Just arrived: too much cuteness

Just arrived at Casa Ribena: my cute, cute, cute order from Mooo. They specialise in customising their already adorable designs with your child's name. Hugo's already LOVING his backpack (first pic) and he and his big brother are never taking off their new t-shirts!!!. Here's what else I'm loving...

Chalk board stickers (luurve the woodland animals), personalised wall art, very cool invitations for parties, faaaaabulous birth announcements, adorable name labels, pencil case, library bags, and more...

And thanks to Mooo and Canberra's Got Style we have a giveaway for some lucky Canberra kids. I have a few sample goodies for the first kids with the right names!!! Items are below...

"Ryan" t-shirt size 2; "Harry" Backpack; "Natasha" wall art

First in, best dressed!!!

Love Nina x

Yolk folk: by CRUMB!

Meet the adorable Yolk Folk by CRUMB, a little product designed and made in creator Chloe's home studio (with her 4 year old daughter stirring buckets of clayslip). Eggcups made from slip cast porcelain, each with it's own unique egg cosy, handmade made from collected screen printed linen tea towels, these folk are set to make you smile at breakfast

CRUMB seeks to create quality, limited edition curios and collectables - earthbound clouds, troubled egg cups, little beast brooches, pocket paintings, whimsical machines, thimble-trees, and the like. All works are made by hand from a diverse range of materials, including porcelain, glass, zinc plate, fabric and collected elements.

You won't find these at other markets........ buy a pair this weekend!
At Handmade UPmarket, 10-6 Saturday Feb 7th at Albert Hall

Behind the curtains: Playing House

I have been just chomping at the bit to show you this absolutely amazing Canberran home, and here it is in it's full mid century modern magnificence...

But did you notice it is all in MINIATURE?!!!

I showed you the real home of The Shopping Sherpa back in April, and now it's finally time to show you my favourite parts of her fabulous collection of contemporary dolls houses which will be exhibited at The Canberra Museum and Gallery. Opening on Saturday in the Cabinets and Curiousities, this is one of my most anticipated exhibitions this year!

It's enough to make me want to turn back in time, but let me tell you, I never had anything this cool when I was a kid. Maybe I can be shrunk and just move in! Love it too much.

All pics courtesy of The Shopping Sherpa

Check it out after Saturday at CMAG on Londan cct in the city. Amazing! Congratulations TSS, love Nina x

Unit Concepts

Unit Concepts is looking quite sharp these days, it looks like they have had a bit of a re-vamp - I just love love love everything in there...I want it all mwahh ha haaa.

My favourite destination for design icon pieces and gadgets, they just don't seem to be very pleased to see children in the store! But the children sure loved the novelties room in the back!

Unit Concepts is on Lonsdale Street, Braddon.

Hot Shop: Don't Tell Phyliss

UPDATED: **sobbing** Phyliss has closed - devastated

The newer sister to Braddon store Unit Concepts, 'Don't tell Phyliss' (on Kennedy st Kingston)sounds like a well kept secret, inside it is a treasure trove of all objects funky...I'll take one of everything please!

'Scales' mobile by Polli; Child shaped and doily mirrors by Lightly

The store has so many beautiful folded, cut-out, sculpted polyprop lighting.

"every cloud has a silver lining" mirror by Lightly

'Elm' earrings by Polli, Vessels by Lightly

Candlestick and Framed vases by Menu

Coolest squishy rubber vases by Menu

...and here's what I couldn't leave the store without, Small wooden Deerhead (would PETA approve?);
'Home Stickers' wall decal set - maybe for my bathroom?

and more 'home stickers' for the kids...and an A4 sized file, multi layered with different parts of an image , so gorgeous.



...and there's so much more goodliness in store, they stock top brands like Mozi, Signature Prints handbags (Florence Broadhurst fabrics), Koziol, Vynyl (more wall decals). Window 'lace' decals, Marc Newson orgone chair, Kartell, Third Draw Down (limited ed printed pillowcases and teatowels), 'Love' jewelry and much more...ahh giddy with excitement!