I love supporting local business but my suburb of Ashfield is more renown for tasty eateries than pop-up shops. I was so pleased to see this fabulous Pop Up Project by Apricot+Lime (Rosell and Eleni). A collection of vintage homewares; selected artworks by local artist Jacqueline Larcombe and even more exciting to me - a few racks of fabulous vintage clothing! The beautiful Thirning Villa (gallery & artist in residence space) is just so well suited to this kind of venture. It's picturesque setting in between the tennis club, the bowling club and the sports oval mean it's a perfect place to sit on the verandah and enjoy a coffee or tasty treat. I'm sure in the roaring 20's some rather fabulously dressed local types...
There isn't enough time in the day right? I've been feeling a little out of sorts of late and had to take a bit of time out over Easter to recharge my batteries. I suffer from a couple of ongoing health issues and it's easy to let things slide with medications and well just lack of enough quality sleep to really recharge my batteries. With a busy (almost) 2 year old it's hard to find a bit of peace and quiet away from the housework and the endless list of 'Things to Do'. My phone and my washing machine broke and my computer had a mini meltdown - it really was a bad couple of weeks!!! I so enjoyed my other half...
Believe it or not Kitten Vintage has been knocking around in some way, shape or form since 2011... back in the days of rainy Manchester and my old shop life of my old label, Me&Yu I used the name Kitten Vintage to sell some of my secondhand clothes and cherished vintage pieces before making the big move to Australia.The migration to Sydney was absolutely life changing. I'm forever thankful to those people close to me and supported me through this turbulent time of my life. Starting all over again in your late 30's is harder than you'd ever imagine. Last September marked the 5th Anniversary (Wood??) of our arrival in Australia and well it's not turned out exactly as we'd imagined...We lost...
