Bondville Mother's Day Giveaway 2016

Win this fabulous Mother's Day gift selection worth $200! We all deserve a little treat and this prize pack includes a ceramic mortar and pestle, cute art print (I'm picturing this one framed in a nursery!), a splash of colour for your bathroom, stylish side plates and a sweet timber wall plaque. To enter, comment here on Instagram. Closes Mother's Day - Sunday 8th May 2016. Read on for more details:

Last chance to win $150 worth of AURA homewares

Today is the last chance to win $150 worth of AURA homewares. Head to this post for details and to enter. Closes midnight 29th July 2015. Good luck!

Image: AURA by Tracie Ellis

AURA Home new releases + WIN $150!

The AURA by Tracie Ellis homewares brand does such a great job of releasing accessible, on-trend products. I had a lovely time at the launch of the new collection recently, eating off the brand new ceramics and admiring the lovely new table linen and bedding. Keep reading for a peek at some of my photos and a chance to WIN a $150 voucher to spend on anything at AURA online....

Celebrating NAIDOC Week with Aboriginal Design

It's NAIDOC Week and what could be more Australian than Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander design; there are beautiful options for home including these beauties:

Real Living Magazine homewares and bedding collaboration with Freedom

Ready to get cosy? Real Living magazine and Freedom have collaborated on a homewares and bedding nostalgic camping-inspired capsule collection that is all florals, tartan, checks and paisley. Think camp beds and army blankets, faded eiderdowns with chunky knit throws, Liberty-style floral prints, tartan, ticking stripes and herringbone twill.

Australian bird melamine plates from Lalaland

You know by now that I'm a sucker for good Australiana, and these gorgeous melamine plates from Lalaland Design House fit the bill. They feature gorgeous illustrations by in-house illustrator Clarisse Djaja including a Zebra Finch, Yellow Breasted Sunbird, Purple Crowned Lorikeet and Flame Robin.

New La De Dah Kids winter 2015 crochet toys and homewares

Geelong-based la de dah kids continues to deliver with a brand new collection of beautiful crocheted products that the kids will love for their rooms. Rugs, storage baskets, wall hangings, garlands, cushions, toys, and cotton blankets and beanbags are all covered in a range of pastel + monochrome colours with a little orange and metallic thrown in!

I also Love with a capital L the styling in these shots; the triangle and square colour blocks on the wall in aqua/mint/white are amazing. I know these snuggle cushions are going to be hugely popular:

Koskela online store open

Great news for all non-Sydney-siders - the amazing design retailer Koskela has opened their online store so now you can purchase their beautifully-created Australian-made and social enterprise goodies and have them shipped all over the country and world. Brilliant!

Choose from a whole range of art, design, homewares, kids' products and garden products that you can feel confident are ethically-sourced. Happy shopping!

Homely Creatures kids' room decor

There is so much to love about this image by Melbourne-based kids' homewares brand Homely Creatures. The fawn pillow is beyond cute, and I love the pastel pink with graphic black and white palette.

The great news is that you can find many of these pieces in the one place. Head to the Homely Creatures online store to find the gorgeous fawn pillow, Moon cut-out banner and pink wall dot decals, as well as many other cute homewares for kids' spaces designed by the very clever Emma Patterson. I promise you will love everything!

Image: Homely Creatures

I got Mum this Kim Wallace Ceramics bowl for Mother's Day

Yesterday I visited my friend Kim Wallace at her ceramics studio on the Sunshine Coast for a catch-up and a lovely lunch. We chatted as Kim stamped a few of her pieces and talked about colour trends and her whopping 300-bowl order for Matt Moran's new restaurant. So fun! Thank you Kim!

I was also there to pick up a Mother's Day gift for my Mum and fell for this shallow bowl - one of the new pieces from her Ebb Tide collection. I can't wait to see what Mum thinks.

You can find Kim Wallace ceramics in the online store. Watch out for a huge sale this week on the Vintage Lace collection - get in quick.

Image: Steph Bond-Hutkin | Bondville

Super-cute oversized tote bags from Project Ten

Oh genius. You know those ugly IKEA bags that you use all the time because they are huge and tough and have double straps and hold everything? Well Jacquie from North Geelong-based Project Ten has created a super-cute version that I know you will love.

