season's greetings from us

Well we're winding down the year here at Metremade... Liz is in sunny Qld/NSW and I'm enjoying the last few days of work before a 2.5-week 'staycation' in Melbs.

Until 2010...

This Saturday! Come and visit, we'll be under a tree outside Kenso station.

SALE! 30% off Grippiks in December

Grippiks accents applied to various IKEA furniture items.

Grippiks™ are having a pre-Christmas sale...get in now for 30% off all accents!




The patterns! Top row - Urban Vine; Middle row - April Gust; Bottom row - Assembly.

top 5... getting festive

So, I'm not so much into the traditional Christmas hoo-ha... tinsel, blah. Santa, meh. But the things I do like about this time are the happy social events, the warmer weather, the 'giving spirit' of the season, and decorations as long as they're nicely designed! Observe:

1. Prabal Gurung's simple yet classy set of looks for SS'10 - knee-length skirts! Flat shoes! A sense of modesty! This is a runway look I could pull off.

2. Decorations that aren't holiday specific... from apartment therapy.

3. Softies for Mirabel 2009! Soft toys for kids who might not get much this Christmas, courtesy of Meet Me At Mikes. So cute. Love the 'find the...' shop window game too...

4. The tree IS the decoration, thanks to Buro North... I have a tiny Rindd tree from 2007 which I love, although the Frigg is very cool too.

5. OK, perhaps a little sparkle is OK. My headband love continues.

Now to update that Xmas list...

Pics: NY Times, Meet Me At Mikes, Elephantine

maids

liz

metremade market wares!

Yes it is melbourne market season again. How many are there this year? A million? Something like that. We will be making an appearance at only two, however.





Sunday 6 December
Yarraville Market
10-3pm
Masonic Hall
Cantebury St, Yarraville

and........




Saturday 12 December
Market 3031
10-4pm
Cnr Bellair St and Macaulay Rd
Kensington





(blank for any occasion!)

Hope to see you there!


...for you to DIY!

(All items pictured will be for sale at our upcoming markets, but get in quick!)

Liz's christmas top 5

What! I thought everyone put Marni shoes on there christmas list??? (size 39 incase anyone was wondering)

1. Marni hot amazing shoes at the outnet
2. The latest Westwood Melissa range is right up my alley.
3. Sportsgirl stud earrings
4. Archipelago scented candle from Kit
5. How adorable is this ban.do bow head ban, I'm loving the bow right now, all bows are welcome

Fluro

How cool are Tess's Japan fabrics, I scored a few treats from Japan too!!! Thanks Tess.
Liz

friday 5... sort of!

ok, so i haven't been trawling the interwebs much because of work, but i totally forgot to post about my fabric scores from my recent trip to japan. behold!


my favourite find... sou sou!


can a fabric tell a story? i think so...


mostly tokyo hands bargain bin!


heavy canvas...


fat quarters galore... i found them at okadaya in shinjuku... the shop girl could sense my excitement and all I could say was 'Do you accept Visa?' :)

Rocky

liz

Top 5 look alive

1.Stumbled upon this fantastic blog: street etiquette, for all my man styling needs
2.These handmade baby mobiles from jodie petite chose are absolutely adorable
3.I am in love with this Gold-lined quail egg by Stephanie Simek, its so delicate and beautiful, available at Oye Modern
4.Seamstres, a cute new blog that I have started reading
5.I do love an overpiced shoe:) My latest Burberry Prorsum Crush at Net-a-porter
liz

Coral

Im still can't make up my mind about this one, I do like the coral.
liz

berrytree

tess' post-japan top 5!

So I'm back from 2 weeks in Japan... lovely weather, lovely people, and enough goodies to fill a suitcase to it's limits (including the world's most bizarre souvenir from a holiday- a jaffle/waffle/panini all-in-one sandwich press...!).

While I eat tasty cheese triangles, here's my trip-inspired top 5:

My favourite homewares/furniture shop: Unico! Beautiful furniture and homewares with a distinct mid-century scandinavian flavour, and all so small to fit into compact Japan residences. I stumbled upon this place in back street of Tokyo, but they have locations all over Japan.

My favourite fabric shop: Sou Sou! They do clothes and fabrics, and their contemporary designs on cottons and linens are divine.

