Love my Mum

Have you thought about a gift for your Mum yet? If not, how about one of our useful multi-card packs? A simple but useful gift for the Mum that still likes the old fashioned way of sharing Congratulations, Birthday Wishes, words of thanks or just to say Hello!

You can receive 30% off our range of quirky greeting card packs until the 7th May! Simply type the code: LOVEMUM in the shopping cart to activate the discount!

Little shop of Retro Delights

Check it out, I have a new LITTLE online store! Some of you already understand that I am a bit of a collector and love all things vintage. Actually, many of my Messagemark designs and colour palettes are inspired by the retro objects around my home, and anything from the 1950-1960 era.

I am often out and about and come across some delightful retro finds so you will see the odd treasure making it's way to this little store of Retro Delights. You will also find some other crafty goodness that I dabble in, like my K2 Scarf.

Retro Delights is simply another blog that I have written for a few years. It's a way for me to  share and celebrate the goodness in all things retro, plus some of our projects from around the home to turn the old into new.

Go on, get your daily dose of retro goodness!

Enjoy,
 

Bowerbird Bazaar March 2012

Well the dust has settled and I am nearly finished unpacking from last weekend's Bowerbird Bazaar. Denis and I had so much fun working together on his Denis Smith Photography stand. I really do enjoy sharing Denis's story and photographic technique. It is so cool to see the customer's reaction once they hear how he achieves his Ball of Light creations. So inspiring!

So, it is impossible to go to Bowerbird without collecting a few new goodies, and this time there were many new products just itching to be taken home! Denis and I treated ourselves to a couple too... hard not to really! So what did we spend our hard earned money on?

First up this simple yet gorgeous brooch from Red Revival.

Cute wee bowls by artist Georgia Gabrielle. I'm going to use these for S&P.

A cheeky present for Denis. Cufflinks by Angus & Celeste

Gretel Girl Geometric Brooch

Gretel Girl Geometric Necklace - poorly modeled by me! Photo by Gretel Girl!

 

The lovely Sass from Ask Alice Stationery gave me these cards. Smiles all round!

Another treat for Denis - A wooden iPhone cover by A Skulk of Foxes. 
(However Denis picked the one without colour but thought I would add this pic cos it looks prettier!)

I'm starting to save up now for July's event!

Right at Home

Our Messagemark Deer Print was spotted in this gorgeous Melbourne home, as featured in the Australian House & Garden Mag - April 2012 on page 12.

It's great to see where our products end up living! Love it!

Chieftain Trading Company

Surrounded by paddocks of happy cows enjoying lush grass, Milton is a surprisingly cosmopolitan town and visitors are often surprised by the array of great shopping, cafes and entertainment on offer. Our lovely new stockist Chieftain Trading Company is located in the historic town of Milton 3 1/2 hours from Sydney on the South Coast.

Chieftain Trading offer "Special things....to decorate you and your home" and stock interesting and unique items from all over the world including beautiful colourful ceramics from Turkey and Mexico, sterling silver jewellery from Israel and Flensted mobiles from Denmark to name just a few. Their choice of stock is very personal and is guided by the type of things we love: colourful, retro, ethnic, Australian, bohemian, sculptural, Scandanavian, original.

Best of all, the folk at Chieftan love to feature as much Australian made and designed stock as possible, in particular from small design companies that offer something truly unique. They stock a large range of great cards and prints all designed and printed here in Oz, and I hear they are very happy to now add Messagemark to their extensive range of paper products.

I hope I can visit sometime, the shop looks devine and is open 6 days a week, 7 days during school holidays!

ONLINE
www.chieftaintrading.com 

FACEBOOK
www.facebook.com/pages/Chieftain-Trading-Company

CONTACT
Jennifer McGee
Shop 7a, 93 Princess Highway, Milton
(04) 4819 5510

Toodle-pip,