New things in the shop this week...

New "Giant Biscuit" Long sleeve T for boys - featuring
Perth cranes doing some heavy lifting with a giant biscuit.

Balloning - New Girls Long Sleeve T
The ultinmate in travel options - Hot air and bicycles

Magnet sets - Writers, Owl Forest, Tea Party and Boys Toys

Night Owl Ts for girls size 2, 4 and 6

Wooden Hair clips and Vintage Laminex Hairslides

More new things!

Walnut display boxes

New Woodturned lampbases made in Perth to suit our small lampshades... we also have a slightly larger version. We're still building up to the full floor lamp but we're not quite there yet! We have a few vintage tall floor lamps but we sell out very fast so if you are looking for one pop in soon!

Photos from the shop today

We have a lovely lady, Eleanor Jones (Year 10) on work placement this week from Perth Modern School. She is really interested in photography so we gave her the brief to take some photos of the shop today... here's what she came up with... aren't they great? She found the leaves and we lasered some letters out of them to create a display.

First comes Love (then cake, then marriage)

First Comes Love is an alternative Bridal Fair happening on the 18th/19th June at the Oxford Hotel in Leederville. For more info see their facebook page. It costs $5 to enter which they state is less than two cups of coffee.... or one cup of coffee if you live in Boomtown Perth :)

Check out these GORGEOUS letterpress invites from Mitchell and Dent, this set up from Hire Society and these teacups available to hire from your special day from Antiquitea.

New magnets - coming to the Perth Upmarket!

Inspired by some writer friends we have a new magnet set. If you haven't noticed the rise in writers festivals and fringe festivals in Perth recently you should go along to Barefaced Stories happening every last Tuesday in the month at The Bird in Northbridge. Inpsired by The Moth storytelling that started in New York, different people stand up and tell true life stories without notes that usually leave you laughing or crying! More details here. Their poster features this bear too so they must be cool :)

Sleepy Owls

Have you seen our lasercut sleepy owl? Can be supplied flat pack to send to those lovely people overseas. Available online at www.futureshelter.com. Shown here with the Pirate canvas and our small jewellery tree.

Workshop Tips

Running a workshop means you are often quoting old phrases and things you might hear your Dad saying... like "measure twice, cut once" and "a bad worker blames his tools". The first saying we made into a leather engraved keyring as part of our new workshop inspired range. A perfect pressie for all those aspiring DIY Dads, Husbands and of course, Ladies!

Mummy Hippo and Baby Hippo

Our latest new wall decals this week... Mummy and Baby Hippo now available in three sizes. Shown outside our shop. Also new Love Birds below.....

Confession time....

We are geeks (Adam more so being an engineer and web programmer of course) and we are podcast addicts! We read and listen to a lot of debates on the environment and the economy. Sometimes we have been known to listening to geeky podcasts while crocheting. Here's a little of what we have been listening to this week....

That ABC National recorded this great lecture from the Sydney Writers Festival this week "You have been warned" and for more details see....here and here

We regularly listen to Planet Money, This American Life, storytelling from The Moth, Future Tense and Radiolab

I know. So geeky. But you might find them interesting :)

Spotty Dotty - new wall decals

After many requests we can now offer some sheets of spots and dots in lots of pretty colours so you can mix and match. Transform your playroom or any room into a fun place to be! Sheets are $10 each so you can pick lots of colours to fill a wall space. Here's where we put them in the shop today... I love seeing these colours all together... its like being in a lolly shop!