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Know someone who can't get by without writing lists? Know someone who really needs to get their act together? Treat/hint by picking a lovely calendar, diary or journal and getting it all wrapped up and delivered to your doorstep before Christmas. Now that's leading by organised example. 

1) Get Shit Done Journal (it really will help)

2) Forgetful Gentleman Stationery Box (help a man in your life become a correspondent king)

3) Julia Rothman Address Book

4) I Could Pee On This 2014 Calendar (hilarious cat poetry)

5) Frankie 2014 Diary (long awaited, a sell out daily journal perfect for any lady in your life)

6) The Kiwi Diary 2014

7) 2014 Papaya Folder Diary 

8) 2014 Listography Weekly Planner (for all those list makers!)

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Strapped for cash? We're here to help avoid a last minute panic! All goodies can be shipped to your door, wrapped up and ready to pop under your tree. So, take your pick.

1) One Sketch A Day Journal (perfect for that artsy friend in your life)

2) Vader's Little Princess (a science-fiction geek's dream)

3) Gramophone Charm Necklace (for the budding musician or vintage queen)

4) 'You Look The Bees Knees' Compact Mirror 

5) 'Granny's Attic' Compact Mirror 

6) MOR Perfume Oils (chic scents to pop in your handbag)

7) Marcasite Flower Ring

8) Lucy McIntosh Nail Polish

9) Cross-stitch iPhone Cover (tech savvy, crafty kid)

10) Hagen-Renaker Miniatures (what does the fox say?)

Hope this helps you all out. These gifts all make great stocking fillers too! 

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The lovely Madame has been hiding away the past few weeks handcrafting a range of one of a kind crystal necklaces. These amazing pieces were created using crystals she handpicked over the course of her American travels. Ranging from quartz shards to chunky blocks of amethyst, geometric to contemporary bohemian, there is a sparkling piece for everyone. Take a look at these four amazing pieces and then have a look at the rest of the pieces by clicking HERE. 

Gorgeous right? xx

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It's three days until we get to eat chocolate everyday for a month and not feel guilty (yippeeee!),and if you haven't sorted out an advent calendar yet, we're here to help! 30% off these beauties today and tomorrow, instore and online- just use the handy code 'advent'! The chocolate's not included, but if you order by 3pm today we can get it to you in time for the first! Brilliant xx 

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Seriously, there's no need to panic, you still have 5 weeks to sort everything out. That's an age (kind of)! But, you do only have eight days to get yourself an advent calendar to make the counting down fun instead of stressful. Yeah. You should be panicking (kidding).

Now, the cheerful chocolate filled ones are all good. We ladies of  MFP love stuffing our faces with chocolate, even if some of us can't really eat it. However, this year we've got our hands on a very cool, very stylish, very creative little advent calendar and obviously we think you should all get your hands on one too, hence why they're instore and online. Let me visually introduce to you these little pyramids of metallic foiled beauty, and then I'll give you a serious list of all the cool things you can do with them. Panic over!

Yes. Those pretty paper pyramids are advent calendars. And you can choose between gold and silver. I know! So cool! 

So, the basic idea is that there are 24 pyramids that are numbered 1 to 24 that you can open carefully from the bottom to put little goodies inside and then hang them up. Um, awesome.

But where to hang them and what to put in them? Well friends, of course you should be getting your creative juices flowing and thinking up ideas yourself, but if you need a little inspiration because life is just too crazy at this time of year, see below. 

What to put inside?

A mini photo for each day - draw up little pictures -  make up your own fortunes for next year and print on pretty paper (on that theme try your favourite quotes/song lyrics/a christmas song to play for the day) - CONFETTI- delicious herbal tea for a day you think you might really need it - on that note nice chocolates - make your own vouchers for hugs/kisses/massages/your turn to do the dishes or just buy some vouchers -  girly? lipbalms/hair bows/nail polishes/jewellery - not girly? little toy soldiers/dinosaurs/wind-up toys - Christmas decorations!...

Oh man. I could really go on forever, but I'll let you think of some ideas!

Where to hang them? 

On your tree - hide them around the house for an adventurous advent calendar - string them up across your main window - place them on the mantelpiece - hang them on lights - hang them on hooks on a board (DIY times) - basically, anywhere your heart desires!!

Have I convinced you to try something new yet? They're also reusable, win. 

I had a lady grab one because she has a bunch of people coming to stay, and she thought she could give everyone a number and then fill each one with a small gift for each person. Cute!

Get counting down to Christmas, it's exciting.

Anneke xox

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Us MFP gals are pretty big fans of the lovely Eleanor of Petite Kitchen.  We stocked her fabulous sell out journal a few months back, we were all sad to hear she would not be publishing another - until she said she was picked up by a publishing house and would be writing a MEGA Petite Kitchen!  

But even luckier for us PK lovers, Eleanor has whipped up a bunch of simply gorgeous 2014 calendars.  12 beautifully photographed recipes and all held together with the touch of natural twine - darling!

Check it out here or in store!

xclaire

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It’s Friday and the weekend is coming for us faster than a hungry Pachycaphalosaurus.

Which leads us to the question: what are you up to this weekend? Hopefully you have some grand plans and ambitions. If you’ve a lack of dinosaur-related activities, then perhaps a bit of sobering weekend reading is in order:

All my friends are still dead. 

In other Friday bits'n pieces:

• Have you seen the new bar that has moved into the old premises of a Cuba Street Laundromat, just up from us at MFP? I haven’t been to Laundry yet, but definitely looking forward to checking it out.

• If you’ve no plans for Saturday night, a number of great local bands are playing at Bodega for the Like Minds Concert. And it’s for a good cause – proceeds go to the Mental Health Foundation of New Zealand.

• So excited to hear that Alice Munro has been awarded the Nobel Prize for literature! If you’re after a book to curl up with for the weekend (having already enjoyed All My Friends Are Still Dead, of course), maybe try Too Much Happiness. Superbly excellent collection of stories. And a bit heartbreaking, though in a quite different way to the sadness of dinosaurs.

• If the weather stays all grey and dismal, like it’s doing now, and you’re looking to do something a bit creative to do with all the inside hours – we can help! Roller derby embroidery? Or maybe unicorns and cats? A soft owl cushion? (The owl's name is Oswald, even!) Oh, we’ve got this.

Happy weekending!

xxJen

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Some exciting parcels have been coming through the door of 217 Cuba Street of late. Last week, a box labelled ’20 Unicorns’ turned out to, indeed, have twenty tiny unicorns inside. (It was also probably the most magical box I’ve ever opened in my life. Unicorns!)

This week, fresh from Auckland label Silence Was..., we’ve some stunning additions to our Madam Fancy Pants hangers. Two of these new dresses are also gracing our two window mannequins (I’ve nicknamed them Ava and Marie, just secretly, in my head), who are both looking pretty fancy at the mo.

The magnificently cobalt silk Sheer Long Trench is a head-turner for sure – it’s so elegant! So blue! AND it has pockets. Seriously, so much to love about this one.

The Ivana Drape Long Shirt takes the traditional shirt-dress and gives it a bit of edge with a draping, cut-out back. It recently appeared in the latest Remix magazine, looking fabulous and just a bit mysterious.

And if it’s a bright geometric print you’re after, the vivid diamond patterns of The Comfort Top (left) and Love Fiction Shirt Dress (right) are bold and unique and fun. They are also both really light and lovely to wear, which will be super for the summer.

Summer! Allegedly this is something that will be happening soon, but not today it seems – so if you’re in Wellington, I hope you’re wrapped up dry!

Keep warm, kids.

Xx Jen

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