Excitement!

The Tawa awards are tonight! We're looking forward to getting dolled up & downing a few cocktails! And of course we're excited to see if we're are officially the best clothing retailer in Wellington. As Murray would say- Imagine that!

We feel pretty lucky to be in the company of some great stores- Ziggurat, Madame Fancy Pants and Mandatory & we'll be happy whoever wins, what an honour!

Meanwhile- here are some more snaps of our lovely wares:

A Swonderful Christmas

Here's some more special goodies we have in the shop...

Pretty Hokey rose rings... these are just so so lovely $28.00


Hungry Girls Cookbooks, a beautiful gift. $39.00


Cheek Pinchy Collage brooches- $15- $30.00


Cute necklaces and earrings by lovely local lass Natelle (Prices vary)


Hokey handmade hair slides. So cute! $18.00

Stay tuned for more gifty goodness! X

In store now...

Super cute Bon Voyage & the new crabbie swellington totes!
Both come in tees & the swell design is available in singlets too. Perfect for summer.
The natural unbleached cotton totes are just $18.00 each, a nice wee gift perhaps?

Oh & can you spot the anchor I managed to work into the crab design...? X

Miss Dior Cherie

Have you seen the Miss Dior Cherie perfume advert directed by Sophia Coppola?
Luckily here it is! Enjoy. X

PS- Votey votey vote vote.

VOTE FOR US!

We have been nominated for top clothing store by the Wellingtonista! Go vote for us here, (and pass it on to all your friends, we wanna win this!!) X

Yummy...

I'm so pleased to announce the arrival of The Hungry Girl's Cookbooks in store, both volumes one & two. These are the most beautiful books I've ever come across, seriously! Each book is handmade with a cute cloth spine, sweet illustrations & fantastic photographs. I think it is often underestimated just how important it is for recipe books to have photos of all the recipes. The hungry girls have done a wonderful job of this, all the photographs are so inspiring, just a flick through the book makes me want to cook! (& rhyme!)



A little but about the hungry gals- The Hungry Girls' Cookbooks are more like works of art than regular recipe books. Each edition is lined with cloth and hand-sewn, and inside you’ll find exciting dishes for the home cook. A crisp green bean, breadcrumb and pistachio salad, a soba noodle soup for a simple and satisfying weeknight meal, a delicious lemon poppy seed cake, and plenty more. These unique books are the work of three friends – Rachel Pitts, Leah Holscher and Katherine Bird – who have combined their love of food to create the recipes, photography and illustrations.

Pop in for a squiz! X

Oh & Remember...

Buy Handmade this Xmas

The silly season is upon us, ugh! There's no denying it & you can't avoid it as hard as you might try. However, you can do your part to reduce the amount of crap that end up in landfills or being resold on trademe.
This Xmas, Pledge handmade!



At Swonderful most of our lovely things are handmade & if they aren't they are manufactured ethically & as locally as possible, All papercup clothes are lovingly handmade by us & our tees are printed just down the road in Newtown. We've taken time & care to ensure all our outsourced products- (tees, hoodies) are great quality & sweatshop free. So you can rest easy buying from us!

Visit Buy Handmade for more reasons to take the pledge.

I will be posting more handmade ideas for Xmas soon! Oh & take a look at my new wee blog- Friend or Doe! X