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.

Signature Prints tablescape inspiration

Some great table-decorating inspiration from Signature Prints that I think would be chic and unexpected for Christmas. The black and white Florence Broadhurst cockatoo print napkins are stunning, and I love the gold cutlery. I might take a few cues from the relaxed styling too.

Image: Signature Prints

Hip Products: bonnie and neil

Can you please stop it. These Australiana homewares and storage boxes from eco-friendly designers bonnie and neil are too much for me to bear. I literally want every piece.

I know, I'm a little cockatoo-mad, but these pieces are all so spot-on with their screenprinting-on-eco-plywood and sepia native birds on natural fabrics. I also adore the charcoal + yellow + raspberry colour combination. Possibly my favourite Australian-designed products of 2010 - I love them that much.

Check out the bonnie and neil website for a whole range of reclaimed Tasmanian Oak shadow boxes , timber table-ware, storage cubes, napery, tea towels and cushions designed by Bonnie Ashley and Neil Downie in their Coburg, VIC design studio. I really can't talk about them anymore. Go see for yourself.

You can find bonnie and neil products for home in stockists across Australia and Norway.

Images: bonnie and neil

Hip Products: fromWoopWoop table mats

Another elegantly designed product, this time from an Australian studio, is the ingenious fromWoopWoop table mat. The mats are made from 70% recycled cork composite and jigsaw-cut to reveal 2 separate placemats, 2 coasters and a trivet-style heat mat.

I love the Australiana motives printed on the mat, the use of recycled material and the dual-purpose design. The complete mat would make a lovely centrepiece for a table, and cause quite a stir as it is re-assembled to form a complete table setting. Oh the cleverness of it all.

fromWoopWoop products were designed in Melbourne by Studio Periscope. The mats were exhibited at the 2009 Milan International Furniture Fair, and launched officially in Australia at Design:Made:Trade in Melbourne today. I've been looking for a cool table cloth, and I think this table mat might just fit the bill. At any rate, with the Australian motifs and light weight, they will make fantastic gifts for my overseas family and friends.

You can buy fromWoopWoop tablemats in three different Aussie designs (Wattle, Bottlebrush and Gumnuts) on the fromWoopWoop website with more stockists coming soon.

Images: fromWoopWoop

Drool-worthy Design: DANDI textiles and homewares

Sydney-based DANDI are a close-knit group of industrial designers creating gorgeous textiles and products for kitchen, dining and home.

The team designs modern, botanically-inpsired prints applied to a range of products. The collection currently includes tableware (napkins, placemats, tablerunners, oil cloth), kitchen essentials (tea towels, aprons, pot holders), and other fabulous pieces for the home such as ironing board covers, pin boards and totes.

One of my favourite products outside of the textiles range is the eco-friendly bamboo chopping board with intricately etched lorrikeet design. Absolutely stunning in real life too.

You can find DANDI tableware on the DANDI online store. Check the DANDI website for stockists around Australia, New Zealand and online. You can find behind-the-scenes info on the DANDI blog.

Image: DANDI