Fika with kikki.K - copper gold metallics trend

I recently received in invitation to good to refuse - a lovely morning tea/traditional Swedish Fika at Fika Swedish Kitchen in Manly to meet with Kristina Karlsson of kikki.K and view designs for the next few months. So lucky!

Inaluxe cushions at Urban Outfitters

Check it out - two of the iconic mid-century modern-inspired designs of Australian artists Inaluxe are now available as cushions! Love!

You can find the Blossom cushion and the Atlas cushion at Urban Outfitters for a limited time. (Oh, and free shipping to Australia on orders over $50!).

Images: Urban Outfitters

Freedom AW14 launch - copper, moody blues and tropical trends

I was lucky enough to go to the Freedom Autumn Winter 2014 launch in Sydney yesterday and came back with a head full of ideas and three clear trends - cosy + copper, moody blues, and Havana-style tropical.

Copper
Metallics have been huge in the past year in interiors and copper is my favourite of the metallics; you've probably seen it popping up everywhere recently. I'm particularly obsessed with the Utzon pendant lamp by the Sydney Opera House designer Jorn Utzon, at Great Dane Furniture. Yum!

Love: the kikki.K gold heart mug

Not just for Valentine's Day, this gold heart mug would be my every-day mug. I love it to bits. Dishwasher-safe, gold metallic graphic on fine porcelain. Pick one up quick from kikki.K before they all disappear.

Image: kikki.K

MOZI BBQ Bear melamine platter

Let me take a guess - you're going to a BBQ for Australia Day? Or hosting one? How about serving up your mushrooms/lamb/steak/fish on this pretty fabulous BBQ Bear melamine platter from MOZI. Super-cute and fun to boot.

You can find this plate and more great Australian-designed lifestyle products in MOZI stores in NSW and Victoria.

Image: MOZI

The Brown Trading Co. gold confetti tablecloths

I'm kind of obsessed with the Instagram photos of sisters concretehoney (Concrete + Honey) and Beebees80 (Beebees80) and their Mum karongreenway (Sugar Coated Events). It's a glorious sea of white, pastel and beautiful children and babies. And in this case, amazing Christmas table settings.

emiti designs jewellery and styling

My girls found my beloved emiti designs lollipop ring under the couch at Nanna and Pops' today (looking for Lego!) and I couldn't be more thrilled. It had been missing for months and I was still mourning it, but now I have it back and will be wearing it with a happy heart for New Years' Eve here at the Sunshine Coast.

I was flicking through the emiti design online store today and fell in love with this cute photo. The wooden Apple Pastels necklace is sweet and I love the styling to bits.

Painted newspaper dress! Coral-orange lips! And a sweep of coral-orange blush so high it's practically eyeshadow. So cute clever Kim!

You can find emiti designs wooden jewellery, cotton voile scarves, accessories and homewares in the online store - everything is made in Melbourne by Kim or her sewing team.

PS: Thank you again Anni for the ring; I love it!

Image: emiti designs

Bondville Charity Auction: pretty your kitchen with Australian design

This one's for you, Mum. Pretty up your kitchen with these gorgeous goodies up for auction in the Bondville Charity Auction. All proceeds go to the Children's Cancer Institute Australia and most items offer free shipping! I love the Dandi 8-seater tablecloth and matching napkins, valued at $205.95. Add a little silver and you've got your Christmas table setting sorted, and then use it again and again throughout the year.

• 8 seater tablecloth from Dandi: RRP: $109.95
• 8 x Napkins from Dandi: RRP: $96.00
• Girt By Sea tea towel from Yardage Design: RRP: $22.00
• Nana Huchy They Got Married tea towel from Steph Bond-Hutkin: RRP: $24.50
• Nana Huchy Mother and child aprons from Steph Bond-Hutkin: RRP: $66.30
• Nana Huchy oven mit and pot holder from Steph Bond-Hutkin: RRP: $22.30
• Thea & Sami linen tea towel from Princes Pier: RRP: $25.00
• Vintage tea cup candle from Just Like Martha: RRP: $25.00

BID NOW!

Aura by Tracie Ellis big spot table linen

I've fallen hard for this fantastic Big Spot table cloth (and matching napkins and tea towels) from Aura by Tracie Ellis. The spot design is available in emerald, bright yellow and marine printed on natural cotton and flax - gorgeous and bright for the summer party season. Yellow for me please! You can find the big spot table linen in the Aura by Tracie Ellis online store soon.

Image: Aura by Tracie Ellis.