Etsy Picks

Love Hello Jenuine for cute prints and cards. The Less Talk More Make in particular is really speaking to me at this point in time.

{ Pictured: Less Talk More Make Print and January Bear Print }


Love these screen printed homewares by Oh, Little Rabbit. Makes me wish I had some fancy tea towels instead of cruddy ones from Ikea.

{ Pictured: Gold Fish Flour Sack Towel and Rabbit Produce Bags }


Sweet Harvey has gorgeous paper goods created on their vintage printing press and beautiful screen printed goodies too. I would love to have their flapper tote bag!

{ Pictured: Robot Book Plates and Flapper Tote Bag }


I love this unique jewelery by Fable & Fury. There are quite a few pieces that have deers in them - obviously they are my favourite.

{ Pictured: Night Owl Silhouette Necklace and Fawned of You Necklace }


I am in love with these prints by Yellena - such wonderful colours and abstract shapes. Love, love, love them.

{ Pictured: Season Print and Maybe Print }

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I am so excited to have found Mae - this shop sells reusable fabric wall decals. How cool is that? I know that Zoe would love these and would spend hours and hours sticking and re-sticking them in her room. I think I might have to save up and get her some!

 { Pictured: Mini Up, Up and Away Stickers and Dress Up Dolls Decals }


Amy Blackwell's shop has so many gorgeous prints with beautiful colour schemes. She also has some lovely embroidered pieces - I think they would look lovely in my bedroom.

{ Pictured: Cotton Doodle (Pink Triangles) and Abstract Kitty }


I have loved My Paper Crane for quite a while now. The plushies Heidi creates are just so cute - and best of all they are mainly food items! I'm also falling in love with this Baker Helper's print, wouldn't it look so cute in a cosy little kitchen?

{ Pictured: Happy Bread and Baker's Helper Print }


I love these amazing DIY paper puppets by Furze Chan - lovely design and great colour combinations. I'm also falling in love with their gorgeous wall calendar - makes me wish that I didn't have one already. Maybe next year!

{ Pictured: DIY Paper Puppet Fox and 2011 Mini Wall Calendar }


I'm a huge fan of wooden toys for kids (I wish that I actually had more for Zoe and Grace) and so when I found Imagination Kids I was very excited. They have beautifully made wooden toys for kids - I especially love the rainbow, I know that Zoe would have a lot of fun with that.

{ Pictured: Wooden Hedgehogs and Mushrooms and Rainbow Stacker }

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This amazing cut paper art is by Roadside Projects - I actually gasped out loud when I saw this shop. I can't get over the attention to detail and the wonderful use of colour. Just gorgeous. { Pictured: Cloud Climbing and Flight by Kite }

Another shop that has gorgeous paper cut art is Elsita. Again the detail in these pieces just amazes me. I would love to give it a try, but I think perhaps I am a little too clumsy for it.  { Pictured: Little Red Riding Hood and Print }

Krize has some gorgeous prints (I particularly like the Leo one, since I myself am a Leo), brooches, soft toys and jewelery. Lots of cute and fun things! { Pictured: Leo Print and Funny Bunny Brooch }

I really love all of the prints by Piktorama - they have wonderful colour schemes and simple, yet extremely cute illustrations. I especially love the happy cupcakes print - that would look super cute in my future kitchen! { Pictured: Tea Time and Happy Cupcakes }

Another fantastic shop for quirky original prints is Laura George - I'm especially digging the Intellectuals print - it is making me feel smarter already. 
{ Pictured: Finding Friends and We Are Intellectuals }

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I love nearly all of the prints from printspace and I know I am not the only one, since I have seen the bird stack and jungle stack prints in quite a few children's rooms online. I seriously need to get some more art work for Zoe's room - will have to keep these prints in mind!

{ Pictured: Jungle Stack Print and Sweet Bird Stack Print }

I remember seeing these cute mechanical paper animal dolls by Oh My Cavalier! some time ago and back then I thought they were awesome. And you know what? I still think they are pretty darn awesome. I want!

{ Pictured: Mechanical Animal Paper Dolls and Fox Tags }


I love these simple and fantastic prints by mummysam - isn't that kitchen jars fabric to die for? I wonder what sewing project I could use it in?

{ Pictured: Portraits Letterpress Print and Kitchen Jars Fabric }


I found the illustrations by Jacqueline Bos really interesting - I would love to get my hands on one of her mini books.

