ah ha, all our christmas delights are now online.
we are introducing our latest birdie friend....
Paul Partridge. He's got a rather unconventional wing, we think he stands out from your every day partridge.
do pop on the site to see the full range and don't forget Sara and I are at the ready with our scissors and wrap!
with joy,
alana
xx
ow what a good day:
1. the wisteria is starting to pop all over the fence. we become the purple house in spring; three lilac trees and wisteria, and we all know wisteria does what she pleases, each year she's found a new place to grow.
2. mum came for a visit and gave me green tea with rose from T2, such a treat
and then
3. a little package arrived from Kikki K. oh how i love the post. I had emailed Kristina earlier in the week to say how much I was loving all the colour in her stores, especially the cute diary and now Sara and I have one each and a bright yellow pen. thanks kristina, I feel so special! this is a good week for yellow (and purple)
writing about being 27 reminded me of our dear friends birthday tea we had on the balcony the other week. the sun came out, we dipped strawberries in dark chocolate, sara made hummingbird cake and we drunk tea from nans delightful cups. it is so so good to celebrate.
I am sitting here with a bright orange ball between me and the chair in an effort to sit up straight.
turns out you can't be serious when trying to keep a ball in its place.
well, I came on here to write about post trade show happenings, which is now all about getting everything christmas ready to post on the 1st of october, four days before I turn 27. (I still feel like the dorky high school kid. Every now and then I have an odd dream where I am told that the year I finished didn't count and that my whole year level has to repeat the last year of school. in the dream I fish out my old school uniform and pack my school bag.)
anyway, christmas. Our christmas things will be on our website by the 1st of october too, we are making wrapping paper this year so we will be offering a wrapping service. that sounded very shopping centerish. the wrapping service is me and sara, two pairs of scissors and some sticky tape.
In other news, we are not going ahead with our 2009 calendar. which is so sad, but the idea of not selling them all is worse, the waste would make me cry.
last of all, here is a picture of our notebooks blowing on the line.
xx
below are all the pictures from the show, including little abigail showing us her favorite bird house.
I can't take credit for the merchandising, that is all Rachel, super talented and most excellent of friends.
so thanks Ra Ra. We've played together since we were 8, digging up old fish ponds, baking or burning depending on the day, watching cutting edge and working out we could climb from her brothers room into the bathroom using the tree by the window.
It was very normal for us to be out in her parents shed last week hosing off dirty jars for our flowers.
what fun we've had. months of preparation and the launch of our new range. and our little poppies garden worked out better than the design in my head, which is unreal banana peel. I'm feeling so uplifted this week, we met with so may beautiful store owners, stylists and designers. Drunk tea out of china cups which really annoyed the caterers who we're determined to have us use their paper ones. It was lovely to see our talented friends Amber and Karen of the stationery brand Me and Amberand wonderful Elise Caarels . Now we are home again, out of the city and back with the quieter places. Although it's not so still in this house, lots of orders to fill, yay.
