alison tauber

www.etsy.com

We just love Alison Tauber’s lovely screenprinted tops. In organic cotton, they all look so soft and pretty. Done by hand in her Brooklyn studio.

Just beautiful.

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Yellow Owl Workshop

www.yellowowlworkshop.com

Found via Angry Chicken, Yellow Owl has some really neat stamp sets, as well as cards, journals, prints and paintings.

Just think of all the fun you could have stamping away with this little set. They’d be great with fabric stamping ink would they not indeed!

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hop skip jump

hopskipjump.bigcartel.com

Some of our favourite toys will be available tomorrow at Hop Skip Jump’s new shop. The update is happening Thursday November 19th at 10.30am (that’s Adelaide/Australian Central Daylight Savings time).

You’ll have to be jolly quick though. Or check Fiona’s blog for a list of other stockists.

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Cath Kidston – new website

www.cathkidston.co.uk

Cath Kidston fans will be pleased to visit the lovely new-look website at www.cathkidston.co.uk.

Very pretty and very Cath, all the favourites are of course still there, fabric by the metre; kids clothes and accessories; stationery; outdoor for wellies, umbrellas and pet beds; bags, wallets and keyrings in all our favourite vintage prints; and our favourite – home furnishings and wallpaper.

We just wish they’d hurry up and put some stuff in the clearance section!

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Black Lark Gallery

www.blacklarkgallery.bigcartel.com

Discovered via Hop Skip Jump, what a lovely shop this little find is. Black Lark Gallery’s online shop is currently playing home to all the lovely hand made dolls taking part in their Creature Feature exhibition.

Makers include Le Train Fantome, Udder, Lucy Jane Batchelor, Donna Wilson, Ella Pedersen, Sandra Monat, Abigail Brown, BlaBla and Fiona Dalton. They also have an any-year calendar by Donna Wilson – genius!

Be sure to visit Black Lark’s blog too – to see the brilliant way they’re displaying the creatures at their gallery.

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h is for home

www.hisforhome.com

Brilliantly priced, h is for home is a lovely treasure of a shop – filled with carefully curated vintage pieces.

There’s an absolute tonne of stuff on their website, making for a most pleasant time shopping indeed. They’ve got fabric, curtains, phones, german pottery, more coffee tables than I could shake a stick at, the best orange phone ever and lots of brilliant kitchenalia, lamps and other essential things for the mid century modern home.

The people who run it look jolly nice too.
And so should they, it’s a jolly jolly nice shop indeed.

images from h is for home

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Linnet

www.lin-net.com

The thing I love most about Linnet is the way they’ve designed their site. Some people say it’s confusing and very easy to get lost. But that’s its charm. Imagine, if you can, a big shop, full of wonderful treasures. The most beautiful fabrics, homewares – more beautiful than anything you’ve ever seen. It’s full of little rooms, twisted corridors, hidden doorways. It’s so easy to get lost amongst it all.

So here you are lost in this wonderful shop, every turning leads to another delight. Finding a room you were in a few minutes ago leads you back through more surprises. Eventually you find what you were looking for – but the journey through the shop has been a delight. And you’ve found so many beautiful things along the way.

Secret tip: the item index

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Salvage

537 Mt Eden Road, Auckland
Tel. 09-630 4054

Salvage is a vintage fabric and trimmings shop which opened its doors at the end of 2005. It is fast becoming known as the place to go in Auckland for a great range of high quality vintage fabrics and accessories for crafty girls and boys.

The stock comes in from a variety of avenues; People bring things into the shop or phone requesting a trip out to collect an estate lot. Kay recalls one time she visited a home where a room was lined virtually wall-to-wall with fabrics. After two cars-loads full she got everything back to her house for sorting. Finding she had no space left the bath was quickly commandeered and piled high with the new vintage treasures for the shop. Prices range from a good selection of vintage buttons for 20c each, and you can’t go past the ric-rac at 50 cents a metre.

You can get a couple of metres of really good fabric for well under $30. And there are always treats at the higher end of the scale too. Salvage is a great asset to Auckland. We’re not sure how we ever managed without it.

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