Colour Me Red

The lovely Sigrid McCarthy from Colour Me Red wrote this great article not so long ago! I'm even in it! I definitely recommend you check it out. She also posted a little interview with me over here! I'm just so busy with uni at the moment, but it really makes me wish that I had a bit more time for some sewing projects.

Thanks Siggi!

xxx

Weekly Wishlist: Teal

1. Topshop 2. LizHutnick 3. MaliceAlice 4. Topshop 5. Lulu's

Weekly Wishlist: Van Gogh

Vincent Van Gogh is my number one, all time favourite painter. I love his work so much. First Steps, when I saw it in New York last year, actually brought a little tear to my eye. I would love to add a few more Van Gogh books to my little collection. And wearing a bit of your favourite art is always nice!



1. Black Milk Starry Night Leggings 2. Vincent Van Gogh: The Drawings 3. Van Gogh's Letters 4. Poppies Vincent Van Gogh Pendant 5. Starry Night Pendant 6. roses candle 7. Starry Night ring 8. Van Gogh: The Life

Weekly Wishlist: Lilac

I'm a little bit in love with purple at the moment - lilac in particular! Here are a few of my favourites.



1. Topshop 2.Jugosa on Etsy 3. Topshop 4. Topshop 5. Topshop 6. Asos

June Photo a Day 9

Day 9: Your View Today



I spent most of today sewing a pretty dress. I can't wait to finish it off!

Butterfield 8

I am a little bit tooo excited for Wheels and Dollbaby's new collection. Probably more excited than I can actually afford. I love all of the powder blue, and the silhouettes are as perfect as ever.





You can see a bit more of the collection over here. Butterfield 8 is due out in August.

i wish i was a rabbit

I'm a little bit obsessed with all things bunny rabbit right now.



1. Bunny Skirt 2. Plush Bunny Brooch 3. Wooden Bunny Brooch 4.Bunny Salt and Pepper Shakers

busy busy!

I am so busy busy at the moment! I'm constantly wishing I had a little more time on my hands. If I did have a little more time, I would love to attempt to recreate some of these pretties! This Wheels and Doll Baby dress is perfection and i just adore these sweet little bow ties!

teacher clothes!

Excuse my absence of late, I have been busy busy learning how to be a teacher! Exciting! I'm currently spending two days a week on placement. And what does a new teacher need? Teacher clothes of course! Here are a few of my current favourites. Modest, tattoo-covering and super cute!

1.Topshop 2.American Apparel 3.American Apparel 4.General Pants Co. 5.Forever New 6.Alannah Hill 7.Dotti 8.Ray Bans 9.Topshop

if only...

I love being a vegan, and hope to be one forever. I love eating vegan and don’t really miss animal products at all. I often do, however, find myself gazing away at leather and wool goodies. I am currently wish wish wishing that these pretty shoes, this green satchel, some saltwater sandals and maybe these shoes too were all a little more animal-friendly, coz they certainly are awfully pretty!

World Vegan Day

On Sunday, we headed on down to the World Vegan Day celebrations at the Abbotsford Convent. I had a little vegan slip-up while working last week, so I was looking forward to eating some deeelish vegan treats!

It was super hot so I was a bit excited to wear my new fave dress sans stockings.



There were even more stalls and displays than last year! I was a little disappointed that we missed out on a show bag, but we more than made up for it with all the yummies that we ate.

We started with a Funky Pie. I chose the ‘chilli-non-carne’, as I am loving all things Mexican at the moment! So good.



Then we stocked up on Mister Nice Guy cupcakes. Ahhmazing. We got the ‘French toast’ and ‘Betty White’ which we took home to share. I’m looking forward to sharing the last two with my sister tonight!







But possibly my favourite treat of all were sour worms and coke bottles! I don’t think I have had either since I was about 12, so I was particularly happy when I saw them. Yummo!





And I got some vegan dog food samples, all of which Flinnette loved! I threw them to her and she caught (almost) all of them in the air! This doggy is eating a lot of vegan food at the moment. She loves pretty much everything, so she’s easy to convert!









xxx

hello ebay

Today i finally got around to doing something I have been meaning to do forever - going through all my clothes and putting a bunch up on ebay. As I got more and more ruthless, the pile just grew and grew. It is definitely time to stop internet shopping. I got through photographing and uploading about a quarter of them before I got a little bored. I'll be putting the rest up later this week. Not one of my ebay-bound items have I worn more than twice, and far too many still have the tags attached.

So goodbye modcloth, goodbye topshop, goodbye to all the other internet shops where I've wasted far too much time, money and greenhouse gas emissions I'm calling it quits... for a few months at least.

All my ebay items are over here!

at the market

Today I popped on down to the North Melbourne Market where I had a stall. While the market was not quite as busy as I hoped, it was lots of fun to set up a little stall and see all my dresses hanging out on display!



















xxx

to market to market

Eep I am getting a little excited for my stall at the North Melbourne Market this weekend! If you're in the area, pop on down and say hello! I'll be selling lots of pretty dresses, tops and skirts; as well as heaps of cute badges and hair accessories!

North Melbourne Market

Today we popped down to the North Melbourne Market, where they were having a ‘special designer event’ for Spring. There were so many beautiful things! It made me extra nervous and excited for my own stall, which I will be holding there next month! Time to get busy busy sewing like a beetle!

I have lots of new pretties which need to go up on the etsy shop! Little Siena is in Queensland at the moment, so as soon as she gets back we’ll be taking lots of photos and updating the store.

xxo

Guilty Pleasures

Recently, I have developed a terrible habit - watching bad TV just for the outfits! With all these crappy new extra channels comes a lot of re-runs of old TV shows. Despite my love for it at age 12, That 70s Show is pretty awful. But me oh my I find myself watching it all the time, just for Jackie’s snazzy outfits! I loveee all her gunne sax style dresses and skirts and am so in love with bellbottoms at the moment!

SallySaid Handmade

When it comes to computers, I am fairly incompetent. lucky for me, one of my BFFs has excellent skills and she made me this lovely banner. yay thanks Alice!!



and also thanks to sweet Siggi who wrote about SallySaid on her way-cool blog Colour Me Red last week. Thanks Siggi!

Etsy Love

Hooray! My little etsy shop is up and ready and good to go! It's mostly sizes smalls and extra smalls at the moment, but i have more mediums and larges to come!

www.sallysaidhandmade.etsy.com

xox

Coming Soon!

Eeep! Yesterday, little Siena helped me take photos of some of my handmade dresses. Hopefully my little etsy store will be up and running by tomorrow!

xxo

Peter Pan!

Recently, I have been trying to be a more ethical shopper! I've been buying handmade presents and all my clothes second hand. But oh my allll these Topshop peter pan collars are a little hard to resist!