TEACHER GIFTS
It's that time of year to thank those teachers who work so hard. Perhaps you wanna say a special thanks to you or your child's amazing teacher, just because.
THE TEA COLLECTIVE | Glass & Gold Teapot
Regular price $59.95 $59.95The most beautiful and practical of all of The Tea Collective's accessories range is their super elegant glass teapot.
Made with a removable infuser basket so your tea is never over-brewed and a heat resistant top so that you don't burn your fingers. This beautiful teapot is also very light to make pouring the tea easy on the wrists when it's filled.
With gold finishes and a dripless spout, this teapot is so elegantly simple you'll wonder what you ever did without it.
Pair with The Tea Collectives matching Glass & Gold Teapot Warmer to keep your tea hot for hours and create the perfect centrepiece for any ritual or occasion.
Teapot holds 1 litre or 4 standard cups.
Purchase the teapot on its own or get a $5 discount when you purchase it with the matching tea pot warmer
PADDYWAX | Haze 100 Wild Mint & Santal Incense Sticks
Regular price $19.95 Sale price $13.97 $13.97Meet Haze. A new sensory incense incense collection by Paddywax.
These incense sticks deliver both incense and an incense holder all in one beautifully designed colour glass vessel!
Set the ambience with two best-selling fragrances to choose from.
The set includes 100 incense sticks that are 21.5cm tall for a lengthy burn and long-lasting fragrance.
Features 100 incense sticks & flameless fragrance for your space.
Top Notes: Eucalyptus, Sweet Lime, Cardamom, Cucumber, Melon
Middle Notes: Iris, Violet, Amber, Plumeria, Lemongrass, Papyrus
Base Notes: Palm, Sandalwood, Musk, Bamboo, Cedar
Product Dimensions: 5 L x 5 W x 13 H cm
PADDYWAX | Haze Palo Santo & Sage Incense Sticks
Regular price $19.95 Sale price $13.97 $13.97Meet Haze. A new sensory incense incense collection by Paddywax.
Featuring some of Paddywax's most popular fragrances, Haze delivers both incense and an incense holder all in a beautifully designed colour glass vessel!
Features 100 incense sticks & flameless fragrance for your space.
Top Notes: Pink Peppercorn, Bergamot, Clove Bud, Saffron
Middle Notes: Black Leather, Gingerlily, Cedar Leaf, Elemi Resin
Base Notes: Dark Oak, Agarwood, Guaiac, Burlwood, Cade
Product Dimensions: 5 L x 5 W x 13 H cm
PADDYWAX | Glass Library Soy Candle - Oscar Wilde
Regular price $29.95 Sale price $20.97 $20.97A homage to the literary greats and an ideal gift for lovers of fine literature, this collection pairs favourite quotes with custom blended fragrances designed to evoke the spirit of the author for which it is named; impeccably packaged in a linen-textured gift box
For all the bibliophiles out there, Paddywax presents the Library Collection. By pairing favourite quotes with exquisite fragrances, they pay homage to literary greats such as Austen and Shakespeare.
Poured into a reusable glass jar, this makes a divine gift for any book lover or for one with a love of bingeing a classic novel or two.
For all the bibliophiles in our lives Paddywax's Library Collection pairs favorite quotes with exquisite fragrances as they we pay homage to the literary greats.
Top Notes: Bergamot, Mandarin, Lemon Leaf, Lime, Peppermint, Crisp Ozone
Middle Notes: Blue Eucalyptus, Muguet, Lavender, Thyme, Geranium, Indigo Poppy
Base Notes: Sheer Musk, Patchouli, Amber, Cedarwood
Size: 6 oz/ 180g
Vessel: Glass
Dimensions: 3.125" L x 3.25" W x 3.5" H
As usual Paddywax candle vessels are designed with upcycling in mind. After burning the candle, freeze your jar overnight to cleanly remove the wax and wick; great for storing beauty items, holding knick-knacks, or as a planter
Paddywax work with perfumers to source nature's finest ingredients, creating high-quality, candles that tell a special fragrance story to fit your mood. Carefully hand poured at their Nashville factory, the 170g 6. 5-ounce black glass vessel is soy-blend wax and cotton wick helps your candle burn beautifully
Paddywax is a brand started by one woman pouring candles in her kitchen. Paddywax is an artisan company specializing in candles and diffusers that that are made with quality materials, inspiring color palettes, and intriguing fragrances to set the tone in your home
Find out more about Paddywax here.
