Day 25 of Frocktober: Up, Up and Away

So there I was just floating around at lunch time, up in the sky, up with the birds.

Vintage dress is my sister's which I am moving to Mexico so I never have to return it, oh I love it so! Vintage scarf as belt. Vintage enamel brooch and clip-on earrings. BTW - Clip-on earrings really hurt. Hair styled by the wind.

Day 24 of Frocktober: Tequila Sunrise

Only 7 days left of Frocktober and I have some crackers ready for the week ahead.


This little baby is an unworn frock I salvaged from a market. Never been worn. Clearly never been washed because it ran like Rob de Castella. Check out the collar on this. WHOA!


Today I was tidying up Tiny's bedroom, which is no mean feat. Man that girl loves to create havoc. And in my time travels, I discovered the Doctor's wallet that he has been searching high and low for. I walked out to the living room and announced my discovery. He was excited, and then sad that all his money had been embezzled by his little sister. He got so teary. Poor little sausage. He marched out and asked Tiny Skase if she had stolen his money. She nodded her head. What a minx! Then realised that she shouldn't have admitted to this fraudulent behaviour and shook her head wildly. Cheeky little sausage.

Heading South

Many of you may know that my husband, Matthew Kentmann, is an artist.

He's holding his fourth solo show on Saturday 5th November.

We'd be ever so chuffed if you'd care to join us:

loft gallery
5 Banyette Street
Bowral
Saturday 5th November
3pm

Daytrippers are absolutely welcome.

Day 23 of Frocktober: The Ham & The Minx

I had a wonderful afternoon at Calico + Ivy,  listening to Kelly Doust  of The Crafty Minx fame speak about her new book. 

Kelly is an amazing, immaculate, beautiful and inspiring creature with genuine verve for her craft - vintage clothing. She lives and breathes it, and is a joy to listen to, imparting her knowledge of new to her frocks, and how to fix them, give them a make-over, or give them new life.

Definitely, 100% check out her new book Minxy Vintage - available at Calico + Ivy, BTW.

Day 23 of Frocktober: vintage dress, my favourite heels. Strange expression home-made. Photograph by my sister - thanks Choc for capturing my ham.

Dawn Tan She's Our Woman, If We Don't Love Her No One Can

Dawn Tan is one of those clever, cool chicks that keep on being clever and cool.

She's just created the Meaty Pillowcase set (pictured above) that showcase her deft use of watercolours, and quirky muse. Food.

I have a vegetarian friend who has been vegetarian since the age of 10. I am thinking these might be a good gift for her, because we have an ongoing joke - as her flatmate, I discovered she had a weakness for bacon. BACON! Who doesn't love bacon? I could have bacon on everything and be happy. But the girl had a fondness for piglet, and oh how I would laugh and laugh if she had these as her bedding.

And it's Sunday morning too. Traditional day of big, hearty breakfasts. You could have breakfast in bed every day with these puppies.

Funniness aside, those paintings are so delicate and ethereal.

I love Dawn Tan.

Raise your right hand if you love Dawn Tan too.

Read more here, or visit her soon to arrive shop here.

If you're lucky enough to live in Melbourne, Dawn also does kids birthday parties. I've tried to coax her into doing Sydney parties, to no avail. Maybe we can start a petition?

How To Be A Morning Person

I am not a morning person. I never bound out of bed in the morning, joyful to see the sunshine.

Nope.

Never.

I am the kind of person that hits snooze 89 times before my senses come to realise that I have 0.567 seconds to get ready for work or the school run, and that I better get my ass into gear and get out of bed. I love bed. I love sleeping. Oh do I love sleeping.

But I really want to be that person that gets up early, that goes into the day full of excitement. I don't want to be the slippery little slug that takes 1/2 an hour to rouse from my slumber.

I want to be the person that can go - BOOM! I am up, I am into the day. I am embracing the day. I am sledging everything that needs to be done. I am a morning person.

Tell me dear readers, how does one become a morning person? Or are they born morning people? Shed some light on this subject.

Is sleep for the weak? I know I'd like to sleep for the week.


Are you a former non-morning person turned morning person? What's your secret? Spill!

image by Mary Blair - it's her 100th birthday. Do you think she was a morning person?

Frocking Fatigue: Day 21

10 more days to go of Frocktober. You can still sponsor me if you like?

I've hit a bit of frock fatigue, and the inspiration is flagging.

However, one of my ace friends sent me the below dress. Vintage Carla Zampatti. Um, yes, hello! YES PLEASE! (this was day 13 - we're back tracking peeps!). Big thanks to her - this is Matt's favourite frock of all time, that colour is aye carumba HOT!

I promise I'll think of something new to blog about soon. Promise. Only 10 days left of frock talk. Phew!