US label Shabby Apple have added a maternity collection, Mamma Apple to their range. The collection is gorgeous, with dresses for work, day and special occasion with stunning colours and elegant cuts. Shabby Apple ship internationally and prices start at $59 US
09 March 2010
08 March 2010
Going Gaga Over - Balance Bikes
Wishbone 3in1 Bike from Thinking Toys
FirstBike from Cecil Walker Cycles
Tike from Tike
Kokua from LikeABike
Early Rider Lite from Honey Bee Toys
Microscooters G Bike from Entropy
07 March 2010
Real Parties - Alannah's 5th Birthday
Suzi from Alannah Rose Stationery's little girl, Alannah had her 5th birthday and what better way to celebrate than to use the lala design from her mum's wonderful party invitations which were named after Alannah's nick name lala. This party was so brilliant that Amy Atlas featured it on her blog here.
Suzi created the most adorable dessert table carrying the strawberry and pink theme all the way from invites to cupcakes.The Happy Birthday banner is by Paperklip , the stunning hydrangeas were ordered specially from Camberwell Florist, the easy to follow instructions for the Martha Stewart tissue paper pom poms can be found here. Suzi got use her creative gene to add personal touches to Alannah's party by making extra special labels and party hats in the lala theme.
Suzi set up an outdoor drink station, the table centre piece was simply a handfull of fallen brances that she collected, spray painted and placed in a vase, then hung some lovely wooden birds from Bed, Bath N Table, together with some crepe paper roses that Suzi made herself.
Knowing that all children love party games, and whilst they played some traditional favourites like pass the parcel, musical chairs and pinata, Suai wanted to also incorporate something on theme. getting the idea for these nifty little cups from the Eat Drink Chic blog, and she thought they’d be great to use as ‘nests’ for the children to do an egg hunt. The child that found the most eggs got to choose a prize from the birdcage. (and of course they all got to keep their eggs).
The cups are super easy to make, simply buy plain paper cups, punch a hole either side at the top, insert ribbon and you’ve got a pretty little favour basket or candy cup.
Thank you Suzi for sharing you special day with Mini Gaga.
04 March 2010
Going Gaga Over - Wolf & Willow
Melbourne based Nancy Wood, creator of Wolf & Willow loves handmade and loves vintage. Nancy's uses recycled vintage sewing patterns from the 50's, 60's & 70's and 100% cotton to create her one off pieces that you will find in her etsy shop.
03 March 2010
Real Parties - DIY Pirate Party Invites
I had so much fun creating Tyler's 5th birthday party invitations. I got my sister (the artist of the family) to trace a map we got from the internet with a felt tip pen and copied them in the multifunction center. I then set to adding colour with pastels, my finger and cotton tip buds. I burnt the edges and smudged more pastel around the edge to give it a worn look, I did try tea but didnt like the result and it made the paper lift. Rolled them up and tied on a little pirate boy, which I did in the same way as the invites. I used pirate wording like "the ship is docked at" and "ye be walkin' the plank" to make it more fun and memorable. I will showing the party photo's in the coming weeks but have a lot to before the party like make a cardboard ship, a treasure chest pinata and sea monsters. Special thanks to the pirate lego for modeling the shoot.
Just For Mums - Bring Your Kitchen To Life
Your kitchen needn't be lifeless and dull. Brighten up your day with these fun kitchen items.
Yellow KitchenAid from Gift Where
Babushka doll measuring cups from Girly Gadgets
Women's Weekly cook books from Angus & Robertson
Tea Sub tea infuser by Ototo
Make My Day lemon squeezer from Home Couture
Kitchen double timer yellow from Tinos
02 March 2010
Going Gaga Over - Eternal Creation Winter 2010
Cozy up this winter with Eternal Creation's 2010 winter collection.
Eternal Creation creates ethical fashion from the Himalayas. They run their own production workshop, located in Dharamsala in the foothills of the Indian Himalayas. Purchase $50 or more of full priced items and receive free shipping.
Going Gaga Over - HiLo High Chair
Meet the brand new HiLo kids chair; a colourful duo height chair that can be used at either a kitchen bench or at the dining table.
The HiLo chair combines contempory design with simplicity and functionality. From the safety harness and intentionally curved armrests to the raised plastic tray lip, crotch bar and ultra resistant nylon wheels, each added design feature is strategic, clever and understated.
The HiLo chair has taken both the North American and European markets by storm, and is now available in Australia through nought2five.com (want to one of the very few retailers of the fantastic HiLo chair? contact nough2five.com)
01 March 2010
Kids In Style Sydney
I have been in Sydney at Kids in Style checking out what's new in the world of baby and kids. I will bring you a full update in the coming days but here is a sneak peak of mini gaga's adventure with Jetti Spaghetti.
