For the Love of Vintage review

I hope by now that you have heard of the brand, For the love of vintage. If not I'm going to tell you all about them right now! They are a small business run in Australia who specialize in handmade products that revolve around sustainability and environmentally friendly practices. Everything they use is recycled and therefore a lot of the items are limited. They have created something I have been a little mad over for a while now, a huge range of candy heart brooches! I got sent a great selection as a gift, along with a few other items to show you all. I love them so much.

So many colours to take it, one for every outfit! I was so overwhelmed by how amazing these are. Each one is hand painted to look super cute along with a few other beautiful touches. The heart has a fabric center which works so well, the donut is glittery and the cute pineapple necklace has a different print on the other side.

I only managed to grab a few snaps to show you these as a little Penelope wanted my attention the whole time.

I didn't know which candy heart to wear so I thought multiple was acceptable. These are such a great idea, my personal favorite being "Beat It Creep" as I am a huge fan of the film Cry Baby but I have to say the others truly represent me. Of course I am the selfie queen! I will have to grab a few more of these, I need to wear Mean Girl quotes all day every day. For the love of vintage have catered for so many people with this range.

See! There are just so many to choose from and to top it off, they do custom orders to.

(images from For the love of Vintage Facebook page)

These two where just too yummy to wear! I really enjoy food related accessories, not only can I wear them but I can look silly and try to eat them when I get hungry because they do look good enough to eat. The pink donut is covered in glitter making it that little bit extra adorable and the burger is actually pretty big. I love a big statement brooch!

Like I said before I couldn't grab any more snaps due to a little cutie wanting my attention so you will have to spot the other few in other OOTDs and Instagram snaps.

Check out all the range from For the love of vintage over on there Facebook page, you won't be disappointed.

Other outfit details:

Dress: Pinup girl clothing Ashley dress (sold out)

Belt: Kmart

Hair flowers: Daisy Jean floral custom design (get a closer look here)

See you all again soon!

Kitty Cats and Vintage wonders

 On Sunday myself and my little family took a lovely trip to one of my favorite events of the year, The polka dot vintage markets. It only happens 3 times a year but with over 300 stalls that's okay. I spent a good 3 hours just wondering around exploring all the vintage wonders every one was selling. I found a whole heap of amazing things but most out of my budget, I just love to look. Of course I had to get dressed up, well I call it dressed up. I do dress up almost every day so its nothing out of the ordinary. I did pop on one of the latest items to hang its self in my wardrobe thanks to my wonderful boyfriend. The markets are held in a building in the show grounds in Perth, basically a place where a lot of events happen. I was planning on taking pictures of my outfit before I left but then I remembered one of the buildings there that I just had to get pictures in front of. I set up my tripod and took a billion pictures as everyone driving past thought I was crazy.

The building covered in black cat cut outs is by far the most perfect place to snap a few pictures. This little guy I decided to name Stanley. I'm not sure why, it just happened.

The Hell Bunny Constance dress has been high on my wish list for a very long time now but sadly it has become the most hardest dress to find online. Luckily for me I found a small shop within Australia selling them in the plus sizes only. I could have sized down but wanted the dress so bad that I got the 2XL. It is a perfect fit but I am looking at losing weight and wearing my corset a lot more.

The print on this dress is perfection. I have been obsessing over the Toile look ever since I saw Miss Amy May post about it. I have seen it on a range of dresses both new and old but all way out of my budget so I was glad that I found the Hell Bunny Constance dress. The little detailed pictures all over the dress are of a few different things from fruit to skulls, I keep finding new things to look at each time I look down.

I never actually looked at the neckline on the dress before I purchased it (I just loved the print that much) but I was pleasantly surprised when I put it on for the first time. The neckline and sleeves where perfect and very unique. There is a a lot of wonderful shapes happening that draw attention but in the right way. The sleeves kind of have this double layer thing happening which is beautiful, you may be able to spot it in a few of the images. 

The over all fit of the dress is wonderful. The material is not to heavy but has great stretch for that extra comfort and hugs the curves in all the right way. I absolutely love this dress and think it is beautiful, I also think its safe to say that little Stanley feels the same way.

Outfit Details:

Dress: Hell Bunny Constance dress from That Crazy place

Belt: Pin up girl clothing

Hair Flowers: Gloss

Pearl necklace, ring and bracelet: Gifts

Petticoat: Hell Bunny Long Petticoat in white from Beserk 

Brooch: Erstwilder Seafarer brooch via Kat Frankies (sold out) 

CS-426 Short corset: Orchard Corset

Of course I have to share with you what I got from the markets. There was so much I did fall in love with but most was way out of my budget. I am happy with my 3 little purchases for $28.

I finally got my hands on a retro looking wooden pineapple bowl! I am still unsure what I will use it for but I just love it. How cute are the 3 little kitties? They look so cute sat on my dressing table right now, especially next to the large shell bowel I got. It was my favorite find of the day and for only $10, the perfect place to put all my brooches (except Erstwilder) and still be able to see them.

I have so much planed right now, from blog posts to a small business adventure so don't run away to far until next time.

Vintage oranges and a Flaming star - Louella De Ville review

Last week I revived a wonderful gift from the lovely lady who owns Your One Stop Pin up shop. It was full of delights and for some reason smelt really good. I did ask her if she popped anything in there like perfume but apparently not, I may just have an odd nose. I have known of the wonderful Your One Stop Pin up shop for a while now and I do enjoy following the shops daily posts across social media. One of my favorite things to come from the store is the little range called Louella De Ville, which is mainly jewelry designed by the wonderful store owner herself. Each piece is made using authentic vintage beads so there is very limited amount of each item. I really love the whole idea of using vintage pieces, it makes each item very unique and in some cases one of a kind.

