Best Dressed Fashion Weekend and clothing sale

Communities@Work, a local Canberra community organisation, is holding a a Clothing Sale of top quality nearly new women's clothing with prices starting at $5 on February 21-23.

All proceeds of the sale will support their program Care&Share, which provides food and essential services to individuals and families in Canberra who are experiencing hardship. The program supports over 1,000 families right across Canberra.

More information about the event can be found on their website.

Opportunities this Weekend

Sunday 10 April

Fete
10am-2pm
St Jude's Primary School
Mulley Street, Holder

Opportunities this Weekend

If you like fetes - this is the weekend for you.

FRIDAY 1st APRIL

Kaleen Primary Twilight Fete
Ashburton Cct, Kaleen
4pm-7pm

SATURDAY 2nd APRIL

YMCA Garage Sale,
Meuller Street, Yarralumla
8am - noon

Farrar Primary Garage Sale
Lambrigg St, Farrar
8am-1pm

Coffee Op Shop
Christ Church, Beetaloo St, Hawker
9am-noon

St Monica's Schoole Fete
Moynihan St, Evatt
10am-2pm

Torrens Primary Fete,
Beasley Street, Torrens
2pm-6pm

SUNDAY 3 APRIL

Hawker Primary School Fete
Erldunda St, Hawker
10am-20am

Opportunities this weekend

It's another big weekend for bargain shoppers -

Friday 25th
Vinnies Warehouse Sale
9am-5pm
10 Buckland St, Mitchell

Lifeline Bookfair

10am-6pm
Budawang Pavilion
EPIC, Flemington Road, Mitchell

Saturday 26th
Vinnies Warehouse Sale
9am-5pm
10 Buckland St, Mitchell

Lifeline Bookfair
10am-5pm
Budawang Pavilion
EPIC, Flemington Road, Mitchell

26th, 3pm-7pm Aranda Primary School Twilight Fete,


26th, 12 noon-5pm, Harvest Festival, Environment Centre , Acton

26th, 10am-2pm, Brindabella Gardens Fete, 38 Theodore Street, Curtin

26th, 10am-2pm O'Connor Co-Op School Fete, O'Connor

26th, morning I think, Uniting Church Jumble Sale, Crawford Street, Queanbeyan

 Narrabundah Community Festival
10am-2pm
Narrabundah Shops
Iluka Street, Narrabundah
Sunday 27th
Vinnies Warehouse Sale
9am-5pm
10 Buckland St, Mitchell

Lifeline Bookfair

10am-4pm
Budawang Pavilion
EPIC, Flemington Road, Mitchell

Canberra Harvest Festival

The Third Canberra Harvest Festival is taking place Saturday 26th March, 2010 at the Environment Center car park.

There will be produce and goods stalls, community information stalls, workshops, and talks on sustainable agriculture and food issues. There will also be a ‘best homegrown vegetable' competition with prizes.

Entry is free and there will be a free raffle with donated prizes. A barbecue fundraiser will be run by the Environment Center and there will be fresh fruit juice and other beverages for sale.

When: March 26, 12noon–5pm

Where: Environment Center car park, corner Lawson Circuit and Lennox Crossing, Acton

Opportunities This Weekend

Saturday 19th March

Salvos Book Extravaganza (books, videos and DVDs on sale)
Salvos Family Store
32 Hoskins Street, Mitchell
9.30am-2.30pm

Fete
Presbyterian Church of St Andrew
1 State Circle, Forrest
(on the corner of State Circle and Canberra Ave)

Sunday 20th March
Clothes Swap
Reloved Creations (pop up)
The Mall, City Walk (between the fountain and Akuna Street)
10am-1pm

Not exactly op shopping but...

Re-Loved Creations is a not for profit, co-operative venture started in 2009 by mother and daughter team Hanny and Lee Dewar.


For YOU ARE HERE, Re-Loved will be taking over ...a vacant shopfront and transforming it into a fashion mecca. The space will be used as a studio throughout the Canberra Festival, where designers will create and sell new garments in a co-operative pop-up shop. Designers participating in the event include; Lisa Barrett, Tamara Russell and Hanny Dewar’s own label, Hanny-d Creations. Under the label Tango & James, Lisa produces accessories, clothing and even furniture updated with her own fabric designs. Tamara Russell is a textile artist who uses recycled materials and free needle machine embroidery to create painterly textile designs.

You too can promote the importance of sustainable fashion by bringing along your unwanted clothing to Re-loved Creations Clothes Swap on Sunday March 20.

When: 6-9pm Friday 18 March, 10am-5pm Saturday 19 March, 10am-1pm Sunday 20 March

Where: The Mall, City Walk (between the fountain and Akuna Street)
 
completely lifted from Fash 'n' Treasure.