My favourite odd discovery: The japanese make spectacularly good croissants. Light, buttery, flaky, crunchy, perfection. Who would have thought??

My favourite cafe: A-Z cafe, an homage to Yoshitomo Nara.

My favourite place to spend my money: Loft and Nippori textile town!

Fancy Footwork

I have never posted a pattern from photos, hope you like my shoes :)
Liz

Preview

Just a little sneak peak at some of the goodies, Tess and I have been getting ready for market season...first stop is the Sisters Market at Brunswick on the 7th of November. Please stop by and say hi!
liz

Nice and Bright

Top 5

Top 5
1. Its time to think about getting a new calendar, this one featured over at Oh Joy is my current favorite
2. Everyone is talking about them...now I love a good shoe but I have to draw the line somewhere!!!
3. One of my very favorite bloggers just got married, I have very much enjoyed looking at the beautiful photos.
4. Regretsy self explanatory, very very funny.
5. Models off duty, don’t know why I find this so interesting.

Rude Animal

Better late than never :)
Liz (from melboure.....wishing she was en route to Japan like Tess!!!)

florah

sunshine circle

Oh my, things are getting a little crazy what with my holiday coming up and all the things that need to be done by then. Hence the missed post last week! Excuses, excuses... it will be worth it when I'm posting my pattern-y finds from the land that does it best...

Top 5

Top 5

1. I'm feeling pretty proud... you can get my design printed on a Mattt Bag from there website!
2. Beautiful photography by Julian Wolkenstein, for some reason I really adore this horse print above.
3. Bit of Melbourne pride, oh what a fashionable city!
4. Honestly is this Peter Alexander jumpsuit not the cutest bed wear EVER!!!
5. The latest collection to my daily reads, R-A-W shoe....straight from the runway to you.

Cactus

This started off as a cactus inspired print and turned out more like something I would cover a chair in, who wants to sit on a cactus?
Liz

friday 5

Lots of things to love this week...

1. I love things like this. I can see people actually filling up the pages of 'artists', 'designers', perhaps 'chefs' and 'poets'... but Estate Agents? Lawyers!? The whole thing has an air of David Sedaris about it that I love. Also I think I found the answer to every single person I know's christmas present this year (c'mon, they even have Publishers I've Met and Liked - perfect for the world's hardest person to buy for!)

2. 52 Suburbs. Love this idea - what a unique way to show Sydney's 'design' side!

3. Love these brighly coloured purses and bags from Mia Accessories

4. I followed a link to Colour Me Katie the other day. What a rad person! I've always loved Improv Everywhere and seems she is involved somehow.

5. I love my new brooch from Mainichi - it's like this one. The other day I told someone it's 'like me in a brooch'. Sturdy, natural, stylish and a square :)

Pix - 52 Suburbs, Mia Accessories, Archie Grand

Cherry Blossom

liz

piles of files

Top 5

1. My friends fabulous new Label Alabakov has been featured over at one of my favorite blogs, Lady Melbourne
2. I have always been in two minds about novel wine labels.... I love this one, helps that the wine is delicious!
3. Even people with really small outdoor areas can have cool pot plants.
4. This flapper girl drawings are super sweet and you can buy them at Etsy.
5. I have been dreaming of a green comme de garcon wallet for some time now, this red one has thrown a spanner in the works!
liz

Wattle

So spring has officially sprung, on a recent Sunday drive there was wattle all over the shop!! Quite the site if you feel like a drive to Macedon.
liz

kitchi

Aww, how cute would this look in a kid's room? Flutterby's...

Friday 5

1. I'm planning for my big craft-tacular adventure... 1 month to go!

2. Hey, company-that-is-taking-over-Melbourne-trains! How about hiring us to decorate our train stations likeLotta Kuhlhorn in Denmark!

3. I know it's Spring, but I'm dreaming up quilt designs (see #1!). This one is cute!

4. Spring time means spring home projects. I'm consistently impressed by the DIY projects of Jenny from Little Green Notebook.

5. As much as I like Rubie Green's textiles, I wish more that I had the life of the girl in these pictures! She looks like she's on permanent staycation in NYC in spring. Bliss!

Pics - Rubie, Jenny, J & Lotta