Candle care
On first burn, allow candle wax to melt all the way to the side vessel before extinguishing. Trim wick before a new burn for a contained flame and even burn.
LODESTARS ANTHOLOGY | Issue 12 Switzerland
Regular price $32.95 $32.95Steeped in history, Switzerland is both lavish and refined - chocolate-box perfection guaranteed to surprise. It is a playground, refuge and wonderland. A hideaway and delight. And amongst these pages are hints of all it has to offer. There are tales of intrigue and adventure, romance and the sublime - of towns where time is kept and paused, cantons that charm, literary escapades, wilderness, trains and alpine fare that is very fine indeed.
Featuring Neuchâtel | Lausanne | Geneva | Gstaad | Mürren | Zürich | St. Gallen | Bad Ragaz | St. Moritz | Ascona | Lugano | Bern | Great St. Bernard Pass | Bürgenstock | Scuol | The Orient Express
LODESTARS ANTHOLOGY | Issue 16 Spain
Regular price $32.95 $32.95BACK IN STOCK LATE FEB. PRE-ORDER NOW!
An ode to slow travel, splendour and sun. Que viva España.
For this magazine, Lodestar's contributors have descended into caves in the name of cheese, gone in search of volcanoes, wandered ancient pilgrim paths, ridden horses into the sunset, been enthralled by architecture, cooked the way their grandparents did and penned odes to lace. They have explored places that come with meaning.
Some destinations are ‘home’, others are steeped in memory, and a few are being discovered for the very first time, the siren’s call impossible to resist. You can read this zest in their words and see the ardour in their images, because when someone creates with love and respect you feel it. You’re there with them. This is how you discover and are reacquainted with Spain - through the eyes of others.
Featured destinations: Ibiza, Tarifa, Oviedo, Toledo, Granada, Segovia, Seville, Valencia, Lanzarote, Montserrat, Formentera, San Sebastián, Santiago de Compostela
LODESTARS ANTHOLOGY Issue 11 | Portugal
Regular price $32.95 $32.95Here, there are island oases, pilgrimage trails, artisans and waves - azulejos and pastéis de nata - and one should feast on all that they can; climb mountains, sip Port, meander through markets, swim, savour and walk into wilderness. Layered in history, there is a sublime sense of melancholy - an awareness of the things that have passed, matched by awe of all that remains. Warmth, colour, tradition and light. In Portugal you have time, space and
LODESTARS ANTHOLOGY | Issue 10: India
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India is changing. It is an impassioned, tumultuous wonderland that embraces visitors, reveres its past, disregards the status quo and offers all who journey there a brilliant, indelible, distinctive experience.
You may wander along sacred waterways, bathe in colour, appreciate the poetry of the everyday, celebrate a southern paradise, traverse the country by train, discover enduring, ancient cultures and cities at the cutting edge, grasp the complexity of tea and tradition, calm the mind, scale peaks, experiment with spices, encounter something wild, question your boundaries, live in the moment and seek out the unexpected. This is a place of craft, civility, history, culture, grace and grandeur. You will be overcome, consumed, saturated, lost in matchless moments, and left craving more.
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LODESTARS ANTHOLOGY | Issue 13 Mexico
Regular price $32.95 $32.95Mexico is beautiful. It is timeless, multilayered, mesmeric and utterly indefinable. Peruse these pages, dream of the faraway, ignite your wanderlust and prepare to fall in love.
Some featured destinations
Puebla
Mexico City
Oaxaca
Mérida
Tulum
Puerto Escondido
San Miguel de Allende
Guadalajara
San José del Cabo
Ensenada
Tecate
Tepoztlán
El Arenal
Isla Holbox
Teotitlán del Valle
Colima
Lacandón Jungle
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LODESTARS ANTHOLOGY | Issue 15 Greece
Regular price $32.95 $32.95This is a magazine about Greece - a celebration of her myths, mountains and glittering seas. It contains glimpses of island life and odes to olives, and lashings of wildflowers, ruins, wilderness and awe. A place of gods and romance, Greece has always offered multitudes - so soak up these pages and allow yourself to fall under her spell.
