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Recent Vintage

24 April 2013

I’ve had a bit of luck lately at the op shops, mainly because I’ve been making a huge effort to duck into them as often as I can. I picked up a pile of vintage doilies.

doiliespile

This crazy 80′s panther brooch. ctabrooch

This adorable turtle art smock! artsmock

Several granny rugs, this one is such great colours. grannyrug

And a plethora of vintage dresses, a few of these were hiding in my old wardrobe at mums place! dresses

And one of my very favourite things to find, a couple of great coloured vintage belts!

belts

And last but not least, I’ve been a little cape-obsessed coming into winter. This adorable fluffy little blonde number was too cute to leave behind! Fake fur of course. Kx cape

Posted by: kell

Meet Me In The Middle

26 February 2013

Here are some snapshots of Cat Rabbit, Seven Seas and Noirs‘ exhibition Meet Me In The Middle we checked out last week at The Tate Gallery in Glebe.

There was even an amazing Loris riding a Noir hound!!!!

This is the smallest Alpaca Cat has ever made…

And the Biggest Alpaca Cat has ever made! Not so secretly in love with this one, especially with those floral saddlebags!

The best thing about the exhibition was that we took how our very own ginger fluff alpaca by Cat Rabbit!

Which JUST so happens to be Blythe sized!

We decided to call him Alfred. Kx

Posted by: kell

Lynds and Bens’ Wedding Fiesta!

19 February 2013

I dont think I’ve ever looked forward to an event as much as I did Lynds and Bens wedding! When they decided they’d get married after 8 years together I was so incredibly happy to see my sister marry her perfect match and let me just say after receiving this save the date…

And this invitation (both designed by the incredibly talented Andrea Smith)…

I’d say there was more than a little anticipation for the big day to finally be here for everyone involved!

Lynds and Ben (and anyone else who volunteered to help) spent weeks making amazing paper flowers, spray painting bottle vases, perfectly matching and making colour coded table wear and creating a huge, colourful mess in their livingroom!

Until it was finally the morning of the big day! We loaded giant pinatas, a wall of flowers and millions of other perfect tiny details into the van and set off for Lions Gate Lodge!

Unpacking the table decoration paper flower bundles made by heart flutter. So much effort went into every bloom! And it really showed.

There were also plenty of GIANT paper flowers too we spent a few days hot gluing together from layers of tissue and crepe paper, ombre dyed to flower perfection! Ben did a great job on the giant concrete flower bases, which worked a treat when the wind picked up.

And it wouldn’t be a fiesta without MEXICAN FLAGS!

And 8 perfectly colour coordinated tables in pink, purple, aqua, cobalt, green, yellow, orange and red. Each with a perfectly scalloped mexican oil cloth centre.

And as mentioned, the paper flower wall! This formed an amazingly colourful backdrop for the polaroid photo booth run by the very lovely In an Instant photography team, Jess and Seb!

And here they are, in all their matching perfection! Ben secretly laser cut the buttons on his suit to perfectly match Lyndsays’ 1950′s mauve tulle dress, with the help of a few colour hints by me! He did incredibly well with the whole outfit and looked so dapper in his Hello Kitty bowtie! Lyndsays’ dress was from Forever Vintage, which sells some of the most incredible dresses from the 30′s-80′s. Teamed with her velvet ribbon bow belt we made, melissa red bow wedges and lasercut perspex flower necklace she made herself it was beyond adorable in every way!

The ceremony was short and sweet and before long they were saying I do. I have never seen so many people so happy all at once. I’d have taken better photos but I was too busy crying! It was just so lovely. And then, just like that, they were married.

After the wedding ceremony there was picnic boxes for all filled with vegan treats like veggie dippers, wraps and pinata cookies! This of course was just the starter for the mexican feast that came later! All the delicious vegan food was by Sprout and Bean, who were so great, and it was all completely DELICIOUS. (if you click that link, you can see their blog on the day too)

And the cake! A sheer masterpiece made by a dear friend of Lyndsays. Here’s a little contribution I made for on top of the cake, reflecting them both on their big day! And the whole cake itself, all ready for cutting into! How great are all those amazing paper flowers on the smooth white icing?

