The Tote Cafe

22/05/2022

It's World Turtle Day May 23, 2022
A day set aside to celebrate and protect turtles and tortoises across the world.
If you'd like to know more visit https://www.worldturtleday.org
Living on the Sunshine Coast it's quite common for us to see these beautiful animals when we go surfing.
Removing plastics from the environment helps to keep sea turtles safe from harm. Unfortunately, when they come across a plastic bag in the ocean they think it's a jellyfish. Eating these floating plastic bags are usually fatal.
Don't allow plastic bags or balloons to end up in the ocean, better yet stop using them altogether.

22/05/2022

New design on the website today, one for any budding entomologists, biologists, scientists, environmentalists or lovers of vintage lithographs.
This one is a collection of beetles - Hercules Beetle, Scarabaeus Tityus, Striped Click Beetle, splendid Ground Beetle, Beautiful Capricorn Beetle, Margined Malachius, Beautiful Burncow Beetle, Downy Weevil, Coppery Eumoplus, Spotted Lady Bird Beetle and Noble Golden Beetle. Digital direct to fabric print from a lithograph from A History of Earth and Animated Nature (1820) by Oliver Goldsmith.
Available only via our web site at www.thetotecafe.com
Print size approx. A4 landscape
Bags are 100% cotton with reinforced handles, 380mm wide by 410 mm high, handles are 300mm so can be used over shoulder too.
Strong durable and machine washable, get rid of those plastic shopping bags.

21/05/2022

New blog post up on the Tote Cafe today, little bit of info about one of our featured vintage artists Moriz Jung. Sadly Moriz died during world War 1 and was only 30, he has left a legacy of some beautiful unique art that we are proud to feature in our tote bag collections on our web site at https://www.thetotecafe.com

04/05/2021

New design up on Etsy - MT Fuji from Lake Yamanaka by Hiroaki Takahashi (1871 - 1945).
This is a beautiful woodblock print (Ukiyoe) that we have printed digitally onto a cotton tote bag.
Available now at either our Etsy store (link below) or our website https://www.thetotecafe.com

Vintage Hiroaki Takahashi Design - Mount Fuji from Lake Yamanaka - 100% cotton tote Its time to get rid of plastic in your life, these cotton totes are stylish, compact and super strong. This one features a Hiroaki Takahashi (1871 - 1945) design of Mt Fuji, perfectly digitally printed here on the

22/04/2021

Another beautiful design featuring an amazing collection of vegetables designed by Adolphe Millot and originally printed in the late 1800's
We've digitally enhanced and cleaned this old image and brought it back to life.
Digitally printed onto our eco cotton tote bags these make great gifts for someone special or just to spoil yourself.
Help reduce the amount of plastic waste we generate by converting to eco friendly cotton tote bags for shopping.

22/04/2021

Does your mum love Cacti or Cactus?
Why not organise one of our beautiful cactus designs in a 100% cotton eco tote bag for her this year.
There is still time to get this design or any of our other designs delivered before Mothers Day on May 9.
Don't forget our tote bags are delivered at no charge for any Australian address. So grab mum (or yourself) a new shopping bag that will definitely make it through to next Mothers Day (unlike those plastic shopping bags)
100% cotton
100% machine washable (cold wash please)
100% unique
100% satisfaction guaranteed
Visit our new web site at https://www.thetotecafe.com or our Etsy store https://www.etsy.com/au/shop/TheToteCafe to purchase