its sewing time!

After getting a little distracted from organising my wedding (and also being a bridesmaid to one of my friends), and many months of deliberation on fabric choices and patterns, the sewing and production is in full swing. I'm still creating the website, but just wanted to share a few little images we've taken for the site.

blog love

One of my favourite home design magazines Inside Out has recently launched their blog. Now I won't have to wait longingly for each issue and savor every page, instead get my fix everyday on their blog!

Plus, if anyone bought this month's issue they would have received the fabulous free gift (and who doesn't love something for nothing, especially when its beautifully designed!). A eco-gorgeous hemp bag organiser designed by Grace Lee, one of the Inside Out designers.
So thank you Inside Out and Grace, my ipod/gloss/phone/sunnies/keys/etc now can be found in an instance rather than a hour of shaking and muttering to myself!

blog love

I am in awe of a new and exciting blog which I've been recommended to by a friend. So much so, I had to share: decor8

Founder and Editor Holly Becker is a writer and interior design consultant who splits her time between New Hampshire and Germany, and "is a design blog dedicated to sharing decorating ideas, interiors, independent art and design, products and services, and to inspire readers to live a more fulfilling, creative life". Something I truly believe in and inspired by.

random type

I am a sucker for typorgraphy. Whether it be an old painted sign from the 60's or a beautifully crafted typeface. So here are few images I've found on some new blogs:
Although I can't read french (and trying to remember my year 8 French), this is truly still very inspiring: marieclairemaison I would love a wall with 3d type on it, possibly in my future studio or office?

Spell with flickr, is this great site for creating words through photos. Its so simple, just type in a word and hey presto! If you don't like the letters, you can just click on them to change. I could spend hours here, creating words.

I love this inspiration board. The fabric board is a great idea for a softer look, rather than the ugly corkboard most commonly used. More beautiful images found at Melanie Falick Books - Sewing green.

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We're in the process of taking photos of all of our products at the moment. After a few set backs of our digi camera dying and saving up for a new one, and finding time between sunlight and full time work, is drawing out the timeline. Our products include feather filled cushions, linen tea towels, linen napkins with embroidered borders, children's tradtional bloomers, little girls summer pin-tuck dresses, baby muslin wraps with verying bias binding, baby singlets with embroidery, old-fashioned money purses, and more. So sit tight!
image from www.gettyimages.com

Liberty of London

We were children of the 80's, who grew up with a mum whom loved nothing more than making our children's clothes and dressing us up, especial Liberty. Mum's parents came out from England and India in the early 50's, and they've stayed strong to their heritage, instilling these to mum. Even if that meant, wearing their kilts in Brisbane summer weather to our speech days, or introducing us to tea at the age of 3, and dressing us in head to toe of Liberty fabric! I'm sure many of you have heard of Liberty of London fabrics, and with that recognition you may 'cringe' a little. If you were like us, dressed from head to toe in Liberty, you will never want to go near it again.

So, I ask you to take another look at Liberty. If you're like me and haven't seen them since the 80's, have a look at their website. http://www.liberty.co.uk They're producing some stunning modern fabrics and products - nothing of which resembles the floral mess on mass! They're still printing the classics, and its our aim to mix these recognisable classics with new fabrics, and use them in ways that will NOT make you cringe (hopefully)! So we won't bring back the blue eyeshadow or the big hair, but instead bring a little bit of our childhood into the modern world. (mum still has all of our Liberty dresses in her wardrobe!). These were just some of the Liberty products that caught my eye...

Some treasures....

These gorgeous woodblocks, I picked up recently in Paris. I discover this most gorgeous little shop, by accident, that sold all of these antique 'odds and ends'. I also picked up a pair of wooden shoe moulds. The antique champagne glass, from one of my many finds in a garage sale (i have a little thing for all things glass and vintage!). The two tall jars were sent as a promotional gift to georgie with oysters in them - very luxe!

Just some old vintage books we had lying around with this lovely branch Georgie had collected.

These are old New York tram signs which I've had framed. It sits at our entrance and I just love the typography, even though I dislike justified text, its the simplicity of the design which has lasted all this time.

Please excuse the photography, my camera is on the blink and so the old digi camera has made an appearance! Stay tuned our product range of homewares and children's clothes using our eccletic mix of fabrics and Liberty of London fabrics.

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