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  • Hottest 10 Australian album covers

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    Belinda Vesey-Brown

    Triple J recently counted down the Hottest 100 Australian Albums, as voted by the Aussie public. When I was compiling my shortlist in preparation to vote, I noticed that the albums I remembered best as a whole, were the ones that I could remember what the cover looked like. It made me wonder if the…

  • 5 Top Tips for Styling Dinner Parties

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    Belinda Vesey-Brown

    I recently joined a team of creative women for a huddle in the recent event for the Saviours of the Lost Arts 2011 program run by the Brisbane City Council. The aim, to acquire new ideas for styling dinner parties and events. We have such a hoot throwing around ideas for our future events and…

  • TED talk: Try something new for 30 days

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    Belinda Vesey-Brown

    What’s that one thing that you’ve always wanted to do but for one reason or the other, never have? That’s the question Matt Cutts asks in this TED Talk I selected to share with the Brio Group team this week called “Try something new for 30 days“. Matt’s approach to this? Just try it for…

  • London iTunes festival worldwide

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    Belinda Vesey-Brown

    The iTunes Festival 2011 festival kicked off in London yesterday (July 1st). This is an incredible live music festival running for 31 nights and includes spectacular live performances by 62 artists, all at one venue, the Roundhouse in London. The line up includes some great artists including Coldplay, Foo Fighters, Adele Linkin Park, Paul Simon…

  • Incubus livestream promotes new album

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    Belinda Vesey-Brown

    Incubus has come up with an exciting way to promote their new album by setting up in their hometown of Los Angeles and hosting their very own livestream for fans to tune into prior to the new album being released. It’s called “Incubus HQ Live” and runs until July 6. The band will spend time…

  • And the cupcakes are gone!

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    Belinda Vesey-Brown

    A huge thanks to everyone who came along to our Ultimate Tea Party today and devoured a cupcake! Especially those who made a donation to the Cancer Council, we raised loads of money from generous Brisbanites and we added $1 to the jar for every cupcake that was gobbled up! It was a great day.…

  • Fancy a free cupcake?

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    Belinda Vesey-Brown

    Don’t forget! Brio Group’s 365 Ways We Care ultimate public tea party is tomorrow! We’ll be giving away 365 delicious cupcakes (courtesy of Cakestar) in the Botanic Gardens. You can find us at the Albert Street entrance, between 11:30am and 1:30pm. For every cupcake we give away, we’ll donate $1 to Australia’s Biggest Morning Tea.…

  • Celebrate Global Smurfs Day

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    Belinda Vesey-Brown

    http://youtu.be/ae6WLq9it30 It seems that anyone can have a day celebrated in their honour. Today, Saturday 25th June has been marked Global Smurfs Day to correspond with the birthday of their creator, Peyo (born June 25, 1928), Had I known this, I would not have given away the extensive range of Smurfs (stuffed, fluffy, hard plastic…

  • Where creativity and cake meet: Cakestar

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    Belinda Vesey-Brown

    Let’s face it, sweets are forever in style. Who can’t resist a fancy dessert, a gourmet cupcake, or the sweet-of-the-moment, a macaroon? Whether it’s for formal celebrations like engagement parties or weddings, corporate events or just a swanky morning tea at home with cakes that are fine and fancy, you cannot go past Cakestar. The…