finders keepers sydney THIS WEEKEND . . .

this week we are packing our boxes of goodies

and heading south for a few days to the 

sydney finders keepers market !

we are thrilled as always to be a part of this event

and looking forward to saying hello to all our sydney friends and followers

it is always such a fun and fulfilling event

with great music and stalls . . .

so many wonderful creatives under one roof

the market is on friday night and all day saturday

details are HERE

do pop along and say hello if you are coming by

we've got lots of new goodies to share with you . . .

it's been three years this month since we launched our online store

time flies . . .

it's been amazing,
especially with all of you who have supported it,
blogged or spread the word about it . . .

it has been equally amazing with the work my shop girl teresa does

she really deserves all the praise in getting orders out on time,
and well wrapped !
( thanks T you the best online shop girl ever . . .
i know you are the only one i've had,
but you are still the best )

anyway . . .
to celebrate we are having a SALE in store

just quote the word 'three' in the discount code section at checkout

to receive 25% off you entire order (excluding shipping)

then press update total for it to take effect

we are also offering free shipping on all orders over $150

(the shipping costs will be refunded after the order comes through)

the sale is on until midnight Australian EST on may 30, 2012

there's a few new surprises in store also (see images below)

hope you like...

until next time

have a lovely monday...

these new magnets have been on the list for a while . . .

i'm just glad they are finally here to share with you all . . .

they are $12.95 each and available HERE

we are also happy to announce out new monogram circle tags

these come in every letter of the alphabet and in all four colour ways shown . . .

they are $9.95 each and can be found HERE

i miss being here . . .

i know, this poor old journal has been lacking in entries these days,

and i do miss being here...

i think the instant nature of instagram 

has taken over my image sharing... 

but like facebook (which i am not yet* on)

not everyone is there on instagram...

and it is here where i want to, and must take the time, to get back to...

regardless of lack of posts here

believe me there has been lots going on behind the scenes, 

and truthfully never seems to be enough hours in the day !

i've had another small trip to japan (it seems to be my second home of late...)

 this time, over easter holidays when the studio closes for a week or so,

i went with a dear and kindred friend 

and her lovely girls to celebrate our big number birthday's this year 

(yes that four-o is looming)

the previous post's photo was taken and posted when we were there... 

we went to see the cherry blossoms... and cherry blossoms we saw

it was a wonderful and inspiring trip, as always

and i've come back with so many ideas my head is still spinning...

but between the trips this year it has been head down believe me !
we have started and made a good dint in to all our christmas stock for the year

as well as keeping up the usual ranges to all our lovely stores 

(the new happy tags are proving to be well loved)

so i thought i'd give you a sneak peek at this year's christmas bird designs...

there is a third one which i'll save for later

the snaps (above and below) were taken as 

we worked on building up stock of them a week or so ago, 

i love the clay and work at this stage

i wish i could keep them that way... 

the wet clay, the fingerprints, the place between just made and about to be something... 

i think that is why i take so many photos of this stage of my work

it is a way of preserving this delicate space 

the space between the breaths that clay takes...

we have also been working on a new range of monogram work

and earrings to finally get up in the online store...

we have finders keepers in sydney on june 1 and 2 

and then a month or so later in brisbane 

so we are making sure there's lots of new goodies for all those that pop along...

i'll be back in the next week with news of our 3rd birthday sale in our online store... 

YES i can't quite believe it has been three years, 

but it is a good excuse for some cake and a little sale...

AND there's some major exciting, life changing, news in the paper boat press HQ 

all will be revealed as the next couple of months creep on...

until next time

hello

and thanks for not giving up on this funny-little-rambling-place for my work and words...

* facebook, well yes, i hardly have time for here, or catching up with emails 

and all the other reasons which i won't list here... 

i'm going against the grain i know 'every business should be on facebook' etc.... 

well i'm bucking the trend for now, i'm not saying never, just not today,

or tomorrow... sometime maybe when i have more time**

**not sure when that will be

p.s. my instagram name is paperboatpress if you are interested, 

i can commit to that because my phone is often, ok, nearly always with me... 

oh and i've started pintrest... same name...