Mitchell & Dent's Tittle Tattle

Polli are my go-to gang for lovely light pressies to send overseas, but this one probably wouldn’t make it into the post.

polli.com.au

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One of us has just flown home from holidays. And try as she might to plough through a seemingly bottomless inbox of unread e-mails, it seems she is still away with the birds. Just like the altogether divine Handy Maiden.

handymaiden.etsy.com

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Yes, we are most definitely big fans of Bethamy Linton and her work. Mitchell & Dent spent a delightful day out at yesterday’s Wedding Upmarket right next door to Bethamy, chitchatting away, sharing cupcakes, gazing at glorious views, oh – and showing our wares to peeps planning weddings. Bethamy is a fourth generation silversmith who has a studio in the Swan Valley and while all of her work is something special, we were blown away by her silver and lace fans (boom tish).

bethamylinton.com

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And if full bling is beyond your means, why not go clay? We’re loving Norwegian Bea Hustoft‘s witty work.

beahustoft.etsy.com

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Allira Tee is from Melbourne and makes me giggle. I like these brooches (of course, because I like all brooches), but she is also an expert in the art of tea towel snapping. Not many people can say that with any authority.

alliratee.com

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Because everyone needs a pink cubic zirconia hippopotamus ring.
Named Holly.

noirjewelry.com

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A little warning from a red-faced and flustered Madame Mitchell – think before you google. An image search for something as seemingly innocent as ‘cute fat birds‘ came up with some surprising results. Although she did fare a little better than our friend Jane from Little Design Horse and Future Shelter (who, by the way, is speaking at Semi-Permanent10 here in Perth on Friday – go, book, now) who googled ‘man giving away carrots‘. So, be careful of the cute, it may not be all it seems. Brisbanites-in-Brooklyn Sniffle Co clearly understand.

sniffleco.bigcartel.com

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After much anticipation, this adorable Audrey Kawasaki brooch appeared in my letterbox last week and I’m proudly wearing it for the first time today. Sadly it is now sold out. To soften the blow here is a charming hand painted brooch by local designers Lovers and Dreamers that isn’t. Available for purchase from Popsicle and Esty.

left: audrey-kawasaki.com
right: loversdreamers.etsy.com

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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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I know I know, that title doesn’t quite work, but I needed to get into the guts of this post quick smart. No time for tweaking the twee, as there is an awful lot to tittle and tattle about. If you’ve been living under a rock, you may not know that Mitchell & Dent went to Melbourne last week to hawk our wares at Magnolia Square (we did go on about it a bit). And omigoodness, there were so many good things there by good people that impressed our good selves. Here is a little taste of the goodness (from top to bottom)….

Melbourne’s A Skulk of Foxes make crazy good silver, timber and acrylic jewellery.

Angus & Celeste make jewellery and homewares, but we most loved these porcelain bottle vases decorated with botanicals native to Victoria’s Dandenong Ranges.

A treasure trove of vintage papery goodness from Green Olive – prints and stationery items made out of rescued children’s books from days gone by.

More midcentury-meets-paper wonderfulness, this time from South Australia’s Delilah Devine. Love the flying duck plaques covered with vintage wallpapers.

The mesdames must confess, we ate a whole host of Michel’s Fine Biscuit Co‘s wares. We heartily recommend the hazelnut shortbread and the ginger and almond buscuit with a lemon myrtle-infused white chocolate filling.

And finally, having just driven by the old Skipping Girl Vinegar sign in Victoria Street, it was really nice to see her emblazoned on homewares by Make Me Iconic. Swoon-worthy souvenirs.

We want to say a giant thankyou thankyou thankyou to our lovely friend Michelle who helped us out so much in Melbourne – our guide, our taxi, our handyman, our tea-lady, our support and our cheerleader. You’re tops, Shells.

And to three ladies who made our day by coming to say hello – you know who you are Belgian Nancy, Tanya from T&J and Sylvia. Very nice to meet you.

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