What a beautiful summer New Zealand has been experiencing these past few weeks! I don’t think I’ve had this kind of heat and clear blue skies in years – and am loving it!

One of the great things about living in Auckland compared to Wellington is that people love to wear colour – it reminds me of when I moved from San Francisco to Los Angeles. You go from an all black wardrobe to an assortment of brights and patterns - something this designer loves! One can’t help but feel vibrant and happy when surrounded by brights!

A lot of new things have been buzzing in the studio this past week!  We released our latest addition to the shop: baking decorations! Here you can find cake and cupcake toppers in all our designs. And don’t forget, just like with any of our work – have something in mind but don’t see it online – let us know and we can custom make it!

We’re also working furisouly away getting ready for the New Zealand Gift and Homeware Fair - our first trade show! Not to mention working on two new products to be released soon and a few markets coming up as well!  All to be released in detail soon..!

Now enough talking and onto link sharing:

1.  Vibrant streamers and pom poms light up this barn in a heart felt Main wedding.
2. Loving the typography treatment on this poster by Luke Williams.
3. Gluten free has never looked so good – beautiful packaging by Nancy Hope.
4. In love with this hand painted flower garland cake topper – what attention to detail!
5. We found this shop earlier this week on Etsy and fell in LOVE – everything is just amazing!
6. Rhubarb Ice Cream with Oatmeal Shortbread, don’t mind if we do.
7. J.Crew has come out with a new line of boat shoes – I’ll take one in every colour and pattern please.

I hope you all have a great weekend and stay tuned for more announcements and February’s wallpapers! x

Happy Friday everyone! Looks like 2013 is off to a booming start for so many people – including us here at TN!  Just last week we found out that we might be able to move into a new bigger, sunnier home and just this Wednesday we found out we’re moving this Sunday!  Nothing like a short deadline to get things going!

With that in mind I have put together this fresh, new feeling weekly roundup!  I hope you find it as peaceful as I have and have a fantastic weekend!

1. Nothing says comfort like Brown Butter Chocolate Chip Cookies with Stuffed with Homemade Caramel – oh yum!
2. Loving the fresh olive branches on the table settings at this wedding beautiful wedding.
3. Who would mind doing cleaning when your dustpan is smiling back up at ya!?
4. Absolutely love these beautifully designed bottles by Amy Hardy featured in Southern Weddings Magazine.
5. This week I discovered a new beautiful blog named Age Old Tree – beautiful!
6. These colourful spoons will brighten up any morning…

I hope you all have a lovely weekend and can’t wait to show you images of our new home! x

I have a soft spot for products made locally. When you combine that soft spot with cooking and beautiful packaging – things get can get a bit crazy! Over the past year, I’ve been lucky enough to meet Jo from Bees Blessing. And I can guarantee she is as delightful as all their products!

Tonight I made an absolutely delicious marinade for our chicken made with their latest treasure: Lemon & Thyme.  I’ve never tasted anything so tender and full of flavour – it was absolutely fantastic. The chicken tenderloins were only marinaded for 30 minutes before being grilled. Here is what I made this evening (give or take).

1/4 cup Bees Blessing
3 Tbs soy sauce
2 tsp fresh ginger
2 Tbs fresh garlic
1 tsp chili flakes
1 tsp dried coriander

The chicken was served along side a large green salad made out of:

baby spinach
basil
sundried tomato feta
sundried tomatoes
pine nuts
sunflower seeds

Look for Bees Blessing in a cafe or store near you and make sure to pick it up on your next shop!  I guarantee you won’t regret it!

Well, we did it everyone – a big high five for surviving the first week back to work after the holidays!  I’m not sure about you, but man was that challenging….email correspondance slow with some people still being away, work slowly trickling, the weather teasing – but we did it! And for those of you still not back yet, well we’ll just call you lucky ducks.

This Sunday, I’m having a birthday – a biggy actually! No big plans have been made for the weekend. My partner and I are going to dinner on Saturday night but apart from that I look forward to sunshine, coffee, wine, and relaxation. With that in mind – I came up with this week’s roundup! I hope you do enjoy and have a fantastic weekend as well. x

1. Lovely Baby’s Breath typeface formed with Gypsophila/Baby’s Breath. The meaning of Gypsophila is to miss, to adore, and to give. Gypsophila often serves a supporting role, but its existence is significant.
2. I sure wouldn’t mind spending most of my birthday weekend under this marvelous tree!
3. Loving this coffee branding by Alex Westgate for the Coffee Shop.
4. Yup, this cute kitty has the right idea!
5. Crumble has always had a soft spot in my heart – rhubarb mulberry crumble you say? Now that sounds like a must!
6. Thinking this lovely banner needs to hang in my office…
7. And what’s a birthday without balloons!?

I hope you all have a fantastic weekend and good luck easing back into work life! x

To all my readers in the southern hemisphere - Happy Summer everyone! As you may have read from my previous post – the weather here in Auckland has been a bit pants but as of tomorrow we’re supposed to experience sun for a whole week! I’m getting quite excited about the prospect of going to the beach, exploring waterfalls, going on walks – oh the possibilities!

Yesterday we went strawberry picking – my first time berry picking! I had such a blast even though it was a bit drizzly out and we left the fields with 4.2kg worth of delicious, ruby red strawberries! In hindsight that may have been a bit of overkill but we had a blast doing it and now have heaps of berries for our morning smoothies – win win!

So with all this excitement of summer I decided to make this weekly roundup a bright and colourful one! I hope you’re all having a great holiday!

1. Stunning single Marbella Hammock from Citta Design – want.
2. Beautiful packaging done by Curious Design for Phoenix Organic beverages – it just looks so refreshing!
3. I’ll take two margaritas please!
4. Protection from the sun is important down here – this stylish hat is available at Witchery.
5. You scream, I scream, we all scream for ice cream! This beautifully packaged organic ice cream picked up a silver award at the Best Awards this year.
6. You can’t beat a good beach towel – Country Road has a great range on sale now!

I sure do hope you are all enjoying some delicious sun and enjoying the holidays with those close to you! x

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