creative finds

SALE TIME 🩷🧡🩷 While it’s still a little early to say we are spring cleaning, we are doing a bit of Summer Slide Shoe Sale to make way for new and exciting Creative Finds products! Both our beautiful Tassel Slides and Leather Slides are now down to $40 a pair! Limited sizes are available, so if you have your eye on a pair grab them now!
Don’t forget to size up & simply tap the pics to shop xx

Introducing 5 stunning new hot water bottle covers 🩷🧡 We’ve been madly creating woollen hot water bottle covers using up-cycled blankets, and have barely been able to keep up with the demand.
These brand new gorgeous styles use a combination of luxe, vintage woollen blankets with a satin fabric or blanket stitch trim

New Financial Year and a New Face behind Creative Finds 🩷🧡

Hello everyone, I am Alex and I’m thrilled to be taking over this amazing business and this instagram account 👋

I have been working super closely with Stacey over the past six years behind the scenes helping to create your handcrafted orders, and I’m excited to continue to build on the legacy we’ve been building together.

Looking forward to continue to bring you beautiful, handcrafted, locally made products.

If you have any ideas, suggestions, feedback - please shoot them through!

Stay tuned for updates and more creative finds.

Alex xx

Here on the East Coast of Australia we are shivering our way through this cold start to Winter…🥶 But on a positive note, it’s been great for business!

We’ve been madly creating woollen hot water bottle covers using up-cycled blankets, and have barely been able to keep up with the demand.

These brand new gorgeous styles use a combination of luxe, cream woollen blankets with a Vintage Liberty fabric trim, and have been made exclusively for Amy

It’s always such fun to see one of our new creations out in the world, and these new hot water bottle covers are currently sitting pretty alongside many other holistic, lifestyle & wellness products designed and curated by Amy.

Swipe to see the colours we have left online and tap the images to shop.

Stay warm # # #

It was a big weekend in Sydney for Handcrafted Markets and in a world dominated by mass production and consumerism (hello Temu 🙄), there’s a unique charm to handmade gifts 💝

A handcrafted gift carries a sense of authenticity and individuality. Each piece is crafted with care and attention to detail, imbuing it with a personal touch that isn’t found in mass-produced goods.

And this makes the gift that much more meaningful.

Additionally, handmade gifts supports local artisans and small businesses, contributing to the growth and sustainability of our creative communities.

By choosing handmade, you’re investing in the passion and talent of skilled artisans, helping to preserve traditional craftsmanship in an increasingly mechanised world…

Read more over on the blog - link in bio 🩷🧡

Pinch and a punch for the first of the month.

Can you believe it’s May already?

I feel like I’ve just finished packing my Chrissy decorations away….

The weather has certainly turned here in Sydney this week, so I’m colour crushing and craving this cozy robe from 🩷🧡

Homey is an Australian Business who makes handmade, high quality products for everyday living. Their cushions and bedlinen have been on my radar for a while now.

Stay warm & dry friends xx

How do you feel about receiving practical gifts for Mother’s Day?

I for one, am a fan, especially if it means a little colour and joy is brought to the everyday hum drum that can sometimes be Motherhood.

We’ve been sending out a few gifts that tick this box, including these awesome, reversible Oven Mitts with denim trim. They come as a set of two, so you could gift one and keep the other!

Some of our other handcrafted items that would be used by Mum on the reg include the Peg Bag, these colourful Cross Back Aprons and our Liberty Hankies 👉

Don’t forget we’ll gift wrap your orders beautifully before posting them out 💝

Today is Global Pay it Forward Day!



Pay it Forward Day started here in Australia in 2007 as a celebration of how one small act of kindness can make a big impact in the world.

In honour of Global Pay it Forward Day today, here are some easy ways to extend some kindness today….

* Buy the coffee or meal for the person behind you in line (or the drive-thru!)
* Pay a compliment to at least three people you see.
* Send a positive text message or gif to five people on your contact list.
* Send a friend a bouquet of flowers or a box of chocolates.
* Offer free babysitting or dog walking for a friend or family member.
* Donate to a charity close to your heart
* Drop off a meal to a busy or sick friend or family member
* Buy a neighbour in need a gift card to a grocery or department store.

It’s also a reminder that we should be acting like this everyday to make the world a better, kinder place.

We will remember them 🙏

Hot Water Bottle Covers are not the only re-purposed blanket gift we’ve been sending out...

This star toy/cushion was wrapped up - which was quite the challenge given its shape - and posted off to WA today 📮

The Dinosaur with his contrast spike is a firm fave, and who can resist the Scotty Dogs with their Liberty fabric backs?

And don’t forget we make these awesome doorstops too, using the blanket remnants 👉

Handcrafted, re-purposed, sustainable and super cute gifting.

What’s not to love? 🩷🧡

Tap the pics to shop!

If you’ve been eyeing off the palm towelling - then this is your last chance to make one of these pouches your own.

We can no longer make up any of the beach bags, but there is just enough left of each of the three colours to create a couple of cute little pouches…

Having just whipped up another big order of these for there is only a teeny bit of the towelling left.

Lined in our exclusive animal floral print, they’re super unique but also incredibly practical.

I mean there aren’t too many clutches you can throw in the wash for freshen up!

