About 1 hour south of Sydney is the beautiful Southern Highlands and the perfect spot for a winter weekend snuggle. Polli is proud to be stocked in the Sturt Gallery in Mittagong. The Gallery is housed in beautiful gardens and has exhibitions as well as a wonderful shop stocking, not only Polli, but other Australian brands such as Bison, Cloth and a quality selection of pottery and wood work.

Shannon Garsons pottery (above right) has lovely shapes and uses striking imagery like a little nest.

Sturt Gallery - Range Road Mittagong NSW

We discovered Umbrella Prints while visiting Ikeguchi in Adelaide (beautiful Japanese inspired store) Umbrella Prints Hand screen print on natural organic hemp/cotton. Beautiful for crafty projects, collage, small patchworks, button-making. Maja made this Iphone cover on her new sewing machine. 

Umbrella Prints - Queen Street, Croydon

Ikeguchi - 58 Pulteney Street, Adelaide

Liz at cool mom picks has given Polli a great write up, giving the woven range particular love. Thanks so much! 

All of the quotes on overheard in New York are submitted by the readers. This is funny snippets of conversations overheard on the subways, the parks, on the streets etc of New York City. Worth a look for a laugh.

This wonderful paper craft art installation by a genius of the name of Wataru Itou (伊藤航), a young student in Tokyo. The installation is hand made over four years of hard work, complete with lights and a moving train, all made of paper. We are stunned by Wataru's patients.

We visited Julse (one of the talented Woo sisters) in the newly opened High Tea with Mrs Woo Paddington store, it is a beautiful store made with character and style, from the patchwork of framed pictures to the handmade jewellery stands, we absolutely loved it and are planing a road trip to see the Newcastle store now. High Tea with Mrs Woo garments are unique, wearable inventions. Each tell a story and are made to last.

Highest quality, natural materials are used to create these charming, thoughtful and everlasting designs. Happily made in Australia.

72b Oxford St, Paddington NSW

74 Darby St, Newcastle NSW

PostSecret is an ongoing community art project where people mail in their secrets anonymously on one side of a postcard. This site is a window into the secrets of everyday people around you it's good to know we are not alone with the thoughts we have inside.

We love this beautiful image of berries, leaves and birds sent by a friend this morning. Happy Birthday Maja!

We were excited to hear that Gimme Coffee NYC are using compostable corn cups for their iced drinks this summer. These cups look and feel like regular PET cups but are made from renewable corn and are easily compostable in under 60 days. Watch the corn cup video to see how quickly they breakdown with hot water.