Shop LOVE...We heart our neighbours!

We love our little store.
We love our charming little suburb with it's quaint stores and boutique coffee shops & eateries.
And we really love our delightful neighbours and friends!

Today as a family of stores we started a Facebook group to showcase our little slice of Paddington and all of the delights it has to offer. It's also a wonderful way to show support for our friends and neighbouring vendors. We hope to be able to share news from all over the Upper Latrobe Paddington strip, from our individual stores and as a group where possible! Take a look at the page and stay abreast of all of the Upper Latrobe happenings. 

I feel incredibly lucky to belong to such a wonderful community...come and see what the fuss is about sometime!

Thea xx 

Celebration LOVE...Leap Year Brides!

Happy Leap Year everyone and especially to those celebrating birthdays today {how young are you today 4, 10, 21?}. Did you know the other fabulous thing about a leap year? There is a long-held tradition that females can propose to their boyfriends on February 29 {TODAY!}. I wonder how many women out there were brave enough {or frustrated enough and decided to take matters into their own hands} to pop the question to their beau today? Whether you did it or he did don't forget to organise a fabulous engagement shoot. We adore a beautifully or simply styled shoot like these below...

{one, two, three, four, five}

{one, two, three, four, five}

This day is extra special for some friends of mine who welcomed a beautiful baby boy into the world. Congratulations guys what a wonderful addition to your family!

Thea xx

Event LOVE...pretty papers!

Today we finished off two beautiful invitations for two very lovely girls. Each was completely different but both are bright and gorgeous! We can't show you the complete set yet {they are in the post as we speak so we thought we had better let the recipients see them first!} but here's a little sneak peek...

I hope you get a brightly coloured envelope in the mail also!
Thea xx

Styling LOVE...all that glitters is Gold!

Happy Monday friends. I am finding it a little hard to believe that as of Thursday it will be March. The year seems to be flying by already. Today I started thinking about what to do next in store as far as table and window displays go. We decided that we wanted something that would give an Easter/celebration inspired look and what we came up with was; Gold. Here was the thought process: Easter - eggs - the goose that laid the golden egg - GOLD. Don't ask how that all linked in my mind it just did. I put together a little mood board for inspiration...

{one / two / three / four / five}

I couldn't wait to get started so I quickly sprayed a glass bottle gold. 

I don't know about you but I love the result, I can't wait to show you all the gold goodness soon!

Thea xx

Shop LOVE...Today was a busy day!

Yesterday afternoon at about 4:30pm {half an hour before the store closes} we had a pallet, yes an entire pallet, of stock delivered to the store. I didn't panic though because mum and I work together on a Friday...thankfully. With that in mind we got to the store bright and early and ready to work. And then we got a delivery {a box of books} and another one {3 boxes of candles} and another one (2 boxes of fashion} and then one last parcel {more fashion}. Oh, and I also had to finalise the latest batch of invitations that are having to go out early next week {more on that later}. Today was a busy day!

At 5:03pm we were finished {with the exception of steaming a few of the clothes, excuse the wrinkles in the top photo!}.

This is only a snippet, but it's a great depiction of how today felt...

Great work today team!
Hope you all have a fabulous weekend,
Thea xx

Event LOVE...Playing with sparklers

Last night we had a wonderful family celebration, we ate {way too much} food, did some paintings on mini canvases {the birthday boy's favourite things are art and music}, popped some party poppers, blew out the candles and forced ourselves to eat some cake! And then we played with sparklers...

{Sparklers are so much fun for all ages! In the middle is Kirsten & that 'K' was completely unintentional! The birthday boy is in the circle}

This is my soon-to-be sister in law that I mentioned here and when we were at the stage of talking about what to do for her save the dates we tossed around the idea of doing a sparkler message. While we didn't end up doing that we still think it is so cute, so last night out of the corner of my eye {at almost the end of the sparkler} I caught this...

Sparklers have so many applications in making invites and events that much more fun and...sparkly!

{Invite, Heart, Date, Love, Wedding}

Make sure you don't overlook the simple sparkler at your next event!

Thea xx

Birthday LOVE...The baby is growing up!

In our family Christmas day marks the start of a good few months of intense celebration. In the past 9 weeks {has it really been 9 weeks since Christmas?} we have celebrated 7 different family members birthdays...and today marks number 8! 

The baby of the family turned 17! It only seems like yesterday that the boy with the biggest blue eyes was  this small...

{such an adorable baby boy!}

{Isn't this how everybody swims?}

Happy Birthday Benny, so tall and handsome...no baby anymore!

Thea xx