Artist and designer Melanie Lee wanted to make a difference so she formed a recycled handmade stationery business and called it Threads of Conscience. Melanie donates money from her card sales to the East African Mission Orphanage and also includes a mention of the orphanage on the back of each card in the hope that by promoting the orphanage, more people will donate. All cards are made using elephant poo card, hemp card and 100% post consumer recycled card, with 100% post consumer recycled envelopes.

Aussie Hayley McNugh is a crafter, sewer, knitter and lover of all things fabric. After helping IKEA open up a new store in Dublin, she found herself with time to craft once again. An avid reader, Hayley began to make lovely fabric book covers to protect her most valued items. She's also keen to make frankie covers for any of you whose copies are getting a little dogeared. Hayley custom makes for any size. For all the details check out her etsy store, Two Boos.

We just love pretty paper products especially these beautiful hearts made to pretty up plain windows.

Japan is ace. Ebony’s Hello Sandwich blog about Japan is ace. Gift wrapping all year round is ace. That must mean this Hello Sandwich gift-wrapping zine, made in Japan – as far as aceness goes - is off the charts. Go wrap happy here.

We are in stationery heaven again. The Sydney duo behind TMOD, Georgie Swift and Milenka Osen, have outdone themselves with their new range of interactive paper goods. Scratchies, cut and stitch, dot-to-dot and paper airplanes... Lordi! You can get your fix here.

Warning: do not click here if you have a weakness for stationery, haberdashery, paper, stamps, stickers, notebooks, sticky tape... zakka!

We think we have just found the best ever collaboration for the frankie office. Paper dolls + post-it notes. Holey double dooley! Naughts & Crosses (an online boutique children's label and interiors) stocks them for $8 each with four different styles to choose from. Find them here.

My craft cupboard needs major attention at the moment. Realistically though I won’t get to the much-needed ‘spring clean’ until, well, spring. In the meantime, I am on the hunt for anything that helps in the neat-keeping of one’s craft supplies. Eco-brown craft cat spools? Yes please.

Remember when the library didn’t have computers and they were just a big old stamp-fest? Stamp, stamp stamp. And the librarians were so fast at stamping – much faster than scanners. Stamps are rad. In particular, these stamps are rad.