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New Adorable Animal Brooches!

6 March 2012

We’ve been very busy lately, dreaming up some great new things! Here’s the first batch of our little friends, based on some super cute favourite animals of ours. Smug little Fennec foxes, chinchillas in winter outfits (we like to call it a Chinchilly), bears in specs, Ferrets in love & even wrinkly hairless cats! These little guys are sure to find a nice home on your favourite coat or cardigan this winter and beyond.

They are all made with love from wood, perspex and plastic. We even hand paint their tiny eyes and accessories. Each one is a labor of love, and we hope you enjoy these new little friends as much as we did designing them for you all! Keep an eye out this week on our Facebook page, we’re holding some cool giveaways to introduce you all to them personally! In the mean time, check them out HERE and choose a favourite! K & L xx

Posted by: kell

My Collections: Lace Trimmed Floral Dresses

21 February 2012

Another little sub section in my large dress collection. Lace trimmed dresses are a little weakness of mine (being a huge fan of anything 70′s), especially those that are floral too! My favourites include the apron-like blue number with watering cans print which I bought at mint condition in Roselle, The long sleeve red check and floral borders dress I wore here & which I bought off etsy and lastly the red floral stripe prairie dress I got in Amsterdam in the 9 streets area, at a cute shop called Lady Day. There’s practically one for every occasion and season here. Kx

Posted by: kell

My Collections: Bunny Brooches

10 February 2012

Another little collection of the brooch kind. Of course my life would hardly be complete without a couple of bunny brooches, right? My favourites are the tiny velveteen bunny with neon bow I got years ago from an op shop and the gold winking bunny, super creepy and super cute (available pretty readily on etsy FYI). Other highlights of the collection include Made By White, Pirdy and The Ever Dazzling originals and Little brown plastic hare I got in Berlin on our first trip. Other bunnies have been gifted by friends, because I’m kinda the bunny girl I guess. Kx

Posted by: kell

My Collections: Ric Rac Dresses

1 February 2012

Ric rac is one of those amazing pieces of haberdashery that adds character to anything your sew it on. I love pretty much anything to do with ric rac and I think these dresses are a prime example of Ric Rac at it’s best! The navy and yellow floral number I acquired last week off etsy. Just too amazing! I think it’s my new favourite. The red number with little bumble bee print is also pretty cute and was being sold as an old dress up costume. I guess they didn’t think anyone would wear it everyday. Ha! Little did they know. Kx

Posted by: kell

Successful Saturday

30 January 2012

Over a year ago I was contacted by a lovely lady called Cobi regarding a collection of vintage crockery she had spent 2 years gathering for her amazing wedding. Needless to say I was more than happy to give these lovely little bits and pieces a 2nd life and on saturday we went over and made the exchange. Little did I know what an amazing collection it was, and I think I nearly had a heart attack unwrapping all the beautiful tea sets, trios and floral saucers she had collected!

Amongst my favourites are these beautiful cake plates!

And this art deco trio, in the most amazing autumn colours.

But by far my favourites are these TO DIE FOR pastel plate sets which I already have plans for. (There was also cup and saucer sets and tiny little pastel tea cups! Ahhhh.)

Cobi was also lovely enough to send me some photos of the plates I bought off her in use on her special day. PRETTY! Kx

Posted by: kell

My Collections: Souvenir Brooches

18 January 2012

I own lots of brooches, but these are some of my favourites. They all remind me of different places or were purchased with a story behind them. The bikes and windmill remind me of Amsterdam (though they weren’t purchased there, i just always loved things that are dutch inspired) and the cuckoos are so cute. The big silver and gold one (with moving birdy!) went to Germany with me and started many conversations with locals there. It is possibly my favourite brooch ever and I nabbed it on etsy a couple of years ago for around $30. Another favourite is the Porcelain Cat head I got in Germany, which is actually from Paris and used to be an earring. Brooches are so fun to collect! Kx

Posted by: kell

My Collections: Hankies

11 January 2012

This year I thought I’d start something new for the blog and start posting about my many collection of things. I do have a lot of fun and pretty stuff, and I thought it could be fun to share some of it here with you in a somewhat organised way.

Last post I mentioned how I’d picked up some new hankies for my collection and now here it is.

The kitties are probably one of my favourite ones I have, and I especially love kids hankies because they are so cute and fun. But I also love 70′s floral (anything) so I hold quite a few of those ones as well. Sometimes you find really special super soft hankies which have been loved and treasured for years, and despite quite a few people pointing out to me they were probably once full of snot, I like them anyway! Kx

Posted by: kell