Hi, thanks for dropping by!.
We are so happy and thankful to all our new and repeat customers here at PERU ART AUSTRALIA that we have decided to have some fabulous “LUCKY DRAWS” from now on.
The rules are very simple:
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I am happy my husband and I went to the Latin American Piano & Violin Concert by Duo Deconet to celebrate Mother’s Day at Mosman Art Gallery on May 5th. We invited my parents in law and we were absolutely D-E-L-I-G-H-T-E-D to hear Latin America music, which is usually played with Andean instruments, being played with piano and violin. It was a new experience, a very pleasant one, and we are looking forward to go to their next concert. You can watch some Duo Deconet videos here.
The event was organized by the AHWBN (Australia Hispanic Women Business Network). Duo Deconet specialise in Latin American chamber music. Its members are Irma Henriquez, a pianist, and Henry Avila, a violinist. Last year, Irma was the winner of the AHWBN Yearly Award 2010, a Yearly Award established by the AHWBN, to identify and recognise an outstanding Hispanic Woman, who has made a positive impact within the Australian Community.
Thanks to Flor Reyna, public officer and founder of the AHWBN, and to Irma and Henry for a great evening!. It was lovely to see you all.
A poster showing a picture of the “Duo Deconet”
The audience started gathering at the Mosman Art Gallery
Irma Henriquez and Henry Avila were SUPERB!
We donated some handmade gifts for the lucky draw (see colourful bags)
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I have had these Fair Trade Waldorf Steiner dolls on auction before but this is the first time I list a whole Waldorf family on auction. Each member of the family is on auction and each auction starts at just $0.99!!!. Do not let these auctions pass you by!.
Not sure if I will repeat this auction… it depends on you.
These dolls are made by the Q’ewar Social Project in Cusco, Peru. A group of about 50 women take part in the making of these gorgeous dolls. Keeping the project running is a big job and I am happy to support this project. I love to visit the project every time I travel to Cusco. We sell gorgeous Waldorf Steiner Dolls in our eBay shop Australia.
Remember, all purchases of $10 and over go into our next “Lucky Draw # 3″ (scheduled date: July 2011)
If you win the large dolls on auction or buy them from our eBay shop, you will get into another draw “Waldorf Steiner Lucky Draw # 2″ (scheduled date: July 2011). That is, you will go into our 2 lucky draws!.
Check out our Waldorf Steiner AUCTIONS and bid now.
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As a proud member of the Australian Hispanic Women Business Network (AHWBN), I am happy to announce that we will present a Latin American Piano & Violin Concert to celebrate Mother’s Day on Thursday May 5th 2011 at 7 pm, at Mosman Art Gallery (Click here to know how to get there).
This Latin American Piano & Violin Concert will showcast the vibrant heritage from Peru, Venezuela, Brasil, Colombia, Mexico, Argentina, and Uruguay.
General entry: $25
Students and Seniors: $15
If you are interested in attending, please contact the AHWBN
See you there!. Monica.
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Congratulations to our recent winners!!!
Congratulations to the winners of our “Lucky Draw # 2″. All customers who purchased $10 and over were eligible to enter the draw. Customers who bought a large Waldorf Steiner doll got also into another lucky draw to win a large Waldorf Steiner Doll, plus baby and woven sling! (see post down below).
A big thanks to all our customers for your support to our Fair Trade business. Each purchase helps the artist and artisans we work with (in Peru, Vietnam, and Cambodia) to provide a fair income and keep making what they love.
Keep making your purchases to enter our next LUCKY DRAW # 3 at the end of July 2011!. You can see the prizes in our eBay shop announcement.
I am looking to our next lucky draw. Good luck to everyone!.
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We were very happy to sell lots of our gorgeous Waldorf Steiner dolls during 2010 and the previous year, and we also were very thankful to all our customers for their custom. Around May 2010, I decided to have our first Waldorf Steiner Lucky Draw. All customers who purchased a large doll were eligible to enter the draw and received raffle tickets (1 ticket per every $10 purchase) and a fact sheet about this lucky draw. The draw was scheduled to be drawn just before Xmas, but I was so busy organizing orders and packing during the Xmas season that I had to postpone the draw until the beginnging of February 2011, as my husband and I travelled to Vietnam right after Xmas and came back at the end of January.