{ Pictured: I Heart the Arctic Mini Book and Daylight Dreamers Letterpress Print }


Rosie Music has some amazing art prints, shirts and bags  - I don't know why it took me so long to find this shop! I'm in love with the Too Shy print pictured above - it is gorgeous!

{ Pictured: Too Shy No.3 Wood Print and Home Sweet Home Print }

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Some Etsy goodness that I have discovered this week...

I love these amazing screen prints done by Nate Duval - especially since I have a secret love for gig posters and sneakers.

{ Pictured: Sneakers Print and Gomez Gig Poster }

Lots of gorgeous original art work and extremely cute paper dolls by Amanda Atkins - I love portraits of tattooed ladies - but I don't think I could ever get tattooed myself.

{ Pictured: Stella the Astronomer Paper Doll and Tattooed Lady Print }

I am desiring all things vintage at the moment so naturally I am loving Johnny Vintage - especially the cute little deer statuette!

{ Pictured: Deer Statuette and Vintage Cook Book }

Loving these cute prints from Sycamore Street Press - I think the number and alphabet prints would look great in a children's bedroom or play room.

{ Pictured: Numbers Poster and Limited Edition Print }

Kitty Baby Love has extremely cute kitty crayons that would be perfect for little hands and lots of other cute kitty things like colouring in books, candles and this adorable bowling set.

{ Pictured: Kitty Crayons and Kitty Bowling Set }

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Here are a few lovely Etsy shops that I have found this week...

Berkley Illustration for adorable animal portraits - of course my favourite is the buck.

{ Pictured: Buck Print and Cheetah Print }

Zen Threads for lots of cool printed tees, totes and scarves. I love the Alice in Wonderland tote - especially since that was my favourite movie as a child.

{ Pictured: Alice Tea Party Tote Bag and Octopus Tentacles T-Shirt }

Beautiful watercolour prints by United Thread. I am totally digging watercolour at the moment and I am actually hoping to get into a bit of it myself!

{ Pictured: Two Peacock Pheasants and Lady Slippers}

Memi The Rainbow has a lot of cute necklaces, brooches and stamps, amongst over gorgeous things. I am seriously loving that Little Red Riding Hood necklace - it is just too cute!

{ Pictured: Woodland Creature Stamp and Red Riding Hood Felt Necklace }

fric de mentol has some really interesting gocco and watercolour prints - I'm totally digging on this twig couple, and I've secretly always wanted a gocco - but I just don't have the funds for it *sigh*.

{ Pictured: Mushroom Girl Gocco Print and Twig Couple II Print }

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Here are a few lovely Etsy shops that I have found this week...

Paper Sparrow for extremely cute art work, prints, jewelery, stationery and more. I think I am in love with the little foxes having their jam - soooo cute!

{ Pictured: Fox Jam Print and Set of 5 Notecards }

Cathy Peng makes the cutest tees, accessories and stationery for kitty-cat lovers like myself. I especially ♥ the clever kitty - geeky kitty-cat lovers unite!

{ Pictured: Clever Kitty Moleskine and Hi Kitty Tee }

How cute are these watercolour portraits by Pop Pop Portraits? You can even get a custom portrait painted, I think that would be a fantastic present or maybe it would be good to just have one of yourself.

{ Pictured: Road Trip with RoRo Print and Best Mochi Friends Print }

I am really loving the gorgeous colours Golly Bard uses in her artwork - I think they would look fantastic hanging up in my future study :P. It is also inspiring me to learn the art of watercolour - seriously beautiful work.

{ Pictured: Covey No 3 and Seen and Unseen Night }

I think the embroidery patterns by Penguin and Fish are just adorable and would look fantastic in a nursery - now I just need to learn how to embroider - it is on my 101 in 1001 list! I'm also loving those cute lion kitties - marew!

{ Pictured: Fox Embroidery Kit and Lion Kitty no114 }

Etsy Picks - Yellow

It is a grey day here today - rain, rain and more rain! So I think some cheery yellow goodness is required. Hope you like my finds!

1. Fingerless Gloves by Ottupura

2. Magnetic Chalkboard by Shabby Vintage Mom

3. Pussy Cat Earrings by Liana Kabel

4. Owl Cake Topper by Dear Girlface

5. Robot Tote Bag by Bold Banana

6. Plush Monster by Bug & Boo

7. Print by Print Shop

8. Woolie Notebook by Spiderbite Boutique

9. Plush Bunny by Carnival Goldfish

Etsy Picks - White

I have rediscovered my love for Etsy, and so I have decided to restart my weekly Etsy picks post. So if you like anything here why not pop over to Etsy and have a look around.

