Sunday, December 18, 2011
DIY Christmas
It doesn't have to be expensive or complicated to make Christmas look wonderful!!! Get the kids involved in making some fun things for Xmas or to help you decorate!
Garland is always a winner at Christmas and u can make an area or room look so lovely by draping it anywhere!
here are some cute idea's to get you started!
Down to the woods Little Lamb Garland available at Little Paper Lane
DOnt forget Fairy lights will make everything look magical...just add some decorations to them to give it a little personal touch
junkaholique has so many wonderful idea's
housetohome has some great diy idea's...pompom garland is easy and loots so cute
Tuesday, October 18, 2011
Sometimes its ok to be sick
It seems like everyone is having babies right now! When i had Iggy i remember thinking so many strangers are having babies around me and i think we just tune into pregnancy more when we are pregnant! But seriously, everyone is having babies, so many people i know are up the duff, so we didnt want to miss out on all the fun!!!
This cute little button is the whole reason for me being so sick the last 6 weeks 3 days, yes im counting. I am starting to get energy a bit more now, but unfortunatly i seem to be one of these pregnant woman that will never ever be on the show "i didnt know i was preggo".
So if u have been wondering where i have been these last 6 weeks 3 days...i have been on my couch, trying hard to work from my computer, which just doesnt happen cos concentration makes u vomit...did u know that...so does water, air, opening your eyes in the morning and funnily enough the stupid corolla ad with that stupid song about going under bridges and over bridges and under bridges.....worst ad ever!
So i am trying to slowly emerge back into the world, i was in the shop for 2 hours or so all up today and it was lovely to be off the stupid although very comfy couch, and looking at all the lovely papery goodies! AND I GOT TO SEE ANOTHER LOVELY PREGNANT HUMAN. The very glowing and lovely Pia Jane Bijkerk just happened to pop in today and you can read about her lovely bump HERE.
So all is happy and vomitty!
Monday, October 10, 2011
Newspaper Taxi Snail Mail Comp
I am very sorry to be so absent. I am pretty sick and have been for the last month. I am getting better and will start to be around a little more often now as i think i am getting better!?!? I had a couple of good days last last week and though i was on the mend but started to feel yuk again the last couple of days! we will get there slowly and my mum and my husband have been looking after the shop so so well and i want to thank them so much for their help cos LPL would have dissapeared if they wern't around!!
So i just needed to quickly put this post up so you didnt miss out on this amazing competition from Newspaper Taxi.
Write a "we love mail" letter to Newspaper Taxi and include a little stationery related treat inside. Just a little something from your desk.
It could be a pretty card, some stickers, an envelope label, glassine bags, some vintage papers, a luggage tag, a handmade envelope, string, ribbons, some vintage stamps or a roll of tape. It doesn't have to be expensive, just a little something you can spare from your own stationery collection.
Please send your
"We LOVE Mail" letter to:
NEWSPAPER TAXI
247 Australia Street
Newtown NSW
2042 Australia
so its as simple as that...dont miss out!!!
Be sure to include your return address so we can let you know if you are the lucky winner.
Competition closes on Friday the 4th of November 2011
Just pop over to Newspaper Taxi for all the info you need and also to check our their very cute blog
So i just needed to quickly put this post up so you didnt miss out on this amazing competition from Newspaper Taxi.
Write a "we love mail" letter to Newspaper Taxi and include a little stationery related treat inside. Just a little something from your desk.
It could be a pretty card, some stickers, an envelope label, glassine bags, some vintage papers, a luggage tag, a handmade envelope, string, ribbons, some vintage stamps or a roll of tape. It doesn't have to be expensive, just a little something you can spare from your own stationery collection.
Please send your
"We LOVE Mail" letter to:
NEWSPAPER TAXI
247 Australia Street
Newtown NSW
2042 Australia
so its as simple as that...dont miss out!!!
Be sure to include your return address so we can let you know if you are the lucky winner.
Competition closes on Friday the 4th of November 2011
Just pop over to Newspaper Taxi for all the info you need and also to check our their very cute blog
Thursday, August 11, 2011
Day 1 at Life Instyle
So a week ago we set of for Melbourne for Trade fairs!! Although it is an exhausting trip its something i really look forward to, not only because we find lots of goodies and see our lovely supplier and meet with new ones, but i have my family down there and it so nice to sit at night having a chat and many laughs!
