Coco

What to wear!!! What to wear!! Think I might take my lead for our Engagement Party from Coco Chanel's 1930's Deauville seaside style. What do you think? So effortless and fresh,

ooh Coco....

K xx

Eat Cake

There is no denying it - this week is a big one; actually, who am I kidding - its not big, its huge!

Apart from having Travelling Wares at the Powerhouse Farmers Market this Saturday from 6am, we are also hosting our 1930's themed Engagement Party from 2pm til dusk at a gorgeous little old croquet club by the sea.

I'm off to have a chat to a local baker about creating something similar to the above shot! Usually I would indulge and make my own cake, though I think that might just inch me over the edge this week.

Talk soon!

K xx

Roll UP Roll UP

We are going to be at the Powerhouse Farmers Market again this Saturday from 6am until 12pm! Come along and say hi!

I have sourced some really beautiful new stock - might give you a sneak peek later in the week. I must have had red on my mind, as I seem to have gathered an array of red treasures!

Happy Monday!

k x

Cutlery Calmness

Over the weekend a girlfriend of mine asked how wide our new oversized kitchen drawers were, as she is redoing her own kitchen. It got me thinking about how the small details and choices we make for such hard working areas really matter.

Above are two shots of our drawers, the top one is what I call the 'daily' drawer for obvious reasons and the second drawer down is what I call the 'chefs' drawer (not that there are any chefs in our house, its just a bit more hard core.) Everything is in there that we need, grouped together either by job or by handle finish (wood/plastic) and easy to see.

Time to be honest. Our drawers never used to look like this - they were an overflowing utensil disaster, so much so that I was embarrassed to get cutlery out when people dropped by.

However, the key is a good quality cutlery organiser. I swear by these ones. I love them! They are available through Howards Storage World and are extendable to fit almost any width.

Go, treat yourself, it will make you smile next time you open your drawers!

xx

Incase you were wondering, yes, I am a virgo.

Logan Wines

I love receiving mail. I think it is one of the most exhilarating forms of communicating! Yesterday I received a lovely newsletter from Logan Wines (You may remember I mentioned Logan Wines on my blog last year).

Hannah and Pete Logan do everything well, and I mean everything - even down to the newsletter! What a privilege to see my work featured on their newsletter. (I used to be a professional photographer, I come out of retirement for special clients! haha).

Pop over and check out their website - you will probably see some more of my work there too!

xx

©Kara Rosenlund

British Made

Here is one of my very recent finds! I couldn't believe my luck! Two sets of British string flags in perfect condition!

These flags were used as decoration to celebrate Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip's visit to Queensland in 1954 - 58 years ago! Think I might decorate Frankie with them at our next market!

If you ever come across special finds like these, remember to Scotch Guard them against the elements!

xx

©Kara Rosenlund

Diamond Find

One of Timothy O's and my favourite things to do at home is to prepare dinner or a long lunch listening to vinyls. Our record player actually lives in the kitchen amongst the wooden spoons and milk jugs!

Over the weekend we found some new additions to add to our finely curated collection. One of them being 'Shilo' by Neil Diamond.

Now, don't get me wrong, I know what you are thinking, I do have very good music appreciation, however I did grow up listening to Saturday Night Jukebox courtesy of 4KQ and my mother, so I feel as though I have an immunity to Neil Diamond and those maracas.... until now!

My goodness, what vinyl gold! I'm absolutely in love with this album. 'You Got To Me', 'Kentucky Woman', and our absolute favourite 'Shilo' - a dedication to Neil Diamond's imaginary childhood friend - he was a loner. I love you Neil!

P.S. Don't you just love the 'Dot to Dot' cover artwork!

SUCCESS

Our Travelling Wares was a success on Saturday!!! We sold our beautiful stock to many happy customers who loved their new finds and also loved Frankie! We even had Rick from Frank Creates sign writing on Frankie at the market, which was an added element of interest too.

We had so much support from our wonderful friends and family and also our new friends that we met on Saturday. Thank you all so so much. Seeing all your familiar faces bright and early Saturday morning just melted my heart.

For all of our new friends you can also find us on Facebook.

Thank you and hope to see you at the next market!

K xxxx

Motto For Today

Cheeky Reminder

Frank Creates Frankie

Its been a very exciting week here getting ready for the market tomorrow, though I think the most exciting chapter has been saved til today!

Rick at Frank Creates is signwriting on Frankie as we speak/type. I love Rick's philosphy when it comes to his craft. Couldn't believe how lucky I was to find a Traditional Sign writer, ( big thank you to Sally at Studio60) as his vision compliments my own with Frankie.

More to share soon!

Frankie's Before Life

A couple of you have asked to see Frankie's 'before' shots. Well, here they are.

She came to us with a bottle green and pistachio interior, lots of 'bad boy' surf stickers on her windows (remember those board shorts from the early 199o's! ha), a ridiculous amount of electrical switches, some hippy affirmation stickers on the walls and a rather large family of the biggest ants you have ever seen in your life (hence the raid can on one of the above shots).

After numerous coats of Dulux 'White on White' for the interior (that pistachio just would not give up), and even more coats of 'Midnight Seas' on her exterior she has emerged as a beautiful little caravan, most happy when she is by the sea, listening to Timothy O play the ukelele.

I must admit, there were points, many points actually, where Timothy O and I did look at each other after a hard day working on Frankie and pondered how such a little thing could be so difficult and gruelling and ever thirsty for our attention.

Well, I still don't have the answer to this one, though we are very happy with how Frankie has turned out.

Pats on Back all round. x