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....

Win a $499 timber hat stand from Lilly & Lolly

The timber Pinocchio hat stand from Lilly & Lolly is a beautiful Scandinavian-influenced piece that would work in any room of the house. The piece is made from American Ash and each arm has been carefully designed and turned to slot into each other. You could win this beautiful hat or coat stand valued at $499 simply by entering Round Two of the Australian Kids Room competition on Instagram!

Simply upload an image of your child's room and follow and tag @sbond (that's me!) and @lilly_and_lolly and use the hashtags #AustralianKidsRooms and #BondvilleBlog. Round Two will be co-judged by Lilly & Lolly and closes on 12th June 2015. If you have already entered, simply re-tag @lilly_and_lolly. All the T&C's and more details here. Good luck!

Image: Lilly & Lolly

Real Australian Kids Rooms Instagram competition

Who doesn't love a kids' room - so much fun and there are no rules! Interest in creating inspiring rooms for children has grown dramatically in the last two years. There are now dedicated childrens' interior designers and a huge number of new bed linen labels, artworks, soft furnishings and furniture in Australia dedicated to making kids' rooms beautiful. I absolutely love sharing your Real Australian Kids Rooms here on Bondville, and am running a fun competition on Instagram for the next four weeks so that you can share your own interior design style.

Kids bed linen from AURA + WIN $150 voucher - now closed

[Advertorial] One of the stand-out homewares exhibitors at the Life InStyle Sydney 2015 trade show a few weeks ago was the always on-point AURA by Tracie Ellis. This is the second year that AURA has created bed linen for kids, and the designs just keep getting better. Read on for the latest Winter designs and your chance to win a $150 voucher to spend on anything AURA!

Oneflare $100 voucher winner

A huge congratulations goes to carmenleespiers who has won a $100 voucher towards any service on the local business-finder website Oneflare. The winner's response was:

"Oh please a hand with a good thorough 'spring clean' as things have gotten a little out of hand. But then there's the garden"

Read all about Oneflare here on Bondville.

Local Etsy surprise gifts and win $75 Etsy voucher

The lovely folk at Etsy Australia asked if I would put together a list of 20 great last-minute 'surprise' gifts from local Australian Etsy sellers. What do you think? Choose your favourite, and you could win $75 to spend on anything you like on Etsy! (read more below).

Super-chic Logitech Case+ for iPhone and cool UE Mini Boom speaker giveaway!

I love my mobile. And I'm happy to have finally found some slick accessories for it that are beautifully-designed and functional too. The folks at Logitech recently sent me three products from their new super-chic case+ range for iPhone 5/5S to trial. I immediately fell for the case+drive phone mount for the car and my husband snapped up the case+energy spare battery pack (he just had to have it).

The system starts with a case+ iPhone case with magnetic panel on the back. The magnet connects the phone with accessories in the range, and also means you can pop your mobile up on the fridge (or any other metal surface) to use as a timer or to read recipes.

Here are the three accessories that I tested:

One Fine Day wedding fair - 10 Sydney tickets to win

I know I've mentioned before that I love weddings - especially the fringed-boho'd-ballooned-streamer'd-flower-crowned type. If you or a loved one is loved up and planning a wedding, make sure you head to Sun Studios in Alexandria, NSW this weekend for the loveliest of wedding fairs - One Fine Day. It's an intimate and chic event with super-creative wedding experts showcasing their services for design-savvy couples. It's so much more than a traditional bridal expo. Expect amazing inspiration, acoustic music, glasses of bubbly, food tastings, fashion runway shows and utter gorgeousness.

When: Saturday 14th and Sunday 15th September 2013, 10am - 4pm
Where: Sun Studios, 42 Maddox Street, Alexandria, 2015, NSW
Tickets: Buy your tickets HERE.

Thanks to my friends at One Fine Day, I have ten free tickets to give away over on Facebook. All you need to do is like the Bondville Facebook page and comment on the One Fine Day post over there for a chance to win. Entries close midday Friday 13th September 2013 and I will email the winners in the afternoon; your tickets will be waiting for you at the door. Head over to Facebook now...

