March 17

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Today At My Place

Today at my place I have been playing with the pretty stuff. My main dress rack is up and running again after I returned home one day last week to discover it had buckled under the weight of dresses. They spent a week piled high on the bed aka princess and the pea. A new tapestry bought from Salvos and sold to me by the very lady who created it, thanks Val. Dreaming of Lemon Chiffon Pie the way my grandma used to make, ssshhh don't tell Rock Chic she has me on the no sugar diet atm and she's a little bit bossy x

Teacup Ballet

I've been playing in the studio this week photographing some new goodies for the shop. A range of "fortunes in a teacup". When I was little my grandmother would read my tea leaves, there was magic in that cup, and so in these, vintage teacups filled with sweet vintage haberdashery and ephemera.


I love this photo "Teacup Ballet" by Olive Cotton, one of my all time favourite photographers taken in 1935. The photo evolved after she purchased some inexpensive cups and saucers from Woolworths to replace the chipped mugs no longer suitable for visitors. The angular handles reminded her of ballet dancers and this led to the idea of creating a photo to express a dance theme.


Fashion shot, Cronulla sandhills 1937. Olive would accompany her then husband, Max Dupain on photo shoots, her role being to assist with the model's makeup and change of costume, she took this photo as Max was photographing an evening dress for his client, David Jones.


Another favourite, "Girl With A Mirror" taken by Olive (whose portrait by Max is pictured to the right) in 1938 of a model waiting to be photographed by him.

Saturday Morning Vintage: Mr Gosling

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happy saturday x

The Honeymoon Frock

This week has been a bit of a drought in the opshopping department, seems I spoke a little too soon. Never mind thought it would be fun to share my favourite frock find in quite some time thrifted on our honeymoon late last year (that Renoboy is definately a keeper). It has now become a "communal frock" in our family of girls with lots of oohing and aahing over this little number! It reminds us of Marilyn. Smitten Kitten x
For more thrifting lovely visit Sophies and Sunday Best

Dear Pearl Photoshoot

Yesterday we had so much fun on our first photo shoot for Dear Pearl Vintage, thanks to the gorgeous Nadine of Abstract Exposure and my babe, who looks absolutely beautiful despite the crazy heat. Only ten days to go, we will be uploading sneak peaks onto our facebook page over the next week and announcing a fun vintage giveaway.
Happy Saturday x

Purple Rain

The wet season has arrived in Cairns, playing havoc with my photography endeavours this week but so good to finally hear rain on the tin roof, cooling things down a little. I've started naming our Dear Pearl frocks after songs from the eras they come from, lots of fun, this one is Purple Rain in honour of todays deluge and that funny little man called Prince.

Channelling My Inner 1950s Housewife

So yesterday I decided first thing Monday I would buy a mannequin, after trying plain backgrounds, coloured backgrounds, pretty coathangers, floral hooks and even the back of my grandmothers old wardrobe, I felt I needed something to give the clothes photos for Dear Pearl a bit more dimension so here she is, isn't she gorgeous, I have spent the day dressing her up, kind of like playing dolls for big girls. SQ has decided to name her which could prove interesting the last time she named the cat we ended up with Princess Diamante. Speaking of cats don't you love this old photo from Life Magazine. I've always wanted a black cat instead I have a ginger with serious codependency issues.

Saturday Morning Vintage

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Inspire Beautiful

I love to read interviews of fascinating people but none have inspired or moved me as much as that of Milliner, Behida Dolic, who moved from Bosnia to the USA in 1998 as a refugee of the Balkan War.



What does handmade mean to you?
Handmade to me means a reaction from a stranger that goes something like this: ”Oh my God, where did you get that beautiful thing?” Then we both smile and the answer is mutually understood."
The interview can be found here.
Behida's etsy shop featuring her spectacular cloches can be found here
Pure Beauty, inside and out x

Today at my place ....

I've been playing in the pretty room, organising, photographing pretty vintage frocks for Dear Pearl and generally fluffing about, it has been the perfect day topped off by the perfect muffin just brought to me by RC fresh from the oven, love you Mads xx