the year of the animal

The new year is fast approaching. Have you purchased your new 2012 calendar yet?

Hmm. Get yourself sorted then.

We are lusting after this charming 2012 Die Cut Animal Calendar from Kate's Paperie. Retailing at $29.95USD, the calendar features both farm and woodland animals, with each animal holding two months per year.

They can also be easily folded into free-standing paper decorations when you're finished. 

all that glitters

Get yourself a special pair of spangly and sparkly shoes! These glittery shoes are available in a range of glorious colours from online store TOMS.

Not only do you get an amazing new pair of shoes, but with every purchase TOMS will buy a pair of shoes for a child in need. As of September 2010, TOMS has given over one million pairs of new shoes to children in need around the world!

Silver and Blue Women's Glitters $54USD

a little bit of love goes a long way

Do you want to give back? Then what are you waiting for -  get yourself a Mudlove Charity Band.

A Mudlove band is made of clay, is waterproof, adjustable and totally cute. But most importantly, each band bought gives an African clean drinking water for a year. Buy yourself and your friends an armful as they come in a variety of colours and words and at only $5USD they are an inexpensive way to make a difference.

Check out the Mudlove website for more details.

mini me

Playing with a doll that looks exactly like you, is a little creepy right? No! We think its cool!

Illustrator Jordan Grace Owens from North Carolina, USA can whip you up your own little 'mini me' in no time. You send her some photos ... choose the clothes etc, and she'll make a cute, moveable paper likeness of you and your friends, even your pets if you wish.

Each custom paper doll, starts at a base price of $25.

who's the boss?

Devin Ward is not only an electrician he is an artist.

Devin aka Mr Regal from Boss Radios in Los Angelas USA recycles and repurposes old vintage radios. He customises these beautiful retro items by fully rewiring and converting them, so that they can play your ipod, ipad or iphone. Cool.

AM radio and MP3 speaker made from vintage Airline tube radio From MrERegal $280.00 USD

polly wally doodle...

Are you a a scribbler, a sketcher, or a day-dreaming doodler?

Yes? Then this is for you my dearies! The Doodle Duvet, by Stitch Designworks, is an oh so cuddly and snuggly blanket printed to look like a giant piece of notebook paper! 

And... best of all you can actually draw all over it, as it comes with its own pack of wash-out colour pens! No more counting sheep. Draw your own sheep. 

Single duvet cover 140x200cm £45GBP, Double duvet cover 200x200 £70GBP

secret santa

Have you been roped into Secret Santa again this year? Fear not. Awesome online store JOY has an abundance of nick nacks just waiting to be wrapped up and put under the tree!

Here are our favourite Secret Santa picks from JOY...

1.) Teacup Cupcake Cases £15GBP, 2.) Love Heart Toast Stamps £6GBP, 3.) Ditsy Owl Cushion Green £18GBP, 4.) Cherry Cupcake Handcream £6GBP, 5.) Mr Food Face £12GBP, 6.) Letter Pressed Cookie Cutters £18GBP, 7.) Love Hot Water Bottle £15GBP, 8.) Handpainted Bird Detail Jug £25GBP

just beat it

Beat up Creations. Cool. They use 'orphaned' & unloved antique plates and magically (shazam!) transform them into new kooky creations. We adore.

P.S. Get 10% off all Beat Up Creations items by using code HAPPYHOLIDAY at check out for discount. 

Left to right: The Snake Lady - Circus Freak Series - Altered Antique Plate $95USD, Kevin the Koala Portrait - Altered Limoges Plate $52USD, The Tattooed Man - Altered Antique Plate $42USD

Ready, Set, SEND!

Sentimental gushing over Hallmark type cards was never really our style, and we're guessing there are a few of you out there who may feel just the same, right? We'll you're going to love dig this All-Set Card Set we found from Colle & McVoy.

These beautiful yet contemporary, limited edition, letter-pressed cards come in a set of 8, and will pretty much have your next card-giving year covered. You don't even have to remember the dates, because they've also got that covered with a personal email reminder service. Nifty! Oh, we almost forgot, as well as getting points as a totally awesome daughter/girlfriend/sister/friend, 100% of your proceeds go to United Way.

Thank us later ... we're guessing you might just have a card for it!

All-Set Card Set: $14.99USD, approx $15AUD. International Delivery available. Payments made via Paypal.

nows the time

Heres a nifty craft idea we wanted to share with you.
We made this offbeat clock using an old vinyl record we bought from the local vintage market for about $1AUD and a clock movement we bought off ebay for around $4AUD.

Using the hole already in the record we poked the clock movement through, put the hands back on and hey-presto, a little doozy of a clock for the mantelpiece.

Took 5 minutes ... Easy peasy!

we found a gold mine

Elsie Belle is a true treasure trove of vintage inspired charms and trinkets. This online shop is a gold mine if you love feminine, romantic and cutesy statement jewellery.

Please note our Elsie Belle Christmas wish-list below. It was hard to narrow it down to just a few items! Lucky for us they deliver internationally ♥

From left to right: My Little Petit Pois Necklace £9.95GBP, Pink Daisies Earrings £6.95GBP, Ditsy Doe Brooch £9.95GBP, Cicada Earrings £13.95GBP, A little Bird Told Me Brooch £9.95GBP, Just a Peck Necklace £10.95GBP

stocking stuffers

We are proud to present our Mod Cloth, christmas, stocking stuffer wishlist! Phew!

All items are available from the Apartment & Home Accessories section of the Mod Cloth website.

1.) Call to Charm Cell Phone Handset in Blue $35.99USD, 2.) Take a Bough Jewelry Holder $31.99USD, 3.) Welcome to the Club Sandwich Coasters $9.99USD, 4.) Pal Around the House Pillow in Owl $45.99USD, 5.) Peas Pass the Salt and Pepper Shakers $21.99USD, 6.) Trunks Full of Taste Elephant Shaker Set $12.99USD, 7.) Year of the Critter Calendar in Rabbit $11.99USD, 8.) Wonder With a Whisker Cookie Cutter Set $12.99USD

ice ice baby

Cool yourself down this summer with an 'adults only' alcoholic popsicle!

We found some great recipes from gourmet cooking website Endless Simmer.

The website features recipes for Strawberry Peach Vodka Collins Popsicles, Honeydew Cucumber Margarita Popsicles, Watermelon Mojito Popsicles and Cherry Apple Whisky Sour Popsicles!

Whip these babies out at your next summer BBQ ... come on we dare you!

motel really does rock!

At The Huntress we adore a discount code!

We are tickled pink to offer you a code that entitles you to 10% off everything at Motel Rocks - excluding Motel Vintage + Sale Items.

DISCOUNT CODE: HELLO

Valid until 9/12/12
Have fun xxx