Images: One Fine Day

Kip and Co Pretzel quilt set winner

Huge congratulations goes to Jackie Cawood who has won the Kip & Co. Pretzel quilt and pillow set giveaway for her fun comment with a haiku feel. Thank you Kip & Co. for such a great prize and thanks to all the entrants for your fun responses. Looks like there is lots of love for all the designs. Jackie - you will have to send us a photo of the quilt set in its new home!

Image: Kip & Co.

Kip and Co girls quilt and pillow set giveaway reminder

Friends - last chance to win this a-mazing purple pretzel single quilt and pillow case set from Kip & Co. Hurry here to win right now! Closes midnight Saturday 31st August 2013. Click here!

Image: Kip & Co

Giveaway: New Kip and Co kids bedding - Dappled Dreams

The fabulous trio of Hayley, Kate and Alex from Kip & Co. have killed it yet again with their Spring Summer 2013 bedding collection for adults and kids. Dappled Dreams is all bats, pretzels and match sticks mix-and-match in peach, gold, rust, pinky-purple and inky blues. It's a clash of colour that somehow works in only the way that the clever Kip & Co. team can dream up. Let's take a look...

No-one makes bats look cooler:

Celebrating Australia Day with Modern Australiana

Happy Australia Day! Of course every day is Australia Day here on Bondville where every product featured is designed in Australia or by Australians overseas. I'm particularly excited when Australian designers embrace our unique landscape, flora and fauna, incorporating some of our indigenous shapes, textures and colours to create a new "modern Australiana".

Local jewellery designers Polli have just launched a new Australiana collection that I am utterly in love with, and will be sharing with you in more detail in the next week, but for now, my favourite pieces are the Banksia earrings that are oh-so-chic.

And in the spirit of supporting our own authentic style, I've been inspired by these earrings to pull together a few other Australian designers embracing Australiana in a new, modern way that is stylish and never kitsch (although I love a bit of that too).

1. Banksia beding by Cloth Fabric
2. Kookaburra cushion by Bonnie & Neil
3. Rosella cushion by Cumulus Living
4. Banksia rug by Cloth Fabric
5. Kookaburra tea towel by Bonnie & Neil
6. Native flowers tea towel by Laughing Bird Designs
7. Gum leaf wallpaper by Catherine Martin
8. Cockatoo cushion by Bonnie & Neil
9. Cockatoo lamp by MOZI
10. Banksia lamp shade by Cloth Fabric
11. Bilby print by Renee Treml at Udessi
12. Gum leaf table cloth by Dandi
13. Grevillea cushion by Ink & Spindle

You might also like to check out Saffron Craig who has some gorgeous wombat, kookaburra and banksia fabric designs, the great lifestyle textiles products at Utopia Goods, and the Brown Trading Co. which has beautiful, vibrant cockatoo silhouettes in blue, green and pink.

Go ahead and embrace a little modern Australiana into your home - and send some to your overseas friends and family too. We need to be proud of our unique environment. Happy Australia Day!

Lucky Door Prize: Print Paper Cloth art prints

You might remember the gorgeous artwork of Print Paper Cloth artist Maraya Rodostianos featured on the Ten Fab Australian iPhone Cases feature last week. Maraya is generously giving away two of her beautiful wall art prints - the Wild Spirit design and the Feathered Nest design - to two lucky Bondville monthly newsletter or daily email subscribers!

These gorgeous art prints are 8" x 10" original watercolour, pen and ink illustrations reproduced digitally onto 100% recycled satin matt card. They are packed in cello sleeve with acid free backing card and retail for $19.95.

Maraya is based in Byron Bay and her surface art designs are licensed for homewares, interiors and stationery industries. Maraya also has her own collection of art prints, cushions, teas towels, notebooks, note cards and calendars - all available in the Print Paper Cloth online store.

