For lovers of music on vinyl, clocks with hands and shoes with laces – meet the Retrovelo Classic Series. There may be a lack of baskets, streamers and spokey dokes, but I’m sure you’ll agree that folks with a fondness for days gone by won’t be able to resist these sweet rides. Available in Australia from Kronan Cycles.

www.retrovelo.de

You might have noticed that Mitchell & Dent have been a little quiet on the tittle tattling front recently. That’s because we’ve been beavering away, making damn good goodies to take to Melbourne next week. If you want to take a sneaky peek before they hit our online shop, just trundle on down to Magnolia Square at the Malvern Town Hall on August 5-6-7 and come say hooroo. We’d love to see you.

magnoliasquare.com.au

More than rings on fingers and bells on toes, why not wear a whole circus? Thanks to Old Gold Boutique in Canada, you can.

oldgoldboutique.com

Madame Mitchell is relishing in Perth’s prolonged cold spell. She enjoys a brisk walk on a dewy morning, happily cooks up hearty winter-warming soups and thoroughly enjoys an evening inside crocheting granny squares by the dozen.

Madame Dent is not so jolly. There are only so many days she can stop in bed with the cats and a hot toddy before being accused of being a lazybones.

www.lazybones.com.au

Mitchell & Dent were faced with a dilemma recently. The lovely Luann, maker of the most divine arrangements, left our florist of choice and in her wake, so did our loyal patronage. We’ve been experimenting with new florists for a few months to no avail. Then we heard tell of Rebecca Grace and her studio Natural Art. So blooming lovely and with the most easy peasy of online ordering systems.

www.naturalartflowers.com.au

Mitchell & Dent are social media addicts (how can you tell?), so we all giggled out loud at I am Baker‘s Facebook and Twitter biscuits. Four people definitely like this.

I am Baker

I remember the first time my dear friend Miss Marie first showed me her eraser collection. She poured the contents of a 40 litre bin onto her living room floor and we spent hours rummaging through mini hamburgers, kittens and soccer balls. I’m not quite sure I should introduce her to the wonder of Hapa Culture. I’m afraid it will only feed her addiction.

www.hapaculture.com

Goodness gracious me. This multicoloured rug by Krita is made of dozens and dozens of little felted wool balls. Amazing, but it still looks like a giant freckle to me.

krita.etsy.com

Ann-Marie moved to Pennsylvania where antique stores abound, so she decided to stop making skin tight garments covered in cheap lace and instead make beautiful wearable vintage-inspired dresses, shirts and skirts for going on adventures in. So glad she did.

minxshop.etsy.com

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.

1. One should avoid striking the side of one’s teacup with the spoon when stirring as the sound is most unpleasant.
2. One should never (ever) protrude one’s pinky whilst sipping tea.
3. The spout of the teapot should always face toward the host or hostess.
4. Traditional tea time is four in the afternoon, however any time between two and five is acceptable.
5. A tea party is not complete without scones, cupcakes and cucumber sandwiches.
6. Unattractive tea sets are simply inexcusable, especially as Fiona from Antiquitea right here in Perth has such pretty porcelain for hire (as shown above).

www.antiquitea.com.au