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The Ultimate NZ Giveaway
We have put together for you the Ultimate NZ giveaway! As a thank you for reaching so many amazing milestones earlier this month we've contacted some fantastic local NZ business to see if they wanted to help promote small business in NZ. One lucky person will win this EVERYTHING in this ultimate giveaway which includes:
- Punch fear in the face shield - Ginger & Jack
- 2015 Daily Planner - Toodles Noodles
- Custom rhino artwork - The Humble Heart
- An assortment of Bakers Twine - Pop Roc Parties
- Delicious custom blend muesli- The Muesli Hub
- 2 fun notebooks - FRANK Stationery
- Ceramic Kereru - Borrowed Earth
- Decorative wall tiles - Tikitibu
- Favour bags and tags - Wink
- Pohutukawa cushion - Moth
- Dream Believer pillow set - elephantandbird
- Succulent kokedama - Pickled Whimsy
Be sure to get your entries in, giveaway closes in 7 days. Check out the images below and check out these awesome businesses! And thank you so much to them all. [caption id="attachment_2539" align="aligncenter" width="700"]
Shield by Ginger & Jack | Succulent Kokedama by Pickled Whimsy[/caption] [caption id="attachment_2540" align="aligncenter" width="700"]
Kerukeru by Borrowed Earth[/caption] [caption id="attachment_2541" align="aligncenter" width="700"]
Rhino wall art by The Humble Heart | notebooks by FRANK Stationery[/caption] [caption id="attachment_2542" align="aligncenter" width="700"]
Custom pack of muesli by The Muesli Hub[/caption] [caption id="attachment_2543" align="aligncenter" width="700"]
2015 Daily Planner by Toodles Noodles | Assortment of bakers twine by Pop Roc Parties[/caption] [caption id="attachment_2544" align="aligncenter" width="700"]
Wall art tiles by Tikitibu[/caption] [caption id="attachment_2545" align="aligncenter" width="700"]
Pohutukawa Cushion by Moth | Favour packets by Wink[/caption] [caption id="attachment_2546" align="aligncenter" width="700"]
Dream Believer pillow set by elephantandbird[/caption]
Piece-Makers
Happy Friday everyone! We just wanted to let you know of our newest stockist, the lovely curated online shop Piece-Makers.
The Piece-Makers motto is not to conquer the world but just make it a little more beautiful. Piece-Makers is an online market where makers, designers and finders of truly beautiful products come together to sell their wares online. Each of their stalls has been carefully selected so that the beauty and quality of the items are consistent throughout the site.
Piece-Makers is brought to you by a husband and wife team based out of the Hawke’s Bay. Fiona Hosford (Founder/Director), wife, mother, sometimes interior stylist, coffee addict and lover of all things beautiful. Former owner and director of mid century design store Piece Ltd and founder of The Craft & Design Market in Havelock North, also stall-holder at Piece Ltd, Washi Shop and The Candle Maker. Aaron Hosford (Founder/Director), husband, father, graphic designer, sounding board and tolerator. Founder of Font Design Studio Ltd and stall-holder at the Font Design Book stall. Click here to find out more and view other beautiful stalls available on the Piece-Makers.
Kinfolk Gathering
Last month we had the honour of being one of the sponsors for both the Auckland and Tauranga Kinfolk dinners themed L'esprit de la Mer. The Auckland dinner was hosted by photographer Greta Kenyon and Tauranga's dinner was hosted by stylist Shaye Woolford. Together they put together a sensational seasonal meal, selected and styled event locations to match in both cities and successfully executed an elaborate pop-up restaurant. 
To view the evening in all its glory we highly recommend watching this lovely short film by Quinn O'Connell 
Our contribution to the event was this artistic postcard handed out to all the event participants. All photos included in this post are by Danelle Bourgeouis from A Couple of Night Owls.
Little Lots' Competition
Remember our friends over at Little Lot who do the fantastic wallpapers? Well they're currently hosting a pretty fantastic competition! At Little Lot they love the idea that a little contribution by a lot of people can make a big difference. To illustrate just how powerful this concept can be, they’re running a competition where the prize is made up of lots of little prizes - donated by their awesome clients. To learn out to enter this amazing competition go to their website.
Custom Furniture
Since moving into our new house in December my partner and I have been on the lookout for THE dinning table. After doing some research we've decided that we want to support a local artist and design our own to fit our dining room perfectly! We're basing our table of this design, which my partner found via Pinterest due to someone in the US wanting to do something just like us!
Since deciding we want our own custom table we've found so many local New Zealand talented furniture designers. Here are just a few of the ones we've found thus far.
George and Willy make fun, functional, robust products. Taking very careful consideration not to over design our products, we engineer them based on their primary function.
Hanlon & Howe was founded out of respect for quality craftsmanship and simple design. Built to be used, loved, cherished, and kept, all of my pieces have an old-world sturdiness that you rarely see in today’s all to frequent buy-destroy-repurchase cycle.