I made the draw and am still editing the video… There were many entries as each doll cost an average of $180 which meant around 18 raffle tickets per doll.
CONGRATULATIONS Heidi!!!. Heidi is a repeat customer from South Australia, she has purchased lots of dolls from us since we started selling them in Australia and we are happy that luck picked her to be the winner of our first Waldorf Steiner Draw and take this gorgeous doll home.
We appreciate everyone’s custom and all the customers who purchased a minimum of $10 entered another lucky draw (see next post).
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The Waldorf Steiner doll makers at the Q’ewar Project in Cusco, Peru, had a very busy Christmas season and deserved a break. Julio, the head of the project, organised a nice trip for all of them. It was a trip to another city where they could relax, explore and feel spoilt (ie. not having to cook). Some ladies took their kids and they become a huge family on the go.
Happy New Year dear friends. We are happy to be partners in business. See you in July!.
You are welcome to browse their amazing Waldorf Steiner dolls in our ebay shop Australia. We have new dolls, sales, auctions, and lucky draws.
Remember, if you win (on auction) or buy from my shop a large doll, you will get automatically into our next “Waldorf Steiner LUCKY DRAW”!.
Here are some photos of a previous trip.
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Here is the video announcing the lucky winner of our “LUCKY DRAW # 1″. You have to watch it to find out WHO the winner is. Sorry for the delay to post this video, it took me longer than expected to make it. A big thank you to all our new and repeat customers for their custom.
Keep making your purchases from any of our online shops. Our next lucky draw will be in December and there will very 3 prizes to be won!.
Please, read our “LUCKY DRAWS” page to find out HOW they work.
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I thought it would be good to make a video announcing the prize in our “LUCKY DRAW # 1″.
I promised it would be something truly special and sure it is!. The prize is a Stunning Peruvian Turquoise 950 SS Spiral Pendant & Earrings Set made by our artist and friend Olinda Valencia, from Cusco, Peru. She has mastered an ancient Peruvian technique called “Stone incrustations”, developed by the Moche culture in the north coast of Peru (Vth century), making this set a superb work of ancient art revived and beauty.
Purchases made from May 10th to July 31st are eligible to go into our “LUCKY DRAW # 1″ scheduled for Sunday AUGUST 1st 2010. You will get the “Lucky draw tickets” in your parcel and we will post the video here. Purchases made AFTER July 31st will go into our next lucky draw!.
This is a gift from PERU ART AUSTRALIA as a thank you for your custom. The music in the video belongs to “Bareto”, one of my favourite Peruvian musical groups. Hope you enjoy the video.
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The “ART OF PERUVIAN CRAFT” was held at Darling Harbour in Sydney yesterday. My husband and I were looking forward to the event and invited his parents to come. We knew there would be Peruvian handcrafts stalls, Peruvian food stalls, live music and dance performances. I thought the show would be held inside the museum but it was held outside which was nicer, in the open air, next to the wharf, and the entrance was FREE!.
It was a nice sunny Sunday and we all had a ball browsing the handcrafts stalls, eating some yummy Peruvian food (some of the portions were smaller than expected though), walking around the wharf and taking photos to the harbour, ships, submarine, etc. My husband took his parents inside the submarine (second last photo), they had never been inside a submarine, and they enjoyed the experience. It was a fun day!.
See MORE PHOTOS of the event in the next posts.
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If you love Peruvian handcrafts and live in Sydney, here is a fantastic opportunity for you to see more Peruvian handcrafts, enjoy Peruvian music, and eat Peruvian dishes. There will be an exhibition of Peruvian handcrafts at the Australian National Maritime Museum on Sunday June 20th.
Here is what the Maritime Museum has published on their website about this coming event: “Come and experience a festival in true Peruvian style. Admire the country’s timeless and beautiful craft with its rich colours, textured textiles and unique traditional jewellery designs that continue to influence today’s production of beautiful, contemporary pieces. After admiring the exhibition spend the rest of the day enjoying yourself “fiesta” style. Treat your taste buds to a traditional Peruvian meal at the food stalls, while soaking up the great entertainment on offer from music and dance to lectures, handcrafts, photography and children’s entertainment. Our guest Alpacas are sure to delight young and old. The festival is in association with the Australia-Peru Chamber of Commerce and Australia-Peru Cultural Connection”.
