We have heaps of new gifts in the shop at the moment, and some of them are so cool I want to take them home for myself. I’ll probably settle for sourcing a few of my Christmas gifts from here.

We get new Paperblanks designs in all the time, and the “Embellished Manuscripts” series are among my favourites. Each one has a cover that’s beautifully decorated with a facsimile of the writing or drawing of a famous artist. Here’s the F. Scott Fitzgerald version, decorated with the first page of The Great Gatsby in the author’s handwriting. The magnetic flap has Fitzgerald’s signature. This one would be a great gift for a book lover, which goes without saying. Hint hint!

We have heaps of weird and silly stuff, too: talking hand mirrors, mp3 amplifiers and an angle grinder pizza cutter. Here is one of our newest gifts: a “blood-stained” apron. It might not be everybody’s cup of tea, bit I think it’s fun. We have a Psycho-esque blood-footprint bathmat, too.

Speaking of cooking, we also have some new cooking-related gifts for kids. We have “apprentice chef” sets with a canvas apron, tongs, burger recipes and mitt, and “kids in the kitchen” kits which contain a kid-sized chef’s hat and apron, as well as a mixing bowl with recipes or a set of recipe cards. Good to get your kids interested in cooking, especially around Christmas.

Picture from Alperstein Designs.

Happy shopping!
-Agnes.