New in July 2010

Finally! All the new things are up on the web, the catalogue is done (and online too), and we even have stock of pretty much everything here now. The master of Japanese organisation, Sam Sensei, has created a kind of grand canyon in our warehouse. Cardboard boxes are stacked to the ceiling, with narrow ravines between which we squeeze to get to the packing table. Our kids are enjoying hide and seek for now, but we know this never lasts very long.

The August Gift fair is looming (we're on the road to Melbourne next week), and soon after that the mountains will be eroded away until there's room for the next container of stock to arrive in October. By Christmas, instead of hide and seek, the kids get out their rollerskates and we have our own mini roller rink... until the January container arrives in time for the February GIft fairs and we start the year all over again...

If you are not coming to Melbourne to touchy-feely all of our gorgeous new products and pick up a catalogue yourself, drop me an email and I'll post one out to you.

Hot picks for this year are our stackable Tea for Two Sets, especially the new Bumble Bee and Matryoshka Doll sets, and the new black and red Rusui fabrics for hair claws, ibis clips, bangles and rings. Check the catalogue for new stationery, accessories, canisters and more.