Cooly Rocks On held in Coolangatta every year, is one of Australia's biggest nostalgia festivals and it just keeps getting bigger and better each year. Cooly Rocks On goes on for 5 days and is jam packed with events, live shows, contests, food, music, shopping, dancing and so much more. It really is a must-see … Continue reading Sewing Vogue 9100 for Cooly Rocks On!
If you were a cool kid in the early 2000's, theres a high chance to you would have owned something completely encrusted with rhinestones. Although that trend has left the real world, here in the vintage world, rhinestones still reign supreme and oh boy it's a sparkly life. Upon joining the vintage, burlesque and pinup … Continue reading How to bedazzle ANYTHING
Part Three: The Tinkerbelle Bust, Magical Mops and Tears for the Oysters. As we continue our adventure on this epic Disney Sewing quest, we are 5 projects into 9 possible garments. If you havn't read Part One in which we plan, or Part Two in which we create our first garments, feel free to go … Continue reading Crafting a Magical Disney Cruise Wardrobe: Part Three Sewing
Part One; Planning, Prep and Pixie Dust Ahoy, there friends! It's very exciting to share with you a bit of a special Vintage Sewing Adventure with a Disneybound theme just intime for my first ever Disney Cruise. Well, it's my first ever cruise to be honest which makes me nervous because I have no idea … Continue reading Crafting a Magical Disney Cruise Wardrobe: Join Me for a Disney Sewing Adventure on the Seas!
Continuing on with my Cooly Rocks On Pinup Pageant sewing saga, find part one/day wear sewing post here, today we are met with part two and how I made my talent round outfit. What's the talent I did on stage you ask? Wallpapering. Yes, I did wallpapering for three minutes on stage at one of … Continue reading Sewing a Wallpaper House Dress for Cooly Rocks On Pinup Pageant
It's the start of a new year and of course that means new sewing goals. I got pretty burnt out by the end of last year and although I had a great break over the festive season, I wanted to still ease myself into a simple sewing project to kick off 2024. As it's the … Continue reading Sewing a Summery Simplicity 9291
It's no secret that I am on a fabric-buying ban and am trying to work my way through my fabric stash. The funny thing about a fabric stash is that depending on who is looking at it, you can tell if they sew or not. Those friends of mine who do not sew look at … Continue reading Saved from the Fabric Stash; Sewing an Alice in Wonderland Dress with Vogue 9100
It's officially spooky season and I'm honestly a little bit in struggle town. At this current point in time I feel like I'm barely keeping my head above water so although I had a massive Halloween sewing project planned (actually I'v been trying to compete it for over 2 years), I've decided to go easy … Continue reading Sewing Cute Retro Halloween Separates; Butterick 6354
It is a truth universally acknowledged, that as soon as someone knows you like to sew, they will ask you to hem or make them something. I often get asked if I could just "whip up" a dress for someone for an event they are having and unfortunately I will most of the time turn … Continue reading Sewing Miss Lexi Heart a Rockabilly Pageant dress using Charm’s L’Amour Dress
Every decade has its 'must have' kitchen gadget (I'm looking at you air fryer!), and in the 70s, it was the electric fry pan. A dream kitchen appliance that could be (pause for dramatic effect ...) used to cook an entire English breakfast in just one pan. The electric fry pan was hugely popular due … Continue reading Testing Vintage – 1970s Phillips Electric Fry Pan
Back in October/November 2022, I found myself in Canberra for a few days and of course, new city means new op shops and vintage. Despite having a very crazy trip, between running errands, I checked out a few op shops and secondhand stores and managed to have a great little haul. Whilst checking out the … Continue reading Canberra Vintage Haul
Since the world went into a plague spiral, I haven't really been able to do many pageants. Perth has very few pageants hosted throughout the year and travelling wasn't an option but I've noticed there have been quite a few online pageants. I kind of wish I did a few more online pageants but I … Continue reading Miss Vintage Pinup West Coast Pageant 2022
This is becoming a yearly tradition here on my blog and Instagram but it's time to share this year's Vintage Easter Lamb Cake baking adventure. This is the third year we've given this cake a go and after last year's absolute catastrophe, this year can only be an improvement. This year I was inspired by … Continue reading Baking 2022’s Vintage Easter Lamb Cake
They say that most things come in three's which makes sense when it comes to Erstwilder's third and final Care Bears collection. I feel so lucky to have been a part of this collection from the beginning and to wrap up now makes everything come full circle. You can check out the first and second … Continue reading Erstwilder Care Bears Collection Review 2022
A brand new season of The Marvellous Mrs Maisel is upon us so to celebrate, I thought we'd head back into the kitchen and whip up some of Midge's famous Latkes. We all know that Midge's brisket, which we've already made and tried, is somewhat of it's own character but Midge does state that she … Continue reading Making the Official Mrs Maisel Latkes
Grab your fruit salad and jump into the big red car because Erstwilder has collaborated with iconic Aussie kids entertainment group, The Wiggles! Now my partner was a huge Wiggles fan growing up and because he doesn't read my blogs, I'm free to share that his childhood dream was to become the 5th member of … Continue reading Erstwilder X The Wiggles Collection
Hands down, Halloween is a magical time of year and I am all about the pumpkins and cute little spooks. I definitely lean more on the 'cute' side of spooky so when I saw that Erstwilder was working with Mimsy I was very excited to see their Halloween collection for 2021. If you're unaware, Mimsy … Continue reading Erstwilder X Mimsy Halloween Collection
We are on the final instalment of my vintage wedding mini series and it's flown past much like the actual day. When we last spoke, I was just wrapping up my wedding photos and getting changed really quickly for the reception. I had a quick hair change thanks to Michelle from Cherrybomb, and then to … Continue reading My Vintage Wedding: Reception