Who can resist a sweet treat – especially during these warm summer months!? This months free digital wallpaper is a new design made special just for our digital wallpapers! Love the artwork? Let us know and we may just make it available for purchase as a print or card! x

Desktop Wallpaper Download sizes:

February Ice cream (Widescreen 16:10) 1920×1200
February Ice cream with calendar option (Widescreen 16:10) 1920×1200

February Ice cream (Fullscreen 4:3) 1600×1200
February Ice cream with calendar option (Fullscreen 4:3) 1600×1200

To simplify things I’ve only made two sizes of the design but it should work on most screens – just use either the “centre” setting or “fit to screen” if it doesn’t look quite right.

iPhone Download sizes:

February Ice cream, single - iPhone 4 640×960
February Ice cream, multiple - iPhone 4 640×960

February Ice cream, single - iPhone 5 640×1136
February Ice cream, multiple - iPhone 5 640×1136

The formal bits:

All photos, desktop wallpaper art, and designers are copyright. The use of this wallpaper is free and strictly for personal use. Sharing of these images on Pinterest, Facebook, or any social media is welcome, as long as you source and link back to Toodles Noodles.  If you’d like to blog about this post, feel free to, as long you credit and link back to this post and/or Toodles Noodles. Thanks so much for reading this boring but necessary bit!

Valentine’s Day is just around the corner and we know how important it is to pick out a thoughtful card and gift for that special someone. Or in some cases how adding that extra special something and wrapping your gift just the way you pictured it.

We’ve put together a gift guide to help inspire you for February 14. Here’s a selection of some items for that big day all available for purchase from our shop!

1. Full of Hearts, Gift Wrap Kit  – $21.00 NZD
2. Love you Long Time, Gift Tags – $6.75 NZD
3. Puppy Love, Gift Card – $6.00 NZD
4. Stay Awesome, Notepad - $12.00 NZD
5. Full of Hearts, Cupcake Toppers – $12.00 NZD
6. Perpetual Calendar – $28.00 NZD
7. You are my Superhero, Note Cards – $13.50 NZD
8. Love you Sunshine, Print - $25.00 NZD
9. Full of Hearts, Favour Bags – $10.00 NZD

Who doesn’t love a bit of nautical in their lives – especially during these warm summer months!? This months free digital wallpaper is based off our desktop calendar’s design! Love the artwork? You can also buy the matching wrapping paper and gift tags in our store!

Desktop Wallpaper Download sizes:

January Nautical (Widescreen 16:10) 1920×1200
January Nautical with calendar option (Widescreen 16:10) 1920×1200

January Nautical (Fullscreen 4:3) 1600×1200
January Nautical with calendar option (Fullscreen 4:3) 1600×1200

To simplify things I’ve only made two sizes of the design but it should work on most screens – just use either the “centre” setting or “fit to screen” if it doesn’t look quite right.

iPhone Download sizes:

iPhone 4 640×960

iPhone 5 640×1136

The formal bits:

All photos, desktop wallpaper art, and designers are copyright. The use of this wallpaper is free and strictly for personal use. Sharing of these images on Pinterest, Facebook, or any social media is welcome, as long as you source and link back to Toodles Noodles.  If you’d like to blog about this post, feel free to, as long you credit and link back to this post and/or Toodles Noodles. Thanks so much for reading this boring but necessary bit!

This week we’re helping those who have less this holiday season!

25% of all sales this week will go to the Red Cross. Help us spread some holiday cheer this year! This applies to any item purchased through our store – so please help spread the love and spread the word! x

The holidays are quickly approaching…which means the New Year is near!  Here is a range of our stationery to help keep you organised and calm in 2013. Help keep your New Years resolutions with our lovely range of calendars, note pads, and cards.

These items make lovely gifts as well – remember this is the last week to order to ensure everything arrives in time for Santa!

Well everyone the countdown is really on for Christmas now! Orders have really been flying through the shop and we have our last market of the year! You can find us this Saturday at Britomart’s Moad Christmas Market open from 10-2:30. Then on Sunday I’m super excited for the Day on the Green concert at the positively beautiful Villa Maria Estate Winery featuring The Black Seeds and Fly Me Pretties! Do you have some fun weekend plans – we’d love to hear them!

Now onto the good stuff – this week’s roundup is a gift guide for the cooks in your life!

