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| Gift wrapping at its finest |
Kelsie is a newcomer on the block and my-my are we excited to tell you about her! She is a young creative who is adding a bit of fun and a bucket of love to wrapping anything and everything! Kelsie uses paper-based products that are mostly recycled materials to jazz up any little goodies you might have. You can see her wrapping up at our next MOTL event!
How would you describe K Gets
Organised?
K Gets Organised is a paper based organisation goodie store. It’s
for everyone out there that can’t find the perfect diary, to-do list and the
most on-trend paper goods in Perth. It’s also in large about collaboration and
supporting other WA creatives around me.
What do you use as material
for your products?
It’s all about paper for me! I like to bring it back to the basics and
strip back the toxics. I try to use recycled materials wherever I can and I see
texture as being integral to what I do. Kraft paper in particular has such a
unique feeling to it. Similarly, I like to include wood in products and the
grain of blackboard paint when it’s dry.
Is there anything in
particular that inspired you to create K Gets Organised?
Well, I opened the Facebook account while I was on a one-week study
break in the middle of my last semester of my undergraduate degree. I had just
moved out into my first house and had set up my first studio desk. The name
came to me after trying to find the perfect to do list (which is still a pretty
unsuccessful search!). I have always loved paper goods and the first product I
ever sold was a line of little quote cards for people to use as motivation. K
Gets Organised has always been about finding freedom and reaching goals through
being organised by paper and that’s what inspires me every day.
Do you prefer to wrap things
in a messy or a neat fashion?
Always crisp and neat in a very minimalist style – there is nothing
better than the perfect crease along the edge of a present or the perfect fold
at either end. I’m a complete perfectionist when it comes to wrap. The messy
part comes in getting creative with personalization for me – creating a
beautiful card or a gift tag is where the mess and the fun is had!
How do you think that your
paper products will stand out against other wrapping products sold in larger
stores?
Like everything at Made on the Left, instead of my product coming from
somewhere, changing hands many times and being served to you from a shelf; I
can see you, speak to you and understand your personal needs. My products are
made with my hands allowing for so much more, including personal touches,
tweaking products and designs and even just simply conversation!
Do you have a favourite design
that you're keeping all to yourself?
I have a little something special for the first 10 customers at my
market stall – they’ll get an incredible gift-wrap service that will be
gorgeous and very Christmas. If there is anyone out there that wants to have
that experience, they’ll have to get in nice and early!
Have you appeared in markets
before?
I’m 21 and I started KGO earlier this year (May) and have been doing
product design, marketing, sales and everything in between since then leaving
little time for me to organise a stall – but Made on the Left has made this
process so easy and exciting for me for their Christmas market. This will be my
first market (but certainly not the first market I’ve attended!!).
Will you be opening up a store
in the future?
I’ve been in contact with some beautiful retailers in Perth and I’m
hoping to have my products in stores very, very soon. I’m always looking for
new opportunities though – there are so many gorgeous stores in Perth I day
dream about having KGO sitting proudly in their stores!
Do you feel that your brand
represents you as a person?
I am the K of K Gets Organised, so of course my brand represents me and
people like me – people that want value for money, people whom desire beautiful
as well as on-trend paper goods and people that want to speak to the person
creating their goods with a personal touch.
Where do you see your brand
in 5 years?
I see KGO
sitting proudly on the shelf, wall, on the desk and in the hearts of a lot more
beautiful people around WA. I’m incredibly excited and honoured to see where
this journey is going to take me.
