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| One of the styles available in Kit Homes |
Monday, July 25, 2011
Townsville Kit Homes & Sheds
We all dream of having the great Aussie family home of our own, but sometimes that dream just seems to get more expensive and further away. But there is an answer that you may not have considered and that is the kit home. These prefab homes can be a great alternative, and have advanced a lot in the last few years that it can be quite surprising the features and styles you can get. If you're looking at kit homes in Townsville then why not check out Glenn's range from Townsville Kit Homes & Sheds who have a large range to suit your needs, along with sheds, garages even up to farm and rural sheds.
Sunday, July 3, 2011
Beautiful Bridal Jewellery and Affordable Wedding Tiaras Online
Shlimbo member "Bridal Jewellery & Wedding Tiaras Online" have affordable high quality Swarovski crystal bridal tiaras, necklace sets, headbands and tiara combs for your special day or for your Formal. When you want beautiful accessories to wear that is stylish, they have the perfect bridal jewellery and formal jewellery - if you can't find what you want just ask them as they probably can find it for you. Most tiaras are under $100! Plus FREE DELIVERY Australia wide. If you're looking for Fashion Jewellery for any occasion you'll be pleasantly surprised.
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| Complete Set $159.50 (Includes Del Aust Wide) |
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| Gold Pearl Tiara $89.50 (Includes Del Aust Wide) |
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| Feather Crystal Fascinator $69.50 (Includes Del Aust Wide) |
Saturday, June 25, 2011
A Cheap Wedding Is Possible – Economical Hard Times Increase The Search For Cheap Weddings
Cheap weddings have become a regular search term as couples look for wedding ideas on a budget. Owner of the Australian search solutions company, Shlimbo, Gabbi Murrell revealed that whilst wedding searches in their business directory are still as popular as ever, the term "cheap wedding" has become more prevalent in recent months.
According to Gabbi: “Couples feel pressured to spend a lot of money on weddings, and costs can easily spiral out of control. But there are many areas where couples can save money on their big day.” With years in the event industry, Murrell has provided some helpful wedding ideas for those planning their special day whilst being able to stretch their dollar further.
“We’ve put together some helpful checklists and Shlimbo Articles that would help couples find areas to keep costs down, with some innovative ideas; that doesn’t mean because it’s a budget wedding, it’s going to be tacky. Everyone is feeling the pinch at the moment, and it’s not just weddings, but a lot of event organisers and party planners are looking for other options that are effective yet tasteful,” said Gabbi.
Murrell’s knowledge of event planning, is helping couples to save thousands of dollars, and she has some great concepts to help:
“Centrepieces – rose petals can be bought in bulk from florists and some market sellers, sprinkling masses of these in the centre with tea light candles is very effective. Market flower sellers are also often the growers and you can talk to them in advance about buying bulk flowers, and enlisting some friends to help you put them together on the day. You can also hire tall vases, or glass bowls and immerse the flowers underwater with fishing sinkers and rubber bands with stones at the bottom and put floating candles on the top. You only need a few colourful flowers or sprays for it to be effective. If your colours are green or red, apples make a great centrepiece and you can cut the tops out and put tea light candles in them. If you want height talk to a plant hire place about hiring topiary or ficus plants you can put on the table. From the leaves you can tie hanging glass candles, ribbons with love sayings on paper, or get some battery operated fairy lights and wind them in the leaves. If you’ve got time on your side check out Christmas decorations as not all ornaments necessarily look like Christmas decorations out of season, and Boxing day sales are a great time to get fairy lights, ornaments, votive holders and sometimes swags of garlands etc. at a hugely reduced price (also subscribe to the dedicated Xmas shops that sell online as they often have big sales with very cheap shipping after the Christmas season). For example, I picked up battery operated fairy lights for $2.95 down from $15.00, and a 3mtr long plain pine garland for $17.00 down from $59.00.”
“Engagement ring – this can be an easy item to spend big on because you look at it everyday and want something to remind you of your special day. Look at some local independent jewellers where you can get a custom design, but perhaps a unique filigree design in gold with your initials Monogram style. Estate jewellery is also an option as you are assured of a more unique piece of quality, rather than a standard solitaire. The best sale times of the year for diamond rings are Valentine’s Day, Mother’s Day and leading up to Christmas. Of course if you do want the big bling, look into cubic zirconia’s with a white or gold band, such as that you can get from Secrets Jewellery, you can get a 1ct solitaire for less than $500, and a 2ct for less than $600, it will look the part and last just as long if you look after it like you would normally. You can always get something in the coveted pale blue box down the track! One word of advise - a cluster set of smaller “diamonds” tends to look more authentic than a large stone.”
