Mitchell & Dent's Tittle Tattle

Mesdames Mitchell and Dent advocate the use of crochet for good and not evil. Evil: toilet roll dollies, very small bikinis, and cuff and collar ‘jewellery’ combinations. Good: granny rugs, doilies and of course, lovely deer wall hangings. You can buy this pattern from Re Rae and help put the world to rights.

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My sister has an abiding love of rabbits, so much so that her imaginary friend was one. Not quite Donnie Darko style, but he did once lose himself in a fabric store causing my mum to spend a good few minutes searching with a teary little tot in tow. Well, thanks to Oh My Cavalier I’ve just started my Christmas shopping. And I shall name him Fluff Bum.

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It wood. Because this wedding stationery suite is darn cute. It has a bunny on it. Wooden it be Lovely by Mitchell & Dent can be found on the website, in our newest catalogue or in a sample pack in our little online shop. Go see. Hop to it.

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Oh lordy, where to start?! Be prepared for lots of tittle tattle about Melbourne in the days to come as Mitchell & Dent recently popped across the Nullarbor to say howdy-do at Magnolia Square and introduce our bits and bobs to folks in the East.

Where to start? How about the morning we arrived after a damn red eye flight (did I say damn already, damnedy damn)? We have AIX’s blood orange and burnt sugar crepes and Chris from Corky Saint Clair to thank for kick-starting our jaunt in the jolliest of ways. Chris is nice. He told us lots of ace places to visit and I bought the bestest Sarah McNeil brooch from his shop in the subway between Degraves and Flinders Station. Of course, we then checked in early and promptly fell asleep. So sad.

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Carboard Safari have made it so we can feel like intrepid adventurers without the pith helmet, safari suit or all the animal cruelty. These spiffy-looking animal heads are made of cardboard and come flatpacked so you can assemble them yourself and dress them up however you may desire. Marvellous.

www.cardboardsafari.com

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I wouldn’t dare set down my slice of cake on one of these lovely doilies (it wouldn’t last long enough to set down anyway). In limited editions of 25, these hand stitched pieces will sell like little hotcakes.

Sooooound on Etsy

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For jaded designers who have got too big for their boots, just look at this illustration from recent Canadian design graduate Jenny Kim. And her packaging. And her publication work. And her brand identity design. All ridiculously inspirational. Go Jenny.

www.jennykimcreative.com

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Gratuitous animal illustrations from NZ’s Sarah McNeil. Nothing to say here (really, what could we possibly say?). Move along, move along. Off to Etsy you go.

Sarah McNeil on Etsy

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I don’t know if this Lucie (England’s Lucie Sheridan) has red hair and a thing for Desi Arnaz, but she must be a little crazy-cute kooky to create something as fabulous as these decorative moose heads for SNAP studio in Bristol. Available online at the most wonderful All Things Original shop, where you can see her lovely illustrations too.

www.allthingsoriginal.com

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Let us preface this post with a Mitchell & Dent design disclaimer… in our other lives as brand boffins Studio Bomba, we are so fortunate to work with energiser bunny Clara Jane. Not only is she the mother of a one year old, but she has single-handedly established not one, but two, brand new businesses.

Lad & Lass creates artworks and interiors products as shown above, wholly designed and manufactured in Western Australia. Ball and Skittle is an online emporium that carefully sources children’s play, gift and home wares that are good for imaginations, good for growing bodies, good for the environment and good for the future happiness of the world. Good for Christmas too, I’d say.

www.ballandskittle.com.au

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