We LOVE Found:: The Store

For a while now i have been drooling over photos on their facebook page, and today I had the absolute pleasure of visiting this gorgeous store!

Located at 1011 Old Princes Highway ENGADINE NSW 2233, FOUND:: The Store, is an eclectic mix of gifts and home wares, beautifully presented, a scrumptious feast for the eyes.

I had the privelege of working alongside sisters Toni and Shelli at boutique markets in the past years, and was a tad green eyed when I read about their new endeavour, and watched as they fitted the shop and celebrated the opening a few months back.

In store, you can purchase great products such as Elk accessories, beautiful handmade ceramics from Bison, Red Revival brooches, and a favourite with my two little chickies, the retro spinning tops!

If you are based in Sydney - my tip is to set aside a Saturday to venture in to the Royal National Park for a picnic, and DEFINATELY make it a priority to stop by the Found shop in Engadine on your way through!

Check out their Facebook page for more details and to keep up to date with new products!

A visit to Finders Keepers

launching our new collection.....

When we launched our Cheeky Chickies label going back two years ago now, we added a very basic Rosette Brooch as an accessory to our Sunny Side Up Sleeveless Dress. Next we decided to play around with some print fabrics, as a way of showing through accessorising, how different looks could be created with the same piece.

We have continued to develop this accessories collection, and towards the end of last year, we introduced the Rosette Pendant Necklace, and incorporated fabric covered buttons in to the Rosettes.

We are now excited to be officially launching our collection of "eggcessories", with the upgrade of our Rosettes Brooches now incorporating a hair clip so it has a dual purpose, continuing to bring out a fantastic combination of fabric prints and beads in our jewellery, Rosette Headbands, and our new fabric covered button brooch pins, in two sizes, with prints to appeal to both women and children, plus matching fabric covered button hair ties.

Our "eggcessories" range will be available for purchase from select boutique retail stores, and at Cheeky Chickies Pop-Up Stores at some exclusive events that we are excited to be involved with this year!!

Zumba!

My little lady is turning 5 this week.

We celebrated today with a Zumba Disco Party!

I made Amalia's dress from Michael Miller Fabric, and

layered over a pair of Cheeky Chickies Cropped Slim Fit Pants

and Frill Sleeve Top in Twilight Purple.

She was very chuffed to receive a little gift

from the Zumba Instructor, and it was amazing

how perfectly the head band matched her outfit!

Zumba was not just for the girls,

Boys both Big and Little were having a boogie!

My little man Tae had a ball (below)

Everyone enjoyed the cake and Sweet Station!

And even the mummies got up for a go at the Penguin Dance!

Big thanks to all who helped to celebrate,

for all the lovely gifts that Mali recieve,

thanks to my family and hubby for helping out,

and BIG thank you to my friend Emma

for running the entire Zumba Party Show!!

Our New Accessories!

Market wrap up - Allie's Attic November 2010

1. our Cheeky Chickies stand - its great when we can get our tree out :)
2. La Petite Chambre
3. Mou Giddy - purchased a gorgeous pram liner for the little man
4. Bloss Dolls and Summer Blossom
5. La Maison D'Isabelle
6. Found - absolutely love how gorgeous their displays look - very talented :)

7. My favourite for the day - Cutie Patootie - and a nice pic of me and the girls with my purchases, hand croched necklace in mustard and earrings in red - I get so many compliments whenever I wear them !!
8. Angel Bug - yummy hand made and all natural body products - a great selection for babies and children
9. Laikonik - absolutely LOVE the polish folk inspired designs - gorgeous hand printed paper, cards and the stunningly gorgeous once a year keepsake albums. I grabbed some of the little gift tag packs - fantastic :)

SPECIAL EVENT!

Back in October when we exhibited at The Baby and Toddler Show, a customer rolled up with a gorgeous little dress with ladybirds printed on it. The colours in the dress were a perfect match for our Hibiscus Red and Twilight Purple, so we matched a pair of Cropped Slim Fit Pants with a Cropped Cardigan over the top. The customer informed me that she had purchased the dress from another exhibitor called Danish Treasures.

