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Colour Inspiration - December & January - Summer Vintage Vibes

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Colour Inspiration - December & January - Summer Vintage Vibes

Christmas has come early! Well, the limited edition December kit has anyway. Or should I say kits - there’s six of them!! These kits feature our exciting new swimwear prints designed right here in NZ by Melanie Edgar for her ‘In Mamie’s summer house’ collection.There are four swimwear kits and each print has a coordinating solid, carefully selected by Melanie and myself. We have four exciting colourways: Stripes Light + Sunkissed (a pale terracotta) Dots Dark + Limeade (an acid green) Main Dark + Zenith (deep teal) Leopard Dark + Shell (a soft beige pink)     The kits come...

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Monthly Musing ~ You're never too old to re-learn

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Monthly Musing ~ You're never too old to re-learn

A busy month was made busier when I had to spend time re-learning some lessons!

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Colour Inspiration August ~ 'Vintage'

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Colour Inspiration August ~ 'Vintage'

I grew up in a turn of the century Villa and now own a 1950's timber weatherboard home so I've spent most of my life around antique furniture and collectables.

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