Sale: This Saturday SPECIAL TOUR....

Fiona in Union Lane in late 2010

Helloooo - we have squashed in an extra special tour TOMORROW... so if you feel like joining us, call 0447868788 to book - we start at 1.30 from Federation Square and the price is $70.00 per person. your tour host will be our Co-Founder Fiona Sweetman, and with all that's on in Melbourne, she will surely fill your diary with plenty of other ideas too!

You cannot book this online, it must be done by phone!

All things GLITZERN are gold and more - SALE

GLITZERN is having a sale!!

ohhhh, its a sad day when a store that really spells out the Creative Culture story that is Melbourne tells us they will soon close their doors !!

But they will not be going without a bang.. so make sure you are ready next week... special finds will become heirlooms we are sure!!

Art - its not always $$$ - check it out this weekend

We try to visit this show each year its amazing what locals and others are making, painting, selling and thinking... its great fun. You do need to be ready to buy if you like, so bring your credit card, but enjoy the wander, and chat to the artists... love it or not, the art is the conversation... start one this weekend... ( corny but true! ) and Melbourne's own are well represented!

MAY 29th this little piggy goes to MARKIT

If you have not been before, , then make a note in your diary for this great little market of local crafts people, who take over the wonderful Atrium at Federation Square in a week or so, and presents, fashion, great home-wares and more, are all available to buy, order or OGGLE:)

See you there!

LIKE our Vintage Outings page to win!

Hi All, its that time when the creative juices get restless,

and we are very excited to let you know that we are in the final stages of working on a new tour - a new Vintage Outing, so the fabulous Fiats will be back out there, to combat this chilly weather.

We'd Love you to LIKE our facebook page http://www.facebook.com/pages/A-Vintage-Outing-Melbourne/124467714281690 for a chance to win a double pass to our newest tour.

your taste buds will thank you! Be first in!

La Piccola Cucina- An Italian food Outing

This is a three hour chauffeured outing indulging in delicious Italian treats and exploring the history of Italian cusine in the northern suburbs of Melbourne..

Its cold out, but CELEBRATE with us.... and maybe get a bargain too

I have some room in my closet, do you??... I only do because we have had a huge clean out...

And then I get a gorgeous invitation to Celebrate with our good friends at Nevenka.

This is truly a one off event not to be missed. I will certainly be there!

I have a few Nevenka pieces, and the fabrics are what got me the first time, the amazing prints, Vintage cottons and lace details, make you feel fabulous any old day!

Prices I am told are to be wholesale ( they don't do that much these days for the good stuff!!! ) and will range from $50-250 with sizes 6-14 available. ( something for all)

Sponsored by Yering Station - customers will be treated to champagne and wine to help them shop throughout the weekend. - Now thats what I call a Celebration.

I've had a chat with Rosemary, Emily and the team, and the fabrics I love are to be used again - having spent hours designing a new collection Rosemary is using her very much loved vintage fabric and trims library. - - I'm loving the idea of re-using past fabric and trims into brand new garments in a sustainable matter!! How fabulous.. !!

As a past dress maker, for me the little charms of fabric left are often the saddest part of production, so how wonderful to look at ways to make sure all fabrics are used, even if from last season... its STILL new season!

If you don't know Nevenka you should! ( I dont say that too often!) but if you have been to one of their little sales in store, well this is DIFFERENT - it will be SO MUCH MORE

There will be champagne and wine, beautiful flowers and the chance to meet and be personally styled by the nevenka team.

The "celebration" is not instore, but at the gorgeous Anna Pappas gallery in Melbourne from the 20^th -22^nd May. The exhibitions will be available for viewing throughout the weekend

So please join me, and our team as we Celebrate with Rosemary and her team in Prahran in May!

CHEERS - FIONA

BRRR Getting ready to hibernate avec le bon goût!

Oh its not often I get to feel like La Normandie is close by... but a short walk around an already Parisienne corner of town I ventured down another laneway to find Melbourne's newest addition to the Patissiere craze! But of course Melbourne Style.. - a little industrial, a few corners, and amazing craftsmanship and detail in the interiors.

Opened just last Friday, Andrea Reiss was busy with her francophone kitchen - OOHH i loved the opportunity to share in the language, and Andrea was so welcoming. This LARGE hole in the wall - well it is once you are inside - is a venture she has undertaken with Stephen of Libertine - and I truly do wish them all well. I know I will be back, the bread is by Noisette ( fabulous too) mainly as they do not have enough room .... so head on down, and say Bonjour! and it will soon become CHEZ TOI!