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Miss Mollee Designs
Miss Mollee Designs has grown out of Jenny Mapstone’s love of sewing, taught to her by her grandmothers and mother. Jenny creates rope bowls, coasters and mats as well as polymer clay products in her home at Narrabri and sells them all online.
Miss Vet
Miss Vet is a livestock veterinarian by day, and an artist by night. She, Jill Kelly, paints the finer parts of bush life: horses, pink lipstick, a well-shaped cowboy hat.
Mink & Me
Coonamble businesswoman Lucy Moss founded Mink & Me in 2015, after moving to the rural New South Wales town with her farmer husband. She now juggles the business with two small children, as well as supporting their farm business.
Perfect Pannacotta
Cookbook author and nutritionist Melanie Lionello takes Singing Magpie Produce ingredients and creates the most divine Pannacotta. Try it out this festive season.
Ultimate Rhubarb & Fruit Crumble
A Belinda Jeffrey recipe for rhubarb crumble that has a Singing Magpie Produce twist. Singing Magpie’s, Sue Heward shares her recipe here. A perfect winter warmer that is one of her Dad’s faves.
Easiest Pav Ever
Nothing says dessert at Christmas-time like a Pavolva. Loaded with fresh berries or passionfruit, kiwifruit and cream its the perfect full stop to a meal in Summer. The Homestead Pantrybox’s, Sal McManus shares her recipe here.
One Designer’s Dream
In 2020, Emily Burton was teaching at Kinross Wolaroi School in Orange NSW while making jewellery as her creative pastime. She now owns a thriving pearl jewellery business, Peggy & Twig, which has been featured in the likes of Vogue Australia, Graziher and Country Style.
The Comically Absurd Tales of a Country Gift Shop at Christmas Time
Lucinda Cater has an eye for putting a room together. She just knows what people want to buy. Her store is thoughtfully planned with the most lovely selection of gifts, homewares and trinkets. It's this talent for gift selection which means that Christmas retail season is comically busy for Lucinda.