'Pieces of You Designs'

Today I am going to share the very inspirational and handmade business that is 'Pieces of You Designs'.  I came across this fellow Sunshine Coast business very recently and knew immediately that I had to share it.

I would like to introduce you to Emily from Pieces of You Designs.

'My name is Emily Davies and I live with my partner and 3 children on the Sunshine Coast in Queensland.  I have an MFA in fashion design and a love of anything unique and quirky!

My business, Pieces of You Designs was born in 2011 from the need to create and utilise what was around me.  My children provided me with an array of beautiful clothes that held sentimental value and had been outgrown too quickly!  With a passion for sewing and a love of handmade I set out to create custom and pre-made toys, quilts, clothing and accessories.

I am inspired by sustainable approaches to design and try to use this up-cycling approach in my work.

I love to create intuitively and most of my work are 'one offs'.  In my custom toy making 'Picture Pieces' I create from children's drawings.  With the knowledge of construction I have, and 'by eye' I am able to make these images come to life!  I love the freedom children have when using their imagination.

The most rewarding thing is the happiness I get from the children when making their pictures come 'alive'.  The idea originally came from a Canadian artist who sought help with her workload.  I am currently advertising through her business as an independent craftsperson and bringing this amazing concept to the Australian market!  It is wonderful to see the global response to this beautiful idea.

I hope the future of Pieces of You Designs continues to allow me to enjoy what I do and that it also continues to inspire children and others to utilise what is around them and to embrace the power of imagination!'.

Pieces of You Designs can be found on Facebook here or via the website here.  Alternatively you can email Emily at info@poydesigns.com.

Mini Mooches Somewhere Over The Rainbow

A few weeks ago I had the pleasure of tagging along to the photo shoot of the 'Somewhere Over The Rainbow' collection by Mel at Mini Mooches.  This  super colourful and fun collection was photographed by my lovely friend, the very talented Andrea from Andrea Sproxton Photography.  

Mel incorporated a few items from our store into the shoot which was very appropriately themed with yummy ice-cream and sweet candy!!  I think you will agree the girls looked totally adorable and they had loads of fun changing from outfit to outfit like true little diva's.  

I really love this range, so thought it fitting to offer you a little giveaway for your chance to win something you see from the collection.  And lets be honest, who doesn't love a giveaway!!!  So Mel and I have teamed up to offer 4 prizes to 4 lucky people.  

Here is what you can win;

Prize one - One Mini Mooches Carousel short-suit in the winners choice of size ranging from 000-2; 

Prize two - 2 shimmering pink tulle pom poms from our store (these can be seen in the pics);

Prize three - A $30 voucher from Mini Mooches;

Prize four - A $25 voucher from Tout Mon Amour; 

To view the prizes and place an entry simply scroll down to the very bottom of this post. 

The competition commences on Tuesday 27 March 2012 at 8.00pm Qld time and closes on Saturday 31 March 2012 at 2.00pm Qld time.  To enter 'like' both Mini Mooches & Tout Mon Amour on Facebook via Rafflecopter (the application at the very bottom of this post).  To receive ADDITIONAL 'entries' share this giveaway on Facebook (business page or personal profile) and/or tweet it on Twitter. This is also done via the application below. For every 'share or tweet' you will receive an additional entry and you CAN share/tweet more than once (note: only one share or tweet per day is allowed).

Once you have placed your entry and/or shared please leave a comment below this post confirming you have done so.

Winners will be announced here on the blog and the blog post linked back to the Mini Mooches and Tout Mon Amour Facebook pages.  Good luck!!

I now introduce you to the Mini Mooches 'Somewhere Over The Rainbow Collection.  All Mini Mooches garments are designed and handmade in Australia using 100% high quality cotton and embellishments.  The gorgeous models (Andie, Siara & Summer) wear the Mini Mooches 2012 Spring/Summer Collections.  The collection is available in sizes 000-4 and can be purchased online here. The beautiful handmade hair accessories were supplied by Lauren at Bebeloush Designs and are available for purchase online here.

Pink ruffled tablecloth available for hire.  Please direct enquiries to enquiries@toutmonamour.com.au.

Pink tulle pom poms available from Tout Mon Amour.

Rosanna footed vessels and pedestals available for purchase or hire from Tout Mon Amour.  Antique dolls carriage available for hire.  Vintage inspired one of a kind Kiki's dolls from Miss Kiki of Cherry Blossom Lane.

Rosanna footed gelato bowls available for purchase or hire from Tout Mon Amour.

The PRIZES!!!!


a Rafflecopter giveaway

Rosanna Gelato Footed Bowls - Winner

Thank you all for taking the time to enter my competition.  So many delicious suggestions and so many I need to try!!  The winner with the comment ' I really love the icecream with gooey caramel and praline coated pecans or hokey pokey with caramel from Baskin and Robbins.....but in saying that if I won these I'd make some of my simple homemade vanilla icecream to serve up in this pretties!' is Erica.  Congratulations Erica.

GIVEAWAY - Rosanna Gelato Footed Bowls

To celebrate summer and my love of ice-cream,  I have decided to give away a set of these Rosanna gelato footed bowls.  Made of refined porcelain, they are perfect to showcase your favourite ice-cream or gelato.  Each set comes with four bowls in assorted colours and is stunningly gift boxed.  These are now also available to purchase in our online store.

I will cover the cost of freight to anywhere in Australia.  Residents outside of Australia are welcome to enter but you will you be responsible for covering all freight costs to your location.

To gain an entry tell me what is your favourite flavour of ice-cream (mine is Chocolate, Peanut-Butter!!) or what you would serve in these if you won.

To gain additional entries simply refer 'new' friends to Tout Mon Amour on Facebook and leave a comment here stating their name and that you have sent them.  You will receive 1 entry for each person you refer (I will check).  Any 'anonymous' comments will be excluded from the competition.

Competition commences now and ends on Thursday 2nd February at 9.00pm Qld time and the winner will be announced here.

Best of luck.

'Christmas Giveaway Winner'

It is now time to announce the winner in our Christmas Giveaway.  Thank you to everyone that took the time to enter - sharing your personal experiences and memories so openly. Those that know me well will agree I tend to be a tad over-emotional so reading all of your lovely entries brought a tear to my eye!

I have decided to offer 2 prizes.  The first is the original gift of the Tocca candle, the Pip Studio notebook and the High Tea cook book.  The winner of this is Kristy Stark.  Thank you and congratulations Kristy - your comments brought back memories of my mischievous sister and I when we were little!

The second winner is Kym Bozzoli - thank you Kym.  Your comments reminded me again of how lucky I am to have all of my family around to share my Christmas with.  I would love to send you a prize also.  If you could contact me we can chat about what you may like.

Thank you once again everyone.

May you all have a wonderful and safe Christmas surrounded by friends and family and loads of champagne....