wednesday giveaway!

Today's giveaway is from Aura, a Melbourne-based homewares company - headed by the talented, tireless and always exuberant Tracie Ellis - which now exports all over the world. It's always fun to see the collections that she puts together. I remember when I first saw this design, I was so excited that a style long popular in magazines like Domino was finally available in Australia.

Aura is offering a lucky reader

1 x Cross quilt cover (pictured above) and a set of standard pillowcases, valued from about $228.95 (depending on your bed size).

For a chance to win, visit Aura's online shop and leave a comment below. A winner will be chosen at random after comments close at midnight on Wednesday 19 January. Don't forget to check back to see if your name was selected. I will need you to contact me with your delivery address details.

Good luck!

The winner is

#21 Lauren Boyle

Congratulations! Contact me with your delivery address details and a daytime phone number and we'll organise delivery of your prize.

image aura

papier d'amour's phoebe gazal

One of the first features that I produced for real living involved finding three stylish women and their gift cupboards. When I contacted Phoebe Gazal and saw the pic of how she stored paper and stationery, I knew she would be perfect. Turns out I'm not the only one. Recently she was featured in >Harper's Bazaar as part of a promotion with >Domayne. Some of the pics are above - can you guess which ones?!

Seriously, though, almost every styling shoot this year I've ended up in Phoebe's shop Papier D'Amour. It's not only because she has one of the best edited selections of decorative items around, but it's all so well priced too (not what you'd necessarily expect for Sydney's Double Bay). It's amazing how much the shop has grown. While Phoebe started out focussed on stationery design, she now has an amazing shop and online store too.

Which five words best describe you? Bossy, creative, straight to the point, funny (I hope).
How did you get your career start and what path have you taken since? I went to UTS and did a visual communications course majoring in graphic design. I then went and worked for a large advertising company but I really kicked off when I was asked by a friend to design their wedding invitation, then invitation design and my love for stationery just flourished.
What’s the best lesson you’ve learnt along the way? Honesty is the best policy.
What’s your proudest career achievement? Being flown to Europe make sure everything at my client's wedding looked beautiful – it was a huge compliment. The bride trusted me to be the one that okay'd everything and as far as weddings go it was pretty big.
What’s been your best decision? Taking on more staff and opening the store as it has given me so many more of creative outlets - not just graphic design.
Who inspires you? Exciting new products, paper cutouts, completed invitation jobs that look amazing and my children.
What are you passionate about? I am passionate about design and paper and my family - sounds cliched but it's the truth.
Which person, living or dead, would you most like to meet? Martha Stewart – apparently she is hysterical and straight to the point.
What dream do you still want to fulfil? Drinking cocktails next to my Moroccan swimming pool.
What are you reading? The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold.

images courtesy of phoebe gazal, harper's bazaar and domayne

monday giveaway!

Have you bought your Christmas presents yet? If not, don't fear. There are still a few more great giveaways on Daily Imprint over the coming weeks.

Today's giveaway is from Best in Park, a Melbourne company dedicated to designing stylish accessories for dogs. Christina is offering one lucky reader a collar and lead of your choice PLUS a Doggy bow-tie (RRP from $120). The products are so great that even though I don't own a dog I have one of these hanging in my kitchen. Mr C likes to point and talk about him. And I couldn't resist using these cool wall tiles in the recent xmas gift guide I styled - after all, everyone gentleman's bar should have some!

For a chance to win, visit Best in Park's web shop and leave a comment below. A winner will be chosen at random on Monday 13 December. Comments close at midnight (AEST) on Sunday.

Also, read about the very stylish Christina Teresinski on Daily Imprint here.

Congratulations Bec Hem - you are the winer of the Best in Park prize pack. Please contact me with your address details and daytime phone number so I can organise delivery of your prize. natalie[at]nataliewalton.com Thanks everyone for taking part! Natalie

image best in park

thursday giveaway!

Today's giveaway is from Safari Fusion - one of the first Australian companies that I came across that was importing these gorgeous headdresses. While they continue to stock an ever-growing array of colours, I love some of their other offerings too, including this guy.

Kellie Shearwood is offering TWO lucky readers 2 x Sevilla Rock Cushion covers PLUS 1 x Sevilla Rock Apron. You get to choose either the Herd or the Colts design, other details are below. Each prize pack is worth $197.

Herd design pack: Value $197
1 Sevilla Rock Cushion (Herds Red) cover only
1 Sevilla Rock Cushion (Herds Grey) cover only
1 Sevilla Rock Apron (Colts Yellow or Teal)

Colts design: Value $197
1 Sevilla Rock Cushion (Colts Yellow) cover only
1 Sevilla Rock Cushion (Colts Teal) cover only
1 Sevilla Rock Apron (Colts Yellow or Teal)

For a chance to win, visit Kellie's online shop and leave a comment below. A winner will be chosen at random after comments close at midnight on Wednesday 15 December. Don't forget to check back to see if your name was selected.

If you love to travel, read about Kellie's amazing journey here.

Congratulations. The winners are
#36 Melinda

#45 Belinda Y
Please contact me with your postal address and daytime phone number so we can organise delivery of the prize. Thanks again, everyone, for taking part.

image courtesy of safari fusion

wednesday giveaway!

Today's giveaway is from Wholistic Harvest, a company set up by two sisters in country Victoria who are passionate about living a simpler, more fulfilling life. Mandy Leigh, pictured, and Melissa Branagh want to encourage you to get back to nature and are offering 2 readers a 2011 wall calendar printed on 100% post-consumer recycled paper using vegetable-based inks. Value $25.

For a chance to win please visit Wholistic Harvest and leave a comment below. A winner will be chosen at random after comments close at midnight Tuesday 21 December, Sydney time. And don't forget to check back to see if you've won because we can arrange a speedy delivery if you'd like one as a Christmas gift.

Good luck!

Update - The winners, selected at random, are
#4 Irene
#5 asta199
Congratulations! Please contact me asap at nataliejwalton[at]gmail.com so I can help to organise delivery of your prize - hopefully before Christmas.

images wholistic harvest

tuesday giveaway!

Today's giveaway is from Gallop Lifestyle - a Sydney-based online shop set up by sisters-in-law Anne-Maree Bowen and Janet Addess. Together they carefully edit the wares from some of the best Australian and international independent designers in homewares and fashion. In fact, they stock one of my favourite rugs of the moment.

Gallop Lifestyle is offering TWO lucky readers

2 x sets of Attia coffee cups with timber saucers and timber teaspoons.

(Prize # 1 will be in Charcoal, prize #2 in Ivory).

Each prize pack is worth $72.

For a chance to win, visit the Gallop Lifestyle website and leave a comment below. Oh, and while you're at it, it's worthwhile subscribing to their newsletter to learn about new products that they're adding on a regular basis as well as when some pieces go on sale.

A winner will be chosen at random after comments close at midnight on Monday 21 February. Don't forget to check back to see if your name was selected. (If the winner does not respond within two weeks of being notified, the prize will be redrawn.)

And the winners are...

#39 - Gemma (winner of the Charcoal Attia set from Gallop Lifestyle), and

#21 - Bryanna (winner of the Ivory Attia set from Gallop Lifestyle).

Congratulations! And don't forget to contact me natalie[at]nataliewalton.com within the next 2 weeks with your mailing address and daytime phone number so we can arrange delivery.

images courtesy of gallop lifestyle