Best stickers ever!

My Mum visited me yesterday and bought me the cutest stickers in the world. Look! How adorable! I am in love with them. I love that I'm 29 and my Mum knows me well enough to buy me stickers. Because I'm a grown-up. Oh yes, I am. (Thanks Mum!) 

Stationery Houses

Completely adorable stationery organisers in the form of little houses! I love how pens fit in the chimneys.

Christmas giveaway winners!

Congratulations to Thrifted Treasure, Taichi Fox and Bec Clarke!

Tokuya Melbourne

Some very cute containers

Last Friday I was in Melbourne for work for the day, which was most excellent timing. I had recently read on Twitter (sorry - can't remember who tweeted, but thank you!) that a brand new Hyaku-en store had opened up in Melbourne. Many of the stores like this in Japan are from the brand Daiso, which is a high-quality, low-cost Japanese brand. Tokuya is (from what I could tell) made in China but Japanese design. And everything in the store is $3.50. Eeee!

Hula girls ribbon with hula skirts which come off the ribbon. Cuuute!

I only had about 15 minutes in the shop, which wasn't nearly enough. Although it's nothing on real Japanese Hyaku-en, it is a good, smaller sample size. There is lots of stationery, kitchen goods, hardware, cleaning products, beauty products and more. The kitchen section is very good, with lots of bento boxes, chopstick cases and little plastic animal-headed toothpicks. (Having bought about 40 plastic animal-headed toothpicks in Japan, I told myself no more. But really, can you ever have too many?)

Aroma pens, pencils and and cute little pens.

Hedgehog procession! "It walks side by side always together. It is a start of happy time"!
"Good sheep: it splashes in a lot of lovely child sheep. It follows one after another later"
"The Handmade Letter"
I can't go near hyaku-en without a Miffy purchase. This one is going to look especially grown-up in meetings...

Overall verdict? Most exciting and thrilling to have an Aussie hyaku-en. I didn't buy as much as I wanted, partly limited by time and by the fact that I only had a handbag with me. But it is a lot of fun, and if you love hyaku-en in Japan, you will adore this. Go, explore and love!


Tokuya: Basement, 236 Bourke St, Melbourne. (Near Target).
If you're heading to Melbourne, or if you live there, please tell me and I will ask for you to be a stationery mule! Seriously. I will pay cost + postage and maybe even treats to willing buyers!

Shop Update: New Packs of Colour!

Very excited about these! New packs of colour in the shop right now - so much fun!
There is free shipping within Australia, so hop to it if you feel like a little pack of inspiration in your favourite colour.
Each pack is different, but contains everything you see with even more in the pack - beads, buttons, fabric scraps, papers, postcards, stickers, stamps, vintage book parts - lots of yummies!

New Stickers

I ordered some new stickers for the shop last week and I thought I'd share. How cute is that owl?!

MCA Zine Fair

I bought these delicious robot stickers from Shelbyville. Aren't they the best?

I had a delightful day at the MCA Zine Fair on Sunday. I also managed to sneak in a look at the Yayoi Kusama exhibition which was extraordinary - I highly recommend a look-see if you're nearby.

It all served as delicious inspiration for a zine of my own which has been kicking around in my head for a while. I'll keep you posted!

Delicious Etsy Yummies

It's official. I've found a new favourite etsy shop. It's called nothingelegant, and believe me, everything is kissy-hot. This Paris postcard pack is quite delightful, and have a look at this cute filing folder, below - perfect for an organising frenzy.

These stamps are heartwrenchingly perfect. Whimsical and fun, without being too pretty. I love them dearly.
And deco tape with pretty stamps and European images? Enough, I say!
And this little girl reminds me of Yoshitomo Nara's beautifully angry girl portraits. So cute.

More Japanese Stickers in the Shop

I've finally gotten around to listing the last of my Japanese stickers in the shop. Eeeee!

Matryoshka Stickers

Finally got around to posting some more of my Japanese stationery haul in the shop. These matryoshka stickers are some of my favourites - aren't they just delightful?

Etsy shop announcement: Free Shipping this week!

As a special February treat, everything in the shop will have free shipping between Monday 2nd and Friday 6th of Feb, 2009! Also included will be a small surprise with each order.

If you make a purchase, please don't pay until you receive an amended invoice from me.

Thank you!

New Things in Store

So exciting! I've just listed brand new Paris envelopes made from gorgeous old papers of mine in the shop! I've been collecting these papers for ages, and so enjoyed putting the packs together.
Each pack contains three envelopes, address labels, Parisian seals and crisp and lovely white cardstock.

Nesting and Wall Decals

I have been thinking a lot about nesting of late. I don't know what exactly has brought it on, but I seem even to be dreaming of lounge rooms and chairs and bedrooms, oh my!

I found these absolutely delicious wall stickers from the French company Harmonie Interieure and think they'd be a perfect feather to add to my mind-nest.

I can almost forgive this spelling mistake, too...

Matrioshka Lovelies

Images from Print A Day

The delightfully talented Yas has posted these beautiful Matrioshka to-do lists and labels. Aren't they delicious? If you're interested, download here and tell her what you make with them!

New Shop Lovelies!

I have finally gotten around to updating le shop. Here are some new bits and pieces I'd thought I'd showcase here.

First up, some Bambi mini envelopes! These are handmade from vintage Golden Book images of Bambi, and come in the palest blues and gentle colours.

Next up - my new collection of City Stickers. This time, one of my favourite cities ever - Paris:

And New York City...