1. Bunting by heidi adnum photography

2. Blouse by Sweet Cake Cookie

3. Journal by Burgundy District

4. Love stone by sJengraving

5. Texas necklace by truche

6. Pretty print by K. Helseth Photography

7. Decal by Modern Walls

  8. Sculpture by Art Mind 

9. Skirt by GypsyAccessory

Etsy Picks - Lollipops

1. The Sweetest Dream by the dreamy giraffe collection
2. Candy Sculpture by made by moxie
3. Hansels Gingerbread House Pin Topper Set by Pinks & Needles
4. Yummy Lollipop Stud Earrings by Nerdburger
5. Whats Up Sucka Notecards - Set of 8 by Gramkin Paper Studio
6. Swirls by aral33 photography
7. Heart-shaped Polymer Clay Sugar Lollipops Necklace by Zygomatics
8. Lollipop Lolita Ring by Michelle's Charm World
9. Lollipop Candy Hair Cookie by Hair Cookies By Creme de la Gems

Don't forget to enter the Sprout Head giveaway - you have until Friday!

Giveaway with Sprout Head

Are you feeling lucky?

Well are ya?

I hope so, because today the wonderful Aijung from Sprout Head is giving one lucky reader of The Red Deer a fantastic prize pack from her Etsy shop.

If you haven't heard of Sprout Head yet it is a wonderful little shop that sells fine art prints and originals, zines, stationery and paper goods, clothing, and accessories. In other words, lots of gorgeous things.

You can find out more about Aijung and Sprout Head by visiting her lovely Etsy store or her web-site.

So do you want to know what you can win?

An Ice Cream Buddies Pin-Badge - valued at $9.00 USD

Made with Japanese paper collage glued onto a wooden disk, with the face drawn in ink and then coated in non-toxic varnish. Each pin is unique!

A Cake Pocket Picture - valued at $6.50 USD

The Cake Pocket Picture is an original letter pressed image with a string attached at the top for easy displaying.

A "Make Your Own" Sun Tiger Disguise Kit - valued at $8.50 USD
(just in time for Halloween)

The Sun Tiger Disguise Kit comes with an original design silk screened onto card stock. Elastic cord, cotton necklace cord, and instructions are supplied for you to make your own mask, two bracelet cuffs, a necklace, and an optional pair of earrings. You just need scissors, a sharp blade, white glue, and tape. If you're really not crafty, you can opt for a mostly pre-assembled version (you will have to glue the nose-piece on).

Grrrr!

If you would like to win this fantastic prize here is how you can enter...

1. Visit the Sprout Head shop, then come back here and leave a comment telling me what your favourite item is.
2. Become a follower of The Red Deer (if you already are a follower, you get a second entry automatically, just let me know that you are a follower in a comment).
3. Blog about this giveaway, and leave a comment telling me that you blogged it.
4. Tweet about the giveaway, and leave a comment telling me that you tweeted it.

Entries will close at 12pm on the 16th of October (UTC/GMT +10:30 hours). So get commenting!

Tuesday Etsy Picks - Apples

1. Red Apple Phone Strap by Cute Creations
2. Kawaii Apple Hair Clip by Chi Chi Memories
3. Soap Caramel Candy Apple by Sunbasilgarden
4. Apple-A-Day Bobby Pins by Nomsa
5. Snack Sack by Green Street
6. Apple Coasters - Set of 4 by MonikaDesign
7. A is for Apple by Farouche Farouche
8. Apple Earrings by That Vintage
9. Farmer's Market Green Apple Hostess Apron by Sommer Designs

Don't forget to enter the Bugga Bugs giveaway!

Bugga Bugs Giveaway

It's giveaway time again people. Today the lovely Annika from Bugga Bugs is giving one lucky reader of The Red Deer a free pattern from her Etsy shop.

Bugga Bugs is the place to go for childhood imagination and creativity! Everything at Bugga Bugs has been thoroughly tested by the ones who matter most… kids! All patterns are carefully thought out and detail oriented for hours of learning fun and imaginative play. They are perfect for your own children, grandchildren, nieces, nephews and friends alike.

I love, love, love these patterns! Especially the cake/dessert patterns of course - I think I want them all.

You can find out more about Annika and Bugga Bugs by visiting her lovely Etsy store or her blog.

If you would like to win a free pattern of your choice here is how you can enter...

1. Visit the Bugga Bugs Etsy shop, then come back here and leave a comment telling me what your favourite item is.
2. Become a follower of The Red Deer (if you already are a follower, you get a second entry automatically, just let me know that you are a follower in a comment).
3. Blog about this giveaway, and leave a comment telling me that you blogged it.
4. Tweet about the giveaway, and leave a comment telling me that you tweeted it.