Later that afternoon, just before closing, I rushed around to find this stand and here I met the gorgeous ownder Vibi Mitchell. I told her about the customer, and she later visited our stand. We were both excited about the combination of the stunning scandinavian prints, with our great range of bold colour basics, and generated ideas about the possibility of joining forces again in the future.

Well, I am now thrilled to tell you, that time has come! For two days only, across two venues in Sydney!!

So please come by and check out all the fantastic clothing - and some great specials too! I will be hosting the stall at Caringbah on 12th, whilst Vibi is at EQ, and then on the 19th you can find me at EQ Christmas Village Markets!! Check out Danish Treasures to wet your appetite!

Clearance Sale - Two Days Only!

Our Clearance Sale is on now for two days only.

Closing midnight (Aust EST) Thursday 18th November

Below are items that are available in the sale

follow this link to read more and download the order form!

Better a little late....my trip to Hide and Seek!

Last month I ventured over to Kellyville to take part in their Hide and Seek Market. It was a pretty miserable day with rain, but a lovely venue and as usual, lots of gorgeous stall holders. I had the pleasure of working alongside the lovely Kath from Rattamatatt with her fantastic women's dresses! It was also nice to catch up with my other market friend, Mel from Skye Rocket Sews.

The outcome of the event for me was lots of Christmas shopping, and admiring that which I could not purchased due to spending all my money!

A few of my happy snaps from the event, clockwise from left top:

1. Pollini Design Accessories - the gorgeous Polly Kwok was such a delight, and shared her scrumptious home made macaroons!
2. Stunning artwork for children by Lisa Flanagan of Imaginart
3. SO CUTE these Frilly Tushies from Butterfly Garden whom I purchased some gorgeous little hair clips for Amalia.
4. Was very fond of these fisherman pants from Piccolo Baby So much so that I purchased the spotty pair for Tae

1. Old time friend Andrea from Karimu Have always loved her bonnets, and now she is doing these ultra adorable ruffle butt bub pants - definately grabbing some of these if my sister delivers a girl :)
2. Totally fell in LOVE with these dolls from Sew Sunshine, so much so that I purchased one for Amalia and a little boy one for Tae (these are going in the santa sacks). They have extra clothes that you can purchase to change the outfits, so I got an extra dress, a pair of shorts, and even a set of fairy wings for the dolly!
3. Red Dress!! How much do I love Red! This is the Mamacita dress from Little Thing Unfortunately they didn't have the red in our size, but I purchased the natural one, with the gorgeous bright coloured embroidery, in a size for Amalia, and also one in my size!! This will be a special outfit at Christmas, so stay tuned for those pics :)
   

Now, this is when I ran out of money, but captured a few snaps of some other great stuff:

1. Both the first pic, and the bottom left, are from Kaboodle, I was really impressed by their products, nappy wallets made from stunning fabrics, kids jewellery, but most of all i loved their craft and activity kits. How cute is the "Create your own doll's tutu"!
2. A designer after my own heart - COLOUR!! This little purple polka dot dress is from Cloudberri Kids.
   
   

Lastly, it was nice to catch up with Lou from Smallprint, I also purchased some starry nappy pants from Cute as a Button, and wished i still had money left to purchase these quirky tees and hoodies from Toby and Nic

So, if you need to get your fix of handmade, and would love to purchase some fantastic, unique products for Christmas for your friends and family, come and say hi to me this weekend at Allie's Attic Cronulla Sharks Leagues Club 10.30-3.30 on Saturday 20th November, or Lily Pad Boutique Markets at Little Fish Play Cafe, Caringbah South on Sunday 21st November.

Love an Ugly Bug Ball!

