July 5, 2010 / By Mademoiselle Michelle / 2 comments
Having noticed a serious lowering in the standards of tea party etiquette of late, M&D feel the need to share their top tips for the proper drinking of tea.
One should avoid striking the side of one’s teacup with the spoon when stirring as the sound is most unpleasant.
One should never (ever) protrude one’s pinky whilst sipping tea.
The spout of the teapot should always face toward the host or hostess.
Traditional tea time is four in the afternoon, however any time between two and five is acceptable.
A tea party is not complete without scones, cupcakes and cucumber sandwiches.
Unattractive tea sets are simply inexcusable, especially as Fiona from Antiquitea right here in Perth has such pretty porcelain for hire (as shown above).
May 26, 2010 / By Mademoiselle Michelle / 4 comments
Recently both Madame Mitchell and Madame Dent found out they are going to be aunties. This sparked a few childhood memories, including the wondrous world of Misseri Studio’s stop-motion animations. Our favourite is Quaq Quao because it is all made from paper and the theme song is so damn catchy. Ahh, memories.
Thank you Martha Stewart, Rochelle Adonis and I am baker, you have just made it that much harder for brides to be to choose their wedding cake. I say, why not have all three?
Carboard Safari have made it so we can feel like intrepid adventurers without the pith helmet, safari suit or all the animal cruelty. These spiffy-looking animal heads are made of cardboard and come flatpacked so you can assemble them yourself and dress them up however you may desire. Marvellous.
Instead of making your mum the traditional eggs on toast this Mothers Day, why not try whipping up a batch of these yummy open egg pies. Perthonality (and part-time food blogger) Miss Kristy Leigh has kindly shared her scrum-diddly-umptious recipe with us and we’re eager to give it a go. The mesdames feel they would be best enjoyed in bed, accompanied by coffee and a novelette (one of those racy bodice-rippers, not that we’ve never read one of course).
April 21, 2010 / By Mademoiselle Michelle / 1 comment
We had a sneaking suspicion that the latest Frankie might have been out when we started getting a flood of orders for our Small Prints. Now that our suspicions have been officially confirmed, we’re watching our mailbox eagerly so we can take a peek. Flick your copy of issue 35 to the Frank Bits section to find a little snippet about yours truly.
Ever have the urge to curl up in the corner with a box of crayons and a colouring-in book, but think it’s only for little ones? Supermarket Sarah has just the thing with these Colour Me Good books, album sleeves and paper dolls. Made by Mel Elliot – and perfect for us (not so) grown-ups.
es, we realise we’ve already posted about Jessica Hische’s daily drop caps but we just couldn’t help ourselves when we saw this lovely ‘Y’. A perfect beginning for words like ‘yellow’, ‘yummy’ and ‘yikes’. Yay!
April 7, 2010 / By Mademoiselle Michelle / 1 comment
ery clever Jessica Hische. Not only do you make beautiful typography to adorn our walls, but you give us delightful drop caps (like this one) every day to decorate our blogs. We are especially taken with the letter V as it suits our colour scheme perfectly and can start words like ‘voluptuous’, ‘vivacious’ and ‘vodka’. We may just have to purchase it as a print from your shop so we can look at it all day long.
Little cups of cake
My cup of tea
You are invited
Lovely things and lost things
Spring has sprung
In the window
Hip hip hooray
A trickle of colour
I am Baker, feed me more
Oh my
Itsy bitsy animals
The fête of fêtes
Perth’s best blogs (part one)
To a tea
Strawberries and green
Chi chi chenille
Kitty kitty donkey wolf
Make waves
The small print
The bottom of birdcages
Blast from the past
Pencil porn
The magical mind of Megan Isabella
es, we realise we’ve already posted about Jessica Hische’s 
Daily drop cap
On the vine
Haber-dashing
ery clever 
Yee-haw
Heeeere’s Johnny