Corban & Blair Lifestyle Blog

A family history with photos from Gillian Corban

The pictures are from one of my family photo albums. I have 3 of my own life and 20  since the birth of my son Toby. They are a chronicle of his life and  adventures.

 

I have made captions, cut up photos and rearranged as  
collages, written stories, added news clippings, cards, school  
information and generally created albums that tell stories. 

Looking back over them is quite a feast.

 

 

If you would like to share your photo  album stories, go to Comments below.  We'd love to hear from you!

 

 

 

 

Australian Retro or Re-invented - comics, maps, plates, cartons and technology with their stories. All made in Australia.

Circuit Board box - from old computers

Collected from factories and then stored for many years in an outside cupboard at Corban & Blair, these circuit boards were rendered obsolete. They have been transformed into decorative boxes featuring the design and technology of their previous use.

 

Carton Journal - from pre used cartons

These journals show case designs produced to market food and beverages. They vary in colour and style depending on the produce they once carried. Each journal is unique and is a reminder that the genre of carton design has value that is often over looked.

 

Comic Journals - covers from perused comics

Having first been published in 1897 comic books provided pleasure to millions of people around the world. Today they continue to transport us to distant adventures and faraway worlds. As well as bringing joy and adventure into our lives, some are collected as valuable treasures. The comic used has been rescued and reused combining creativity, individuality and fun.

 

Reinvented Plates - old plates collected and re glazed

This range pays homage to recycling. Hidden beneath piles of bric-a-brac in  second-hand stores, the plates were found and refired in a local Sydney kiln. Boldly designed with classic Australian motifs, they are individuality created for people who like difference and a sense of history.

 

Atlas journals for travellers - with covers from old atlas pages

For generations, maps and atlases have inspired us to be intrepid travellers, jet-setting on world adventures. Forever an important classroom resource, the atlas has been reinvented in this collection. Its new life is as a decorative and inspirational front cover that gives it a meaningful use beyond its original purpose.

 

To VIEW all our re-invented, re-cycled and re-worked products go to www.corbanblair.com.au

Family Portraits

Displaying and framing professional photographs of your family in your home can be easy. You need good photos in simple stylish frames.  Set out in groups, mixing sizes, colours and styles create interesting displays of all the family.  You might even mix your latest’s pictures with old family portraits.

 

One regular user of our frames is Thomas Gallane Photography.  Thomas finds our frames compliment the individual style of the photographs taken of his customers that capture the family exactly as they are today, to be remembered through their stages and ages of years to come.

 

Thomas’s customers choose Corban & Blair frames as they add style and depth to his great photography, and are planet friendly products being made from plantation timber grown in New Zealand and are carbon neutral as Corban & Blair has paid a tax on the carbon emitted during the manufacturing process.

 Thomas can be contacted at www.thomasgallanephotography.com

Recipe Journals hold more than food information!

Here is the history of my treasured recipe journal.....

I gave it to my mother as a gift when we first designed them about 10 years ago. I asked my 2 sisters & my father to give me their favourite recipes & I complied them inside.

My mother was a real foodie so she loved it.

There was still plenty of room for Mum to add in more recipes.

When she passed away 6 years ago it then became my treasured journal which I have continued to add to. It's a work in progress full of delicious recipes & wonderful memories!

 

 

-       Amanda Blair

September 2009

 

 

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Corban & Blair Recipe Journals come in A4 and A5 size.   They contain plain paper so you can paste in, write on or take out and photocopy onto.  The split ring lets you open the journal to add more pages as well as providing a way to hang it in the pantry. Dividers and plastic sleeves help us collect and sort our favourite recipes. Wipe clean pollyproplene covers make them ideal for kitchen use!

 

We have 10 Recipe Journals to give away. If you’d like to WIN a FREE Recipe Journal click on Comments below and tell us in 25 words or less why you should receive a FREE Corban & Blair A4 Recipe Journal?