And here it is, in its 7 layers of vegan rainbow glory! It was flavoured with orange blossom and had layers of dairy-free white chocolate ganache and tofutti cream cheese. Mmmm.

And here are some of the cute polaroids captured on the night! I wore a 1950′s dress I picked up in Amsterdam from my favourite vintage shop Laura Dols.How great is that flower backdrop? Jess supplied so many cute dress-ups to use for the photos, we were spoilt for choice! But obviously, I went straight for the bunny!

And a little snapshot of her rings (sorry its not clearer, I had to borrow lots of images off Facebook till we get the real ones! -thanks everyone)! The engagement ring being made by this amazing man, and the rings on the day being a baby bird in a crown for her, a hedgehog for him. TOO cute!

And the shoes! Ben had our mum embroidery these adorable sugar skulls onto a pair of converse for the big day. You might spot them on the invite if you look closely.

And finally the rainbow of smiling faces our family made on the big day. Completely unintentional, but I love this photo! It was truly the most perfect, fun, colourful, amazing day for the two best people I know. Kx

Posted by: kell

Good Things Lately..

11 January 2013

We spent a very nice holiday week with our friends Rene and Doreen, who are visiting Australia from Berlin. When we were in Berlin last, Rene was kind enough to spend a day showing us around Berlin and its surrounds, so it was nice to be able to do the same for them here.

We visited a lot of the usual tourist traps and spent a very crowded day at the Blue mountains on the sunday after christmas.

And we could think of no better place to be for New Years Eve than Luna Park. It was an amazing view for the fire works and we spent a good hour in a queue for the 30 second long rollercoaster ride, as you do!

During our holiday time we spent a few days at our beach house on the south coast. We even spied a few bunnies in the backyard!

We also were lucky enough to have a few perfect beach days.

Which Wilfy quite enjoyed.

And we toured the area showing R & D the beautiful coast line.

We met some Pelicans.

Visited this cute little creek.

Ate lots of ice cream.

And surfed a few waves (not really us, just Wilfred).

We ate an amazing burger at Pilgrims Vegetarian in Milton.

And drove slowly back up the coast, stopping along the way at most beaches for a look.

It was a lovely way to spend our time off work. It really makes you appreciate how lovely Australia is, particularly our coastline, when others are seeing it for the first time and being wowed by its beauty. Kx

Posted by: kell

Rotterdam

12 October 2012

Rotterdam! What a sweet little city. I had all intentions of visiting this place last year when we spent time in Amsterdam, (being only an hour away by train) but I ended up running out of time. Which is probably a good thing because this time around we had a nice long weekend to spend exploring and much more time to spend with some very lovely “locals”.

This is the breakfast we ate nearly every day at an adorable cafe called Picknic, who also did great coffee! Hurrah!

And these are the lovely locals we met in Rotterdam that I mentioned earlier. I stole this photo from Trudys’ amazing blog because the only photo of them I had from our trip was not blog worthy. But Tom has an equally great blog too, where he writes about both their travels, life in Rotterdam and all sorts of lovely things like that. I suggest you check them both out, be inspired and suffer a little jealousy.

And speaking of Rotterdam locals, another reason I wanted to visit Rotterdam was to see Lisas‘ super cute little shop, Elle Aime!

And it didn’t disappoint, this cute little space was choc-full of adorable little things made by locals and far away creatives! And Lisa was such a lovely person, I am so glad I had the chance to met her in person.

Here’s another little peek at the rest of the little shops in the Rotab Style Centre. Each space gets a little ground floor “shop” area and above that they have space for storage, a sewing space, a desk or a studio. It’s such a great little setup, I only wish it existed in Sydney.

While we happened to be in town, the World of Witte De With Festival was happening, a sort of street event with arts, music, food and special events. We went to one of the night street parties happening on Witte de Withstraat, and it was a little crazy to say the least!

I don’t think I’ve ever walked (shoved, struggled my way) through such a huge crowd in my life. It seemed everyone in Rotterdam had shown up for a beer and a dance. So much fun!

