CD cover magic from Japan

How gorgeous are these CD cover designs from Japan? They are both from Japanese recording artists Tico Moon, available from www.amazon.jp. You can also check out Tico Moon's myspace page here!

Fairy Wishes

Make a wish with the new Hiccups 'Fairy Wishes' embroidered fleece throw.

Birds etc. from Sanderson

More birdie inspiration - this time from Sanderson's Options Collection. 
'Finches' is a lovely painterly wallpaper and fabric design in a subdued palette of yellow and blue. A little bit Marie Antoinette, a little bit De Gournay, and a lot to admire.

'Happy Garden' Coverlet

Flowers, butterflies, hot pink, red ruffles..... This fresh design ticks all of the boxes on a little girl's dream bedroom checklist! The 'Happy Garden' quilted coverlet and sham looks great with our new 'Fairy Village' printed bed linen and an array of co-ordinating accessories.

Hiccups in NZ House and Garden Magazine

Here is our latest Hiccups advertisement which will appear in NZ House and Garden magazine in March!
Hiccups is sold through Farmers stores throughout New Zealand.
Pictured are our new bed linen designs 'Fairy Village' and 'Retro Robots'.

She's a little bit retro: Sayaka Sugiura

Some very sweet book cover designs from Japanese author and illustrator Sayaka Sugiura, available from amazon.jp. I love the quirky retro graphics and cover layouts; so eye-catching!

'I moved' 
'Yokubari na mainichi'
'Let's Play' Picture book

Souvenir Picture Book 

Bonjour butterflies

Favourite artist - Sophie Adde

I first came across Sophie Adde's paintings displayed in Sensitive et fils, a beautiful shop on Rue Francois Miron in the Marais district of Paris.
I admire Sophie's sense of colour - turquoise combined with pinkish reds and subtle greens is one of my favourite colour combinations, and her paintings of peonies and decorative Chinese subject matter are particularly striking.




Sophie's work is also available from the La Marelle website as postcards and assorted stationery items. I picked up a few cards from the Readings bookshop in Port Melbourne.

Simply French, simply lovely!

Little Golden Books - childhood memories

Which 'Little Golden Book' was your favourite? All of the following titles were in my family's bed time story collection, and all of them were dog-eared and very much loved (even surviving a few dunks in the bath!) Now they can be enjoyed by a whole new generation for a very affordable price of AU$3.99. I bought my copies from the Angus and Robertson bookshop.

Lovely clothing from Oilily

Oilily is one of my favourite fashion brands - never failing to disappoint with their unique range of designs for women and children. Here are a few of my favourite picks for little girls from the fabulous 'Summer of Love' Spring Summer 09 collection. Hippy luxe from Holland!