I don’t know if there will be stalls selling handcrafts but I will definitively go there with my husband to see what’s new and enjoy the yummy food!.
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Our gorgeous Waldorf Steiner dolls from Peru, with their exclusively selected outfits for our eBay store, are selling well. And I am so happy with the orders for these dolls that I have decided to put ONE WALDORF STEINER DOLL ON AUCTION in our eBay shop regularly!. The auction will go for 10 days and starts at just $0.99!. How crazy is that??? I sell these dolls usually at AUD $185. I am confident the photos I took show how cute these dolls are plus when you purchase these dolls, you are supporting the fantastic Q’ewar Project in the Andes, Peru. I can’t wait to know WHO will be the lucky winner and take home this beauty!. Happy bidding to everyone!. This auction will end on Sunday MAY 30th at about 9 pm.
Remember, most of our Waldorf Steiner dolls are 20% OFF right now. And any purchases will get you into our “LUCKY DRAW # 1”!. You will get a ticket for every $10 spent from any of our online shops. If you buy a $150 item, you will receive 15 tickets in your parcel and the more tickets, the more chances to win a gorgeous prize from our eBay shop. The draw will take place on Sunday August 1st!.
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Our “LUCKY DRAW # 1″ is going to be very special!. As promised, I have selected a gorgeous handmade item from my eBay Australia shop. This is a PERUVIAN TURQUOISE INCRUSTATIONS & 950 STERLING SILVER SPIRAL SET (valued at AUD $149.85). This set has been exquisitely handcrafted by Olinda Valencia, one of the best jewellerers from Cusco, Peru.
Please visit our “LUCKY DRAWS” page above to read HOW they work, the rules are very simple.
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I thought I should explain a bit more how “LUCKY DRAWS” work. I have seen people doing it in a sophisticated way using an automated system that picks the lucky number at random but as I am new at doing this, I’ll keep it simple. I thought it would be best to do it “the old good fashion way”!. That is, using “raffle tickets”. I will send the tickets in your parcel and will keep the other half. And when the time comes, I will put all the tickets in a bowl and take out a number. I will ask my husband to video the event and I will post it here.
I have taken a photo of the first two customers who are in our first lucky draw. A customer from France bought a Red spondyllus sterling silver set at $149.95 and she will get 15 tickets in her parcel. The other customer is from Australia, she bought 2 x Waldorf Steiner snuggly babies on sale at $39.96 and she will get 4 tickets in her parcel. Hope these examples help to show you how our first lucky draw works. Any queries, please contact us.
I will announce the lucky prize very soon, I promise it will be gorgeous!.
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Our gorgeous Waldorf Steiner dolls from Peru, with their exclusively selected outfits for our eBay store, are selling well. And I am so happy with the orders for these dolls that I decided to put one of our most popular girls ON AUCTION in our eBay shop!. The auction will go for 10 days and starts at just $0.99!. How crazy is that??? I sell these dolls usually at AUD $185. I am confident the photos I took show how cute these dolls are plus when you purchase these dolls, you are supporting the fantastic Q’ewar Project in the Andes, Peru. There are 4 bidders so far and the current bid is $26. I can’t wait to know WHO will be the lucky winner and take home this beauty!. Happy bidding to everyone!. This auction will end Thursday MAY 20th at about 8.40 pm.
Remember, most of our Waldorf Steiner dolls are 20% OFF right now. And any purchases will get you into our “LUCKY DRAW # 1″!. You will get a ticket for every $10 spent from any of our online shops. If you buy a $150 item, you will receive 15 tickets in your parcel and the more tickets, the more chances to win a gorgeous prize from our eBay shop. The draw will take place on Sunday August 1st!.
You can click on the photos down below to enlarge them and see how adorable our “JASMINE” is. You can also visit our AUCTIONS on eBay, see all the photos in this listing and bid to win this beauty!!!.
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