As part of the street party the shops and galleries were open till late. It was great being able to meander through the streets and see everything happening. How great are these cat chairs that in no way could come home with me!?

The last day we spent in Rotterdam we borrowed Trudy and Toms’ bikes and went for a ride around the city.

Trudy recommended we visit Het park, which was SO incredibly pretty. They had cute little chair swings, biking paths and greenery galore!

We met some ducks and visited this cute little house.

And on our way out we spied some crazy people dangling from a tower!

Another Rotterdam highlight was this cute little cafe right near central station that we visited called Lebkov, who did ridiculously good sandwiches and coffee.

And finally these amazing cube houses were a sight to see! It’s kind of crazy seeing them in the middle of a huge intersection. Apparently the people who live in them get vertigo and could you imagine trying to arrange furniture! I’m exhausted just thinking about it. Kx

Posted by: kell

Amsterdam Adventures

2 October 2012

We’re finally home from our epic trip to Europe! This time we travelled to Amsterdam, Belgium, Rotterdam, Sweden, Copenhagen and Berlin. It was a three week trip visiting lots of new places and I must say even though it was amazing and fun, I’m so glad to be home. Here are my highlights of Amsterdam!

Huge “I Amsterdam” sculpture at the airport when we arrived, 30 hours of travel later.

The lovely Zandvoort, where we stayed. It’s right on the north sea, and extremely beautiful. The dutchies go crazy for this place! One 23 degree day there was about 200 people exiting the train I was taking into Amsterdam to go to the beach because the sun was out.

Amsterdam canals, they just never got old, especially on glorious days like most of the ones I spent in Amsterdam.

I spied this adorable window display of someones polar bear collection while riding my (hired) bike around the city. I love how Amsterdam residents do this, nearly every window has something amazing in it.

Vintage shops always have the cutest window displays too (and names!).

Some even have window cats!

And I believe this cute little set-up was a hairdresser.

Love, love, loved this painted wall. Someone lovely on instagram translated it for me “I play in the city with everything that exists” which made a lot of sense because it was right next to a massive playground. Cute no?

The colourful racks of “zipper” vintage (I debated long and hard about the sailboat dress at the front, but it was too big for me!).

This shop was amazing, trims and crafting supplies galore at a shop called “A.boeken”.

This beautiful vintage shop as always one of my favourites. It’s called “Laura Dools” and it stocks some amazing vintage pieces from as far back as the 1920′s.

And now for my retail therapy! I picked up a few amazing dresses the first day I was in city. I bought this amazing pink floral dress from Laura Dools! Complete with bow belt and in mint condition for $50AUD!

And I picked up this handmade number from the 1950′s/60′s from Episode vintage, which is probably my favourite european vintage “chain” store. There was two in Amsterdam and also one in Brussels and Copenhagen.

I also bought this adorable green floral number (also handmade) from Zipper vintage.

And this cute Betty Barclay cross back summer dress with spectacular hat print and tie detail at the back. Too cute, no?

After the first weekend there a lot of the vintage shops got cleaned out and spent the rest of the time exploring the city. After 6 days wandering alone it was time for Trev to start his holiday (he’d been working while we were in Amsterdam) and for us to move on to waffles and chocolate in Belgium, which I’ll share next time! Kx

Posted by: kell

Blythe Fest 2012

3 July 2012

A few weekends ago I had the pleasure of attending the annual Blythe Fest! This year held in Sydney (but not always held here) with over 70 people attending. I was so excited to see so many Blythe Dolls in one place!

So I made my Blythe, Olive, a new outfit for the occasion. Including a little ric rac pinafore, polkadot tee and little leather satchel, paired with the boots and liberty floral socks I bought her in Japan, & mums hand knitted Blythe-sized chain scarf we were well and truly ready to go!

The theme for the occasion was “candy land” which meant, you guessed it, a candy bar! Packed full of sugary goodness to keep all the excited Blythe fan girls (and boys) going throughout the event.

