CLOSED 24 MARCH-25 APRIL 2025

We are off to Japan!

And by the time we add in Easter and ANZAC Day at the end, our warehouse will be closed for about a month from 24 March to 25 April 2025.

Along with changing our work schedules and stepping back from the Australian Gift Fairs, we're planning to take longer trips to Japan from now on.

More time to search for beautiful products out in the countryside, meeting with the makers and spending time visiting the factories. Less rushing around like maniacs from gift fair to ceramics show, collecting business cards like it's the 1990s.

It's a slightly inconvenient time with Mother's Day soon after we get back, but with a little forward planning I'm sure you'll all manage your stock perfectly. Top up a little more than usual in early March, and you can always put your orders through the website in April so we can ship them as soon as we open up and they'll be delivered in early May.

I will take my laptop, so feel free to email me, we just won't be opening the warehouse or shipping any orders.

Now I'm going to start planning what to pack because this is the first time in about 25 years I'll be heading to Japan when the weather should be nice. We might even see cherry blossoms! I'm giddy at the thought of not packing my thermals for a January trip, and also not having to prepare for the heat and humidity of mid year. I cannot wait!