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Birdy pick of the week

Loving this super-sweet Guess Who-ooo Valentine's Day card, £3.25, from Wee Birdy sponsor Hello!Lucky. Check out their other retro-inspired designs, which are new this year...

Wee find: Cute as a button card

Loving this clever giant button card by new Wee Birdy sponsor Present & Correct, which makes a great alternative to the hearts-and-flowers Valentine's Day options. The card is debossed (ooh, tactile!) and the design is based on an old vintage button.

And for the perfect accompanying gift? Try a button brooch from Tatty Devine.

Wee find: Decorative tapes

Here’s something completely non-essential that I can’t stop looking at: decorative tape. I briefly touched on the subject recently when I posted about Lazy Oaf, but I’ve since found a couple of relatively new UK-based online shops that do a particularly good job at sourcing some hard-to-find varieties from Japan, Korea, the US and beyond.

I’ve been gifted some very cool Japanese MT Tape (above, £5.95 for a pack of two) by Nonesuchthings, who describes her website as ‘somewhere between a blog and a shop’. It’s made from Washi (rice) paper and is removable, so it can be used for all sorts of crafty and enterprising endeavours.

Meanwhile, Papermash (above) stocks all manner of gorgeous stationery goodies that excites paper nerds like myself, including a lovely lace design (£3.75, above) and a pretty illustrative birdy tape. Don’t miss the ‘Free’ page which features a nifty downloadable snowflakes votive project (very pretty for Christmas).

Wee find: Claudette cards

 

Loving the retro simplicity and the eco credentials of The Claudettes postcards, which are printed on 100 per cent recycled, uncoated board. I've already received one as a baby thank-you note, but they would also be perfect for party invitations or birth announcements. Or any occasion, really.

They're from wonderful Wee Birdy sponsor The Green Apple. Have a look for more fresh and fun eco-friendly and ethically-sourced gifts of the non-hair shirt variety. (Don't forget that you get 10 per cent discount with the code 'weebirdy'!)

Shopping in London: Lazy Oaf

I do love popping into Lazy Oaf on the ground floor of Kingly Court (just off Carnaby Street) for a kooky dose of sausage dog print tees (my all-time favourite), banana Perspex brooches and hamburger sweaters.

Lazy Oaf are the crew behind the Michael Jackson tee I posted about recently, and they seem to have a never-ending supply of slightly mad graphic concepts for men’s and womens’s tees and sweaters, as well as toys, pins, stationery and plush toys.

New this season is the fabulous Foxy tee, which features a print collar, as well as a super-sweet ‘I Make Things’ tee – perfect for crafty make-and-do chicks.

They've also got an amazing range of Japanese stationery and decorative items. Take a look at these  Pinocchio plates, notebooks and decorative tape by designer Shinzi Katoh. How much fun is the 'Happy Friends' tape?

 

Their website is also well worth a look, with all their products available to purchase, along with a particularly good shop blog.

Lazy Oaf
Kingly Court, Carnaby Street
London W1B 5PW
Nearest tube: Oxford Circus
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Opening hours:
Monday to Saturday 11am-7pm
Sunday 12 noon-6pm

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