“Considering the current economic climate, it may be necessary to DIY some of your wedding ideas, but the savings can be considerable,” Gabbi recommends that couples give themselves as much time as possible to organise their day, so they can keep an eye out for bargains at different times of the year. “We love having parties, and we have plastic tubs full of decorations and items that we reuse depending on the theme. But after our own wedding I sold a lot of our decorations to local wedding hire places, wedding venues and on Ebay. The people were appreciative of saving the time in making them, and it also helped recover some costs.”
Those planning an Australian wedding, engagement party or any event, can use Shlimbo to organise any event, or find any product or service in Australia with just one email. “From the homepage just type in ’Wedding’ into the What do you need to organise box, select all the relevant categories, fill out the Shopper Enquiry Form and the businesses will reply direct to you - it saves time and it’s so easy!”
According to Gabbi: “Couples feel pressured to spend a lot of money on weddings, and costs can easily spiral out of control. But there are many areas where couples can save money on their big day.” With years in the event industry, Murrell has provided some helpful wedding ideas for those planning their special day whilst being able to stretch their dollar further.
“We’ve put together some helpful checklists and Shlimbo Articles that would help couples find areas to keep costs down, with some innovative ideas; that doesn’t mean because it’s a budget wedding, it’s going to be tacky. Everyone is feeling the pinch at the moment, and it’s not just weddings, but a lot of event organisers and party planners are looking for other options that are effective yet tasteful,” said Gabbi.
Murrell’s knowledge of event planning, is helping couples to save thousands of dollars, and she has some great concepts to help:
“Centrepieces – rose petals can be bought in bulk from florists and some market sellers, sprinkling masses of these in the centre with tea light candles is very effective. Market flower sellers are also often the growers and you can talk to them in advance about buying bulk flowers, and enlisting some friends to help you put them together on the day. You can also hire tall vases, or glass bowls and immerse the flowers underwater with fishing sinkers and rubber bands with stones at the bottom and put floating candles on the top. You only need a few colourful flowers or sprays for it to be effective. If your colours are green or red, apples make a great centrepiece and you can cut the tops out and put tea light candles in them. If you want height talk to a plant hire place about hiring topiary or ficus plants you can put on the table. From the leaves you can tie hanging glass candles, ribbons with love sayings on paper, or get some battery operated fairy lights and wind them in the leaves. If you’ve got time on your side check out Christmas decorations as not all ornaments necessarily look like Christmas decorations out of season, and Boxing day sales are a great time to get fairy lights, ornaments, votive holders and sometimes swags of garlands etc. at a hugely reduced price (also subscribe to the dedicated Xmas shops that sell online as they often have big sales with very cheap shipping after the Christmas season). For example, I picked up battery operated fairy lights for $2.95 down from $15.00, and a 3mtr long plain pine garland for $17.00 down from $59.00.”
“Engagement ring – this can be an easy item to spend big on because you look at it everyday and want something to remind you of your special day. Look at some local independent jewellers where you can get a custom design, but perhaps a unique filigree design in gold with your initials Monogram style. Estate jewellery is also an option as you are assured of a more unique piece of quality, rather than a standard solitaire. The best sale times of the year for diamond rings are Valentine’s Day, Mother’s Day and leading up to Christmas. Of course if you do want the big bling, look into cubic zirconia’s with a white or gold band, such as that you can get from Secrets Jewellery, you can get a 1ct solitaire for less than $500, and a 2ct for less than $600, it will look the part and last just as long if you look after it like you would normally. You can always get something in the coveted pale blue box down the track! One word of advise - a cluster set of smaller “diamonds” tends to look more authentic than a large stone.”