Look out for the winners in the monthly newsletter, coming your way in the next few days. Thanks Maraya!

Terms and Conditions:
1. Lucky door prize will be allocated to two Bondville monthly newsletter or daily email subscribers.
2. There are no entry requirements.
3. This Lucky Door Prize giveaway is open to all Bondville subscribers in Australia only.
5. This Lucky Door Prize giveaway is hosted by Steph Bond-Hutkin via the Bondville blog at blog.stephbond.com.
4. The prize consists (1) x Wild Spirit art print RRP $19.95, and (1) x Feathered Nest art print RRP $19.95, plus postage within Australia and internationally from Print Paper Cloth.
5. Lucky Door Prize winner will be notified in the Bondville Monthly newsletter, sent to subscribers the week commencing 25th September 2012.

Images: Print Paper Cloth

Real Kids Room: Spoonful of Colour playroom and shared girls bedroom.. and giveaway!

I adore the white-with-pops-of-colour look that Melbourne graphic designer, paper product designer, all-round crafty gal and blogger Pascale Clearihan of Spoonful of Colour has pulled together for her girls' playroom and shared bedroom.

Pascale has included many of her own handmade decorations and artwork in her childrens' rooms. The stand-out A-Z Animal Print below is one of Pascale's own (you can find it in the Spoonful of Colour online store). I'm thrilled that Pascale is giving away one A3 print to a lucky Bondville reader! (giveaway now closed). See the end of this post for details. Enjoy this tour!

Room: Girls' bedroom and playroom
Age: 3 years and 4 months
Designed by: Pascale Clearihan (Spoonful of Colour)
Location: Melbourne, VIC, Australia

Lucky Door Prize - Aussie homewares from Down That Little Lane

Down That Little Lane is a great online marketplace featuring hundreds of well-curated products and designers. DTLL is also listed in the Bondville Loves online shopping directory, and owner Tessa is an abcd meet-up regular, so this store is close to my heart.

This month for our monthly Lucky Door Prize, Tessa is giving a gorgeous Australian homewares gift set of to one lucky Bondville monthly newsletter or daily email subscriber! One subscriber will receive two linen tea towels from Laughing Bird in the Blue Mountains (RRP $25 each) and a chic raw cotton canvas tote from Ink & Stitch in Bondi (RRP $36).

I have profiled Laughing Bird before here on Bondville, and the great Australian flora and fauna-inspired designs keep coming, including these Willy Wagtail and Everlasting Daisy designs.

Ink & Stitch is a mother-daughter duo based in Bondi creating stylish tote bags featuring their own designs hand-drawn using water-based ink.

These are just two of the many designers featured on Down That Little Lane - head over to check out the vast range of goods for home and family.

Look out for the winners in the monthly newsletter, coming your way in the next few days.

Terms and Conditions:
1. Lucky door prize will be allocated to one Bondville monthly newsletter or daily email subscriber.
2. There are no entry requirements.
3. This Lucky Door Prize giveaway is open to all Bondville subscribers in Australia only.
5. This Lucky Door Prize giveaway is hosted by Steph Bond-Hutkin via the Bondville blog at blog.stephbond.com.
4. The prize consists (1) Laughing Bird tea towel (Willy Wagtail design) RRP $25.00, (1) Laughing Bird tea towel (Everlasting Daisy design) RRP $25.00, (1) Femme Tote RRP $36.00 plus postage within Australia from Down That Little Lane.
5. Lucky Door Prize winner will be notified in the Bondville Monthly newsletter, sent to subscribers the week commencing 6th September 2012.

Images: Down That Little Lane

Bondville Lucky Door Prize - personalised Christmas stars from paper boat press

If you have read a Christmas feature in an Australian blog, newspaper or magazine in the last few years, then chances are, you've seen paper boat press artist Kylie Johnson's lovely ceramic stars, birds and decorations hanging from mantles, Christmas trees, and adorning gifts. They are a super-stylish way to decorate for the festive season, and the personalised star ornaments in particular will become family heirlooms. My girls each have one hung on their bedroom walls throughout the year.

