Mitchell & Dent's Tittle Tattle

Mesdames Mitchell & Dent are very fond of a fiesta, a shindig, a soirée – even a sundowner. And whilst we disapprove of being invited by text, we don’t think every bash warrants bespoke letterpress stationery. DIY can be most delightful, so here’s some we prepared earlier… lovely invitations in little packs of 8, envelopes all included. Perfect for children’s birthdays, high teas, dinner parties and baby showers. You can find them at the Studio Bomba Shop.

(And to the lovely gal who popped in to see us on Sunday and to who I promised a blog post, apologies for my tardiness!)

Studio Bomba Shop
Open Thursday to Sunday, 10:30am to 6ish
379 Oxford Street, Mt Hawthorn, Western Australia
studiobomba.com.au 

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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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Poor Tittle Tattle, we’ve been so neglectful. But it is only because we’re super busy planning something super exciting. We’ll spill the beans real soon, promise. In the meantime, we’ve been thinking frocks. As stationers, Mitchell & Dent gets to work with lovely brides a lot and have heard how frustrating it can be to find these kinds of frocks in Perth (if you have, do please share!). Folks find them on Etsy, but would you be brave enough to order in a frock from overseas unseen? Well if you are, these ones look pretty…

Top row: The Peppermint Pretty
Second row: Alexandra King Bridal
Third row: Closet Case Vintage
Last row: Angel’s Bridal Boutique

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Should you have heard high-pitched girlie squeals of delight this afternoon, the kind that curls toes and causes puppies to cower in fear, then we’ll take the blame. But we have a damn good excuse. We discovered Her Handpicked Harvest online. AND they are from Perth. They are the go-to folks for fine vintage collectibles and curios, all available for hire for celebrations such as I-do’s and I-don’t-want-to-turn-[insert age here]‘s.

www.herhandpickedharvest.com.au

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We know a girl who just gave her notice in order to spend more time getting noticed for what she does best. You too can be noticed in notable vintage from The Vintage Valley. Congrats and good luck Ally.

thevintagevalley.com

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33.3 on Cargo Collective

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lazybones.com.au

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In our parallel Studio Bomba lives, we have been designing for Fringe World. So ahem, that little disclaimer safely out of the way, HOW EXCITING IS IT?! Perth is getting a spiegeltent! Its very own spiegeltent! That’s it, shown above! With lots of lively cabaret, burlesque, comedy and music acts coming to play inside it in February! Visit the teaser site to see who and sign yourself up for a Fringe World program! Off you pop, pets!

!!

fringeworld.com.au

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bosse-art.com

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Hunters and Collectors on Facebook

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