“Considering the current economic climate, it may be necessary to DIY some of your wedding ideas, but the savings can be considerable,” Gabbi recommends that couples give themselves as much time as possible to organise their day, so they can keep an eye out for bargains at different times of the year. “We love having parties, and we have plastic tubs full of decorations and items that we reuse depending on the theme. But after our own wedding I sold a lot of our decorations to local wedding hire places, wedding venues and on Ebay. The people were appreciative of saving the time in making them, and it also helped recover some costs.”
Those planning an Australian wedding, engagement party or any event, can use Shlimbo to organise any event, or find any product or service in Australia with just one email. “From the homepage just type in ’Wedding’ into the What do you need to organise box, select all the relevant categories, fill out the Shopper Enquiry Form and the businesses will reply direct to you - it saves time and it’s so easy!”
Wednesday, June 15, 2011
Thursday, June 2, 2011
Shopping online in Australia is NOT more expensive!
Controversial statistics about the cost of shopping online in Australia were released today. Gabbi Murrell, co-founder of Launceston internet Search Solutions Company Shlimbo (http://www.shlimbo.com.au), says, “A national myth that shopping online is cheaper overseas is a major causal factor in nearly $6B online shopping dollars heading overseas every year. It is certainly our experience that shopping online in Australia is generally not more expensive, you just need to know where to look!”
Gabbi says that, “Australia is in the midst of a cyber-shopping invasion, with overseas shopping sites intensely and intently aiming their advertising squarely at Australian shoppers.” She adds that “These international shopping sites are often found on the first page of online search results, which means shoppers don’t feel the need to look any further. If the cost appears reasonable then they will go ahead and purchase from overseas.”
To counter this price illusion, Gabbi conducted a comparison of 9 randomly selected (commonly purchased overseas) items. She used current search results generated on behalf of Shlimbo customer enquiries – the results come as no surprise to Gabbi, but are themselves, very intriguing.
“Australian Shoppers and Businesses will be surprised, that 2/3rds of the items are clearly less expensive or similarly priced within Australia. Only 3 items were cheaper overseas. However, 1 of those 3 has a value add which, when applied, more than addresses the price differential. Considering the results from this small randomised sample, it's reasonable to assert Australians get better value shopping here 77% of the time!” said Gabbi.
“Although these results are encouraging for Australian retail, an inordinate amount of time together with some expertise & patience is required. Whilst I’ve searched through multiple online pages of information to find the best price here, most people would have stopped at page one.
“If you’re in business in Australia and you’re serious about being found online, just building a website isn’t going to get you on page one of search results without additional advertising and running costs. For Australian shoppers it’s simple - if they can’t find what they want online or in a shopfront at the price they want, they perceive that item simply doesn’t exist here at that price.
“There are other options out there like social networking, which can give business an online presence without huge expenditure. The foundation for Shlimbo was based on these types of important factors, thereby providing an inexpensive way to be online that also combines social networks. Any Australian business can now show new customers in unprecedented ways, what they do have, and what they can offer.”
Monday, April 11, 2011
Engagement Party Checklist & Planning Ideas
If your getting married and need help in planning you Engagement Party, then we've put together an Engagement Party checklist here with some ideas to get you started. You can also download it as a PDF to make it easy to print or email here
Now that Shlimbo has a business directory, finding businesses for your Engagement Party and Wedding is so much easier, but don't forget you can type in "party" or "wedding" on the Shlimbo homepage in the What do you need to organise section and just tick all the categories you need and send your enquiry in Just One Email !
Now that Shlimbo has a business directory, finding businesses for your Engagement Party and Wedding is so much easier, but don't forget you can type in "party" or "wedding" on the Shlimbo homepage in the What do you need to organise section and just tick all the categories you need and send your enquiry in Just One Email !
Thursday, January 13, 2011
5,4,3,2,1 ... Shlimbo is GO!
We are completely excited by Shlimbo. It has been created out of a genuine desire to make online business easier for businesses and shoppers alike. We have created it using our own experiences of online shopping. We have been small business owners. We have had our own website. We have had a shop front and and online shop. We understand how time poor you are when you run your own business. We understand the list you have running in the part of your brain that is not taken up with accounts, BAS statements, the general day to day running tasks ... the list that incudes "I will eventually get around to getting a website", "I must look into online selling" ... Shlimbo has been created with that list in mind.
Wednesday, January 5, 2011
How Shlimbo Works
Are you a visual person? This might help. A cheeky little animation showing how Shlimbo works. Enjoy.
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