So while we were at Life Instyle we thought we would take a few pictures so u can see what lovely things we get to see...and bring home yipeeee!!
Down To The Woods
Poppies for Grace as always is such a beautiful stand to compliment their amazing products! Cant wait for the new arrivals
TMOD
OMG the chalkboards paint kits are fantastic and i hope they arrive very soon!
Cards that are also Party hats...Genius as always
MT Masking Tape
MT XMAS Tape OMG cant wait for its arrival
New MT Tape...this is very very exciting!! its thin and stripy
OOoooo this bad boy will be available in store very soon!!
It was very exciting to see these stamps as i had viewed them at the NSS in May so very excited to have them in store very soon!
A lovely place for lunch
Paper wallets from Dynomighty wallets a few select designs are on there way
our lovely animal heads from Made590...some of their friends are on the way to the shop yippeee
There is approximately 600 metres per kilo on this roll of twine! about 10kg, almost 6 kilometres of twine!
Lots of lovely colourful twine on the way
East of India Stationery and YES Xmas is so soon, we will have so many Xmas goodies this year its very exciting!
Jade Imports will be in store very soon, its on its way :) YAY
So while we were at Life Instyle we thought we would take a few pictures so u can see what lovely things we get to see...and bring home yipeeee!!
Down To The Woods
Poppies for Grace as always is such a beautiful stand to compliment their amazing products! Cant wait for the new arrivals
TMOD
OMG the chalkboards paint kits are fantastic and i hope they arrive very soon!
Cards that are also Party hats...Genius as always
MT Masking Tape
MT XMAS Tape OMG cant wait for its arrival
New MT Tape...this is very very exciting!! its thin and stripy
OOoooo this bad boy will be available in store very soon!!
It was very exciting to see these stamps as i had viewed them at the NSS in May so very excited to have them in store very soon!
A lovely place for lunch
Paper wallets from Dynomighty wallets a few select designs are on there way
our lovely animal heads from Made590...some of their friends are on the way to the shop yippeee
There is approximately 600 metres per kilo on this roll of twine! about 10kg, almost 6 kilometres of twine!
Lots of lovely colourful twine on the way
East of India Stationery and YES Xmas is so soon, we will have so many Xmas goodies this year its very exciting!
Jade Imports will be in store very soon, its on its way :) YAY
Friday, July 22, 2011
Competition Time.
Anyone feel like winning the very limited Hokey Croquis Fashion Sketchpad from us? The original Sketchpads are in hot demand as they have now changed to a new format, and these are the very last of this edition!
We have some for sale, and because of the hot Aussie dollar right now i am excited to be selling them for $29.95 now! They were $39.95. So if u don't win u can still grab your copy :) but hurry cos once these are gone...they are forever gone!
So basically what you need to do to enter is go to Memoirs of a gay guy blog and see what you have to do to enter!
HURRY competition closes in a week!
We have some for sale, and because of the hot Aussie dollar right now i am excited to be selling them for $29.95 now! They were $39.95. So if u don't win u can still grab your copy :) but hurry cos once these are gone...they are forever gone!
So basically what you need to do to enter is go to Memoirs of a gay guy blog and see what you have to do to enter!
HURRY competition closes in a week!
Friday, July 15, 2011
Easy Paper decorations
PAPER HEART DECORATIONS
I have been unwell for quite some time now and very very over it! But the positive that has come from it all, is that i can trawl on Pinterest lots and find inspiration and fun things to create!
If u haven't been to Pinterest yet, its time you visited! its Just a visual feast!! So today is so rainy and i am starting to feel a bit better and feel like making something and came across some fun and easy things to make with paper!! I know this is the last weekend of holidays for some and now here in Sydney its cold and rainy, so some of these decorations may be a great way to keep not only the kiddies entertained but also make your house that bit more special! So the first is pretty straight forward
-cut out hearts from old magazines
-stick fishing wire on the back with double sided tape,
-attach a heart in the same size to the other side
-hang up
pretty simple
for those with golden sewing hands you could sew a few in a line!
photos from Fiskars Craft
COFFEE FILTER LIGHT SHADE
So the next may be a little bit more adventurist, but the end result is quite beautiful!
i would try a much smaller version if this seems a little bit too over the top, and by changing the size of your paper lantern this is quite simple!