Some locations featured:
Zagori, Corfu, Messolonghi, Mykonos, Santorini, Syros, Kefalonia, Simi, Athens, Pelion, Rhodes, Ikaria, Andros, Kasos, Crete, The Mani, Halkidiki Eleusis
LODESTARS ANTHOLOGY | Issue 14 Wales
Regular price $32.95 $32.95
This is Lodestar's ode to Wales - a celebration of its soaring peaks and dazzling waters, its wilderness, song and lore. Venture here to walk in the footsteps of saints and ancient kings, and to explore landscapes - diverse, dramatic and sublime - destined to fill you with awe. You’ll cross paths with artists, poets and lavender farmers, feast on Welsh cakes and bara brith, wallow in the history, swim in the sea, hike hills, forage, revel and bask in the beauty. All the while knowing that here, there may well be dragons.
Featuring: Hay-on-Wye | Fforest | Pembrokeshire | Gower Peninsula | Wye Valley | Brecon Beacons | Snowdonia | Portmeirion | Farmers' Welsh Lavender | Dyfi Botanicals | Old Lands | Palé Hall | Llŷn Peninsula | Ynys Enlli | Skomer | Conwy
LINGO | Millennial Slang Travel Playing Cards
Regular price $19.95 $19.95
Do you have trouble getting on the level with your Millennial-aged kids? Finding yourself completely and utterly confused by their new age slang? De-code the kids with these Millennial Slang playing cards. It'll even get you ready for clap-back next time you overhear someone suggesting lets Netflix and Chill!
In 2012, on a Central America backpacking and surfing trip, Lingo's Aussie founder Keaton White had a "light bulb" moment to migrate hand-picked Spanish phrases from a battered notebook onto the cards he played every afternoon over sunset cervezas.
Having improved his Spanish through fun card games, he realised his idea was too good not to share. Lingo was founded in 2014 through a Kickstarter campaign and is now loved all over the world.
Whether you're planning forward for that trip when borders open, or just want to brush up on that school French, you'll love using this fun deck. Featuring the most commonly-used phrases, accompanied by easy-to-follow phonetic pronunciations, Lingo's playing cards offer a fun and easy way to learn a new language.
All Lingo Cards decks are beautifully designed and evoke unique themes and vibes. Each deck, which contains four suits of 52 playing cards and two Jokers, is made from only premium quality materials, ensuring durability and longevity.
Dimensions: 1.8 X 6.5 X 9 (cm)
Designed In Western Australia,
ALL THE WAYS TO SAY | SUP Paddle Girl Card
Regular price $7.50 $7.50In 2002, Yvon Chouinard, founder of Patagonia, and Craig Mathews, founder of Blue Ribbon Flies, created 1% for the Planet and started a global movement.
All the Ways To Say are proud members of 1% For The Planet. Founded by of Patagonia, 1% For The Planet has members such as All The Ways To Me have given back more than $270 million to the environment.
“The intent of 1% for the Planet is to help fund these diverse environmental organizations so that collectively they can be a more powerful source in solving the world’s problems.”
— YVON CHOUINARD IN HIS BOOK “LET MY PEOPLE GO SURFING”
A6 Card (105mm x 148mm)
Natural white paper 320 gr
Blank interior
Recycled brown A6 envelope.
Recyclable clear sleeve
Printed in France.
ALL THE WAYS TO SAY | Dog Lady Madame Chien Card
Regular price $7.50 $7.50In 2002, Yvon Chouinard, founder of Patagonia, and Craig Mathews, founder of Blue Ribbon Flies, created 1% for the Planet and started a global movement.
All the Ways To Say are proud members of 1% For The Planet. Founded by of Patagonia, 1% For The Planet has members such as All The Ways To Me have given back more than $270 million to the environment.
“The intent of 1% for the Planet is to help fund these diverse environmental organizations so that collectively they can be a more powerful source in solving the world’s problems.”
— YVON CHOUINARD IN HIS BOOK “LET MY PEOPLE GO SURFING”
A6 Card (105mm x 148mm)
Natural white paper 320 gr
Blank interior
Recycled brown A6 envelope.
Recyclable clear sleeve
Printed in France.
ALL THE WAYS TO SAY | Thank You Flower Envelope Card
Regular price $7.50 $7.50In 2002, Yvon Chouinard, founder of Patagonia, and Craig Mathews, founder of Blue Ribbon Flies, created 1% for the Planet and started a global movement.
All the Ways To Say are proud members of 1% For The Planet. Founded by of Patagonia, 1% For The Planet has members such as All The Ways To Me have given back more than $270 million to the environment.
“The intent of 1% for the Planet is to help fund these diverse environmental organizations so that collectively they can be a more powerful source in solving the world’s problems.”