Perfect for Mother’s Day, a Birthday Gift or I know plenty of tweens and teens who use theirs as a pencil case.

Gotta love a stylish student 🤓

Need a handcrafted gift for a baby shower, a new arrival or even a 1st Birthday?

Well look no further…

The cutest little pressies for the cutest little people in your life.

All handmade by clever creatives here in Sydney.

Tap the pics to shop 🩷🧡

Having just completed a little stocktake, I was surprised to find tucked away some more of our best selling Liberty Print hankies!

A few more of these delightful vintage fabrics that I thought we’d sold out of are now online once again and ideal for popping in the post for Mother’s Day.

They also make for a stylish pocket square.

Lightweight and unbreakable = perfect to send through the mail.

These unique prints are now in super limited nos.

Tap the pics to shop 🩷🧡

Did you know we stock a range of handcrafted, sustainable cards? 💌

Some are even made from recycled birch plywood!

Swipe to see just some of the more colourful options we have from 👉

Locally designed and printed, sometimes a little card in the post is enough to brighten someone’s day 🩷🧡

Certainly something in the letterbox that isn’t a bill is a bonus!

Tap these pics to shop, or simply search “Cards” via the website, or you can hit the link in the bio.

I’m all about options! xx

Whilst we may have been quiet here on instagram, we’ve been busy creating and selling over on Etsy; and have once again earned a Star Seller Badge 🌟

Swipe to see which of our products have also been highlighted as “Etsy Picks”… 👉

Considering there are approx. 7.3million active sellers on the platform, having our products highlighted is something worth celebrating 🙌

Tap the pics to shop or hit the link in bio to visit Creative Finds on Etsy 🩷🧡

We love a bit of theme dressing here at Creative Finds 🩷🧡

With Valentines Day around the corner, these on theme pocket squares are ideal for those romantics among us.

They’re a perfect little nod to the day (14th Feb fyi). Ideal for a blazer pocket, but would work equally as well as a handkerchief or even a table napkin as they’re a generous 27cm square.

Two styles; a Navy Cotton with colourful hearts, and a Vintage Liberty Fabric with a paisley red heart pattern.

Both are gorgeous and celebrate love 🫶

Super cute in pocket as a wedding guest too!

Our re-usable, fabric BonBons x 18 worked hard on Chrissie Day this year 🎄 As did I tbh!
Wishing you and yours a lovely break from regular transmission 🩷🧡

Well that’s a wrap for 2023.

I’ve just taken my final Pre-Christmas order from a local customer who I can hand deliver to, and now I am hanging the virtual “closed” sign on the door to the Creative Finds shop 🩷🧡

My heartfelt thanks for your support this year, as we continue to bring you unique handcrafted gifts and homewares, and as you continue to support small, local businesses 🙏

Enjoy the festivities, the summer and the re-set; and I look forward to bringing you more creations in 2024.

For now, the “Gone Fishing” sign is up, and I’m lucky enough to be hosting 18 x family members for a 3 x day Christmas extravaganza
🎄💫🎁🥂

Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays to you all # # #










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Sparkly earrings make the perfect stocking fillers 💫

Lightweight and easy to post, they’re also a great option should you need to send a gift in the mail.

Sparkles in any form are ideal this time of year!

Lots of Stocking Filler ideas - think small & lightweight - in my stories today 👆

Have a great weekend friends. I hope it’s full of Christmas Joy 🎄

I’d better get my tree up!!! xx

Colour Crushing on the Cote D’Azur 🩷🧡

I’m channelling this whole vibe as we swelter here in Sydney today… it was still 36C at 8pm 🥵

Keep your cool my friends xx

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Re-usable year after year, ensure your Christmas table decor game is strong with a set of four grey, felt, cutlery holders.

Added bonus of being grey is that they’ll work no matter what colour theme you decide on for your Christmas decor each year.

The beauty in simplicity 🎄

Tap to shop!

Celebration Banners can be used and re-used year after year.

Bringing colour and sustainability to your Christmas, Birthday & other exciting events 🎄🥳💫

Swipe to see all the options and tap the pics to order yours 👉

Two weeks until Christmas Eve, and I for one still haven’t gotten my tree up… 🎄🎄

If you’re keen on hosting a more sustainable Christmas, why not consider some fabric Bon-bons?

We’re making them in new fabrics this year, whilst continuing with the classic ticking and linen snowflake versions too 👉

The fabric doubles as your guests’ lunch napkin and there is a re-usable felt hat inside that can be used for years to come.

Tap the pics to order yours now, as time is a ticking…!

A pinch and a punch - it’s the 1st of December!

If you’re yet to deck your halls and are looking for a bright alternative for your Chrissy stockings this year, then look no further 👉

And please check your inbox if you’re a newsletter subscriber, as the latest Favourite Finds went out today 🩷🧡

Have a great weekend friends xx

And in a collaboration that no-one saw coming (well not me anyway!), Liberty have teamed up with Aldi!!
Some super cute liberty ditsy florals and signature paisleys are adorning all manner of gift giving items:
Drawer sachets, soaps, tea pots, diaries, neck warmers and more.
Two worlds are colliding.
They’re calling it “unexpected but magical”
Wonders will never cease 😜
Check out my stories for the items I spotted in store today 👆