Happy Vintage and recycled new year!

Well 2013 is here, blink and I feel like I completely missed 2012!  Well not really....but time just seems to be flying by recently....  Anyhoo Kimmy can dance is back with some gorgeous new Upcycled Vintage teatowel cushions and bags too - all available at Thomson Food Store Cafe!  You can like my page on Facebook and then, like theirs!  Thomson Street, Northcote, Melbourne :-)

to market to market...

Yesterday I had the pleasure of my second Suitcase Rummage market at the beautiful Thornbury Theatre!

What a great concept!  Firstly you have to have your wares in a suitcase, hence the name.  Secondly the venue is a STUNNING old theatre - indoors so Melbourne weather can't crap all over you like it has a habit of doing, and lastly there is a bar! Yep, a bar.  So you can have a beer whilst you browse...good clincher for the fella to join you, no?  A shopping spree that not only is supporting local artisans and creatives, is FULL of vintage and reclaimed lovely thingys...but your fella might actually enjoy it to! ha!

Pretty much ideal :-) 

Next rummage is on December 16!

Where to find me...

 

Bang! Howdy partner...

Just wondering if you knew where to find me?

Yep...trying to keep up with the Social Media world, and all things lovely...

So you can find me at all the usual places, Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Pinterest and of course here! 

Love you to follow me sometime.  Maybe a chat and virtual cuppa too. 

Cheers y'all

Kimmycandance.

It's a magical fairy forest..

New Tutu du monde dresses in store at Heather Brown Baby in Maling Road, Canterbury this week calls for a new shop window display.... Inspired by a magical fairy forest kimmy can dance brought together lots of green, some magic fairy toadstools and a surprise visit from Jeremy Fisher from Beatrix Potter's Peter Rabbit!  Lots of gorgeous plush fairies gathered together to finish off, another lovely window display.  I hope you enjoy :-)

a little British love including one iconic lovable bear.

Today's window display comes with a little love from ol' Blighty!  Paddington bears, and some red, white and blue were the inspiration for Heather Brown Baby's latest window.  A union jack or two, gumboots and brollys all set the scene for some primary colour loving and before you can say "chip butty" everything fell together for a bit of a salute to the motherland herself.  Cheers!

when the bunny comes a hoppin'

It's bunnies galore this week at Heather Brown Baby with Easter just around the corner, so what better inspiration than a magical bunny forest for the kiddies...  I delighted in creating a little emerald green oasis for these munchkin bunnies (which, were multiplying whilst i was there, i'm sure....)  with a bit of paint, astro turf, pots of Little Gem trees and my "mossy rocks" :-)  All framing some gorgeous little girl's smocked dresses,  then dotted around some vintage Golden Books (bunny/garden themed of course!) and voila! a "Magical Bunny Forest" was born.   

**No bunnies were harmed in the creation of this window display, I promise!

..amid the chaos comes some australian beauty..

Chaos is abound in our home at the moment....we're moving house, there's a baby on the way, the little 4 year old is caught up in a whirlwind of change and, well, lets just say it's a little stressful and chaotic!  What better way than to throw myself into another shop window to unleash some of that tension! :-)

I'd barely just finished reading the recent, fabulous interview on TDF, my little daily read online over my morning cuppa about Emily Wright and nancybird when I received a phone call from Hukkleberry!  (you, too, can read the fab little interview here :-)

Hukkleberry in Canterbury, the humble little shop that stocks all array of lovely things, had just received their delivery of the gorgeous new nancybird range of bags, scarves and cushions and so were on the phone to me late Friday with requests for an urgent new window display!   My little brain (what's left of it currently?!!) went into overdrive and I found myself scouring parklands on the weekend for some lovely branches and gumnuts to enhance the gorgeous, very Australian inspired range for the window. 

Anyway i'm most happy with, what i'd probably say, was a bit of a last minute pull together!!  Check out the pics for yourselves below...and as a nancybird fan myself (I absolutely LOVE my wallet!) I must say I highly recommend you check out the goooorgeous new range, just the tactility of their leathers and silks are simply divine... sigh.

..last minute Chrissy gift?

