{kasiabear designs} featured in..

Its been a bit hectic around here of late.. but a nice sort of hectic. Needless to say I've been a bit quiet on the blog and facebook but I really wanted to share these gorgeous treasuries kasiabear has been featured in recently.. so here they are..

the jeep tee is getting around of late..
i've been printing it for custom orders in such cool colours,
but this is still the classic colour combo
view live treasury here..

the trike tee is still around..
one of my original stencils and its still super popular..
you can view the treasury here..

i love this eclectic collection.. so lovely to see the jeep tee here
you can find the live treasury here

{kasiabear designs} featured in.. pretty in pink treasury

{view live page here}

Very excited to be featured in this gorgeous etsy treasury..

{kasiabear designs} featured in ...is it friday already? treasury

Very excited to be featured in this treasury this week.. what a cool collection of red {my fave} and denim {my second favourite}..

one more sleep..

I think I am as excited about tomorrow as all the kids in the world are about Santa coming to town... 

tomorrow 

4th of December is the official launch of 

handmade living – a designer collective

I was lucky enough to have a small selection of kasiabear's goodies included in the book and I am just itching to see a copy myself.. hopefully the postie isn't delayed by all the christmas mail and delivers mine early in the week.. 


handmade living – a designer collective is a unique and beautiful hardcover book showcasing the talents of handmade designers, artisans and craftspeople from all over Australia. Unique in its design, the book features over 70 gorgeous projects and inspirational ideas that both showcase this local talent and offer readers of all handmade levels the opportunity to create something whimsically precious and simply wonderful.

Created under the umbrella of Handmade Canberra, the book is another feather in Handmade’s cap, along with its phenomenally successful quarterly market and retail store in the heart of the nation’s capital.

For Australian designers, the book is a wonderful vehicle to promote and market their amazing products and ideas, broadening their scope and (for many) meeting a far greater audience than they could ordinarily achieve. As many of our best handmade talent is based around cottage industry, handmade living. is a priceless way to help give these businesses the vital exposure they need.

Combined with gorgeous handmade projects and inspirational ideas the reader will love, handmade living. is quite unlike any other book published in Australia today. Handmade Canberra has been thrilled to work with designers on this book, and continues to pride itself on supporting home-grown handmade talent.

This book would make a gorgeous christmas gift.. go to handmadecanberra.com.au for more details..

Handmade living – a designer collective

by Tania McCartney, with Julie Nichols

Illustrations by Tina Snerling

Handmade Press (2010)

ISBN: 9780980475043

AU$39.95 RRP

Release date: 4 December 2010, available around Australia from 6 December

Contact details: handmadecanberra.com.au

Book Distributor: Dennis Jones & Associates, contact: Jeff Higgins jeff.higgins.dja@gmail.com

Available: At Handmade Market Canberra on Saturday 4 December 2010. At Shop Handmade Canberra and in bookstores Australia-wide from Monday 6 December 2010.

a little bit of saturday sharing..

Wow.. christmas is creeping up so incredibly fast and there are gift guides popping up everywhere I look, our letterbox is getting packed with junk mail, my email inbox is being bombarded by gift guides, christmas offers and discounts etc etc.. its all happening..

I am very relieved to say that gift shopping as far as the kids are concerned is well and truly done and dusted.. I'm even contemplating starting to wrap things slowly when their little eyes are closed and they are tucked into their bed..

There are a few more little gifts I have to gather though and I've decided to stick to online shopping and to the world of handmade.. kasiabear has been featured in a number of treasuries over the last week.. so I've joined in and made a couple of shopping guides too..

here are my two collections..

live page here.. 

live page here.. 

and here are the treasuries kasiabear has been featured in.. lots of lovely kids items as well as for us big ones out there..

all i want for christmas is a pony

children's holiday gift guide under $25

luxurious cranberry red

hello sunshine.. christmas in summer down under

perfect purple picks

pink, green and brown

Hope you are all enjoying a lovely weekend.. 

get into the christmas shopping early and avoid the rush.. 

also don't forget to get your overseas online orders in soon to ensure you receive the goodies before christmas.. 

etsy treasury.. words escape me..

very excited to be featured in another etsy treasury this week.. thanks cat!! one of my favourite subjects as well.. type and text.. some gorgeous goodies for christmas pressies as well..

view live page here..