If you live in Auckland (like myself) then you will most likely know about K rd and all the neat craft/bitsy stores that run along it... Matchbox is a shop based on Cuba St. Wellington that has HANDS DOWN beaten all of those shops. The store is basically an etsy dream & has got all those little things that probably wont be found practical on a daily/weekly basis but are just v quirky. Ever find yourself in Wellington then go there asap srsly | The store is divided into two halves, you enter into a shop filled with plants, notebooks, prints etc and then as you walk in more you enter a small art exhibition that displays around 5 different artists who each have a sequence of work on the wall. Its SO different to like 98% of all the cool stores i have been in that I felt obliged to buy something- a small tassel key chain, this weird laptop sticker and some flipbook about a fans obsession for Lindsay Lohan (which sounds strange but was probably one of the more normal things that was found in that store). |
Some of thaaaaa artwork. Decided not to do the classic candid photo of standing in front of the art this time (bc felt like I was getting stared down by the girl at the counter)