Mitchell & Dent's Tittle Tattle

The thing that has always bugged me about clocks is how that little hand keeps spinning around, making it painfully clear that seconds are being counted down. It’s nerve-wracking. I don’t want a household appliance reminding me of my mortality. That’s why I like this clock. It is more relaxed. And pretty. Thanks Biegert & Funk for Qlocktwo. And because I don’t have a spare 800-odd Euros handy, I very much appreciate the iPhone app version.

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Mitchell & Dent are old school. We’re real big on little things like confetti. Don’t you think it is a bit sad that wedding venues now value a clutter-free floor more than the joyful silliness of showering a bride and groom in papery specks of well-wishes? When we were little, the most exciting part of a wedding was the confetti (and the lace-laden dolls on the front of the bridal car, of course). Why not step back in time and celebrate (confetti allowed) by visiting our website, requesting a catalogue or ordering a sample pack?

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We gave you a little hint earlier in the year, but now it is a dead set cert… Outré Gallery is opening its doors in Perth. This Friday. With an exhibition of Shag‘s ‘Inscrutable Mystery Guide’ works. Oh lordie, how will me and my ever-diminishing bank balance make it out alive? We’re doomed. Come view the carnage?

Outré Gallery, 260 William Street, Northbridge
Shag event on Facebook

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Yes. You can get letterpress wedding invitations in Perth, thanks for asking. And Mitchell & Dent‘s lovely old 1905 Chandler and Price platen press, affectionately dubbed ‘Herbert’, especially likes to print the Cameo wedding stationery suite. He thinks the elegant typefaces, fancy flourishes and ornaments, and sweet little customisable cameos are most befitting the vintage printing technique of letterpress. If you do too, why not visit the website, request the catalogue or order a sample?

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Inspired by Laura Ashley dresses of the 80s, John Laflin’s Liberty of London florals and 90s ‘It’ girl Plum Sykes – we spent an unreasonably long time creating Mitchell & Dent‘s very own pretty little tea rose print. It comes in five different colour palettes which can be used separately or mixed and matched. Perfect for garden celebrations in the sunshine and high teas on terraces, why not take a closer peek at the Luella wedding stationery suite on the website, in our newest catalogue or by ordering a sample pack?

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3. Old school glam

Mesdames Mitchell and Dent would feel right at home here at the Parker Palm Springs. The hotel was once Gene Autry‘s ranch and the Merv Griffin Resort, but was given a Jonathan Adler retro stroke kitsch stroke glam make-over earlier this century. A little bit vintage 50s, a little bit 60s mod, a little bit shag-pile 70s – all faaaabulous. According to the New York Times it is frequented by gay Hollywood producers, straight Hollywood producers, celebrities and their entourages. I’m sure there could be room for two ladies who love Pimms. Anyone got a sugar daddy going spare?

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If you’re looking for old-school mid-century glamour but can’t afford to run away to get married at The Parker, why not opt for a little Palm Springs style in your own home town? Honeycomb is the perfect wedding stationery suite for couples who wish to channel their inner Audrey and Cary and can be found on the Mitchell & Dent website, in our newest catalogue or in a sample pack available in our little online shop.

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If you heart paper like Mitchell & Dent hearts paper, then Paper Heart is the wedding stationery suite for you. Cut-paper style hearts with your names custom designed in Madame Dent’s very own retro-y hand-drawn typeface. Simple and sweet and sassy, perfect for the day when you pledge your heart to your one and only. To find out more visit the website, request the newest catalogue or order a sample.

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OK, OK, enough about Melbourne already. I promise this is our last post about our jaunt to the east. We spent a day at the overwhelmingly huge Life InStyle trade show and were amazed by the goodies available to people with shops. Almost enough to make us wish we had a shop. Geez Louise, Australians make some good things. And what really surprised us were the number of Perthonalities who travelled across to exhibit. See, we can do things other than dig stuff out of the ground in this state.

It was nice to catch up with our favourite felt folks Jess and Jayden from Bug and Megs. Have you been to their shop in Fremantle yet? You should.

Tú are a local fashion label and we loved seeing their Mary Lou for Tú jewellery range. Sweetness.

Antigone has her very own House of Antigone and combines her graphic design and photography skills to make art objects for the home.

I bet you know Freo-based jewellery designers Loop already. Danny Sheiner makes amazing things and has a new studio in Margaret River to boot.

Cate Blanchett, Toni Collette and Miranda Kerr wear Sophie Kyron jewellery and you can too. If you like crazy carved beaded over-the-topness.

Pure Linen are all about pure linen, oddly enough. Designed in Australia and made in Europe and Australia.

We’ve bought these Mattiske map bangles and never knew they were designed and manufactured by Perth’s  Sharra Art. Well, whatdoyaknow?

Of course, Pigeonhole. The one-stop-shop (well, four little shops and an online store now) for cute and quirky. So much goodness.

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Our Melbourne morning ritual was coffee from the little bolthole Brother Baba Budan (above), take-away toast from some place whose name we can’t remember, oopsie (marmalade on sourdough for Madame Mitchell, butter on multigrain for Madame Dent) and onto the tram to the Malvern Town Hall for the Magnolia Square markets. Drop in to 359 Little Bourke Street for the creamiest of cremas, the chirpiest of earlybird baristas and to count just how many lovely-looking Melbourne boys wear navy pea-coats and striped scarves (thank you Breakfast Out for the image).

brotherbababudan.com.au

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