Above are the matching set of jewelry I received and fell in love with. As soon as I opened up the neatly wrapped package and saw the orange colour, I know straight away what dress to wear this with first. I just need to add more orange to my wardrobe so I can wear them with several outfits. I really loved the cute cards both came. They are designed really nicely and create a lovely touch.

 I also received two very well made hair flowers, I think these are what smelt good in the package. I have only featured one in this post as the other one goes absolutely perfect with an outfit I'm planning this weekend, so you will just have to wait to see it. I love all the individual colours used in this one, it goes so well with many of my tropical dresses right now, especially if I turn it to different angles to get the focus on certain colours at the front. I think I need to get some more of these Louella De Ville hair flowers, they are perfection!

I may have ended up going over board in the pictures I took but I had given myself huge fabulous hair that just had to be shown off.

 

Upon looking at the website half way through this post I learnt that the hair flowers are named after 1950s films. How amazing! I found the slip of paper that was on this one and its titled "Flaming star". I haven't see the film but I will defiantly make a note to watch it now.

Don't forget that if you put codeword "LIXXIE" in at the checkout you get a wonderful 10% off your order. Just another little something to say thank you.

You can see all the Louella De Ville products on the Your One Stop pin up shop's website just by clicking here

You may also want to keep up to date with everything going on by liking their Facebook page also.

Other outfit details:

Cardigan: Dangerfield 2014

Dress: Hearts and Roses London Available at Tragic Beautiful

Belt: Dangerfield 2013/2014

Penelope was far more interesting in other things to look at the camera but oh well, she still is a cutie!

Palm trees and parasols - Emmy Design review

Have you ever found the most perfect dress and never wanted to take it off? It happened to me this week when I received a lovely gift from the Swedish brand, Emmy Designs. I have admired them ever since I saw June from Junebugs and Georgia Peaches wearing one of their fabulous designs a while back. and ever since have not got them out of my mind. 

They recently brought out their summer range for 2015 and its beautiful. I did pick out an older design originally to show you all but they suggested a dress from the new range and I'm so glad they did. Its the perfect summer dress and I wish summer wasn't coming to an end in Australia so I could just keep wearing it forever more. I got sent the lovely Malibu beach dress in vacation mint blue, I'll stop rambling now and actually show you its beauty.

How cute is it!? I actually wore it Oz Comic Con after I snapped these images and got a flood of compliments on it. Everything about it is so perfect so I can see why it got a lot of attention. I really wanted to take pictures by the sea which I live 3 streets away from but the weather thought otherwise. I did manage to get a quick break in the rain for 10 minutes to set up my tripod and be silly in the park, thankfully no one was around. The rain may have gone away but the wind didn't so my hair goes a bit crazy at times so I apologize in advance for the birds nest upon my head.

You have no idea how excited I got when I realized I had purchased the most perfect matching vintage brooch last year. My partner must have thought I was crazy as I ran to get it from the bottom of my brooch box just to show him it paired with the dress. I think I purchased the brooch for under $3 in a secondhand shop and all most died when I found it. Its so cute! Wish I knew a little bit more about it. I did find the exact one but in white in Google images but sadly the Ebay listing has gone away for me to find out anything a bout it. I'd love to know a little something on it.

I love the fact that Emmy Designs cater for the larger woman and pretty much all of there items goes up to some large sizes. I'm wearing a 46 but I am not sure what that translates to in Australian sizes so I went by the measurements on each item to get the perfect fit. I probably could have gone with going down a size due to the stretchy material but that is fine, makes it extra comfy! The material used is a cotton and spandex blend and feels amazing. Its got a slight stiffness to it which creates such a great full skirt look on top of a petticoat.

There is so many features on this dress that its hard not to love it. The straps tie up into little bows (or any knot you wish) which also is great if straps are sometimes to loose or to big on you, they can be tied to any tightness you want. Just another reason as to why its so comfortable! You may also notice that there is no horrid underarm digging in because of the aid of the straps.

Another amazing feature in the dress is "hidden pockets in the side seams to hold cash for ice cream" as said in the cute description on the Emmy website. I found I could fit a quite chunky camera in them without being able to notice it from the outside. Its just great design thinking. Emmy sure do stick by the statement first said on their home page, "Emmy is a Swedish brand who stands for feminine, well-fitted garments that embrace and enhance the female shape - just like in the good old days!". That saying could not be more true about this dress. You will also find a nicely hidden zipper down the back so you can easily get in and out without messing up your hair.

The print is everything on this dress. Every colour and shape works so well together I am a little bit surprised that this dress is actually hanging in my wardrobe. Its the perfect dress to wear that little itsy bitsy bikini under and walk down to the beach, picnic basket in hand and lounge around all day while people passing by admire you.

My hair got a little wrecked towards the end of taking these but oh well, the dress takes the attention away from it. I really do need to add a lot more Emmy designs to my wardrobe, there is a lot I love and would wear almost every day, Id love to own the Malibu in all the prints, it really is such a perfect dress from top to bottom. Expect to see a whole lot more of it on Instagram as you will not get me out of it. I think next time you see me in it,  I will probably style it more for a colder day, Just because the suns gone doesn't mean the pretty dresses have to go away.

Other outfit details:

Belt: Dangerfield 2013/2014

Parasol: Gift

Pearl necklace and bracelet: Gift

Brooch: Vintage

Petticoat: Long Hell Bunny Petticoat from Beserk clothing

Hair Flower: Custom made from Pretty Penies

You can check out the rest of the new spring/summer range from Emmy Designs here 

and also don't forget to give them a like on Facebook to keep up to date.

Be careful looking around the official Emmy website as you are bound to fall in love multiple times.

My little Penny just gets cuter and cuter by the day! 

Thank you all for reading, I have more posts heading your way very very soon :)