All you really need is
- a hot glue gun
-paper lantern
-coffee filters
You can have a look at Parlour Home where i found this paper puffy goodness for more info and pic's. Its pretty straight forward though. I love colour and i think experimenting with some water colours on the filters would look amazing as well. Even if you just brushed the ends of the filter with your chosen colour it could be quite beautiful! I will be trying this at some stage so will let you know how i go!!
MAGAZINE BUNTING
So a party that i very much wished i was able to attend was the Pinterest meet up that was held at another Paper Boutique in LA called Urbanic Paper. unfortunately due to not have ridiculous amount of money to fly over on a private jet to the other side of the earth, i will have to make do with pictures from my very good friend the Internet :)
One thing i spotted was that they had made bunting from what looks like magazine pages!
quite simply all you would need to do to make would be
-cut triangles of equal sizes from old magazines
-sew them together if you can sew
-if u cant sew, punch a hole in the top corners and use twine to thread through!
-i would use jute as i like the rawness of it and i might even add random pages from old books or newspaper just to bring something a little different to the whole look!
You can buy this spoil n scissors from Little Paper Lane as well as the balls of brown string refills
I have been unwell for quite some time now and very very over it! But the positive that has come from it all, is that i can trawl on Pinterest lots and find inspiration and fun things to create!
If u haven't been to Pinterest yet, its time you visited! its Just a visual feast!! So today is so rainy and i am starting to feel a bit better and feel like making something and came across some fun and easy things to make with paper!! I know this is the last weekend of holidays for some and now here in Sydney its cold and rainy, so some of these decorations may be a great way to keep not only the kiddies entertained but also make your house that bit more special! So the first is pretty straight forward
-cut out hearts from old magazines
-stick fishing wire on the back with double sided tape,
-attach a heart in the same size to the other side
-hang up
pretty simple
for those with golden sewing hands you could sew a few in a line!
photos from Fiskars CraftCOFFEE FILTER LIGHT SHADE
So the next may be a little bit more adventurist, but the end result is quite beautiful!
i would try a much smaller version if this seems a little bit too over the top, and by changing the size of your paper lantern this is quite simple!
All you really need is
- a hot glue gun
-paper lantern
-coffee filters
You can have a look at Parlour Home where i found this paper puffy goodness for more info and pic's. Its pretty straight forward though. I love colour and i think experimenting with some water colours on the filters would look amazing as well. Even if you just brushed the ends of the filter with your chosen colour it could be quite beautiful! I will be trying this at some stage so will let you know how i go!!
MAGAZINE BUNTING
So a party that i very much wished i was able to attend was the Pinterest meet up that was held at another Paper Boutique in LA called Urbanic Paper. unfortunately due to not have ridiculous amount of money to fly over on a private jet to the other side of the earth, i will have to make do with pictures from my very good friend the Internet :)
One thing i spotted was that they had made bunting from what looks like magazine pages!
quite simply all you would need to do to make would be
-cut triangles of equal sizes from old magazines
-sew them together if you can sew
-if u cant sew, punch a hole in the top corners and use twine to thread through!
-i would use jute as i like the rawness of it and i might even add random pages from old books or newspaper just to bring something a little different to the whole look!
You can buy this spoil n scissors from Little Paper Lane as well as the balls of brown string refills
Thursday, July 14, 2011
Cover your world in Washi...literally!
Holy shit balls this is awesome! So i am sure most of you follow the very lovely Hello Sandwich Blog and u have probably seen this today already, but i HAD to pop some pic's up just in case u haven't seen it!!
I actually first saw it onPoppyTalk which is another exceptionally awesome blog if you haven't read before, and every one's talking about Washi Tape for your walls! Sincol and MT have come together to create washi wall paper....and i want it all now!!
like i want to cover my car, my shop, my floors and furniture in it! Amazing!!
Photo's from Sincol
Friday, July 8, 2011
Message in a bottle
So this week i have been at home with a lovely cough. One of those delightful coughs that sounds like a dog barking and also swallowed a squeaky chew toy at the same time...mmmm nice! so i have been a little exhausted and sore from all the flipping coughing and on Tuesday i thought I was getting better and went to work(sorry if i coughed on you). It was a nice enough day, lovely customers, but not very busy!