We were all very excited when we received our invitation to our little friend Beth's 2nd Birthday - it was to be "an ugly bug ball" We already had a little LadyBug hat in the dress ups box - courtesy of Ikea and to make the rest of the outfit for Amalia, we have a Cheeky Chickies Rib Crew Neck Long Sleeve Tee and Slim Fit Pants both in Squid Ink Black, a red pettiskirt from Tu Tu Delightful, and the finishing touches made my mummy, aka Mrs Chicken, a Rosette Brooch finished with a ladybug button, and hand made ladybub wings.

Little Mr Taelan did not miss out, he was mummy's contemporary version of a bumble bee, wearing Cheeky Chickies Rib Crew Neck Long Sleeve Top, Bubble Pants, both in squid ink black, a Rib Tank in Frangipani with special applique strips, and a hand made beanie, also made by mummy (up-cycled from a spare top from the samples bucket)

The party decorations were absolutely gorgeous - styled by local Sutherland Shire party decorations business Divine Eventions, and it was a laugh to see that almost all the kids at the party were either dressed as ladybugs or bumble bees - with the exception of two spidermen.

Both my kids had an absolute ball, and Mali loved the addition of some feature face painting!

A BIG Happy 2nd Birthday to our little friend Beth - she had lots of fun, and big congrats to her talented mummy Emma on another fantastic home made birthday cake - it was very yummy!

My Sister's Baby Shower - Twins!

We recently held my sister's Baby Shower. This is her first pregnancy and we look forward to welcoming two babies to the family in the coming months.

Her official due date is New Year's Eve, however we are pretty certain that the babies will be arriving by early December, if not sooner. Both bubs have been tracking along ahead of the average size, and the poor dear is suffering quite a lot.

Loren is an interior designer and has really enjoyed styling the nursery. The Baby Shower theme reflected the features of the room - and was a great joint effort between my sister, mother, Coby (Loz's best friend) and myself.

Rather than add commentary along the way, I thought i would just run the series of pics from the event - hope you enjoy!

Wallpaper and artwork from Bholu and Porter's Paints.

I purchased the Bholu Monkeys from The Infant Boutique and the beautiful, bright, unisex cotton basics are from Cheeky Chickies, of course!

Loren has chosen Stokke nursery furniture from Baby Things Kensington, Ikea storage unit and vintage Eames molded fibreglass rocker.

The Baby and Toddler Show

On the October long weekend, we exhibited at The Baby and Toddler Show in Darling Harbour, Sydney. We attended the innaugural event last year, but were excited to be invlolved this year in a bigger venue. I was also very excited to be working alongside my gorgeous pal Anne, from Czarque baby shoes. They are the most stunning shoes, created and manufactured here in Sydney, so we have a bit in common!

I really enjoyed designing the stand this year, and had some help from Mr Chicken, who built our fantastic tree display. The event also saw the launch of our new Just Hatched Collection for babies sized 000-1, including our new Rib Knit Nappy Pants!

We also had our new Rib Knit Frill Sleeve Top, which features press stud opening on the shoulder, and is accompanied by a limited edition Rosette Brooch, our little Cropped Slim Fit Pants, and our ever popular Rise'n'Shine Set, all of which is available to purchase with our new retail stockists!

Also a hit was the Cushy Monsters, that is the picture on the bottom left, although I wouldn't blame you if your were confused, as Mrs Chicken is looking a little cushy at the moment too! A BIG thanks to my photographer Carissa Little from Bella Piccolo as I had forgotten my camera, and she captured these shots on her visit!

A Sunny Sunday

Its a gorgeous sunny sunday here in Sydney. We made it outdoors this morning to enjoy the Cronulla Markets, where Amalia had her face painted, and i got a really cute pair of handmade nappy pants for Tae.

The kids, and Jaz, our staffy, have been enjoying the beautiful weather, and I have been capturing glimpses of it on breaks from all my Rosette making in prep for The Baby and Toddler Show at the end of the week.

Have put Mr Chicken hard to work - which I secretly think he is enjoying, as its the first chance he has had to get out in the his "man" shed in months! He is working on a custom display for the Show. So exciting!!