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Designers Homewares

Our guide to greeting cards you’ll selfishly want to keep

I could count on one hand how many greeting cards I’ve actually liked. For me, they normally go one of two ways: cringe or all cheese! But with many boutique Aussie brands popping up, it seems finally there are some beautiful alternatives on offer. So, have an anniversary, birthday or just a day where you want to say: ‘I’ve been thinking of you’ coming up? If yes, check out the list below.  

PennedBlack: Providing unique and stylish paper goods from a boutique studio in Brisbane, their signature look is hand-drawn prints and foiled typography. Simple but oh so sweet.

PennedBlack

Olivia York: With a passion for all things Australia, Melbourne-based illustrator Olivia York creates whimsical watercolours worthy of framing. On a side note, she also specialises in pet portraits… just saying!

Olivia York

Rachel Kennedy Designs: With a mission to create Australian made, environmentally friendly paper goods with a positive message, Rachel Kennedy Designs is reminiscent of your child’s kindergarten painting… the one you’d actually want to keep!   

Rachel Kennedy Designs

Blacklist: Blacklist have come a long way from their humble beginnings as a design studio. Now stocked worldwide, their greeting cards feature the brand’s distinct hand lettering and graphic prints.

Blacklist

In the Daylight: Celebrating the beauty of common objects, the Brisbane-based brand’s range of greeting cards feature original hand illustrated designs, inspired by the simplicity and uniqueness of everyday items.

In the Daylight

Blushing Confetti: Cheeky and stylish or as Blushing Confetti say “quirky and mostly inappropriate,” their cards are assembled by hand and made with only the highest quality materials.

Blushing Confetti

For Me By Dee: One for the animal lovers, the Melbourne brand’s playful and vibrant characters are full of fun and perfect for children and adults alike. With over 35 characters in their range, there’s an animal for everyone.

For Me By Dee

Emma Kate Co: With hand-crafted brush strokes and splashes of bright colour, Emma Kate Co. create fresh, one-of-a-kind-designs with that little bit of attitude.

Emma Kate Co.

We hope you liked our list. Let us know who you would add!

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Art Homewares

Paper delights that blend classic elegance with cheeky charm

Self-confessed paper addicts Blushing Confetti, have been crafting fine paper delights that blend classic elegance with cheeky charm since 2014.

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Ellen

“A year and a half ago I was a commercial print designer drowning in a digital world,” explains founder Ellen Powell. “I needed a print fix and Blushing Confetti came to the rescue.”

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I love the shit out of you. blushingconfetti.com $6.95

Starting with wedding stationery, Ellen and her husband Nathan quickly expanded into prints and other paperie goodness, all designed, printed and hand assembled right here in Australia.

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Having just released their second collection, inspired by interior design and beautiful luxurious materials, the newest additions to the product range encompass a mix of paint techniques, marble finishes and of course shiny foils. “On top of our existing print collections we have expanded into cards, notepads, gift tags and desktop calendars,” says Ellen. “Our hero product is our 2016 marble desktop calendar; complete with copper foil details and hand polished marble bases. Being able to bring in texture, colour and materials that expand beyond paper is pretty cool and something you can expect to see more from us.”

2016 Marble desktop Calendar. blushingconfetti.com $39.95_2

Not taking themselves too seriously (“because where’s the fun in that?”), for Ellen and Nathan the best part of their job is seeing the reactions to their products. “Whether it is oohs and ahhs, a giggle or disbelief that we would actually print a swear word, it’s proof that the all-nighters, stress eating and hand cutting confetti on weekends is totally worth it. We both love this wild ride that we are on and all the rad people we meet along the way.”

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Art Homewares

Olivia’s Fab Four Insta-Finds 15.04.15

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Olivia’s Fab Four is a weekly post that features my favourite finds on Instagram for the past week. To be in the running, all you have to do is hashtag your product photos #oliviasfabfour and tag them with my handle: @oliviashead.

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Here are this week’s beautiful products (clockwise from top left)

1. The Pits, US$5, from Tay Ham. @tay.ham

2. Mary Oliver Quote Original Watercolour, $20, from Dabblelicious. @dabblelicious

3. Limited Edition Print – Waiting for the Blue, $90, from Alex Louisa. @alexlouisa_

4. Alfresco Buckets, $12, from Ellar Natural Soy Candles. @ellarsoy

 I’ll be back with more next week! Olivia x

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Homewares

Online shopping fix: Ma and Grandy (plus 10% off everything for readers)

Harking back to the 1930s, Brisbane based paper goods and homewares brand Ma and Grandy, is all about encompassing the pre-war era.

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A range including limited edition cushions, A4 art prints, wood brooches, single greeting cards and card sets, it’s the old-fashioned notion of sending a note in the mail ‘just because’ that really gets founder Natala Stuetz’s heart singing.

“I’ve always loved greeting cards and am a big hoarder of things like that,” says Natala. “There’s nothing better than sending and receiving a handwritten note – they’re so much more personal. I’d love for our modern society to put down their smartphones, step away from the email and remember a time when the handwritten note ruled!”

With their wonderful typography and vibrant colour palette of mustard yellows, electric blue and gelato pinks, the Ma and Grandy range is one of delightful simplicity, made even more enchanting by the story behind the name.

Ma and Grandy were Natala’s actual Ma and Grandy (grandmother and grandfather) whose real and wholesome love saw Natala’s whole family be in awe of them. So for Natala, the name choice came easy: “It seemed so natural to represent these two amazing people through my work and continue their legacy.”

Ma and Grandy is offering Interiors Addicts 10% off everything for a week from today using the promo code Interior10.

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