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Redkite is an Australian not-for-profit charity and they have asked that we all give a Gift-in-Kind this Christmas and lighten the load for families affected by childhood cancer. A gift of $75 can connect parents across Australia to vital counselling support over Christmas, no matter where they live.

Do you have people in your life who already have everything? This is the perfect practical gift to give to those very people — they can then start the new year feeling warm and fuzzy in the knowledge that they’ve helped a family who’s doing it tough.

It’s hard to think about sick kids at Christmas, but they’re out there. Imagine the  joy you could give these littlies and their families.

Redkite provides a range of services that help support families caring for young kids with cancer. This Christmas, over 8,000 families on the cancer journey will feel weighed down emotionally and financially. These gifts can lighten that load:

• A gift of $55 can pay for a child’s mobile phone bills so they can stay in touch with their family this holiday season.
• $75 can connect parents across Australia to vital counselling support no matter where they live.
• Donating $120 can help a child manage the stress of gruelling treatment by funding a Redkite music therapy session.
• Giving $800 can help a bereaved parent talk with others who are grieving in a Redkite telephone support group.

To donate, please visit www.redkite.org.au or call 1800 334 771.

This ring is stunning!

It’s a custom item on Etsy.

Found via the lovely Pretty Paper Things.

NutLiquor is a peanut butter-flavoured vodka that is supposed to taste like the centre of Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups.

Not so keen on the idea of bacon-flavoured vodka, but this? Mmmmm.

Excuse me while I think about the sugar rush mixed with hard liquor.

YES PLEASE!

There are only two things to know about this:

1. IT’S A WONDER WOMAN KITCHENAID!
2. It’s from Brasil, so we won’t be able to get it in Australia.

On the weekend the entire That’s Noice team made our much anticipated trip out to the new Ikea in Tempe.

We love the smell of flat pack on a sunny Sunday morning :)

Tempe Ikea is the largest Ikea store in the southern hemisphere and created about 550 construction jobs and 600 ongoing jobs.

They were very well organised for the opening weekend with parking attendants and police galore. We called this parking attendant “Sven”.

The store is 37,000 square metres (about 20 footy fields) and will have 2,000 parking spots.

The main path of the store is be 2.5km long (protip: wear comfy shoes)

A lot at the Tempe store is similar to the Rhodes store, but some things are new, like this nify sewing display

We were disappointed by the lack of phone service on the ground floor, but we’re told that there’s free wifi in store – something we’ll look out for next time.

This is “Sven”, the mime. He was entertaining kids (and kids alike) near the restaurant.

No trip to Ikea is complete without making fun of the fake toilet.

You know you want to go check out the new Ikea. It’s well worth it!

IKEA Tempe
634-726 Princes Highway
TEMPE NSW 2044
Phone: 02 8020 6641

Opening Hours
Monday – Friday: 10am – 9pm
Saturday and Sunday: 9am – 7pm

Restaurant

Monday – Friday: 9.30am – 8.30pm
Saturday and Sunday: 8.30am – 6.30pm

Ladies, prepare to lust after men of the cloth. These calendars are from outside the Vatican walls in Rome (unsurprisingly, these calendars are not appreciated by the Pope).

One handsome Priest for each month of the year – yes please! Truth be told, I’ve actually got the 2011 calendar hanging above my desk at home, and I’m looking forward to swapping it out for the 2012 version.

(Click the pic for a better view of Father June, my personal favourite!)

Source: some very thoughtful travelling friends!