We are a Husband and Wife team based in Canterbury. Lilyjane Boutique has been a dream of ours for a very long time. We love what we do and put so much of ourselves into each piece, so we are very excited to be sharing them with you. We hope you appreciate them as much as we do.
Here at Trestle Union we believe that good design can be affordable, and with our range of trestle products, we have created no-frills products that don’t compromise on style.
WRW & Co. was established in Dec 2012, priding itself on New Zealand made, customised furniture which is thoughtfully crafted and repurposed from locally sourced materials. WRW & Co is a young company, but is maturing and constantly honing the craft. Will continues to grow and stay true to the company's beginnings - making high quality, unique products primarily out of repurposed and sustainable materials.
We moved
As some of you may be aware over the summer break my partner and I moved into our new house down in the Waikato. We packed up our bags and moved about 1.5 hours south of Auckland to the countryside. Our new home and the TN studio are situation in the rural outskirts of Cambridge. We are surrounded by so much natural beauty, it's hard not to be inspired all the time! During my lunch breaks I've been getting some fresh air by going on little runs around our 'neighbourhood'. Here are some images I captured during my adventures. More about our new home and the studio soon!
Weekly Roundup 30 November
Happy Weekend everyone! Sorry for being a bit quiet on social media lately - I've been requested to go back down to Christchurch to help with one last project before leaving the day job. It's always so fantastic to go down there and work with extremely created people, see how the city is progressing, and try out new restaurants. This week's recommendation for new tasty discoveries is Fiddlesticks - I ate there two nights in a row it was that good! This weekend we have two markets before flying back to Christchurch. Today we'll be at the Auckland Art & Craft Fair at the Aotea Centre from 11 - 3. Tomorrow we're back at the Matakana Markets from 9:30 - 2:30. Some stock is running quite low and we won't be getting anything else printed before the New Year. So if you're after:
- Inspirational wall calendar
- Planner/diary
- Gold and Black Stay Awesome tote
- Yellow and grey dot tea towels
- Letterpress Recipe Cards and Recipe Box by 1canoe2
- Decorative Cow Meat cutting chart for the kitchen by DesignAtelierArticle
- PieBox + Leather Carrying Strap/Handle by PIEBOX
- Made to order pinch bowls by CenterCeramics
- Linen apron finished with sturdy nickel-plated grommets by STUDIOPATRO
Weekly Roundup 1 November
Happy weekend everyone! It may have been a short work week, but we are always more than happy to say 'hello' to the weekend! Especially this one as we're headed back to Tauranga for the Little Big Markets. The day is guaranteed to be a hit - great people, delicious food, and sunshine - who could say no!? If you're wanting to know when we'll be at a market near you click here for a full list of our holiday market line-up. Or of course you can always purchase online either with Etsy (free shipping in NZ!) or via Felt. With the new month just arriving we felt a black and white themed roundup was just what the doctor ordered. I hope you all have a fantastic weekend and hope to see some of you on Saturday!
- Quite smitten with Paper Bird Society's new 2014 calendars - how great is that hanger.
- This unbleached calico bag is hand screen printed in Brisbane by Hello Penny.
- This uplifting banner will be joining my studio soon.
- Fantastic pillows handmade in Berlin Germany.
- This custom Industrial Cage Light is made to order just for you in California, USA.
- Beautiful packaging for beautiful Fair Trade tea towels.
What we've been up to
If there are two things I truly love about New Zealand is the food and sense of style! This month I've been extremely lucky and have been going on lots of delicious coffee dates and discovering some beautiful restaurants all around the country. Here are a few snaps from this month's explorations - to see more follow us here. Do you have any favourites near you? We'd love to find out! (starting top left to bottom right) Mojo Coffee | Ponsonby Central | Lucian Espresso Bar | Ponsonby Central | Mojo Coffee | Best Ugly | Allpress Coffee | Atomic Coffee | Good George | TN HQ | Miss Clawdy | Punnet
Exploring by foot - Christchurch
Last week I went down to Christchurch to work on a design job. Since moving to New Zealand, I've now been lucky enough to travel there a total of five times, unfortunately only one pre-earthquake. This last time we were lucky and didn't work too late in the evening, leaving me the opportunity to do some exploring. I put on my running shoes, stuck my headphones on and just started running. 
Now I am possibly one of the worst runners out there, but being able to see this city on foot and see what's changed, what's still in taters, what's been turned into art, was a great eye opener. This city is bursting with creativity and beauty but is still unfortunately full of everyday reminders of travesty from three years ago. 
All the images in this post were taken on my iPhone just around golden hour - it was so beautiful to see the city really shine in such rich light. 
This city is truly beautiful and is full of possibly the nicest people you'll ever find in New Zealand. I promise to take some more pictures (with my proper camera) when I'm down there again next week!
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