Cute Calendar Round-up
As the end of year approaches it’s time to start looking for next year’s calendar. There’s something so appealing about a fresh start. Lead image from flickr I.E Top Row L-R: Leah Duncan 2012 12 Month...
View ArticlePocket manfriends and antique jewellery
Sometimes we’re separated from our friends and significant others for extended periods of time and need a compact, travel-sized companion. Nicola Rowlands, the crafty Brit, understands this and has...
View ArticleK is for Kani
Melbourne fashion blogger and accessories crafter, Kani, gives us a peek into her headspace. In between cramming for exams and reading very heavy text books for her Commerce/Law degree, vintage lover...
View ArticleWoody accessories
Natural, earthy and beautiful. We love wood. Get your hands on these little beauties. 1. Projects wooden sunglasses, US$210, by Shwood. 2. Hardwood cross stitch iPhone4 case, $59, by A Skulk of Foxes....
View ArticleQuill & Fox
Ordering a terrarium from the other side of the world has its limits (good luck getting it through customs!), but not with these 2D beauties. Portland based designer Yas, aka Quill & Fox, makes...
View ArticleGreen Villages X Etsy present ‘To DIY For’
If you want something done right, Do It Yourself. Also this idea is hella fun. Australians spend about $50 billion on presents each year and around $700 million of that ends up as landfill come...
View ArticleGreen Villages X Etsy ‘To DIY For’ Wrapping With Cloth
Oprah taught us a long time ago that a gift is not a gift until it has fabulous wrapping. Every Christmas we buy metres of shiny papers and spools of ribbon, and it looks so great until it turns into...
View ArticleCorella Design Illustrations
Owls and bears and feathers, oh my! Step into wacky world of illustrator Donna McKenzie. Bears in flannel, pandas in jumpers, rabbits in scarves; and that’s just a few. Her favourite materials are ink,...
View ArticleWorldly Illustrations
Paris, London, New York, Sydney- tick them off your list on this watercolour trip. Port Love is Elena Romanova’s Etsy store full of exquisite watercolour paintings and prints. If you’re into maps,...
View ArticleLollipops never looked so good
We used to think that you could never go wrong with candy. Until we saw these amazing lollipops which has caused this internal battle between whether these are actually too cute to eat vs. the...
View ArticleEtsy Store Wrap Up
Here are some of the freshest Aussie Etsy stores right now, hand-picked by Etsy’s head visual merchandiser from Brooklyn, Emily Bidwell. Beneath the Sun Wooden ornaments, geometric bookends, ceramic...
View ArticleSloth of Fortune by HandyMaiden
For those who find the idea of the lucky rabbits’ foot a tad revolting, we suggest looking towards the future of charms and totems: the Sloth of Fortune. Reminiscent of Nan’s house but a touch more...
View ArticleStone and Violet
For those with a penchant for the handmade and think wood deserves respect, please give a warm and gracious welcome to Stone and Violet. Owner, maker and designer Lauren Gray is motivated by a love of...
View ArticleInterior Design Roundup: Feel The Suspense
We’ve been on a bit of an interior design hit lately and, in between bouts of living room envy, we rounded up some of our favourite hanging pieces to fulfill all your pendulous needs. #1 Shadow Boxes...
View ArticleCars And Films
Excuse us while we file this in the bulging manilla folder of ‘Why Didn’t We Think Of This?’. Seriously, if we combined our two obsessions, we’d get something ridiculous like cat crystals or succulent...
View ArticleMug Life
Continuing our series of bad puns and product galleries… may we present to you Mug Life – the Yen team’s picks of what to proudly sip your beverage of choice from this winter. Top image by Benjamin...
View ArticleILOVELAMP
For the interior style god said, ‘Let there be light, and let it be in the shape of various animals. And let some have a cute crochet cap. And everyone stop hanging up those Keep Calm posters...
View ArticleWrapping paper by Kate Broughton
Adios red-and-green bauble wrapping paper! Sayonara cheap and see-through 30-metre reindeer gift roll! Toodle-oo, smelly newspaper. Whatever language you use to get by, know this: the awesomeness of...
View ArticleQuill & Fox
Ordering a terrarium from the other side of the world has its limits (good luck getting it through customs!), but not with these 2D beauties. Portland based designer Yas, aka Quill & Fox, makes...
View ArticleGreen Villages X Etsy present ‘To DIY For’
If you want something done right, Do It Yourself. Also this idea is hella fun. Australians spend about $50 billion on presents each year and around $700 million of that ends up as landfill come...
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