Entries will close at 12pm on the 10th of October - Adelaide time! So get commenting!

Etsy Picks - Donuts!

1. Don't Forget the Donuts Print by Noosed Kitty
2. Earrings - Delicious Donut Twists by dirt road south
3. A Chance of Sprinkles and Partly Doughnutty Tee by Apple Noggin
4. Donut Sticker Set by Sweet Surprises
5. Sweet Mini Donut 4 Pack by LoveLee Soaps
6. Sprinkles Card - Vanilla by caged tomato
7. Original or Chocolate Glazed Donut Key Chains by moogu
8. 6 Delicious Felt Doughnuts by Bugga Bugs
9. Pink Donut Ring by Baby Loves Pink

Tuesday Etsy Picks - Ice Cream

1. Ice Cream Buddy Pin by Sprout Head
2. Ice Cream Sundae Cosmetic Zipper Pouch by Madame Cupcake
3. Yum Buttons by Paul and Kat
4. One Bunny and an Ice Cream Sundae by Little Brown Rabbit
5. Ice Cream Shop - Felt Food and Toy Pattern by Little Crickets Felt Fun
6. Ice Cream Boat Print by Baby Chick Designs
7. Banana Ice Cream Brooch by hannahdoodle
8. Custom Thank You Notes - Ice Cream with Cherry by imeon design
9. Popscicle, Brown Cow and Rocketpop Ice Cream People by Yee-Haw Industries

Don't forget to enter the cute.n.boot giveaway!

Tuesday Etsy Picks - Sunshine

1. Bright Sunshiny Day by Farouche Farouche
2. Set of Dessert Plates in Sunny Yellow by Handmade Pottery by Jeanette Zeis
3. Jumbo Sunshine Magnet by Buttonhead
4. Softspoken Crochet Sartre and Simone Scarf in Sunshine by softspoken
5. Sun Shine Vinyl Decal by circlelinestudio
6. Sunshine Yellow Hi Kitty Shirred Cap Sleeve Tee by Cathy Peng
7. Kids Organic Messenger Bag / Sunshine and Rain by SewnNatural
8. Blooming Buttonniere Brooch by Kreated by Kelly
9. Sunshine Motel Print by Roadside Photographs

Don't forget to enter the giveaway!

100 Followers = Giveaway with Inkling Paper

You may have noticed that The Red Deer has finally reached the magical 100 followers -yay! To celebrate we are having a fantastic giveaway sponsored by the lovely Kayla King at Inkling Paper. Here are some of the beautiful products from the Inkling Paper Etsy shop...


Inkling Paper is a design and stationery company owned and operated by graphic designer Kayla King. Kayla created Inkling Paper after friends began asking how they could get their hands on the cards and stationery that had been sent out to them for various occasions. Inkling Paper was then born when Kayla discovered the wonderful world of Etsy and set up shop.

Kayla is inspired by nature, botanical prints, vintage wallpapers, textiles, and interior design and food magazines. Many of the Inkling Paper graphics are created from original sketches that have been scanned and digitally manipulated.

You can check out Kayla's work at Inkling Paper on Etsy and on the Tiny Inklings blog.

Time to get on to the giveaway, here is the awesome prize pack that you could win from Inkling Paper:


It contains:

• A set of 6 "Thank You, Dear" blank, recycled content notecards
• A set of 6 "Deer Family" blank, recycled content notecards
• A set of 6 "Antler" recycled content gift tags
• One "Deer" Notepad with 100 blank, recycled pages
• An ultra-soft bag containing all of the giveaway products. Upcycled from 100% organic cotton t-shirts. Can be reused (again!) as a travel lingerie or swimsuit bag.

And here is a close up of all the goodies that you could win....

"Thank You, Dear" blank, recycled content notecards

"Antler" recycled content gift tags

"Deer" Notepad with 100 blank, recycled pages

"Deer Family" blank, recycled content notecards

You can enter up to 4 times! Here is how:

1. Visit the Inkling Paper Etsy shop, then come back here and leave a comment telling me what your favourite item is.
2. Become a follower of The Red Deer (if you already are a follower, you get a second entry automatically).
3. Blog about this giveaway, and leave a comment telling me that you blogged it.
4. Tweet about the giveaway, and leave a comment telling me that you tweeted it.

Entries will close at 12pm on the 20th of September - Adelaide time! So get commenting!

Good luck!