In the afternoon an older gentleman in his 70's popped in for a little look. He has been in before and he is always so lovely and has a little chat. He is also not one of these older guys that go on and on, he just seems to know how to tell a good story then buys something then off he goes! He reminds me of a fisherman. He wears one of those beanies that old salt's wear with a duffle coat like before they are about to set off to sea on a cold winters day! In summer he wears one of those cricket hats that Sir Donald Bradman wore...What a stylish guy, he is great!
Anyway, he spotted the O CHECK message in a bottle that we sell and thought it was quite awesome. He told me that he was the caretaker and lived at Palm Beach Lighthouse for 8 years and whenever there was a westerly wind he would write a message in a bottle and throw it in the water for someone to find! He told me that he received a few messages back in the years he was the caretaker and that he received a letter from someone on Norfolk Island 5 years after he sent a bottle out! He always put a self addressed stamped envelope in it so that the receiver could write back.
What an amazing feeling to receive a message back after so many years! He received them from all over the place including Western Australia!
He told me that recently a bottle washed up a shore in Australia he didn't say where, but the bottle with its little letter of happy was written by a man who was on board a ship in the Navy during World War 1. It had taken this long to come ashore. I feel like the message in a bottle is so romantic and old school and although its kind of littering the sea, I love the thought of putting your thoughts out to sea in hopes that one day someone would read your words!
Now I'm not suggesting we litter the sea, but maybe 1 day on some very special occasion we could all put our own thoughts out to sea in hopes that someone you don't know out there in the world can read them!
Maybe a beautiful thing to do when you get married! Together with your partner you could write a message about your love to each other and put it out there. That would be a very special thing to find!
Message in a bottle is available in store now at Little Paper Lane
photo from Jervis Sparks
if u ever want a great walk i would totally recommend The Barrenjoey Headland Walk up to the light house! The view is amazing and if its a cooler day and the sky is blue its perfect for Palmy. a little tip from a local...Palm Beach is quiet Monday to Friday, its so perfect for visiting, but the weekends are chaos even in Winter when the weather is nice!
In the afternoon an older gentleman in his 70's popped in for a little look. He has been in before and he is always so lovely and has a little chat. He is also not one of these older guys that go on and on, he just seems to know how to tell a good story then buys something then off he goes! He reminds me of a fisherman. He wears one of those beanies that old salt's wear with a duffle coat like before they are about to set off to sea on a cold winters day! In summer he wears one of those cricket hats that Sir Donald Bradman wore...What a stylish guy, he is great!
Anyway, he spotted the O CHECK message in a bottle that we sell and thought it was quite awesome. He told me that he was the caretaker and lived at Palm Beach Lighthouse for 8 years and whenever there was a westerly wind he would write a message in a bottle and throw it in the water for someone to find! He told me that he received a few messages back in the years he was the caretaker and that he received a letter from someone on Norfolk Island 5 years after he sent a bottle out! He always put a self addressed stamped envelope in it so that the receiver could write back.
What an amazing feeling to receive a message back after so many years! He received them from all over the place including Western Australia!
He told me that recently a bottle washed up a shore in Australia he didn't say where, but the bottle with its little letter of happy was written by a man who was on board a ship in the Navy during World War 1. It had taken this long to come ashore. I feel like the message in a bottle is so romantic and old school and although its kind of littering the sea, I love the thought of putting your thoughts out to sea in hopes that one day someone would read your words!
Now I'm not suggesting we litter the sea, but maybe 1 day on some very special occasion we could all put our own thoughts out to sea in hopes that someone you don't know out there in the world can read them!
Maybe a beautiful thing to do when you get married! Together with your partner you could write a message about your love to each other and put it out there. That would be a very special thing to find!
Message in a bottle is available in store now at Little Paper Lane
photo from Jervis Sparks
if u ever want a great walk i would totally recommend The Barrenjoey Headland Walk up to the light house! The view is amazing and if its a cooler day and the sky is blue its perfect for Palmy. a little tip from a local...Palm Beach is quiet Monday to Friday, its so perfect for visiting, but the weekends are chaos even in Winter when the weather is nice!
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