Eat your heart out...

February 14th is fast approaching and now is the time to buy your sweetie.. some sweeties! This is definitely a different take on the old, chalky message hearts of yesteryear... found at fred flare.

It's Friday, I'm in love...

Heart plates from Made 590 (it's in Newtown.. not far from Leichhardt funnily enough... Ctrl + H)

Silver TOMS! Looks like these shoes had a party and forgot to invite me.

PS The concept behind TOMS is fantastic. In their own words -

TOMS Shoes was founded on a simple premise: With every pair you purchase, TOMS will give a pair of new shoes to a child in need. One for One. Using the purchasing power of individuals to benefit the greater good is what we're all about.

Be still my giant, inflatable heart!

In case you haven't heard my loud squeals of delight... fred flare is now shipping internationally!
So this crazy large infatable heart could be all yours... or mine!

Um....!!!!

'Scuse me while I go and die (never one for drama...) but I needed to share this news!

fred flare is shipping internationally!

You really should be cheering for two reasons - 1) you can get your hands on some of the coolest stuff the internet has to offer 2) I'll stop whinging that no one ships to Australia. Win Win!
And sure, it ain't cheap... but a girl has got to have some cute in her life.

The wheels on the bus...

There is one item I have been dying to own since 2007 when I still worked at the House of Mouse. I spent hours staring at it, willing it to find its way to me - but alas, as I've whinged many times previous, Fred Flare do not ship internationally.
Well fast forward to 2009 and I discovered the world of mail forwarding. A few weeks and a heck of a lot of dollars in postage later, I am finally united with said item of desire - my school bus tote!

I love him and his jolly little face very much, but unawares to me at the time of buying (thanks FF)... it's actually a nappy bag! Upon opening the bag, the lining is water-resistant with thousands of pockets for which I have no use... and well to be honest, it just looks like a nappy bag. My suspicions were further confirmed when a middle-aged man commented on my "funny, nappy bag". Who cares - I still wear it with pride, just not motherly pride.

Who doesn't love a Babushka measuring cup?

If you ask me, no visit to Melbourne is complete without a stop at the Douglas and Hope store in Fitzroy. They have such an amazing collection of items in there. It takes all your energy to resist buying the entire store! I just spotted their latest offering in Real Living magazine and coincidentally, its from Fred Flare (you know how much we love Fred Flare), but Douglas and Hope have already imported it for you!!

Seriously!! Who doesn't love a Babushka measuring cup?

Don't think, just spend...

This panda fry-pan is haunting me! I saw it in in Japan at LoFT, along with some very cute apple shaped cutting boards, and thought... oh.. maybe I'll get it tomorrow.
Of course tomorrow came and went without the panda fry-pan having made its way into my luggage.
So now I'm relegated to staring at it forlornly, knowing that I could have had it much cheaper if I'd just bought the damn thing when I first saw it!

Same goes for these taterpots for growing herbs. These were like ¥400 instead of $14USD online! I just love their old-fashioned faces - particularly Winky on the left there.

Of course, if either of these take your fancy and you aren't short on dollars - Fred Flare will fix you up. But beware - they don't ship to Australia which means you need to use a mail forwarding service... which again is a bit exxy!

So let that be a lesson to all of us, ignore that voice of reason and SPEND WHILE YOU CAN! You'll only regret it later (but don't quote me on this...)

I just died a little...

This dress is perfection and I think I have to make it mine!
Thanks Fred Flare! (even if you don't ship to Australia)