Gift Shop

The Bleeding Heart Gift Shop aims to provide the discerning shopper with beautiful handmade, locally produced items. The items in our store make wonderful gifts and are original, unique conversation pieces.

By selling these types of products, we seek to encourage social and community interaction and the notion of personal identity associated with craftsmanship. We take great pride in supporting local artisans and their small businesses!

Our current storeholders are graduates from our Bizness Babes program, as well as local arts-and-crafters who we’ve chosen for their outstanding products. Please contact us if you’re a crafty person and would like to apply for a store.

Currently, we stock-

Red Seed Studio- Hemp and organic cotton pillows which are handprinted with beautiful designs. RSS also bring to Bleeding Heart their unusual collection of accessories (belt buckles and bracelets) which are made using upcycled skate decks.

Biddy Bags- Handmade bags, tea cosies, washers and knitted hats, which combine youthful design with the crafting skills of older women. You may have spotted Biddy Bags’ pineapple and cupcake cosies on the cafe’s teapots- now you can own one!

Affirm Press- Affirm Press is a Melbourne-based publishing company that produces books that have a positive impact on the community. They focus especially on new and underpublished writers.

West End Network- WEN work with the refugee and migrant communties of West End. With a focus on empowerment and fair trade,  West End Network helps these members of the community produce beautiful and unique items- clothing, baskets, leather goods and more.

Miss Dish- Miss Dish focuses on creating a unique, handcrafted collection of jewelry and accessories from both new and vintage beads, crystals and fabrics.

Dash Robin- A locally and ethically created range of handcrafted toys, purses and fashion accessories which is indie styled and made from hand dyed wools and vintage fabrics.

Liana Kabel- Liana is a jeweler obsessed with all things kitschy and plastic- she’s most famous for her Knitwit bangles, which are made from recycled knitting needles.

Wicked Child Designs- Dolls made handmade from environmentally friendly materials. Often of celebrities! Our favourites are the SGT Pepper’s era Beatles dolls.

Jennifer’s Gift-Gorgeous embroidered artwork and cards.

A Beautiful Calamity- Notes, cards, stationary, fridge magnets and tote bags using old children’s storybooks as inspiration.

Sybella- Handmade clutch bags and coin purses made from vintage and quirky fabrics.

Whizzbangle- Hand poured resin bangles and rings in a wild variety of vivid colours.

Jetta’s Nest- Illustrative brooches made from recycled woods, cards, dolls and bags.

Pannikin- A collection of ultra-cute  brooches, necklaces, earrings, magnets and tote bages all inspired by the animal world and  imagery present in children’s storybooks.

Ketura’s Honey-Ketura is married to a beekeeper and produces a delicious range of lipgloss, shampoo, candles and fragrant soaps made from organic honey, beeswax and all-natural ingredients.

Up in Annie’s Room- Amazing jewellery made which often uses pop culture as an inspiration. Our favourite item? The bracelet made from old typewriter keys.

Your Organ Grinder- Weird and wonderful felted body parts. If you want a life-size, anotomically correct felt human heart, check out Your Organ Grinder!