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Thank you to everyone who supported this blog since it first began in 2008. We ceased publication in 2016 but keep these posts for you as an archive of inspiration and information.
20 Vintage Wedding Shoes You’ll Love
It’s one of the biggest days of your life. You’ve found the dress, now all you need is the perfect pair of vintage wedding shoes to go with it.
Each bride who comes through our door has tales of shoe sourcing woes. Finding the right pair to dance in, to match her 1950s wedding dress, to show her personality and to keep her walking on air … you get the picture.
As a certified shoeaholic, I have ever-growing pages of inspiration, ranging from the simple to the sublime.
Vintage Hair and Makeup has a new home in Melbourne
Relaxing, glamorous and elegant our new vintage hair and makeup space in Melbourne is all a girl could dream of. Looking for the perfect space for our vintage hair and makeup salon in Melbourne was no easy task. We wanted something intimate and warm with a truly...
Our New Vintage Home and Garden
Walking through a home wares store the other day, I was struck by the “Spring Sale” banner and the Christmas tree in the background. Where did this year go? Only a short time ago I was in the USA, then moving back to find a new place in Melbourne, now I’m watching the...
Smurf themed Halloween Dessert
Halloween food at it’s finest, this one is creepily brilliant and dastardly decadent. Feature writer Helen McLean shows you how to create Scrambled Smurfs!
Your Future is in Your Hands
Have you ever held a million dollars? What do you think would happen if you had that much real cash in your hands?
Believe In Pink – Breast Cancer Awareness
October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month and we kicked off with a High Tea for the McGrath Foundation. You might wonder why I am at a BP station? Not the first place you would think of for a glamorous High Tea, I know… But BP is using its Australia-wide network of...
Unearthing Greatness and Adventure
I always dreamt of becoming an Archeologist.
I had grand plans of becoming a superhero/adventurer, part Wonder Woman and part Indiana Jones, tromping through the desert sands uncovering treasures and dusting off the next great thing for mankind. I loved the challenge, the mystery, the sheer romance of it.
But what I never expected was how this desire would later emerge in my real life.
What is a Wet Set?
Thanks to the proliferation of information on the internet, it is getting harder and harder to find the answers you’re looking for.
When you ask Google, “what is a wet set” I’m pretty sure you don’t want to see some of the images I’ve just had to burn from my eyes.
Fast Money Tips -5 Top Op Shop Finds
I realised recently just how much cash I save every year by choosing to make the op-shop my first port of call for many of my regular buys, things I would rarely, if ever, pay retail for.