If you have a little artist at home, check out Art Friend Singapore’s well-curated art products. The store has a dizzying range of art products, from professional art brands. I really like the different acrylic, watercolour and oil colours that they stock. From paints and canvases to brushes and easels, the store is perfect for {Read More…}
The Green Party, Singapore
The moment you step into Green Party, you feel like you’ve entered child territory. This brightly lit store stocked with cute gifts is a kid’s paradise. I went with my daughter one afternoon and came back with a bag full of goodies. The racks are filled with little plushie toys, claw clips, stationery, diaries, mugs – {Read More…}
Rachel Ellen, UK
Little girls have a huge fancy for Rachel Ellen’s vibrantly designed products. Rachel Ellen, a designer based in Nottingham in the UK makes some very creative products for little children. Her notebooks are beautifully designed and the use of colourful fonts and colours make her products so irrestible. She makes some lovely pencil sets. These {Read More…}
Typo, Australia
If you walk into a Typo, it is unlikely that you will not find something you like. This gifting and stationery brand, part of the Cotton On Group, Australia makes some really unique stationery items, home goods and other knick knacks. I recently walked into the store to check out some of the season’s finds. {Read More…}
Newton and the Apple, Nottingham UK: Quirky gifts
I came across Newton and the Apple while hunting for gift-wrapping paper. I found the prints really unique: constellations, raindrops, geek binary, mountains and raindrops! When the company sent me samples of their paper, I was impressed. Beautiful prints aside, the quality of their paper is superb! If you delve further into their website, you {Read More…}
Impressive illustrator: Georgina Hill
She greets me with a beautiful smile, and a 3-week baby in tow, to her lovely home in Singapore. We decide to spend an afternoon chatting about the work that she does. I am somewhat familiar with Georgina’s work. I did browse her portfolio before meeting her, but I am excited to see it in {Read More…}
$50 giveaway: Kala Pata Gifts, Singapore
Singapore is all about imported goods. You can possibly find every brand from around the world in this city. But when you wish to take memorabilia back from the city that is ‘truly local’, the options seem somewhat limited. This convinced Amreen Rahman to launch the gift brand Kala Pata, allowing visitors to take a {Read More…}