Happy Valentines Day Special Offer: Business with Blooms

Business with Blooms Florist in Meadowbank has a special offer for readers of The Weekly Times.

The renowned florist is offering a five per cent (5%) discount on purchases when they bring the Business with Blooms Valentine’s Day advertisement in this week’s edition into the store at Unit One, Number One Railway Road in Meadowbank.

As well as the special offer, Business with Blooms will be open extra hours on the Sunday before Valentine’s Day as well as from 8.30am to 1:30pm on Saturday alongside its weekday opening hours of 8am to 5pm, Monday to Friday.

“Just phone the shop for our Sunday extra hours and book your Valentine’s Day gift soon so you don’t miss out,” owner Therese Hanna said.

“You can order in store or online and we deliver across Sydney.’’ Business with Blooms will have single roses and full floral arrangements for Valentine’s Day gifts.

“We are passionate about providing beautiful flowers for our customers and strive to provide the best possible service,” Therese said.

Business with Blooms is also a family run and owned boutique shop that has been supplying beautiful flower arrangements, gifts and hampers for more than 40 years.

“We are a local florist and we pride ourselves on being able to provide personalised service,” Therese said.

“We know that each customer is unique and we work hard to ensure that each customer feels valued.”

Readers can phone Therese on 96872020 or 0418278907 and visit the website at: www.businesswithblooms.com.au

Whether we ‘Netflix and Chill’ to decompress at the end of the day, shed a tear while singing along to Adele in the car, or head to the theatre to see something that will make us laugh, we all need art.

It expands and delights us, consoles and inspires us.

Quite simply: we can’t live without it. For many Australians, myself included, art is more than just something that guides us through life.

It is our life.

I started ALC Creative from my Woolwich apartment in 2021 after lockdowns eliminated creative work opportunities worldwide. ALC Creative is a production company built on equal opportunity to provide a platform for emerging Australian artists across several artistic modes, including theatre, audio arts and film.

I have always had a passion for the performing arts industry and a deep respect for the importance of art, but producing art certainly does not come without challenges.

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My focus for 2023 is drama short film titled Life Beyond Christine, produced in conjunction with Moonlight Motion Pictures.

Life Beyond Christine is about two broken women who connect as they individually work to overcome the trauma that haunts them as a result of the same perpetrator, psychologist Christine Hallaway.

This film sheds light on a few important issues.

It raises mental health awareness by giving a raw depiction of what struggle looks like behind closed doors.

It also makes a statement about the abuse of power from someone we trust, which is something we are learning to recognise more and more as a society.

Ultimately, Life Beyond Christine is a story about hope that demonstrates how connection – opening up to others – can help us heal.

This film aims to be high-quality and high-impact, to be released to film festivals worldwide and, eventually, the general public.

To The POINT

by Alexandra Chambers

I am extremely proud of what we are creating and particularly proud of the passionate group of emerging filmmakers collaborating on this project, including writer and actress Sarah Moon and award-winning director Margaret Thanos.

Short films and ‘co-op’ theatre are perfect learning grounds for emerging artists. * * *

Unfortunately, filmmaking is expensive and funding is limited.

Independent filmmakers don’t have the security or luxury of government funding and often have to fund the project themselves.

Production costs are often excessively high, even for small projects, which creates a certain inaccessibility for emerging artists eager to make their own work.

In making Life Beyond Christine, we are reliant solely on crowdfunding and philanthropy to ensure we have the funds to pay for the bare minimum essentials, with our incredible team working for a nominal fee hinging on funding success.

Here is where we are relying on the generosity of our local community to bring this project to life.

To learn more and support local artists, search ‘Life Beyond Christine’ at https://australianculturalfund.org.au

Alexandra Chambers is an independent film maker who lives and works in Woolwich.