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Wednesday, November 30, 2011

StickyTiki - Artwork for Your Wall

Peel It, Stick It, Remove It, Scrunch It, Wipe It ... and Stick It again!

Yep, these are not the kind of wall stickers that once put on, you need to leave on ... meaning you can remove them when you move house, when the kids grow up, or if you feel like changing things up a bit.

More than this though, the designs are just fabulous! They are gorgeously handcrafted right here in NZ and will give colour and funk to any room you wish to brighten up!

Awesome retro colours made into all sorts of different shapes from Spaceships and Giraffes to Pukekos and even a great big Pohutukawa tree (my favourite!). Made out of fabric which won't damage or wrinkle your space and easy to put together, they are washable and weather proof as well, which means they can go outside and not just inside!

Thanks to the creative minds of Kim Hands and Simon Lindegren from Ahuriri, Napier, we have some awesome deco for our walls!

A definite to check out ... Choice!

w http://www.stickytiki.com/

Napier

p + 64 6 834 1062

Wednesday, November 9, 2011

Mudbird Ceramics - Chch

Sometimes a perfect gift is hard to come by and giving someone a different pressie every year can be a task. We are very lucky in Aotearoa that we are small enough to get gifts from Anywhere within NZ and without great cost ... so let's head down to the beautiful Christchurch and check out Mudbird.

Mudbird Ceramics is the brainchild of Gillian Weavers, a Mum who had an idea and brought it to life - original gifts, hand cut from NZ Clays, decorated with vintage styles.

From small dishes to earrings, to the very appealing bird dishes, the colours and styles are a fresh look to a lot of what we see these days. Some outstanding work with the detail shows Gillian's love for her designs and her amazing workmanship.

I absolutely love her creations and love having some beautiful ceramic pieces in the house. Would highly recommend a pressie from Mudbird, you won't be disappointed .. and neither will those you purchase it for (includes yourself).

w http://www.mudbird.co.nz/

e mudbird@gill.co.nz

m 021368624

Monday, August 8, 2011

Diplodocus :: Design Store - PTV #24

Everyone has to start somewhere and for the Young Kiwis studying a Diploma in Art at the Windermere Campus in Tauranga, they have the perfect place to do just that.

The Diplodocus Design Store is a creative project developed and managed by the the students attending the course. Here they are able to show off their paintings, jewllery and ceramic designs whilst learning.

What I love most, apart from helping out the students by buying their art, is the fact that whatever you buy will probably be a one and only original. Their art can be anywhere from playful to elegant and consists of art not only painted on canvas, but other materials as well - some extreme creativity going on here!

If you are out and about that way, or even driving through, do go in and check them out. A great little store and another example of Kiwi Creativity - Choice!

C5, Art Block

Windermere Campus

Tauranga

Wed - Thurs

10am - 3pm

e diplodocus.design@gmail.com

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Thursday, August 4, 2011

The Paper Package - Pressies from Wanganui

Do you remember those days when you would visit Grandma's place and on leaving would be given a bag filled with freshly baked cookies, cakes, chocolate and maybe a handful of lollies?

Well gifts have changed somewhat since then and it is not uncommon nowadays for People to give a gift to someone that consists of a card and some dosh. It's like the warm and fuzzies have been fizzed out of gifts ...

So I want to introduce you the The Paper Package.

These guys are great - taking us back to the day of giving gifts that mean something to People. A modern day "package" which includes the modern day feel good necessities ...

From Student Care packages to Get Well packages, Thinking of You and Thank You packages to Individual gifts consisting of notebooks and journals. They want their gifts to be memorable and original with a vintage-style twist, wrapping them up in brown paper and decoration.

Father's Day, Anniversaries, Graduation or just a gift for someone special, check out these guys for something a bit old fashioned full of love! Geat gifts that are different yet meaningful, fun yet practical.

Definitely worth a look next time you need to buy a gift for someone special.