Lilly and Lolly new year sale - up to 70% off

The sales keep coming! This time, furniture and children's interiors store Lilly & Lolly has up to 70% off a huge range of products online and instore from 4th to 16th January 2016.

Head to the Lilly & Lolly online store or Melbourne and Sydney stores to snap up a bargain. Happy shopping!

Image: Lilly & Lolly

Australian online stores for kids Boxing Day sales 2015

It's Boxing Day! Which means it's time to make some serious savings on all your favourite Australian brands and online stores in the sales. Some start right away, some you'll have to wait a little longer for, but here's my round-up of some great sales to get you started:

Australian kids online stores to check out

If you're like me and love supporting indie designers and local online retail stores, check out these new additions to the Bondville online shopping directory. There are kids' fashion and bedding designers, artworks and stationery, lighting, room decor and lots of handmade goodies....

52 gifts for kids - the Bondville Australian Online Shopping Guide

Just to make your life a bit easier, each year I put together a gift guide for Australian Kids (and a few for Mums too), choosing one product that I am loving right now from each of the local stores in the Bondville Online Shopping Directory. Here are 52 gifts for babies, kids, teens and in-between at all price points that are perfect for baby showers, children's birthdays, or presents just because:

Zaishu half price sale this week

This one is hugely exciting for you Melbourne folks. If you've been coveting a Zaishu stool/side table like I have for many years, a huge selection of styles and colours featuring the work of Australian artists will be reduced to half price for three days only at their Melbourne studio sale.

eBay Find: Bholu wallpaper border and artwork

Before Armadillo & Co., there was Bholu - Jodie Fried's beautiful Australian label creating ethically-made felt homewares for adults and children. We have adored our Bholu cushions, children's bed linen, soft toys, and throws. I can't bear to part with them, and you just can't find them in stores anymore. Lucky for us, I spotted some great Bholu pieces on eBay that would look beautiful in a nursery. Keep reading below for more...

eBay find: Middle Of Nowhere Malmo stool

Love a bargain! I have a three-leg white dipped Malmo stool by Melbourne designers Middle of Nowhere that I love (you can spot it in my little one's room here as a side table).

I found this Malmo stool on eBay today with a starting bid of $159.99 - it usually retails for around $200 in stores. Local pick-up from Bentleigh,VIC, and bidding finishes in a few days (22nd Jan 2015). I can't vouch for the seller or the condition, but thought it was worth checking out.

Image: Middle of Nowhere

eeni meeni miini moh SS14 end of season sale

It's sale time! Bondville sponsors eeni meeni miini moh & e3-M have put the entire Spring Summer 14 collection on sale to make way for Autumn Winter 15, coming very soon (if you can believe it!).

There is still plenty of warmth left in this summer, so head over to the website to snap up tees, shorts, skirts, leggings, dresses, pyjamas, accessories and more for boy and girls 0-12 years. You'll have to be quick - some items are very low in stock already. Here are some of my favourites from this season:

Boxing Day sales 2014 - Australian online stores for Mum, kids and home

It's sale time! I've compiled a great list of Australian independent online stores for kids that are sharing the love and marking down prices on Boxing Day. Most of these stores are listed in the Bondville online shopping directory. Grab a bargain on kids' furniture, homewares, clothing, swimwear, pyjamas, toys, wall decals, and gifts!

Shop Local this Christmas

Jasmine Dowling is a Brisbane-based blogger and typographer that I love and she has created this fabulous piece about shopping locally that really resonates with me:

Jasmine has thrown down her own #ShopLocal challenge and has curated a gorgeous gift guide full of pretty things. Head to her website to see the whole guide - yum!

Bondville Christmas Gift Guide 2014: For Mum

It's my last Bondville Christmas 2014 Gift Guide - send this one to your partner/kids! I've pulled together a selection of lovely gifts - For Mum - from Australian designers and online stores.