This cake pop pushed both myself and the very lovely Kirbee Lawler (the lady responsible for me being at the event) over the edge. So much sugar, so much chocolate.

And these are three of Kirbees’ adorable little Blythes! The far right blonde is a vintage Kenner circa 1970′s, given to Kirbee straight from a kiddies’ toy box!!

And this is a typical table setting for these Blythe events, everyones dollies being displayed alongside their neighbours!

And here are two amazing Blythe sisters, the one on the left being a vintage Kenner Blythe also. Sophia was the owner of a very impressive collection of very amazing dolls with wardrobes to match them!

And these blue…

and green haired beauties are some of the most impressive colours seen on the day.

And I loved these three in their adorable little outfits, especially the one in the middle with the deer antlered flower crown!

And here is the winners table of the days “best dressed” competitions.

And the SUPER adorable Midi Blythe I’ve since been coveting. 3/4 the size of a normal Blythe, 3 million times cuter!

And these two were by far my favourites of the day! Customised and newly returned to their owner Sophia on the very day of the meet! That pink hair makes me gooey.

And last but not least, some cute outfits I picked up for Olive on the day, as it wouldn’t be a Blythe meet without a chance to purchase an outfit or two! Included in my haul (most pieces being under $10 each!) pink corduroy pea coat, green check peter pan collar dress and a little peach coloured embroidered dress, not unlike a few of my own!

But by far my favourite purchase was this adorable vintage 1970′s Kenner Blythe dress which I bought off one of the very lovely ladies I met on the day, who owned the actual doll that came with the dress!

If there is one thing that can be learnt from going and actually experiencing a Blythe meet, its that tickets should come complete with a warning about how much you will want another Blythe doll afterwards! Kx

Posted by: kell

Tokyo!

4 June 2012

As you may know, we took a little trip to Tokyo last week for ten days of fun, shopping, eating and WALKING. Tokyo is a big city! I’d compare it to Berlin in terms of the amount of walking we did. But what a trip! What a city. Here are some highlights of the Tokyo we saw.

An amazing cloudy sunrise from my plane seat flying into Tokyo.

The giant bunny head on exhibition in the Le foret building, Harajuku. (sorry I didn’t catch the artists’ name!)

Climbing pastel staircases in Harajuku!

Eating banana caramel cream pie for lunch in Shibuya.

Playing claw machines in late night “sports world”. We won!

Having dessert in a cool little cafe with mattress seating and mirror chandeliers.

The brown sugar parfait I had was to die for.

Drinking giant lemonades in a random Hawaiian cafe, Daikanyama.

The Jon Knox exhibition in a cute store in Daikanyama.

Visiting Ueno Zoo and it’s BEAUTIFUL signage.

And finally seeing a Capybara in person!

Eating a limited edition leopard print Tokyo Banana! (chocolate and banana custard filled sponge cake! Delicious!)

Seeing the brand new Tokyo Skytree (it only opened the day we arrived!).

Eating Japanese crepes! “Fleecy and softened” -thats their claim.

Walking through a sea of people in Harajukus’ Takeshita Street.

Hanging out with old friends most nights.

And eating dinner at Bills Harajuku and getting a taste of home!

Eating delicious noodles at a local japanese hang out.

Seeing the hugeness of Nakameguros’ Don Quijote Shop! Anything and everything you could think of on offer.

Junie Moon Blythe Shop in Daikanyama. I could live here.

And finally hanging out with some cute Frenchies in the French Bulldog Shop Shibuya! (yes, a shop dedicated solely to Frenchies!!) I’ll share more about other shops and shopping related things next time. Hope you enjoyed the highlights! Kx

Posted by: kell

Me and Oli Pop Up Shop

3 May 2012

One of our very lovely friends Lalita is the brains and braun behind Sydney’s Me and Oli, a beautiful clothing brand with illustrated themes like Australian Animals and forest creatures. How could we not like that? You might remember me raving about her cool new wesbsite a little while back, but this time its an in-person shopping experience being offered up.

