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.

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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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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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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.

corkysaintclair.net
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www.monkeysalwayslookshop.com

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What is going on? In an era where we have easy access to the time on our phones, our tellies, our ovens, our computers and our hi-fis, why on earth would we need to wear a watch? Because they are so darn pretty, lookie lookie… 1. Starck, 2. IDEA International, 3. Nixon, 4. Starck, 5. Mr Jones Watches, 6. Nooka, 7. Nixon, 8. LIP and 9. Denise Julie Reytan (oh, and one of these things is not like the others, gotta love a jeweller with a sense of humour).

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How did you know, Melanie Favreau? Tuesday morning after a long weekend and this is how I feel already. Oh dearie me.

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Lookie lookie at Looka‘s little letters. Handmade in Massachusetts in silver or gold, they can be stamped with a personal message. I might be tempted to sit right down and write myself a letter.

Looka Jewelry’s Online Shop

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