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Out on the wiley, windy moors

Kate — Tue, 15 Jun 2010 22:16:06 +0000

I am a teeny bit obsessed with Wuthering Heights at the moment. I read it over summer and any time I get a little bit tipsy I put this on and try to dance like a ghost ballerina with crazy eyes.

I also love the work of Lizzy Stewart and when I saw the words Wuthering Heights Family Tree I knew before the image loaded that it would be perfect and I must own it.

I was correct.

Rifle Paper Co – Shop Opening!

Kate — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 10:26:06 +0000

You may know of my love for the design work of Anna Bond of Rifle Design & Paper Co, since I blog about it rather often. Lets be honest, you’d think I was on her payroll the way I gush on about her charming hand-drawn type & illustrations! But no, just terribly in love with the paper things she creates…

I’ve been anticipating the opening of her store for some time, and now I can see why it took a wee while to open – she’s really outdone herself, with a beautiful site and a huge new range of products I’m quite excited about.

Greetings & thank you cards:

Holiday cards & giftwrap:

And best of all (in my humble opinion), a selection of personalised notes and calling cards:

Would so love to have a set of the calling cards.

Now I wait with baited breath for the wedding invitation section of the shop to open…

What They Wore Today

Kate — Sun, 20 Sep 2009 01:37:55 +0000

Best Flickr Group! Love it, and also the sailor dress below.

Gemma Correll

Sarah McNeil

Speaking of what people wore, you know about What Claudia Wore right? There’s also does a What Chuck Wore! It makes me so happy.

P.S. I don’t get flickr sometimes, like when I’m allowed to use images? I also wanted to post one by Caitlin Quiet but there was no ‘blog this’ option on her image, so I did not ‘blog this’. Am I doing it right?

Five Things to Love #8

Kate — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 23:24:35 +0000

1. New Lula is coming!

2. The photography of Ye Rin Mok, where the familiar becomes haunting, unsettling and beautiful.

via My Love For You

3. Illustrator and animator Julia Pott. I’ve loved her work for ages but never posted about it – til now! Chances are you already know her work, especially her ridiculously sweet animated short My First Crush. Check out her blog or etsy for more awesome stuff, but what I REALLY wanted to show you is her illustration of a red panda! The best I have seen. Would make an excellent tattoo.

Plus the best pinatas ever.

4. The home of the owners of Auckland vintage store Fast and Loose, from Russh Sept/Oct 2007.

Via Ringo, Have a Banana

5. I’m a sucker for these satchels & wallets from Country Road.

New Studio Violet Ceramics

Kate — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 09:58:33 +0000

I love Studio Violet so much! Their new collection Circus people on tour is a dream.

The first of two new sets of re-purposed ceramics will be on sale from September 2nd, I’m sure they sell like hotcakes.

An Awesome Book

Kate — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 03:33:07 +0000

So, there is this awesome book called An Awesome Book, by Dallas Clayton. You should go here and read the rest of it, and perhaps go here and buy it for any younguns you know or even for yourself. I know I want a copy!

Here’s a couple fav pages, but seriously, go read the whole thing.

P.S. His other writing is nice to read too.

Falling in love again

Kate — Sat, 15 Aug 2009 22:47:02 +0000

Anna Bond of Rifle Design and her wedding invitations have charmed the socks off me. The hand-drawn type is so beautifully endearing & the gouache paintings or paper cut-outs of the couples getting married make me swoon. Don’t you wish she’d sell her handwriting & calligraphy as fonts? I would never be able to find anyone in New Zealand who could write things up so pretty! Love everything about them.