Me and Oli is having a pop-up shop at Sydney’s Gaffa Gallery for this week only. Pop in tonight (thursday) for the launch party or check it all out over the weekend too. Lalita will be working on an amazing LIVE drawing for the time she’s there and also be showing off her range of dresses, tops and totes. There will be MANY goodies on offer, custom fittings and lots beautiful things to see and buy for the animal lover, fashion savvy and everyday admirer of all things lovely!

Opening Hours:
Monday April 30: 10AM-6PM
Tuesday May 1: 10AM-6PM
Wednesday May 2: 10AM-6PM
Thursday May 3: 10AM-8PM*
Friday May 4: 10AM-6PM
Saturday May 5: 11AM-5PM

See you there for drinks and nibbles tonight from 6pm! kx

Posted by: kell

Edgars Mission Visit

30 April 2012

It’s no secret Lynds and I are huge animal people, we’ve dedicated our entire brand to them really, so it was quite a treat for us to visit the very lovely, very special, Edgars Mission while we were in Melbourne last week with our boys and our good friends Kathryn and Andrea Smith.

Pam and Kyle with their latest signage, with illustrations by Andrea and designed by Lynds.

Edgars’ Mission is an animal sanctuary who house and look after many, many farm animals who’ve been rescued, adopted or saved from the meat industry or just generally cruel situations. Lyndsay and Ben recently created a brand new website for Edgars Mission, (with illustrations by Andrea) which is amazing, cute and as beautiful to visit as the farm itself! But enough about that, onto the super cute animals we had the pleasure of meeting!

This is shirley (and Andrea) She was HUGE and LOVED her apples. You can sponsor her here along with lots of other cute animals who live on the farm!

There were also so many lovely sheep at Edgars’, they all came running over when they heard the weetbix box!

And this was the newest little member, Melvin, you can read his little story here and see how he came to live at Edgars’ Mission.

We also met lots of VERY cute goats! Each with their own personalities and funny names. This one took quite a liking to my belt!

And this one seemed VERY fond of Trev! Until we were told her name is Kelly, and then it all made sense.

One of our favourite animals at the farm (and in general) is the PIGS! Hamish is Lynds and Ben’s buddy animal and we got to meet him too, but this pig had the hairiest ears I’ve veer seen! I think if he suddenly decided to speak he’d have a very strong scottish accent.

And this lovely lady learned to sit all by herself (for weetbix, obviously) They all had so much character!

And this is Hope, she was very big and LOVED her apples (and rolling in the red mud apparently!). You can sponsor her too!

And this is Hip Hop! She did all sorts of tricks like sitting, fetching, dropping and laying down (all for weetbix!). She was so beautiful and obviously a bit of a favourite with Kyle who taught her all she knows.

But I think my favourite piggy was Mrs Peaches! She weighs an amazing 320kgs and was one of the stars of Charlottes’ Web!

And this is my buddy animal BAMBI! Isn’t he beautiful! He was rescued after the black friday bush fires and even has a new girlfriend called Gemima!

And here she is giving Trev a little kiss!

But by far my favourite animals were the bunnies. There were lots of beautiful domestic bunnies in all sizes living in a big pen together, these two were giving each other a lick-bath!

And these new little bunnies were recent additions, Brenda and Jacqui, saved from a rabbit meat factory which was closing down! They were SO friendly and adorable (except for when one bit Andrea, oops!). I don’t know how anyone could eat them.

And this is Mr Peaches! The biggest bunny I’ve ever cuddled. He was HEAVY and furry and made Juno look like a dwarf. Needless to say, I WANT ONE!

And there are also beautiful farm dogs living at Edgars’, This is Ruby and Rory! They took the tour with us and begged for pats at every place we stopped. They took a liking to Trev immediately, they must have sensed the dog-lover in him.

Oh and I think she also sensed it in Kat too, who gave her a whole lotta love on the day.

Needless to say it was such a nice way to spend a few hours on a monday, sometimes I think animals can be better than people! Make sure you visit Edgars Mission in person if you can or check out the new website! You can also like their page on Facebook to be kept up to date with all the cute animals, going-on and appearances they make all over the place!

Posted by: kell

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