This month for our monthly Lucky Door Prize, Kylie is giving away ten paper boat press ceramic personalised star ornaments to two Bondville monthly newsletter or daily email subscribers! One subscriber will receive six personalised stars (RRP $95.70)  and the second subscriber will receive four personalised stars (RRP $63.80).

Look out for the winners in the monthly newsletter, coming your way in the next few days. Read more about paper boat press here on Bondville.

PS: to celebrate the opening of the paper boat press store in Brisbane in late 2012, Kylie is offering readers a 12% discount on all stock in the online store before 31st August 2012. Quote the word TWELVE in the discount code section and update your shopping cart. Lucky us!

Terms and Conditions:
1. Lucky door prize will be allocated to one Bondville monthly newsletter or daily email subscriber.
2. There are no entry requirements.
3. This Lucky Door Prize giveaway is open to all Bondville subscribers in Australia and internationally.
5. This Lucky Door Prize giveaway is hosted by Steph Bond-Hutkin via the Bondville blog at blog.stephbond.com.
4. The two prizes consists (1) six personalised ceramic 5-sided star ornaments RRP $95.70 plus postage and (2) four personalised ceramic 5-sided star ornaments RRP $63.80 plus postage from paper boat press.
5. Lucky Door Prize winner will be notified in the Bondville Monthly newsletter, sent to subscribers the week commencing 13th August 2012.

Images: top: paper boat press bottom: Steph Bond-Hutkin | Bondville

Bondville Lucky Door Prize - $100 voucher from Rowantree Design

Roberta from Sydney-based Rowantree Design has just launched her sweet-as-pie Autumn/Winter 2012 collection for little ones. This season is all about tiny flower prints, Peter Pan collars, nostalgic shapes and Roberta's classic styling. For our monthly Lucky Door Prize this month, Roberta is giving away a very generous $100 voucher for the Rowantree Design online store to spend on the latest collection, to one Bondville monthly newsletter or daily email subscriber. Thank you Roberta! Which pieces are your favourites?

Look out for the winner in the monthly newsletter, coming your way in the next few days. Read more about Rowantree Design here on Bondville.

Terms and Conditions:
1. Lucky door prize will be allocated to one Bondville monthly newsletter or daily email subscriber.
2. There are no entry requirements.
3. This Lucky Door Prize giveaway is open to all Bondville subscribers in Australia and internationally.
5. This Lucky Door Prize giveaway is hosted by Steph Bond-Hutkin via the Bondville blog at blog.stephbond.com.
4. The prize consists of an AUD$100 gift certificate for the Rowantree Design online store
5. Lucky Door Prize winner will be notified in the Bondville Monthly newsletter, sent to subscribers the week commencing 4th June 2012.

Images: Rowantree Design

Bondville Lucky Door Prize - $100 voucher for Mooce children's clothes

Based in Brisbane, Petra Jones from Mooce (pronounced 'Mutzy) creates sweet, carefree collections for girls age 2 to 6 years. This month for our monthly Lucky Door Prize, Petra is giving away a very generous $100 voucher for Mooce clothes from the latest collection to one Bondville monthly newsletter or daily email subscriber. Fun! What would you pick?

Look out for the winner in the monthly newsletter, coming your way in the next few days. Read more about Mooce here on Bondville.

Terms and Conditions:
1. Lucky door prize will be allocated to one Bondville monthly newsletter or daily email subscriber.
2. There are no entry requirements.
3. This Lucky Door Prize giveaway is open to all Bondville subscribers in Australia and internationally.
5. This Lucky Door Prize giveaway is hosted by Steph Bond-Hutkin via the Bondville blog at blog.stephbond.com.
4. The prize consists of an AUD$100 gift certificate for the Mooce online store.
5. Lucky Door Prize winner will be notified in the Bondville Monthly newsletter, sent to subscribers the week commencing 23rd April 2012.

Images: Mooce