A Very Eco Christmas, Process: Unstitched, and Xmas giveaways!

Last night we celebrated A Very Eco Christmas with Alex from EcoFashionista and Pauline from P.K. Walker at Insert Name Here, our pop-up shop in Georges. It was a fabulous night full of beautiful eco-friendly designs, lots of friends, new faces, eco-treats from Cocolo Chocolates, Slim Secrets and Link Candies, and organic vodka from everyone's new best friend, Ronnae from ASM Liquor!
Fabulous photographer Amaresh Wardha of Resonance Photo Media was on hand to take some snaps throughout the evening :)













Some more photos have come in, these are from Hamish of T-Shirt Garage fame :)






Tonight its our next door neighbours' turn, with the launch party for Process: Unstitched - yippee, its party season! Here's the official blurb from the Georges website: "An exhibition of fashion, photography, illustration and collaboration of works created during the Process: Unstitched open studio residency in Georges on Collins.
For nearly two months Process: Unstitched has been showcasing the talents of six young creatives working in the fashion industry in an open-studio environment. The participants came together to work in a communal environment putting their techniques, talents and output into the public eye.
A developing display of their visual and textile output will culminate in an exhibition of works created by the designers as well as various collaborations across different disciplines.
The stunning results of the residency will be exhibited on and around the working spaces of the designers providing a rare glimpse of the processes and produce of Melbourne's young fashion creatives.
Including works by She is Frank (fashion photography), Sarah Hankinson (fashion illustration), Park and Best, Violet & I and MADE BY WARREN (fashion designers)."

Aaaaand dear readers, if you have continued with me this far, then you will be thrilled to learn there is a little reward! For all this month, any sales made via the Joolz website will receive a Christmas gift: a pretty little foil heart bracelet in either red or blue:

So pop on over to www.joolz.com.au and buy your mum/sister/friend/colleague a gift (free giftwrapping is available if you are a joolz subscriber) and score yourself a little something too!

A Very Eco Christmas, Process: Unstitched, and Xmas giveaways!

Beautiful things energise and inspire me

I was given a jewellery box full of old pieces that belonged to my great-aunt. My aunt and cousin had chosen all the pieces that they wanted, and they thought I might be interested in what was left. How right they were! It was like being given a secret treasure. There are so many beautiful, beautiful things in there. Admittedly, there are some pretty interesting aka not so cool old things too - but just the fact that these are all from last century gets me pretty excited. There's nothing in my world that's more fabulous then uncovering old treasures and trinkets from another lifetime. The absolute crowning glory of the lot, today anyway, is a 6-strand crystal necklace. Its in sparkling blue and softest pink. So much inspiration to be taken just from this one simple, pretty piece! Love it! Initially I thought I would pull apart all of the items that I liked in the jewellery box and make them into new treasures. But everytime I look at this necklace I simply cannot take the cutters into my hand and damage it in any way. Its so perfect as it is!

In other, much more boring news, this damn headcold has really got me at the moment. I hate feeling all fuzzy in the head! I've tried all sorts of things. I have made a tea of pouring boiling water over chopped up chillies and kaffir lime leaves, both from the garden, and have been drinking that - it sort of does seem to help with the head-unstuffing - but I wake every morning hoping to be well again and this stinkin cold is still with me.

Beautiful things energise and inspire me