fullest. With more than 10 years’ experience, our professional cleaners are reliable, consistent and thorough. We use our own equipment and environmentally-friendly products. Gift certificates available. www.myadelinacleaningservices.com.au
Samitomoto
Samantha Simpson-Morgan, with the Samitomoto Drawing Game, is passionate about spreading the joy and magic of drawing across the world. Samitomoto Edition2 Yellow is about to be launched giving more ways to create 1.2 MILLION crazy and fun drawing options. Read more here. www.samitomoto.com
