Mitchell & Dent's Tittle Tattle

So, there’s this BIG THING we’ve been working on. It is called First Comes Love (and then comes marriage) and it is an alternative bridal fair and we’re making it from scratch. It is on June 18 and 19, upstairs at the Oxford Hotel in Leederville. It all came about because we took Mitchell & Dent to a big brash bridal fair last year and felt a little like fish-out-of-water. I don’t think what we do aligns too well with stretch Hummers and teeth-whitening and Swarovski-encrusted fishtaily dresses. So we thought we’d plan something smaller, sweeter and sassier with some of the incredibly creative folks we’ve had the pleasure of meeting through our stationery work. We’re all ganging up to show WA the goodness. Will you come?

And when the M&D team started talking vintage party frocks to make pledges in, it sounded like our mums all wore identical gowns. Maybe not quite on closer inspection, but just look at our mums and dads getting hitched. They’re all so shiny and happy (of course, they hadn’t had us yet). See if you can choose whose M&D is whose?

firstcomeslove.com.au

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Our chums Dan and Bec from Studio Lost & Found found this brilliant little series of dioramas with hand-lettered type by Aled Lewis in London. We love them, especially this one, and not least because Mr Lewis seems to share a similar sense of humour to us (go here and be sure to look at the back). Dumb bunnies. But as Aled says, what rabbits lack in smarts, they make up for in cute.

aledlewis.com

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Worried that your mantle will let you down this Christmas? That you won’t have enough cards on it to adequately reflect how popular and cool you really are? Well, Domestikate have got you covered. You can subscribe to their Christmas card list and receive a photo card every December for the next six years. They’ll be your ‘kooky, new, insta-friends’.

domestikate.etsy.com

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This photograph was taken by Emma-Lee. It is an image of something very dear to her heart and will be a part of an upcoming exhibition here in Perth. Emma-Lee is five. YES! FIVE! I couldn’t take a shot like this now, let alone when I was five. In an exciting project co-ordinated by our very clever friend KT, the entire student body of two whole primary schools have explored the world of image-making; exploring themes of nostalgia, memory, textures, alternative ways of viewing and portraiture. We’re very much looking forward to the exhibitions.

Thursday 21 October 2010, 2:15pm to 4pm, Bannister Creek Primary School
Saturday 20 November 2010, 10am to 4pm, East Hamilton Primary School

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Super creative Pip Lincolne, blogger for Meet Me At Mike’s is such an M&D fave, all about ‘Good Stuff for Nice People’. How could we resist taking part in The Envelope Project? The Meet Me At Mike’s window in Melbourne will be transformed over the next fortnight by snail mail wonderfulness, sent from hither, thither and yon in decorated envelopes. Here is our little pre-decorated package before it hit the post. We can’t wait to see how it looks at the other end. We’ll be sure to post a link if we spot it (oh, and if you look carefully you might recognise some of the bits and bobs we sent).

meetmeatmikes.blogspot.com

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