Apartment Therapy = Too Cool 4 Skool

'We might be incredibly biased but we're continually impressed with a brilliant, creative people that call Australia home and the exceptional products they create. We've rounded up our top 15 gift suggestions of great gifts to give or to add to your own wish list. Best part is, they all post internationally!

Voyage from Little Circus Design: Being huge fan's of Madeleine Stamer's work, we would love to receive a print of her beautiful Mexican folk art inspired work under our Christmas Tree. From AUD$150' AT

Awesome to be featured in the Apartment Therapy top 15 Aussie xmas gift ideas, Aww shucks, thanks for the mention AT and I also suspect the lovely Jenny Butler had something to do with this!?! Some of those other Aussie treasures look pretty damn fine.

Sketchy Santas

Staying with the Christmas theme I couldn't resist showing the darker side of Christmas, courtesy of 'sketchy santa'. Kids truly have a sixth sense, the camera never lies! Hope this brightens your day.

CHRISTMAS TREE INSPIRATION

The Stamers 2009 Chrissy Tree

 handmade paper stars

Student collaboration from 2005

Jane Schouten's amazing xmas tree collage

I've been compiling my favorite Chrissy Tree images for ages! The hugest apologies to the clever folk and bloggers who originally posted these inspirational pics. I ashamedly archived the images and forgot to take note of who, what and where I found them. If you recognize any of the images please let me know and I'll credit all involved. How amazing is the found objects/collage tree above!!!? I secretly love the crocheted trees the most.

NEW PRINTS & GOOD THINGS

I know, I know I have been a little slack with the posts lately, I've been super busy trying to get things done before Christmas which I can't believe is next week!!! Ada turns *1* next Sunday (yes 2 days after Xmas), I keep thinking about the way things were this time a year ago. I had the very fugly bloated legs, aching ligaments and constant braxton hicks pains day and night. Ada arrived 1.5 weeks early, I didn't expect her so soon because Wilhelmina was 10 days overdue. Just shows you, you can never predict these things. Ada's been a little champion, she's now crawling everywhere, actually she's still sliding like a slug but beginning to pull herself up on things and being as bold as brass. Wilhelmina is completely fascinated by her little sister.

We've blinged up the Chrissy tree complete with new bright green growth at the tips. I stupidly insisted on mixing in some dynamic lifter when we repotted the prickly beast. Well, our back room now smells like Werribee (local sewage farm). Tomorrow I'll add some pics of our smelly Christmas tree complete with some of my favorite Chrissy tree images.

On the creative side of things, I added 8 new prints to my bigcartel shop today. They're all new images which I recently showed at the 'three of a kind' exhibition with Irene and Beci. I also have some prints for sale up at Bob Boutique in Bendigo. If you are local and feel like a long drive over the Chrissy break then I highly recommend visiting the lovely Sonia at Bob's for a visual treat!

P.S I went to the movies last night (first time in 2 years!!!) to see Jane Campions 'Bright Star', it is a visual treat and intensely romantic! Coincidently I noticed Lucy has some giveaway tix over at The Design Files today!!! Yay for freebies!