Clouds, clouds, everywhere...

You may be able to tell that I have a slight obsession with clouds. They have taken over much of my branding and products in the past 18 months. You'll find them on my wallets, my wall prints, and in various forms such as brooches and cloud art.

Who doesn't love clouds?  I find clouds to be both whimsical and comforting - like a big fluffy hug. Actually, for me, my absolute favourite part of a plane trip is when the plane descends through the clouds - all I want to do is jump out of my window and skip around in them.  I've always wondered what a cloud feels like - sometimes they bump against a plane during decent, so can you actually feel a cloud?

My cloud art has been a huge hit lately and is consequently popping up in many boutique stores around Australia. Here is a little compilation of the photos that my stockists have been taking....

 As seen at Hope and Me

 Clouds at Incy Interiors

Window display at Melody Nelson.

Loving the crates at Miss Frou Frou

 Photo taken by Life Instyle

Our Life Instyle stall display.  

You'll notice our super-sized clouds on the wall.  Well, if you keep an eye on us, there may just be more details to come in the next few weeks. 

You can find more about our cloud art on the website here.

Helen x

Busy times ahead...

It's that time of year when things become a little crazy.  The Life Instyle trade show is in 9 weeks which means a total revamp of the PPP product range plus a lot of new products to boot!  There are deadlines left, right and centre which I only just seem to make (what happened to those days in Uni where I had my assignments finished a night or two before - I was never one of those who worked through the night and up until half an hour before a deadline.  Umm, I think I can blame kids, right??  Yes, I'll go with that for now.)

I must say though, that amongst the craziness and hectic cloud I find myself in, it is exciting and exhilarating to see new products come together and take shape.  In saying that, there are some super duper new products that I'm bursting with excitment about - no hints just yet (I can't even provide you with some sneaky peek photos as they are still in development stage).

In the meantime I have a few new stockists - check out our ever growing stockist page as well as mentions on facebook and of course, I'll be at various markets around the place.  You'll mainly find me at Salamanca Market for the next 2 months, with an exciting little bonus trip to the first ever Hobart Niche market thrown in.  Niche - All Wrapped Up Market will be here in Hobart at the Hobart City Hall on 16th June, 10:00 - 3:00.  You won't want to miss that one!

Keep warm and enjoy wearing scarves, jackets and boots - mmmm, my favourite!

Life InStyle... the journey begins

Last year I attended Life InStyle in order to have a sticky beak at all the talent Australia has to offer in terms of boutique homeware, lifestyle and giftware brands! The standard of creativity and design left me in awe! Since then I have been hoping and dreaming that Pili Pala could be a part of this amazing event that would ultimately expose me to a wider range of stockists and take the label to a whole new level. Well, back in May I applied, and I got accepted and now it's full steam ahead. With only 4 weeks left, there is still a HUGE amount to do and it's very overwhelming but, I'm pleased to report, it is slowly starting to fall in place. The trickiest thing is coming up with a concept for the design of my 3 x 3 meter space and then working out the logistics of getting the props/products/family over to Melbourne. So, it's onwards and upwards and one step at a time. Wish me luck....

(Photos from the Life In Style blog)