Wee Birdy

Free! Wee Birdy Christmas gift tags to download

Mr Birdy and I have been busy designing some very special downloadable Wee Birdy gift tags* for all you lovely readers. Hope you like them - I'm using them on all my presents this year.

All you need to do is print out the PDF onto (printable) white card stock (or just print them out on white paper and glue to cardboard). Cut out around the tags and use a hole punch to create a hole. Thread through ribbon or string for the merriest of presents.

Click here to download the pink and red tags.

Click here to download the blue tags.

Happy Christmas!

* The gift tags are copyright Wee Birdy, and are for personal use only. Not for commercial usage.

Wee Christmas finds: Papermash loveliness

The rather lovely UK-based online stationery shop, Papermash, has stocked up on some super-sweet things for Christmas.

I love the wine letterpress gift tags (£2.25), the dainty and delicate tissue snowflake card (£5, and it ships flat) and the very special London snow globe print, which was designed by Clare Owen (and is exclusive to Papermash, £46). I think I really need one on my wall to remind of London's winter wonderland right now (it's way too hot, humid and sticky here in Sydney!).

And if you're in a crafty mood, you might like to try the pretty snowflake doily project, which is featured in the 'Free' section of the site.

www.papermash.co.uk

Wee find: Free downloadable Valentine's cards

Forgotten to sort out Valentine's Day tomorrow? Can't be bothered and/or don't want to buy into the whole commercial nastiness of it all, rah rah rah? If you're so inclined, then you may like to check out these marvellously birdy Valentine's Day designs, courtesy of digital design studio Ollibird. Seriously minimal effort required, too. Thanks to Urban Mums for the super tip.

Birdy goes bartering

Until very recently, I had no idea that so many Londoners were such big swappers.

I had always presumed that I had nothing of value to swap, and that certain bartering schemes like LETS were the exclusive domain for those with allotments and a special interest in Hopi ear candling. In fact, LETS and skills-swap groups are more popular than ever, with record numbers joining up ever since the recession rolled in.

If you want to find out more about bartering, check out my guide to London's freebie economy in this week's Time Out.