1. Beautiful mini wood bowls by Wind & Willow Home.
2. A lovely handmade apron by Beth at Chirp will surely do the trick, located locally here in Auckland.
3. OneCanoeTwo make the most beautiful and vibrant letter-pressed stationery including these recipe cards.
4. For the baker – this colourful cookbook is perfect!
5. Have lots of shopping to do – no problem! This notepad will help keep you and your home organised.
6. Time to make those baked goods shine with this handcrafted cake stand.
7. There’s nothing like a tidy kitchen, keep your cooking utensils looking fab.

Sure do hope this roundup help bring some inspiration for those cooks and bakers in your life!  See you all next week!

Being the holiday season and the New Year quickly approaching - dreams, goals and resolutions are on the mind!  One of my big dreams is to have our own Toodles Noodles HQ!  At the moment this lovely company is run out of me and my partners apartment. We have dedicated one bedroom to a lovely office with a desk handcrafted by my Mr!  But as stock levels are increasing and orders are flying through – it has us dreaming of the big leagues – and with that a big office!

Our dream office would consist of lots of natural light, a huge cutting table with storage underneath, stunning shelving to hold and display our stock, lots of natural wood, a relaxing soft seating area, and the icing on the cake – it would be located in a small barn on our property! (and yes, I’ve started playing lotto for this big dream…)

Here is a selection of stunning studios... come dream a little dream with me!  Have a studio of your own, we’d love to see pictures! x

Love the design?
You can buy the matching wrapping paper and gift tags in our store!  Perfect for wrapping presents this holiday season! x

Desktop Wallpaper Download sizes:

December Calendar (Widescreen 16:10) 1920×1200
Kiwiana December (Widescreen 16:10) 1920×1200

December Calendar (Fullscreen 4:3) 1600×1200
Kiwiana December (Fullscreen 4:3) 1600×1200

iPhone Download sizes:

Animals like to Party (iPhone 4) 640×960
Kiwiana December (iPhone 4) 640×960

Animals like to Party (iPhone 5) 640×1136
Kiwiana December (iPhone 5) 640×1136

To simplify things I’ve only made two sizes for each design but they should work on most screens – just use either the “centre” setting or “fit to screen” if it doesn’t look quite right.

The formal bits:

All photos, desktop wallpaper art, and designers are copyright. The use of this wallpaper is free and strictly for personal use. Sharing of these images on Pinterest, Facebook, or any social media is welcome, as long as you source and link back to Toodles Noodles.  If you’d like to blog about this post, feel free to, as long you credit and link back to this post and/or Toodles Noodles. Thanks so much for reading this boring but necessary bit!

Who can believe that it’s already mid November – is it just me or is time really flying lately?  I know I now live in the Southern Hemisphere and it’s Spring here, but when I think of the holidays, and the fast approaching Thanksgiving – I can’t help but think of naturals, warm comfort foods, and delicious sweets!

I do hope you all had a fantastic, relaxing week. Things over here at Toodles Noodles HQ have been buzzing away with big store orders, new notepads arriving, and preparing for our upcoming markets: Kohimarama School Christmas Market, MoAD’s Christmas Market, and Auckland Art & Craft Fair. Also on a personal note, I’ll be doing my first 6k run (walk) this Sunday – very excited to cross that off the bucket list! Now enough chit chat and onto this week’s roundup!

1.  All time classic quote beautifully written up from “A league of their own”.
2. Love these cookie cutters and icing ideas from - A Woodland Christmas at Martha’s House.
3. Moving? How about letting your family and friends know with these super cute postcards designed by Wild Horse Press.
4. These adorable nautical tea defusers come in four different design options – I’ll take another cuppa thanks!
5. My favourite piece by designer friend Kristen Shearon from Havok Designs – her shop is full of gems!
6. I may be somewhat obsessed with everything in the West Elm shop at the moment… this week’s pick is Letter Press cookie cutters – the perfect combo for a graphic designer who loves baking.

Until next time and hope the weekend has a bright, shinny sun wherever you are! x

Here are the easy steps to create your own bunting! It makes a great accessory for the holiday season, birthday parties or maybe even your own market stall!

1. Find what you’re going to write on (I used Newsprint – found at most art stores)
2. Pick a typeface you like for your word.
3. Make sure you print at a size that will work well for the end piece of your paper (and to print all letters needed!)
4. Find a bright window to use as a light box and start tracing!
5. Measure the center of the page and then draw with pencil two diagonal lines to the bottom corners
6. With a sharp box cutter and metal ruler, follow the pencil line.
7. Adhere your new beautiful flags to ribbon of choice! (I used hemp twine and stuck them on with washi tape)

Enjoy! x