+ Katydid Paper Goods

Happy Monday to you!

How was your weekend? Ours was good, lots of food and friends, and even a couple of neighbourhood discos! - there's nothing like a rainy cold day, a lounge full of neighbourhood kids, the stereo turned up loud, and lots of dancing, giggling and acrobatics!

My computer however has not wanted to join the party and towards the end of last week, was crashing every couple of minutes (arrgghh!). A bit of fiddling here and there and it seems to have calmed down a bit, but it does mean we are going to jump right over I and J and start the week where we should be, on K...

Are you ready? I am!

Katydid Paper Goods

Katie Sims is one of those people that not only has exceptional taste, she is super clever to boot - you can imagine my excitement when I got a note from her telling me that her long awaited online Emporium is now up and running. (YAY!)

Katie produces a range of hand made cards using her trusty Gocco machine, and her Emporium not only boasts her own work but it is also chock full with a whole heap of other fab goodies - like vintage copies of collectible books by M Sasek, Japanese Washi Tape and all the good stuff from Darling Clementine... you really should check it out!

"My inspiration comes mostly from my fascination with, and hoarding of, lots of old stuff - like vintage stationery, children's books, nature books, figurines, kitchenalia, annuals, romance comics... etc!"

(images and quote from Katydid Paper Goods)

NOTES:
visit Katie's emporium
read Katie's blog

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My husband and I have been working on a project ourselves... are you keen to check it out? take a peek: www.skbinsamoa.blogspot.com

See you soon!

xxoo

oh K!

Welcome to a new week! I hope you had an enjoyable weekend. We had a chance to have our dinner at the beach on Sunday night and then watched the sun set over the South Island - beautiful! I hope that it was the first of many beach dinners this summer : )

OK... lets get started...

Katydid Paper Goods

I have had the pleasure of knowing Katie Sims for a while now...not only is she a super mum of two young boys, she is the sole distributor of the fabulous Eeboo range here in NZ - and on Sunday's you can see her manning the great wee design store Wanda Harland out in Petone... and...if she didn't already have enough to do, Katie has started her own line - Katydid Paper Goods.

Retail stores around NZ have been lucky to have been stocking Katie's range for a while, and now the rest of the world can enjoy it too with the launch of her sparkling new Etsy store - have a look!

(images from Katydid Paper Goods)

NOTES:
visit Katie's website
buy at Katie's Etsy Store

K Studio

Shelley and Mary Klein from K Studio believe "Green design doesn't have to look a certain way. At k studio we believe that good design and sustainability are not at odds with on another." - I like it! I also have a (rather large : ) soft spot for their fabulous range of home accessories...

With all their products designed, embroidered, packaged and shipped in Grand Rapids (Michigan), it is hard to not love the K Studio collection.

(images from Design Public)

NOTES:
visit the K Studio website


Kelani Fabric Obsession

Kelani Fabric Obsession (great name huh??!!) is a new online fabric store (based in Australia), with an impressive collection of "contemporary modern fabrics with a vintage twist".

What is particularly exciting about Kelani is their range of exclusive fabrics from a couple of my favourite Australian designers - Shannon Lamden and Lara Cameron - check them out...

(images from Kelani Fabric Obsession)

NOTES:
visit the Kelani website
read the Kelani Blog

And there we have it.. the beginning to another week!

see you back here tomorrow for L! have a great day! x