....buy recycled!  My Retro-style cushion covers are made with sourced vintage linen tea towels, and backed with 100% linen, all finished with a zip.  I have a selection available for a short time online from me, can post in time for Xmas!   They are all $50 each, without insert - too bulky for postage with insert! :-) Check out the pics here on my Facebook page; Kimmy Can Dance - retro hunter-collector-stylist.

There is also a hand picked selection available (only) in store at Walk in Wardrobe Vintage in Belgrave, in the beautiful Dandenong Ranges...This range comes ready with 100% recycled insert, made from recycled plastic bottles - plumper than plump cushion inserts!  ACE!

All cushions are ONE-OFF (of course!) so once it's gone...it's um, well....bye bye. :-)

FOR SALE NOW: Vintage Retro Linen cushions!

ONLINE NOW: at kimmy can dance on Facebook, i've uploaded a couple ready for sale....(all cushion covers sold online, are sold without inserts). 

IN STORE FROM TOMORROW: at Walk in Wardrobe Vintage Belgrave, in the beautiful Dandenong Ranges, there will also be a selection available for sale (complete with inserts).  

All covers are hunted and collected by me, kimmy can dance retro hunter/collector/stylist and lovingly handmade by my mum!  All cushion covers are one off and individual, backed in lovely lightweight linen in a variety of contrasting colours and finished with a zip.  

More stock due later this week!

Vintage pieces add a beautiful contrast in today's home styling.  They reflect a love of the past, whether it's a piece that tells a personal story handed down through generations or something picked up in a thrift store that brings great memories flooding back into your home.  When mixed with contemporary pieces they complete the story of in your home...

 

...just an example of my own retro vintage pieces mixed with contemporary

Not just for the dishes...

my little beauty find...I love the colours in this!

For a while now I've had an idea.  You know those ideas that just sit idle in your head?  They never leave, they never make it to fruition they just hover about in your head until something kicks you into action?  Yeah, one of them.  I found this fabulous retro linen tea towel many moons ago and made it into a cushion for myself...I just thought the colour and texture of it was far too fabulous to dry the dishes with and how could I turn into an object that I could use and admire daily.  I have, many times in the past framed things like this - especially wrapping paper I just couldn't STAND to destroy with sticky tape...but framing can be expensive and well, quite frankly, i've run out of wall space with all the lovely things i've collected in the past!  So ever since making my own little cushion, whilst on my thrifting adventures i've set about making a collection of the best, coolest retro linen tea towels that I could find - and trust me they are becoming FEW and far between, and now i've sent them to my "seamstress" (thanks mum!) who, over the coming weeks, will be making them up into lovely cushion covers that i'm excited to be sharing with you!   

So watch this space....I will endeavour to get some up online before Xmas (eek! hurry mum!) they are all one off (of course!) and will be unique in colour and individuality.  I hope you enjoy.... :-)

in store now....

but blink and you might miss them! Just in time for Christmas, what better way to be "eco-conscious" at this time of year, than to give a recycled gift.  It's the way of the future, and it's so NOW!  Mix vintage and retro pieces together with your modern bits for a unique style in your home.  I've done the leg work for you, and used my keen eye and great sense of style to collect some fab little retro bits and pieces, all starting from a very affordable $5.  Gift ideas for the young trendy folk to the young-at-heart who love to reminisce.  All in store now at Walk-in-Wardrobe Vintage store in Belgrave, Melbourne.  Here's a sneak peak...but be quick, as you know, everything is a one-off piece, here today but could be gone tomorrow :-)

Hornsea English pottery retro flowers coffee cups and saucers

Fab retro linen placemats, look at that vibrant colour!

Stunning Japanese glazed pottery coffee set

Gorgeous Italian glazed pottery casserole dish, bellissimo!

The coolest retro homewares finds around!

...and you can now make them yours!  If you haven't already discovered Walk-in-Wardrobe Vintage stocking the coolest in clothing, accessories and jewellery in Belgrave, than where have you been??!  Dan already stocks the coolest retro finds to deck you out, now kimmy can dance vintage homewares finds are in store to deck out your home!  Just a 50 minute train ride from Melbourne's CBD to the gorgeous hills' suburb of Belgrave is where you can shop for awesome vintage finds.