Meet Neoma - the newest member of the Eco Party Box team.

For the past eight weeks we've been able to kick off our heels and let someone else do all the work!

If only! But we have been helped out by our expert packer Neoma, Tina's sister.

Neoma is the first permanent part-time member of the Eco Party Box team. She's also a great photographer and loves to babysit her nephews and niece. Bonus!

After hours of in depth conversation here's what we've been able to find out so far:

What is your favourite book?

Anything fantasy or crime.

What is your favourite film?

I have many, but currently it's The Perks of Being a Wallflower.

Who's Your Celebrity Crush?

Nicholas Holt - from X Men First Class.

What is your favourite Eco Party Box product?

The coloured paper straws and the pine cones and their holder.

Where is your ultimate holiday destination?

Traveling the whole world is my dream.

Tell us a little bit more about yourself:

I love reading and dancing. I studied events at Tafe last year and this year I'm studying hospitality. I work with a great team of people and I get to see my niece and nephews whom I love to pieces. My ultimate goal is to travel the world.

Here's some of her photographic work:

Here's some of her better stuff:

Eco Friendly Australia Day Party

One of the biggest party events on the Aussie calendar rolls around every year on January 26.

Australia Day is celebrated by many either at the beach, around at a friends place with a bbq or over at a park.

Aussie flags decorate cars and homes and blue and white zinc cream is painted on kid's noses all over the country.

This year if you're having a bbq on Australia Day make it an eco friendly event - with compostable tableware and biodegradable decorations.

Our Australia Day Party Box features everything you need for a get-together for 25 people.

Including:

*25 x large light brown plates (220mm) made from bamboo pulp fibre
*25 x small light brown plates (180mm) made from bamboo pulp fibre
*5 large light brown oval platters made from bamboo pulp fibre
*25 x FSC certified wooden cutlery - knives, forks and spoons
*25 x regular biodegradable single-wall cups (8 ounce)
*100 x recycled brown lunch napkins
*16 x Australia Day Colour Balloons (8 blue and 8 white)
*25 x Australian Flag Cocktail Picks
*1 x Blue and White Australia Day Bunting
*1 x 30 litre disposable bag made from corn starch
*Comes in a sturdy cardboard picnic hamper box made from 100% recycled cardboard

You can purchase all the products in the box - including our balloons, bunting and Australian Flag cocktail sticks - separately.

We wish you a happy and eco friendly Australia Day!

Busy bees in spring!

We've been busy bees over spring - adding new products and sending lots of orders out for the Christmas party season.

We were excited yesterday to receive our new picnic hamper boxes which now come with our Eco Party Box logo emblazoned along each side of the box. We think they look just fab!!

New products in store over Spring include our gorgeous eco friendly pink, green and blue invitations which come with matching envelopes with the design of butterfly, dragonfly and rocketship. Find out more here.

New tableware includes our extra small cake plates, extra large wooden gourmet pine cones, extra extra large wooden gourmet pine boats, a variety of skewers and a bigger range of colorful biodegradable straws including our Christmas design.

We've added to our range of decorations to include a bigger range of ecoGarlands and Himalayan prayer flags.

New to the list of party favors are our wooden whistles, hemp friendship bands, a bigger range of wooden ruler bookmarks, eco pens and a big selection of new mini notebooks.

We hope the festive season is a safe one for all our customers. Thanks for supporting us throughout the year

We'll be taking a break in January for a week with our last orders shipped out on December 30.

Merry Christmas.

St Mary's College Winter Sleep Out

Around 60 year 12 students from St Mary's College in Adelaide braved the cold of an early spring night last month.

They were kept warm by just a cardboard box, a sleeping bag and food served on biodegradable plates donated by Eco Party Box.

The students were taking part in a Winter Sleep Out to raise awareness of and experience for the themselves the life of homelessness in South Australia.

The four year 12 students organising the event were focused on preparing a healthy and sustainable meal, representative of  the menu from the Vincentian homeless centre on Whitmore square, Adelaide, which the girls visited with their Religion class. They also had a goal of maintaining the theme of "ecological spirituality".

We were delighted to be able to donate our products to help raise awareness for a good cause.

Judging by the pictures they had a great time and we think they would make great role models for the cause.