Posts Tagged ‘father’s day’

Racking your brains for Father’s Day?

Tuesday, August 28th, 2012

Allow me to assist with a few handpicked items for the discerning gentlemen.

Gift Box of 3 Honey & Spice BLOKE SOAPS
 
Honey and Spice has a full range of soaps for blokes, made from raw natural ingredients in manly combinations like Cinnamon and Black Pepper. A Father’s Day gift box includes three Bloke Soaps of your choice.

Handmade leather notebook with pocket by elephant+bird
 
A hand bound leather notebook from elephant+bird is perfect to slip into a pocket or keep in the glove box. There’s an internal pocket to store extra papers in one place and the super slick snaplock button keeps the pages snug. Tightly bound together with organic cotton and secured to a stitched spine, this makes a great notebook for handyman dads to note down plans and schemes.

Polished Boogers by Fat Spatula
 
And last but not least, from Fat Spatula, we have carefully hand-picked bogies that have been polished to perfection using the ancient technique of rolling them vigorously under the sweaty armpit of an hirsute man. Once polished to a light sheen they are then left to harden naturally in a musty hot-water cupboard. After a few months they are then gathered up and placed in jars to make the perfect Father’s Day gift for the hard-to-buy-for dad. If polished boogers don’t quite fit the bill, choose from a selection of other rare delicacies.

Hooray for crafty dads!

Tuesday, August 21st, 2012

As children, my brother and sister and I were instilled with an appreciation for handmade things not only by my mum, who taught us all to sew and knit, but also my dad, whose handcrafted gifts included a boxed magnet set, a huge doll house with interchangeable rooms (which when removed made enough space inside for certain mischievous children to hide – best doll house ever!) and a playhouse, furnished with table and chairs painted bright yellow and blue.

That blue has been a trademark of my dad’s creations over the years. Ever thrifty, he painted each new project with the remaining blue paint from the last project, only to have the paint run out before he was finished, resulting in the purchase of a new tin of the same blue and an unintentional colour theme to our home furnishings.

So with Father’s Day approaching, here’s to crafty dads and their awesome creations! We’ve picked out some super handmade gift ideas below and we’d love to hear your stories – what craft skills did you learn from your dad? What did your dad make when you were a kid?

 

Fathers Day, Sunday 2 September

1. Fathers Day Card | iDear $6   2. Snoork Cuff Links | Chromatophobic $35

3. All Blacks Art | 11 Post Studio $25   4. My Stache Decal | Miss Dotty $8

5. Builders Pencils | Emma Makes $6   6. Cushion Cover | My Heart Sings $25

7. The Man Shawl | Fat Spatula $95   8. Shaving Soap | Mushroom Lane $15

9. Bloke Soap | Honey and Spice $9

 

Handmade with love for Father’s Day

Tuesday, August 24th, 2010



1 Silver-tone Propellor Cufflinks by Phersu Dancing | 2 Jandals Men’s Tee by NickyCC
3 Customised Miniature Portrait by Frank & Dean | 4 Men’s Black & White Wool Scarf
by Little Stella
| 5 BooMonster Trophy Head #294 by Boocraft | 6 Tui – Original Framed
Drawing by Elusive Design
| 7 Custom-made River Stone Water Feature by Tenvironment
8 Diorama – Birds by Ana Aceves | 9 Vinyl Record Clock by APSCC

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Gifts for Dad this Father’s Day

Wednesday, August 19th, 2009

badanimals jenstar lightforms
blossom1 rolledoats beanbags
thepaperleaf eodpress pennyroyal

1 Geeky George Brooch by Bad Animals | 2 Kiwiana Tea Towel Cushion Cover by Jenstar
3 Hand Crafted Chopping Board/Platter by Lightforms | 4 Retro Up-cycled Tiger Wallet by Blossom1 | 5 Blokes Grey Hat by Rolled Oats | 6 Laptop Satchel by Bean Bags | 7 Vintage
NZ Map Luggage Tag by The Paper Leaf
| 8 Men’s T-Shirt with Retro Style Patch by Eodpress
9 Pirates Album by Penny Royal

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