Books, cards & homewares inspired by Australian nature
Wild.Life birthday card collection
This collection features 8 birthday cards from the Wild.Life card range, each inspired by the wildlife of Australia. Created with love in Beechmont, Queensland. Designed and printed in Australia on recycled paper, supplied with 8 recycled paper envelopes. Each card … Read More
Rose Robin fridge magnet
Brighten up your home or office with this delightful Rose Robin fridge magnet. Original design by Paula Peeters. Handmade in Australia. Size: 54 x 78 mm.
Bird-lovers greeting card collection
This collection features 10 cards suitable for many occasions, all inspired by the amazing and beautiful birds of Australia. Created with love in Beechmont, Queensland. Designed and printed in Australia on recycled paper, supplied with 10 recycled paper envelopes. Each … Read More
Australian Robin fridge magnet collection
Brighten up your home or office with this delightful Australian Robin fridge magnet collection. Five magnets with the following designs: Rose Robin, Red-capped Robin, Eastern Yellow Robin, Pink Robin and Hooded Robin. Original design by Paula Peeters. Handmade in Australia. … Read More
Tree-lovers greeting card collection
This collection features 7 cards inspired by the trees and forests of south east Queensland, Australia. Rainforest, Antarctic Beech forest, Eucalypt forest and woodland, plus individual portraits of the Queensland lacebark tree and the spotted gum. Created with love in … Read More
Australian Fairy-wren fridge magnet collection
Brighten up your home or office with this delightful Australian Fairy-wren fridge magnet collection. Five magnets with the following designs: Superb Fairy-wren, Splendid Fairy-wren, White-winged Fairy-wren, Red-backed Fairy-wren and Purple-crowned Fairy-wren. Original design by Paula Peeters. Handmade in Australia. Size … Read More
Cockatoos of Australia organic cotton tea towel
In stock, and on sale now! Let the gorgeous cockatoos of Australian brighten up your kitchen with this Australian organic cotton tea towel. It shows the 14 members of the Family Cacatuidae that are found in Australia, including the corellas, … Read More
Sketchbook card collection
This collection of 5 cards features pages from my sketchbook, all inspired by Australian nature. Magpies in Beechmont, the beautiful Glossy Black-cockatoo, a reflection on the rainforest of Binna Burra, a blue-banded bee exploring garden flowers, and fairy-wrens skipping about … Read More
Fairy-wren Organic Cotton Tote Bag
Let these perky fairy-wrens help you seize the moment with this beautiful organic cotton tote bag. Shop in style and reduce the need for plastic shopping bags. Designed in Beechmont by Paula Peeters and printed with eco inks in Melbourne … Read More
Glossy Black-Cockatoo Organic Cotton Tote Bag
The gorgeous Glossy Black-Cockatoo adorns this beautiful organic cotton tote bag. Shop in style and reduce the need for plastic shopping bags. Designed in Beechmont by Paula Peeters and printed with eco inks in Melbourne by The Linen Press. Bag … Read More
Fairy-wrens of Australia organic cotton tea towel
Bring the gorgeous fairy-wrens of Australia into your kitchen with this delightful Australian organic cotton tea towel. Printed in Melbourne by The Linen Press with water-based inks that meet the organic standard. 70cm x 42cm approx. and machine washable. Original … Read More
Fairy-wren Mug
Bring a smile to your morning cuppa with these perky fairy-wrens. One side of the mug shows the variety of fairy-wren-species in Australia, the other has the words ‘If not now, then wren?’ surrounded by Superb Fairy-Wrens. Designed in Beechmont, … Read More
Robins of Australia organic cotton tea towel
Let the delightful Robins of Australian brighten up your kitchen with this Australian organic cotton tea towel. It shows the 16 members of the Family Petroicidae that are found in Australia, and have ‘robin’ in their name. Printed in Melbourne … Read More
Glossy Black-Cockatoo Mug
The Glossy Black-Cockatoo is a wise and gentle bird, the perfect company for a cuppa. This design has both male and female cockatoos, in realistic and cartoon depictions, plus drawings of one of their food plants, Allocasuarina torulosa. Designed in … Read More
Brisbane Bird Challenge Game card
This game card features original illustrations of 12 common Brisbane bird species. Get kids and adults into birdwatching by playing the five different bird games on the back of the card. Have fun spotting birds in your backyard, school or … Read More
Superb Fairy-wren fridge magnet
Brighten up your home or office with this delightful Superb Fairy-wren fridge magnet. Original design by Paula Peeters. Handmade in Australia. Size: 54 x 78 mm.
Take this Book for a Walk
Take this Book for a Walk is a step-by-step guide to nature journaling, written in a friendly, simple style for kids and adults. It includes 33 nature journaling activities and many samples of my own nature journals for encouragement and … Read More
Red-backed Fairy-wren fridge magnet
Brighten up your home or office with this delightful Red-backed Fairy-wren fridge magnet. Original design by Paula Peeters. Handmade in Australia. Size: 54 x 78 mm.
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Thank you again!
Thanks everyone for supporting my fundraising venture via Redbubble. $1520 has been raised for environmental and animal welfare charities over the last 6 months. Here’s where the money has gone: Birdlife Australia –... Read More
The helpful and benignly addictive world of INaturalist.
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‘Sketchbook series’ card collection now available
I’ve just created 5 new card designs, drawing inspiration from my sketchbooks of Australian nature. Magpies in Beechmont, the beautiful Glossy Black-cockatoo, a reflection on the rainforest of Binna Burra, a blue-banded bee... Read More
Spiky grubs, tiny bats and the giant stinging tree
Meet the punk caterpillar who’s willing to take on some of Australia’s most fearsome plants (the Gympie Stinger and Shiny-leaved Stinging Tree), and spends part of its life masquerading as a bat. In... Read More
Recent journal pages, and why a fountain pen is my new best friend
I love drawing with ink for many reasons (see note below for more details). But the disposable nature of many ink pens has never felt good to me. I enjoy drawing with dip... Read More
A Tale of Three Scrubwrens
Australia has an enormous variety of little brown birds. Some of these are scrubwrens, of the genus Sericornis (The name ‘Sericornis’ refers to the soft, silky plumage of these birds). Three species of... Read More
Introducing the nature scroll: a compact, lightweight way to record your next journey
I really like to enhance my travel with nature journaling. Be it a bushwalk, or a journey to another state or country, I always find that journaling enriches my experience and creates a... Read More
