How Nifty!

New in the shop! Beautiful screen prints of two of our favorite designs- Nifty & Swellington Ahoy!

These are limited edition & at a crazy great price! Just $65 for a signed A2 print. Swell!

In situ

Here a couple of our favorite Devon Smith prints we have in the shop up on a wall all framed & pretty. Don't they look great? At just $18 each they are such a great affordable way to spruce up a wall & make your home look spiffing! x

Bird in a Bunny Suit

A selection of beautiful cards from Auckland based Bayley Collins are now available at Swonderful! Her gorgeous collage illustrations are almost too sweet to give away, in fact we think they're frame worthy!

Available in store for $7.50 each X

Spring it on!

We're so pleased to be seeing the beginnings of spring here in Wellington! We've had a couple of fantastic days so far. Evenings are beginning to get lighter already, we can't wait for spring flowers, cute little lambs and being able to go bare legged (that might still be a while off!)


With spring in mind we have had a bit of a makeover in the shop, we've mixed things up a bit & got a lovely new (to us) cabinet for all our treasures & trinkets. We also invited our lovely friend Sally Shand of Ragdoll illustrations to jazz up one of our walls. She did a fantastic job, we love our new Squirrel friend! Pop in to see all the new spring loveliness for yourself. More photos here.

Thug Life

A while back our beautiful mural was painted over, we don't know by whom, or why! We were sad to see it go, but now we've pretty darn pleased with it's replacement! The new addition took 3 lads just 4 or so hours, to design & paint. Very impressive. They even matched the colours to the lovely little houses installed in our side window. Clever chaps! Yes that is a small Japanese band playing on the street there. They dig the new wall too.


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Back in stock are these beautiful prints from Devon Smith, they sold like hot cakes last time! So now we have more & badges too! Priced from only $16 (for an A5 print) They are ridiculously affordable!

Eating Ghosts

New in the shop are gorgeous prints by Dunedin based artist Devon Smith. The clever folks at Frankie have noticed how talented this lass is too & have done a wee write up on her. Great minds think alike! Small prints (A5) are $16.00 And large (A4) are $32.00 x

We love your blog

We read a lot of blogs here at the Swonderful headquarters. Some good, some bad and some so darn inspiring we have to blog about them ourselves! Color Me Katie is the kind of blog that puts a smile on your dial. Katie is a photographer living in NY with her boyfriend Matty & their cat Moo. She posts pictures of her work and the escapades she gets up to with her improv group Improv Everywhere. Their latest um, stunt(?) involved 2000 invisible dog leashes... what fun!


And here are some more examples of what Katie & Moo get up to...

I love your shop

Part of my job description as a shop owner is to "research" other shops, this involves frequently visiting shops (what do they call that...? Oh yeah- shopping) & also researching shops internationally. I came across the Everyday Life Objects pop up shop in Milan through the Selby not long ago...


Love the DIY aesthetic, looks like a great place to hang out & discuss art for an afternoon. X

And we're back!

We have a new beautiful lady working here with us at Swonders, yup she sure is working it! Go Gurrl...!


More great Wellington street art can be found at Wellington Wall Street. X

Our pretty girl

Recently some clever person pasted up an awesome mural on one of our outside walls. To whoever it was, we love(d) it! It really made us feel like we'd been accepted into town & totally added to our vibe.

Unfortunately it has now been covered up by a poster board :( We made a deal a while back with a local poster company who had been messing up our wall to come & clean it up & make a proper board. But now we're regretting it! I guess that's the nature of this kind of art though- it's temporary. Still, whoever you are, if you want to do more on our building, please do!!

Luckily, I managed to get a few snaps before it was covered up.

What a corker!

If you're in or around Melbourne, you'd be a fool to miss the happenings at Corker gallery right now. Lovely lady Leah Bartholomew is having her very own exhibition- Where the Dry Leaves Fall. Leah is a talented designer, painter & potato printer & also assistant to Beci Orpin of Princess Tina. She also played a crucial roll in the opening of our new shop, by buying our curtain fabric & sending it over to us all the way from Melbourne! Thanks so much Leah & you know we looooove your work. Watch out for more amazing stuff from this extremely talented lass. X
(Leah bartholomew for Princess Tina)

tiny dancer

Yesterday I wore a leotard. And I felt hot!! My boyfriend thought I was nuts when I got dressed in the morning- first with white tights then on with my navy leotard. Reow! (I did end up wearing a skirt too, as tempting as it was not to.) I know leotards and their nineties alter ego- the bodysuit are a little inconvenient at times, but these American Apparel numbers are totally worth the small inconvenience of having to undress to go to the bathroom. Honestly! They are hot! They look great under a high waisted skirt or jeans and when you take your jacket off to reveal the sexy low cut back your friends will be both turned on & jealous.
Here's our Penny all tarded up!


We have navy, black & grey marle leotards in store for $58.00.


Another great new product we have in our sparkling new store are Little Ladies tiles. Original paintings by a very talented lass named Anmea Hoskin are scanned then reproduced on ceramic tiles. Anmea is very very talented, her paintings are perfection. This is such a nice way to own a mini piece of art. Anmea works at our favorite tea shop Martha's Pantry, so say hi next time you pop in for a cup of chamomile & Cinnamon. (Highly recommended!) X