Bondville Christmas Gift Guide 2014: Baby's first Christmas

More often than not, Baby's first Christmas gifts are for Mum and Dad than actually for baby! Honestly, they will likely love the packaging more than the gifts inside; but if you want something that will please everyone in the family, support Australian design and be useful too, look no further than the Bondville Christmas 2014 gift guide #5 - Baby's first Christmas...

Bondville Christmas Gift Guide 2014: Pyjamas they will wear every day

The Bondville Christmas 2014 gift guide #3 is here! Pyjamas are such a classic Christmas gift for kids as you know that they will get a huge amount of wear out of them. Skip the cheap-o versions this year and get something quality that will last the season - these are PJs that they will wear, and wear, and wear every day...

Bondville Christmas Gift Guide 2014: Fun in the sun

We are so lucky to have beautiful, warm weather over the holiday season, and beach and pool-related gift ideas are a natural for under the Christmas tree. If you are visiting family for Christmas, most of these items pack well too. What's better than jumping into the pool/sea on Christmas Day in brand new togs!? Presenting the second Bondville Christmas 2014 gift guide - Fun In The Sun!

Bondville Christmas Gift Guide 2014: Big ticket items

Are you supporting local businesses this Christmas? Buy local and pump dollars back into our economy, as well as supporting Australian talent and entrepreneurs. I love that every sale goes towards school uniforms and mortgages and food on the table of real people, rather than faceless organisations.

Get your card ready, set, GO with my Bondville Christmas Gift Guides 2014 of Australian businesses and designers! Every item listed in the gift guides are from local small businesses listed in the Bondville Shopping Directory. First up, big ticket items that pack a punch...

30% off Paper Wings and Little Wings at My Messy Room

Run, don't walk. My Messy Room is offering 30% off Paper Wings and Little Wings for a limited time. I love this Aussie brand to bits! I'll have both those swimsuits please, Santa.

Bondville shopping directory - new listing spots now available

I'm so proud to be able to work with local small businesses and twice a year I open up the Bondville Shopping Directory to new listings, providing an amazing resource for you to shop online from Australian stores. If you know a business selling great products for Mum, Kids and Home, please send them my way - new listings will be accepted up until 30th Nov 2014 only.

All these gorgeous products can be found in Australian online stores in the Bondville Shopping Directory including (clockwise): So Happy art print from Team Kitten, Jimmy Cricket fruity wall stickers from Baby Donkie, Jess pink butterflies nighties from Four In The Bed, You Are So Lovely wall decal from 100 Percent Heart, SOOKIBaby My Bird dotty playsuit from Babble On Baby, Kip bed - blue from Incy Interiors,  HuxBaby dark grey big dot drop back tee from A Little Bit Of Cheek, Homely Creatures knitted cloud cushion from Baby Donkie, Pixel floor rug from Happy As Larry Designs, Tulle dress from eeni meeni miini moh.

A listing in the directory runs for 12 months and includes a wide banner and brand description on the Shop page, a link in the sidebar of every page of Bondville and a product mention in at least 2 editorial posts throughout the 12 month period. All for only $100. More details here.

Contact me to secure a spot before 30th Nov 2014 and to be included in the Bondville Christmas Gift Guide going out early next week! The Directory will then be closed to new listings until June 2015. Get in quick :)

> BUY 12 MONTH LISTING

Hollie and Harrie $20 discount on shade tents

After my post on our weekend getaway to Avoca Beach I have had so many inquiries about the gorgeous Sombrilla shade tent. Lucky for us, the lovely folks at Hollie & Harrie have offered a $20 discount to Bondville readers on all Sombrilla sales in the next 7 days. Simply enter the code Bondville at checkout in the online store. Code expires 20th November, 2014. The shade tent would make a fantastic Christmas gift - get in quick!

Image: Hollie & Harrie

Incy Interiors Sydney store tour

Today fabulous Australian furniture designers and homewares retailers Incy Interiors opened the doors of their first Sydney store at Chatswood Chase. I popped over to meet the gals in person and take some pics to give you a store tour - it's all amazing!

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!