Rattamatatt Giveaway & Discount

Please Note: This giveaway is now closed!

At rattamattat you'll find a range of fabulous vintage inspired clothing and accessories. Kathryn Shaw is the talent behind the label. Here's your chance to win one of Kathryn's fabulous creations. Enter to win this 'Juliet Black Spotted Tulle Shrug' in your size.

Kathryn is also offering a wonderful 30% off everything at rattamatatt to all Favourite Vintage Finds readers for the duration of this giveaway (until March 30, 2012 at 4.30 pm AEST). Here's the discount code to use at checkout: favvintagefinds

This giveaway is open to readers worldwide and ends on March 30, 2012 at 4.30 pm AEST. The winner will be drawn using a random number generator, and notified on March 30, 2012 by 9 pm AEST.

To enter, simply do these 3 things:

1.Visit rattamatatt. Here's the link:

www.rattamatatt.etsy.com

2. Leave me a comment and tell me about your favourite find or finds from rattamatatt. One entry per person.

3. Leave a link in your comment to your blog, profile, or website where I can contact you if you are the winner. Or leave your email address.

Best wishes until next time all! :)

Secret Garden

Come and see my lovely Secret Garden Necklace custom made by Lesley from Wychbury. It features a mix of gemstone and glass flowers, leaves and berries, a brass key, and a long brass chain. The dress I've displayed the necklace on is one of my fave vintage 70's dresses.



Photo 1, by Derek Harper, is not of my place - wish it was!

Hope you're all having a happy week! See you next week! :)

Tea Dress Love

Handmade by Louise Hedley from Sohomode using vintage fabrics, aren't these tea dresses blooming fabulous?

Many brides choose Louise's tea dresses as their bridesmaids and flowergirl dresses. The photo above is from a real wedding photographed by Our Labor of Love.

Hope you're all travelling well this week! See you next week! :)

Wonderland Inspired L♥veliness

Continuing on from my last post...

This l♥vely wedding inspiration shoot was photographed by Jessica Claire, styled by Rebecca Stone of Duet Weddings, and Kate Holt of Flowerwild did the floral arrangements.

The charming original vintage dress features French lace and handmade applique flowers. French anemones, huckleberry and sword fern were used to create the bouquet which complemented the dress perfectly .



An eclectic array of floral arrangements, depression era glassware, sugared cherries, pomegranates and crystal balls were included on the sumptuous table setting.




Happy weekend all! I have a romantic giveaway in store for you next week on Valentine's Day! See you then! :)

Blue Skies Ahead

There's been so much rain and so many grey skies in my neck of the woods the past couple of weeks...

I'm looking forward to rain free blue skies... maybe this week... maybe next week...


Wonderful photos are by Lara Jade.

Happy week all! See you next week! :)

Old Fashioned Florals to Wear

The owner of the fabulous creative space featured in last week's post is Paula from Wychbury. Paula creates fashion accessories inspired by nature and history. Also from Wychbury, Lesley creates jewellery inspired too by nature and history. All the items from Wychbury are romantically nostalgic and make great Christmas gifts.

The Johhny Jump Up hair pin above is a custom pin I asked Paula to make for me. Love it! The poppy hair pin below is another pin made by Paula that I also purchased. Love it too!


This is one of Lesley's Secret Garden Necklaces with bluebells. I have one of these on order. Mine will have some different colours to this one. I'm sure I'll love it and will be sharing it here of course.

And this is the lovely Christmas packaging for the December orders of carded items from the Wychbury Etsy shop.

Happy rest of the week dear ones! See you next week. :)

Blossom and Cat

Continuing on from last week's post...

Helen is the talent behind the label Blossom and Cat. The lovelies at Blossom and Cat are designed by Helen and handmade by Helen or you from a mixture of new, vintage and pre-loved fabrics, buttons and trimmings. Yes, the lovelies can be handmade by you as sewing kits are available for many of Helen's designs.

Sewing kits include a step-by-step instruction booklet, full size pattern sheet, a mixture of new, vintage and pre-loved fabrics, buttons and trimmings, as well as thread. Helen, formerly a graphic designer, also created her lovely website:

www.blossomandcat.com.au

Custom, wholesale and international orders are welcome.





Enjoy the rest of the week all! See you next week! :)

My Butler

Yes, I have a butler. A Handbag Butler - a nifty foldable hanger that attaches to table tops allowing you to keep your bag off the floor or your lap when at cafes, restaurants or meetings.

The Handbag Butler has non-slip backing, can hold up to 7 kilograms (15.4 pounds), and is available in many fabulous designs. Included with the Handbag Butler is a cute little storage purse along with a nice box.

www.handbagbutler.com.au

Aussie readers: you can also find the Handbag Butler at Myer in-store or online.

My Handbag Butler is the Sakura design from the Japanese Paper Collection featuring traditional Japanese designs (I love traditional Japanese designs on paper and fabric). My handbag is a vintage Oroton mesh bag, a lucky thrift shop find!

Next week I'll show you something I made from vintage Japanese Kimono silk.

Hope you are all enjoying your week ! See you next week! :)

Vintagey and Happy to Boot

These are my new Colours of Australia gumboots in all their rose paisley glory. They are hand painted, cotton lined and are great to wear!

www.funkyrainboots.com

I've had these sweet little ceramic butterflies for some years and don't recall where I got them from, but they were made in Thailand.

Happy rest of the week my dears! See you next week! :)

More L♥veliness

Because Valentine's Day was this week, and I'm an incurable romantic, I just had to feature some more l♥vely photos.

Wonderful photography by Esther from Esther Julee Photography.

Fabulous styling by Joy Thigpen.

Joy found the amazing dress at a small flea/antique market and restyled it. The cute cloche hat is by Urban Outfitters (2010).

Until next week dear ones...♥