Finger-Pickin' Good!

I love playing the banjo. There I said it!

It's the funnest instrument ever, and i challenge anyone to hold one and not be super-dooper happy....It's just not possible :)
I've been teaching myself how to play for a bit over a year now and it brings me endless entertainment, but I'm starting to feel like my love o' the banjo is subtly affecting my aesthetic.



All I want to be wearing these days is high-ish waisted jeans teemed western shirts and cheap canvas shoes (and man do i love a good pair of white socks!)
Now I personally think this look is 100% adorable, but when even my dad starts razzing me for looking like a country hick I wonder if things have gone awry (let it be said that my pa isn't the most stylish of gents, but a surely a farmer born and bred knows how to spot a hick when he sees one)


(my hound loves it when i play to her)

These are my two favourite outfits at the moment, and they are on high rotation in my wardrobe. I am willing to concede that they are a little on the country side, but not in a bumbling bucktooth yokel kinda way, but in a cute farm girl kinda way....right?
Well that's my opinion anyway, and I'm running with it. Yippie

On a related note I've just got a new shipment of stock in from America....and there is a whole heap of great western shirts. I'll put some photos up next week, but I'd get in quick because they wont last long. Hurrah.

(my buddy Em thought of the title for this post....we thought it was hilarious, but we're a bit silly)

Go-Go Fun!

Wowzers.....I just got back from my very first Go-Go dance class and it was the greatest fun the world has ever seen!.

It is run by Anna of Anna's go-go Academy, and she is one super lady. She creates such a fun and exciting atmosphere, and the dances she concocts are incredible. We did a whole heap of different dances to some amazing songs and the hour just flew by (i was however super exhausted by the end)


(image from anna's go-go academy website)

So if you want to try something new, I would defiantly go to go-go! Maybe I'll see you there next week. Yay!

Sneak Peak!

Hey Folks!

Well it's been all a-go-go at Poppet HQ lately, I've been madly designing, drafting and sewing up some gorgeous pieces for the summer line. It's gonna be fun and bright and oh so nice :)
I was going to keep it all secret until the launch party next month (stay tuned because it'll be a swell night out!) but when I created this little number I got so excited I just had to show you all.



Ta Da! It's a plaid play-suit! Hurrah!

In other news I got a new laptop last week. Yay.
For the last few months I have been using a frankenstein like desktop cooked up by my buddy from discarded computer scraps found on the side of the road. Now this was all well and good (free things always tend to impress me) but when my day to day computing had to occur off a live ubuntu CD (vaguely broken mind you) and accessing my files meant going into the terminal and typing crazy commands, I felt like I was turning into a nerd o' the computer variety and that just didn't sit right with me......I like my nerdiness to be of the crafty and board gamey variety.
So anyways my new laptop is super. I can do work all day long and into the night, so that means more blog posts for you to read!

I like you

A few weeks ago I was the lucky winner of this beautiful pocket watch from 'I like you' I never win anything so this was such a delightful treat :)

If you aren't familiar with the 'I like you' shop in Fitzroy you defiantly should check it out. It is such a cute store filled with lots of beautiful things. And they now have an online shop too for people not in the wonderful city of Melbourne.
They also have a fun blog and every week they do a giveaway....so if you wanna win something lovely head over to the blog.... because you gotta be in it to win!

Hurrah......I've been having so much fun wearing it, telling the time has never been more fun!
Thanks 'I like you'.....i really do like you!

Nurses

I love costume parties....it is no secret!
I think every party should have some sort of theme...that way you get all the fun of the party, plus all the added fun of dressing up! What's not to love about that :)

The other week I went to a great "emergency ward" party, and Amy and I dressed up as WW2 Nurses....we had vintage wool capes, cute dresses and I made us hats and an apron. We also had vintage red cases for our 'medical kits' which Amy wisely stocked with supplies (the bandages came in handy when there was the inevitable drunken accident....eep)

It was a great party and everybody's costumes were fantastic...hurrah

If you are ever stuck for a costume, come see me at Poppet. With all the stock in the shop and all my treasures hidden in the store-room, I think we could make any costume possible! Yay

New Things

Some of my favourite vintage pieces that I've just put in the shop!

Come visit me at Poppet....123 Scotchmer St, Fitzroy North to have a look at these and the many other adorable pieces I have for sale :)

I love my Dog

Today I was taking some photos of the new stock I've just put in the shop, and my lovely hound Tilda thought she would get in on the fun!
She is a 10 year old Kelpie Lab cross and her favourite activities include swimming, chasing flocks of pigeons and getting lots of cuddles :)
I rescued her from the RSPCA nearly 4 years ago, and she has filled my life with such love and joy.
She is the greatest!

Photos of the new stock is coming soon....I just couldn't resist showing off my hound :)