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!

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:

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Happy Tuesday everyone, I hope everyone has had a really lovely weekend. I had a nice relaxing weekend catching my breath and catching up with lots of very lovely ladies before the Christmas madness strikes. I’d love to hear what you got up to this very lovely sunny weekend, I hope it’s something wonderful and very relaxing!

This week, I present you with a fantastic stationery treat: Besotted Brand. Based out of Los Angeles, these folks know the true meaning of traditional letter writing and joy receiving a parcel in the post brings.

Their shop is positively lovely full of stamps, packaging ideas and absolute wonderment.

Enjoy! x

As you may have noticed from some of our designs, ok a lot of our designs, we may have a bit of a soft spot for animals.  So for this week’s round up, I decided to showcase some of my favourite animal stationery finds.

1. This cute set of 8 animal cards are letterpress printed on white FSC certified card stock – includes: bear, bird, duck, elephant, giraffe, kangaroo, moose, & rhinoceros) designed beautifully by enormouschampion
2. Decorative as well as functional, wool felt animals are stuffed and weighted to stand up to a library of books. Available in both elephant and giraffe.
3. Hippos are my favourite animal – how adorable are these little guys? They work perfectly as bookends, doorstops, or decorative pieces.
4. Receive lots of mail and find it hard to keep organised? This adorable Dachshund is here to keep your desk clean and tidy.
5. Each letter of this four colour screen printed poster by sass&peril is accompanied by a colorful illustration to help your little one learn their ABCs in a fun way
6. I’ve been eyeing this piece for quite a few months now. I love how he holds your iPhone, sketchbook and pens while looking adorable and inspirational for the big day ahead!

I hope this fun collection of animal stationery has brought a smile to your face this Friday and you have a lovely weekend!

x

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

Can you believe the holiday season is only six weeks away? Being in the sales industry we started designing for the holiday season back in June / July but it’s amazing how time flys and it’s finally here!

Last week when I was in Wellington at Craft2.0 I finally got to see the beautiful products by Flora Waycott Design in person!  Her array of textiles and prints are even more vibrant in person and would make beautiful gifts for your family and friends this holiday season.  All her items are screen printed and either printed on fabric or paper – making them nice and light for mailing!

You can find a full range of her products and list of stockists on her site or go directly to her Etsy shop to see more of her beautiful products.

Hope you’re all having a fantastic week and enjoy Flora’s products as much as I do! x

Oh my goodness!  Where has this week gone – preparing this week’s weekly roundup I just couldn’t believe Friday has come again so quickly!  It feels like we were just down in Wellington meeting some very lovely people at Craft2.o and the Wellington City Market.  I hope you all have had a fantastic week filled with sunshine!  Mine’s been busy with filling orders, creating our new notepad (sneak peek here!) design and printing our first wedding invitation request!

Now without further ado here’s this weeks roundup:

1. Now I’m not one to condone drinking but the packaging of Death’s Door Spirits by Grip Design Inc would look quite splendid on a home bar.
2. Alyssa Nassner is an illustrator based in Minneapolis, who uses beautiful colours and strokes in her work. This illustration is part of her “life advice” series.
3. These pillows are made with metalic paint, handprinted and on hemp pillow covers – perfect! Found on {me}longings studio Etsy‘s store along with more beautiful products.
4. This cute tank comes in multiple styles and colours – what a great gift idea by designer MNKR.
5. These little cuties are handmade in the USA…am I the only one wishing they came in adult size?
6. As a big fan of coffee and of design this product is a winner in my eyes! Designed by Boheem in Sydney for One Tree Coffee Co, a boutique Espresso Bar in Newcastle NSW who sell their freshly made ice coffee on their premises.
7. Last but not least a sweet treat!

I hope you all have a fantastic weekend wherever you are! And just think we’re just about 6 weeks away from the holiday season kicking off – wowie!

x

Well who can believe that November is already here and there are only two more months in 2012?!  Where did the year go? I hope you all have had a lovely, sunny week – it’s sure been a busy one here at Toodles Noodles HQ getting ready for Craft2.0 and The City Market in Wellington this weekend and filling orders along the way.

Not to mention, have you seen the reveal of our amazing styled photo shoot in collaboration with the extremely talented All the Frills, Made from Scratch and Coralee from Coralee & Alex? We’ll do our own post soon but in the mean time scoot on over to MFS to see her lovely posts!

Hope you all have a fantastic weekend and if you’re in the Wellington area, we do hope that you pop in to either market and say hello! x

1. These beautiful wedding invitations are designed across the pond in Sydney by Rebecca McGrath and are ready for you to just print – how perfect is that!

2. Anyone else feel like this poster was designed for them? This beautiful piece of work was done by the Design Studio.

3. Originally painted with watercolour on canvas all the way from Portugal by ARMINHO – stunning.

4. As a little girl, my after school treat with my sister and mom was a glass of steamed milk and madeleines. This beautifully photographed image by Erin Nish brings back lots of happy memories.

5. As a San Francisco native my heart holds a special place for art from the Bay Area.  Heath Ceramics has breathtaking work that I make sure to swoon over every time I go home.

6. Feminine beer illustration and a reusable bag, love the combo Oh, Little Rabbit!

Have a fantastic weekend everyone! x

Can’t wait to see what November has in store! x

Happy Tuesday everyone, how was your weekend? Mine was wonderfully relaxing, going down to Wanaka for a mini holiday, enjoying the beautiful views and also working on making Toodles Noodles ribbon bundles next to a roaring fire – the perfect combo!

With the holiday season quickly approaching I thought this would be a great time to introduce some great gift finds to the blog – this week we have The Little White Box, by Renee Coombe, located in Ardmore, New Zealand.

Their philosophy revolves around the little things that provide comfort and character that help make a house your home, and we hope that their handmade wares find a place in your heart.

With each piece being handmade and hand painted you will never find two items exactly the same which makes these beautiful ceramic items a lovely gift this holiday season.  I’ve personally been eyeing up the tea pot for my new home and purchased the lovely doves for my sister-in-law – aren’t they to die for?!

Their items make great cooking, baking, entertaining, housewarming gifts this holiday season – and are of course New Zealand made!  I do hope you love Renee’s work as much as I do, and if you have any suggestions for the next holiday gift post, do let us know! x