Mitchell & Dent's Tittle Tattle

We recently hawked our Mitchell & Dent wares at the Kyilla Primary School Fête and omigoodness, were we flabbergasted by the fundraising efforts of the folks involved. It was incredible. The fête and coinciding Celebrity Book Auction (40-odd celebs including the likes of Dawn French, Julia Gillard and Tim Minchin donated books, no less) raised something like twenty thousand dollars. It sure did make the soggy sandwiches, toffee cups, chocolate wheels and kewpie dolls of our childhood fêtes pale in comparison. It was the fête equivalent of super-charged kewpies with extra added cuteness, a bit like the ones from The Little Dröm Store.

thelittledromstore.bigcartel.com

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Emily Martin of The Black Apple is a curiosity peddler and a picture scribbler and the maker of this delightful doll of many doodads and disguises. Haven’t you always wanted to be a bandit or a bear?

theblackapple.etsy.com

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For crafty folks who are nifty with a needle, you might get a little thrill out of Ume Craft‘s shop of patterns for felt plush. In the shape of foods. How funny is felt food? That, and William Shatner singing Cee Lo Green’s ‘Fuck You’.

umecrafts.etsy.com

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I am sorely tempted to purchase a pair of these from Finnish folks Company. Missy Fliss Junior loves nothing better than to so see her Grandpa rock and roll at the local tavern on a Friday night and she bops around the dance floor with Mummy Miss Fliss. However, I do wonder if we can jive in them?

com-pa-ny.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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Imagine my surprise when I found out that my favourite one-of-a-kind high school English teacher from days of yore has hidden talents. She makes these one-of-a-kind Diddums dolls. She’s also a singer, which I didn’t know. Singing, stitching, Shakespeare – what a combination.

www.diddums.com.au

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Isn’t she? This is Ursa the Bear. I like bears, better than Goldilocks anyhow. I’ll never understand how that binge-eating, narcoleptic, petty thief got to be the heroine of the story. Designer David Weeks clearly prefers bears too.

areaware.com

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Mademoiselle Michelle just mentioned the Sylvanians and I’ve had a total flashback to the 80′s. My sister and I had the Thistlethorn Family and the Timbertop Family, along with the house where the lights really worked. Apparently they are collectors items now, if only we had kept them.

www.sylvanianfamilies.com

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Why would you seek calm seas when you can make waves? See? See what I did there? Aren’t we deep (tee hee) here at Mitchell & Dent? Set sail over to Cartoon Monster from Portland to see this wee little crank-handled automata.

Cartoon Monster on Etsy

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