Coming Soon! Canvas and Leather Mason Bags made by Heritage Leather Company in California with a stamped The New Domestic leather patch. Available in two colours, process yellow & basic red – hand painted by us using waterbased screen print ink. Hope to have it in the shop within a week or so…
Currently working on our next product line for the upcoming Christmas season. I’m a little late on my schedule but hope I can pull this through in time for Christmas.
I was experimenting with some ideas on photographing the tote bags with essentials you would put in your diaper bag. With a little one in the house, I have to work really fast as she’s always so curious on what I’m doing. Usually, I set something up, I walk away for a minute then when I come back, half of the stuff are gone. I usually have to look into our rain boots or underneath the couch looking for them… I do like the set up against the wall and Luna got pretty excited about it too but after a few tries of laying out all the stuff, my idea wasn’t quite working out. So off to the next idea. But I do like the bunting flags and the alphabet poster set up against the wall. Will have to use this for something else in the future.
Starting this week, all orders will get these fun little bookmarks! All materials used are recycled from past projects. I have a hard time throwing stuff away as I always find a use for them later. So when you receive your bag in the mail, expect to get 1 or 2 of these tucked in your bag. We’ll be giving these away until they are all gone!
We got an overwhelming response the first week we opened our shop and thank you to all of you who have expressed interest, sent us lovely comments and for featuring us on your blogs. It’s all so greatly appreciated and we are so happy to have such an awesome community that supports creativity! And for those who have sent their orders, we try our best to send out the bags right away so they can find their new home. Thank you guys! You’re all so sweet. xoxo
We are happy to announce the Grand Opening of our shop, also called The New Domestic! The New Domestic is a homeware line designed for Domestic Living 2.0. Our products beautify your space, add joy to your life and accompany you through your domestic living adventures. With a nod to decorative arts tradition and a wink to worker bee attitude, The New Domestic combines functional utility with effortless style.
Our first line of products are heavy weight recycled cotton canvas tote bags with screen printed patterns. All bags have a diagonal pattern on the back for a two-in-one look. These bags are now available in The New Domestic Shop!
This season, we celebrate the Triangle – strong with its geometric precision and bold in its shape & structure. Look around the world and you’ll see the humble Triangle all around you, in nature, in myth and in design. Mix in colour and pattern and the Triangle tells different visual stories. We took one basic shape and created a myriad of playful permutations to match every personality. There’s a bit of drama, a bit of whimsy, a bit of flash, a bit of understated. Why not collect them all? Hope you enjoy!
Much love,
Nerissa
We are working hard to get the online shop up and ready to go by end of April. Then it’s design mode again for the summer line. Hope everyone is enjoying Spring so far. It’s been cold & wet here the past week but really hoping for some Spring weather soon. I’m still finding myself drinking warm beverage to keep warm. Spring, where are you?
I got a happy surprise in the mail today. I completely forgot I ordered these Japanese tape a few weeks ago and they arrived today. Isn’t it so nice to get special little things in the mail? I can see myself happily taping lots of things the next few days with these awesome tape. You can get them here.
We’ve been busy! The New Domestic Store will open in April. Our first line of products are large screen printed graphic totes made from 12oz. heavy-weight recycled cotton canvas. Each bag is printed with a bonus diagonal pattern on the back (so you get two looks with one bag). We are launching with four designs to start with. The one shown is called “Dreaming of Marrakesh”. More products are coming in the Summer.
I love making things for people but making fun things for little people is even more special. We were at our friends’ girls birthday party yesterday and I wanted to give them something creative and productive. So I came up with an idea of an artist kit. Awhile back, I found these great wooden boxes at a local crafts store and I loved them so much that I bought a few. I decided to use those boxes and stuff them with all sorts of art supplies like oil pastels, paint, glitter paint, brushes and a wooden number 3 as it was their 3rd birthday. I then personalized each box with the first letter of their name. ‘O’ for Orla and ‘L’ for Lucy. I know little kids appreciate anything that is made especially for them – and after all, turning 3 is quite special!
I used bakers twine to bundle a little canvas with each box and then sewed a wooden button around the middle of the twine to finish it off. Happy 3rd birthday Lucy & Orla. We can’t wait too see your masterpiece!
Christmas cards from Luna to all her lovely baby friends. This year, I wanted to make something crafty that she could be part of, like a mommy and daughter project together to give to her baby friends. The initial idea was that I would make all the cards (using materials we already have at home) then get her to participate by scribbling whatever she wanted on each and every card. Well, she managed to do one but that’s about it. I layed her on the floor with all the pencil crayons and she screamed with delight from excitement. It started off pretty good as I showed her what to do and she happily started scribbling. Then, she started chewing on the pencil crayons and wanted to rip the card and eat the paper. So it didn’t quite work out the way I had imagined (she’s not digging baby labour).
So, I did the rest of the scribbling on all the cards and made it look like Luna did it (shhhh…). But I assure you, there’s Luna love in every single card! Merry Christmas to all the little people out there!
This past year, I’ve been working on a special book documenting Luna’s first year of life. When we had Luna, everyone kept on telling us to take a lot of photos as the year will go by really fast. Well, we did and we took A LOT! In this digital age, I was a little concerned that the photos we were taking were just getting lost in our computer. I grew up (Which I’m sure all of you did too) where we had tons of albums at home documenting our life. I think that’s been non existant lately as our computer has become our photo album. But I don’t find the satisfaction looking through photos on my monitor screen – I feel less attached to the photos I am looking at. It’s just not the same. I want to be able to hold a book, go through the pages, feel the paper… it’s more intimate and feels more special.
So I came up with this idea and jumped right on it the first month Luna was born. It’s a 276 page book with different chapters for every month of her life. Here’s a little write up taken from the book:
To my daughter Luna,
I made this book, for you, to document your first year of life. Whenever you were having your afternoon naps or dreaming away in the evening in your cozy room I would be working on this book – creating something special for you to have. For such a little person, you sure have taught me so much about patience, love and to see the world with fresh eyes. When we first laid our eyes on each other when you were born, it was as if you knew who I was already and I felt the same. The love that I feel towards you is so powerful that I always have a hard time describing what it feel like. This book shows how much you have impacted our lives and how much love you have brought into our lives too. I hope that when you grow up and look at this book, it will be a nice reminder of all the special moments we have shared with you during your wonderful first year of life. All the milestones you had accomplished, your first frustrations, first solids, first rollovers, first vacation, first birthday… everything you learned and discovered, we were always there beside you, watching you discover your world and grow to become such a beautiful little girl. We are so proud of you, our dear daughter and thank you for coming to this world to be part of our lives.
Love, Mommy
I plan to do one for every year of her life (crossing my fingers), kind of like an encyclopedia with different volumes. It’s really not that much work. I just take a few hours per month working on a few pages. Looking through this book now after a year has past, I can’t help but get a bit emotional as it’s really been such a special year. We now look forward to what year 2 will bring!
I like to change our table centrepiece once in awhile to freshen up the space. I bought almost a dozen mason jars from a vintage store probably a year ago and use them for storing random stuff like rolls of thread, bookmarks, pebbles etc… They are great to have at home as they are so versatile and can be used for anything really. For Luna’s birthday party, I decided to use them as vases to put on the buffet table. I wrapped them individually with different coloured fabric to give them some life and texture. The plants come from the garden. I really like the simple and homey look to them so they now have a new home and are placed on top of my cake stand in the middle of our dining table.
