Pocket Carnival - Handmade in Melbourne

Pocket Carnival's come a long way, baby. From selling hand-felted purses way back in 2006, to the current range of greeting cards and party supplies I sell now, there's been a lot of innovat...

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What's better than regular tape? Need a hint? Glitter tape ! Glitter tape is new to the Pocket Carnival store - it's a thick sticky tape, you cut off as much tape as you need, peel off the ad...

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Since moving houses 6 months ago, into a much lighter, brighter, newer, fresher & warmer home (I love it!) I've developed a full-blown obsession with indoor plants. What started with just 1 ...

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It's raining, and chilly. (Not that I'm complaining after the heatwave-that-struck-Melbourne). But, because it's FINALLY raining, let's have a rainy day sale. From now, until 27th January, ...

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Green & Yellow Mix Pack Lots of new mix packs and a couple of other new colours of paper straws! Airmail Stripe Use these at the party for your friend who's going overseas! Red Whit...

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May your year ahead be positive, and may all your wishes come true! (Unless your wish is for a unicorn, like my niece. I'm afraid she may be out of luck.) x Penny

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Have a great day! Whatever you may be doing, wherever you may be, and however you celebrate, or not celebrate, hope you have a lovely day. xx Penny

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These are just a few of the images I've shared on Instagram lately. Above is an order I packaged up for a lovely customer of pastel paper straws and baker's twine . This was a lovely one ...

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Hello! Missing some cheer from your Christmas this year? Please don't fear, Pocket Carnival is here! Just letting you know that the postage deadline for orders within Australia is Monday 16...

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Phew! Christmas is almost here, and maybe you've finished shopping early (like me) and need a gift for yourself, or maybe you haven't even started shopping and are looking for some calming i...

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Cherry Red Baker's Twine . It's December! When did that happen? Apparently 4 days ago. There are lots of Pocket Carnival Christmas products to get you in the mood. Jingle Bells! 25 Paper S...

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Lately I've had a lot of birthdays and parties in my life - lots of kids parties to go to, lots of friends and family turning one year older. I do love a good party, and now that I've turned ...

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My new indoor plant obsession (just call me the crazy indoor plant lady) is starting to influence my design tastes. Since Chris and I had a massive possession purge when we moved house recent...

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Greeting Card - Moroccan Tile .   Sometimes I'll be working on, say, Christmas cards, and inexplicably get completely sidetracked and start designing some other sort of card. Which can b...

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  Usually I tune out Halloween & Thanksgiving while procrastinating on the Internet - neither of these get much of a look-in in Australia. However, I realised, just today, I've been missing...

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The past few weeks I've been using Pinterest as a motivation & inspiration tool - setting myself small time limits (10-15 minutes) to read blogs and websites and pin things I love. It makes ...

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A few weeks ago my buddy Cheray and I organised a little tiny photoshoot so we could take photographs for her I Love You Again Vintage label, and get in the spirit of some fun Spring party ide...

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I've never been a good breakfast person. I know it's the most important meal of the day, but I'm just not a toast or cornflake kinda girl. Breakfast smoothies I do love however, they're easy,...

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Paper Straws - Hot Pink Stripe I'm pretty excited about the new paper straws available right now in the Pocket Carnival store. You probably already know that every drink looks better with a ...

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Hooray, it's a sale! Just because there's heaps of new stock (including the amazing paper straws pictured) and because everybody loves a sale! Get 20% off everything (including sale stock) in ...

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Pocket Carnival Gift Tags in Pink. I've been creating various types of gift tags for a long while - one of my favourite designs were the Christmas tags I made back in 2010. I definitely ...

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Tropical Spa Party - created & styled by Boutique Affairs . The weather in Melbourne is (slowly) warming up, the days are getting longer, Summer seems just around the corner, and I'm feelin...

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Hey Baby! Greeting Card 3 Pack Designing baby cards is such a fun & special job, having a newborn baby is one of the most exciting things that can ever happen to a person and it's so nice to...

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  Vintage Wooden Toy Train - from Vintage Ekho Currently I'm working on a few new baby card illustrations. I love designing baby cards, I think as we get older and our friends start havi...

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Things around here are having a little reboot, and a sale to clear some older stock is part of that! All Pocket Carnival textile products (purses and baby bibs) are now 50% off. Run, don't wa...

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