— YVON CHOUINARD IN HIS BOOK “LET MY PEOPLE GO SURFING”
A6 Card (105mm x 148mm)
Natural white paper 320 gr
Blank interior
Recycled brown A6 envelope.
Recyclable clear sleeve
Printed in France.
ALPERSTEIN DESIGNS | Alma Granites Fine Bone Teacup & Saucer
Regular price $29.95 Sale price $14.98 $14.98Sip your afternoon tea and mindfully contemplate the stars thanks to Alma Granites and her extraordinary artwork which adorns this treasurable teacup.
Want a matching teapot to make your tea ritual more special? Here it is.
Royalties from this product directly benefit the artist and their community.
Fine Bone China Tea Cup & Saucer
Dishwasher Safe
Microwave Safe
Capacity: 160ml.
Box Dimensions:
Based on artwork by Alma Granites.
Presented in a gift box featuring information about the artist and artwork.
ALPERSTEIN DESIGNS | Alma Granites Fine Bone China Teapot
Regular price $69.95 Sale price $34.96 $34.96Sip your afternoon tea and mindfully contemplate the stars thanks to Alma Granites and her extraordinary artwork which adorns this treasurable tea pot.
Why not add the tea cup and saucer?
Royalties from this product directly benefit the artist and their community.
Fine Bone China Teapot with Strainer.
Dimensions: 10cm (Height)
Capacity: 500ml.
Ideal for 2 cups of tea.
Based on artwork by Alma Granites.
Presented in a matching gift box featuring information about the artist and artwork.
PADDYWAX | Orb Grey Ombre Candle - Amber & Smoke
Regular price $19.90 Sale price $15.00 $15.00PADDYWAX | Orb Purple Lavender Ombre Candle - Gardenia & Tonka
Regular price $19.90 Sale price $12.00 $12.00THE TEA COLLECTIVE | Glass & Gold Teapot Warmer
Regular price $29.95 $29.95This high quality glass candle warmer from The Tea Collective has been created to keep your tea warm for hours. It has been designed to fit their Glass & Gold Teapot but any teapot that can withstand an open flame can be kept warm on this.
Clear glass with gold embellishments.
Candle warmer only. Teapot and candle not included.
Purchase the teapot on its own or get a $5 discount when you purchase it with the matching Glass and Gold teapot
REDECKER | Natural Dish Brush
Regular price $12.95 $12.95Preorder for Feb delivery
Redecker's natural bristle Dish Brush is a great all round washing-up tool. 100% natural, the robust brush features an untreated beech wood handle and tampico fibre bristles for effective cleaning.
‐ Vegan
‐ 100% natural
‐ Untreated beech wood handle
‐ Tampico fibre bristles
‐ Expertly crafted in Germany
‐ Aprox. Ø 5cm wood, Ø 8cm bristles
‐ 26cm length
What makes a Redecker product so special?
Redecker products are not only beautiful, they are also practical. Redecker always make sure to choose natural, renewable resources when they select their materials. Every product is critically inspected and thoroughly tested by every Redecker family member and employee before it even makes it into their catalogue. Redecker firmly believe that quality and sustainability always prove themselves and that this must, and eventually will, become more and more important in our “throwaway society.”
Made in Germany
FORA STUDIOS | e-Gift Certificate
Regular price $25.00 $25.00An estimated $400 million is spent on 10 million unwanted gifts Christmas in Australia, many of whichare were discarded and likely end up in landfill.
Gift cards endure as a great solution. When you know your friend or family member loves nature, the garden, craft, and the outdoors, FORA can help you alleviate that "did I get the right present" anxiety and quell that Gift Card buying guilt. Because let's face it, we all know a fuss POT or two.
Sustainability aside, some of us are just are not that organised so a Fora Gift Card will make a handy last-minute digital gift.
This beautiful design is thanks to Catherine Haugland, owner and operator of Avalon Rose Design, which she runs out of her home office in northern Iowa, USA. Catherine has been designing for almost 15 years.
She's a mom of two kids and two dogs, an insatiable reader, a collector of old clocks and mountains of ephemera, a gardener, a coffee-lover, crochet & knitting aficionado, and of course an artist.
Avalon Rose Design is a vintage-inspired creative graphic design studio specialising in commercial use graphics and design resources such as fonts, vintage botanical florals, patterns, textures, embellishments, illustrations, paintings and more. If you're lucky custom logo design is available on a very limited basis.