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Created by Harukado, the Kitoka fragrances are 100% natural with scents that enhance any area. Made entirely in Japan and inspired by nature, there are 9 fragrances in the series and all are delightful. The series also includes Fragrance Clips for Cars that simply clip onto the grills of your car air conditioner to distribute a continuous waft of the pleasing fragrance. Refills are also available for these clips. Presented in beautiful packaging, they all make wonderful gifts.

New stock is continuing to arrive into our warehouse despite all challenges and we are excited to see them all here. One of our new brands is 1 Plate Products and these fantastic multi-functional openers are destined to be a top seller for your store. Just one plate of steel is used for each item in their product range and they are designed to be both beautiful and entirely useful. With the Multi-opener you can easily open a range of containers. The standard bottle opener is centred to be...

The multi-award winning calendars from Good Morning are now available to order for 2021. After such an interesting year, it feels so good to look ahead to what next year will bring. Good Morning have now released their designs for 2021 including 4 totally new designs that are so right for us here. Flower was the most popular design for this year and the new Bloom will be a great addition to this style. Dogs are always a winner and we know they will be loved. Ordering is now available online...

Our warehouse is open and stocked! Despite everything that is going on in the world right now, our sincerest hope is that you are safe and well. We are all good here, working from home where possible and with limited staff in our warehouse so that we stay within government guidelines. Stock is still being sent out within 48 hours as per usual and deliveries seem to be arriving in a timely manner although this does of course depend on your local courier driver who are all doing their best in...

The Stamp Caravan has now arrived at Bookbinders Design in Melbourne and a major event will be held on Thursday, 7th November, to celebrate. Come visit the store to mark your notebook with these stamps which are only available for a limited time and also to see the new Travel Tools which are only available until sold out.

Thank you to everyone who visited our stand at the Life in Style trade fair! It was a lot of fun and it was great to have Toshi from Midori and Nakai from Tag Inks there too. The 2020 calendars by Good Morning were very popular and stopped people in their tracks as they walked by the table where they were set up. Umbrellas as always sold well and overall the feedback was very good for all ranges. Orders are now being processed and we are just waiting on stock from 2 new suppliers Lead Trend...

It is that time of year again we are in full trade fair mode as we set up for Life in Style. Again we will be upstairs near the café and this time at Stand #2235 so a little closer to the stairs. This has been a particularly busy preparation period for us as we will be releasing 3 new brands as well as new products from current brands. We are also very excited about our calendars which are great to buy for yourself or as a gift. We may even have guest visits from Midori and TAG to explain...

Travelling and visiting suppliers and potential suppliers is an important part of our work here and it involves a lot of walking and getting around in foreign countries. Our next trip is to Hong Kong and Taiwan where we will be catching up with our recent finds TA+d Stationery and TOAST tea ware items as well as looking for new! Already 5 appointments have been arranged with new potential suppliers so that we can discuss terms and price to get the best possible outcome for you and although...

We are now working on preparations for our trade fair stand at Life in Style in Sydney and will be showing new Pole Pole Animals that are absolutely gorgeous! Here is the stand as presented by the T-Lab company in Tokyo in 2018 and we will be showing all these plus the new designs. There will be new Pole Pole Animals, new Pole Pole Pair animals and a new Dinosaur. A new catalogue insert will also be available at the fair showing the range. Come see us at Life in Style, February 21 - 24, at...

Thank you to everyone who visited us at this fair. It was a very good fair for us and so much fun! Our tiny speakers were a hit and had people dancing as the music filled the air around us. Our shelves were full of new products and our new brands were all very well received. The new TA+d range of pens and desktop accessories are elegant and make perfect gifts for Father's Day. The new TOAST range of tea and coffee wares are also refined in style in beautiful packaging suitable as gifts for...