How Lovely and Sweet is Sweet William?

Oh I am so in love with this fantastic range of prints.

In particular I think this Alphabet print, we are super pleased to have in store, is just divine. It is the perfect piece for a child’s bedroom, baby nursery or a playroom. Bright, cheerful, vintage styling, unisex and unique.

A glorious mix of typography, vintage images and hand drawn illustrations done by  Paula Mills, put together to create a very special ABC, for anyone aged from 0 to to 100!

 Each print is a high quality, using archival inks, on matte heavyweight, bright white card, which will be signed and dated. Simply find a frame, IKEA’s RIBBA frames are perfect and you will have a enviable peice of art in an instant.

You can see it featured here in this sweet Nursery tour on OoDeeDoh.

Sweet William has come about from sisters – Shelley Gardner, Paula Mills and sister in law Jeanine Mills – who share a passion for all things creative, make, draw, sew, collect lots of lovely, sweet things and drink endless cups of tea!

Their beautiful vintage styling is gorgeous and we are sure you will love this amazing print as much as we do.  You can find it HERE in our store in two sizes.

Dummy Bibs Now Available

Along with restocking some of our favourite items from Pat-a-Cake Baby, we now have in store these handy Dummy Bibs (or pacifier bibs if you come from the USA).

These adorable and super practical dummy bibs are individually crafted for your sweet babe using trendy and modern fabrics. They have a soft cotton print on one side and plush minky dot fabric on the other, making them REVERSIBLE!

How does it work?

Simply clip the dummy to the end and fasten the bib on baby as normal. Baby then has the dummy in their mouth and if it drops out you are saved from having it drop onto the floor and having to clean it. It also works wonderfully on catching lots of baby drool that sometimes dribbles out from little suckers

Older babies will also be able to find the dummy in easy reach to replace it themselves.

How genius!

Gorgeous fabrics…how Stylish!

Was hoping to get a picture of a baby in one but as Esmae is a bit little and I don’t have access to another little bubba at the moment I couldn’t. Hopefully I can share one soon so you can see how they look and work. Especially if you aren’t familiar.

Kobie

It’s a plague

Of rabbits that is.

Kobie has begun work on some new rattling rabbits in time for Easter.  This year they are slighly different, but still as cute as ever with their printed faces and soft minkey heads.

They are in lots of fabulous fabric styles.

Summer Baby

The days have started to feel warm in my part of the world. Perhaps it is because I am often found holding a hot sweaty little baby.  I don’t think we have had particularly hot weather, low to mid 30’s with the odd warmer day here and there, but the humidy seems to be up. It has meant dressing Esmae in the summer baby essential of a sweet little singlet and nappy cover. I am not one for leaving a nappy uncovered so I always prefer for her to be wearing bloomers. She has the most adorable collection of bloomers to wear, funky Ouch denim ones, sweet red floral Bebe ones, an Ollie Rose pair , and many more however they are all a little big still. So far we only have 2 pairs that fit whilst she is still quite tiny. I also have some Modern Cloth Nappies for her to wear which are perfect on their own but I am waiting until there aren’t 52 poo’s in a day to start using those.

Here is Esmae in one of the cute baby vests I made her.

I then had to make a handful for the shop as well. They will be available after the next newsletter. Sign up here if you aren’t already a subscriber!

Like all Ollie Rose Baby Vests they come in their own bag ready for gift giving and new parents will love the perfect addition to the summer babies wardrobe.

With sweet detailing featuring crochet, felt and buttons.

The Babuska Baby Vests have been selling like hotcakes but there are still a few left in store. Pair these with a matching rattle and what a fantastic gift they make.

I would love to have a few more for little boys but with sewing machine difficulties at the moment I am not sure when I can get them done. In the mean time don’t miss out on a sweet little Ollie Rose Baby Vest for a little girl you know.

Kobie

Kobie

Celebration Sale

 

Sale starts Tuesday 2nd February and ends midnight Monday 8th.

See items under FOR BABY for the clothing and HERE for the bibs, burps and wipes.

Alice does it again

Another litter of fabulous Alice Apple dogs made their way from the UK to Ollie Rose to await their new homes with someone special.

Someone special who will love their funky prints…

fiddle with the long flappy ears…

poke at the cute as a button nose…

tweak the too cute tail…

and give them lots of cuddly squeezes.

A friend for life.

Calico & Co

Freckles was recently feature on the fabulous Calico & Co Indie and Handmade Blog.

Thanks Amanda for including one of our rattles in your Etsy feature.

Barley and Birch

Kids get dibs on the future. Let’s give them a good one.

We are so pleased to be stocking this fantastic Organic range by Barley and Birch.

The shirts are made using  100% certified organic cotton and water-based inks. (They don’t pollute the earth, water, or expose farm workers to toxins.)

Also, at least 15% of their profits go to several carbon-reducing initiatives in order to fully offset the carbon emissions that result from the production of our garments. And at least another 15% goes to organizations that improve people’s lives around the world.

Having lived and worked in countries ranging from Haiti to El Salvador to New Zealand, Kyle, Barley & Birch’s founder, found herself wanting to continue to help the many organizations that she had worked with, all of which were working hard to improve their communities. After earning her degree in environmental science, Kyle then also found herself wishing that the “organic” clothing that she was purchasing for the children of friends and family was a little cuter and a lot more environmentally and socially responsible. The solution soon became obvious: Kyle needed to create her own line, holding it to the highest social and environmental standards, and give the profits to organizations working to improve the lives of people all over the world.

I just love how amazingly soft the shirts are and the designs are so fun and funky.

LOVE this cactus tee!

And the Oak Tree shirt is fantastically unique.

Then there is the very cool Wave design (far left) and the stylish Poppies (far right). All exclusively available in Australia to Ollie Rose. Available from size 6-12months.

The WAVE, OAK and CACTUS designs are listed under FOR BOYS, and the POPPIES under FOR GIRLS, however I think that all the designs are very gender neutral. I can see Sabre in the Oak Tree one….love the orange.

Now your little one can look super cool and you can feel good about supporting planet saving clothes.

Alphabet Street

 

Ollie Rose is featured on the fabulous resource Alphabet Street.  Alphabet Street is your one stop shop for all things kid related in Newcastle.

At Alphabet Street you can find everything you need to know, including some fabulous places to shop and a comprehensive directory.

Thanks Penny for featuring Ollie Rose on your great site.

Introducing Esmae

Introducing little Esmae Miller!

A week has flown by already! Baby Esmae arrived last Sunday afternoon.  I spent the day doing some last-minute sewing whilst I had a few mild contractions with them only getting stronger late in the afternoon. Before I knew it I was at the hospital and there was no stopping her then. I still think …why on earth were we designed to get a  baby out that way!!! What was our creator thinking! …But of course now she is here it all starts to become a hazy memory.

Sabre meeting her sister just after she was born.

The hospital here is fantastic and very comfortable, however by day 2 I was more than ready to come home. It gets a little boring sitting around when you feel well and I felt I would get more rest at home. Since coming home the week has absolutely flown by and Esmae has fitted in beautifully.  Not a stitch of sewing has been done of course,  it is all about feed, settle and sleep and the time just flies by. It is true however…second baby is so much more relaxing when know what you are doing so I am enjoying the passing days.

Big Sister Sabre is adjusting slowly. She got sick when Esmae came home and had a rough first few days but with Daddy home and Grandma here she is getting plenty of attention and I am trying to spend a few special moments with her and be extra patient. Sometimes when I ask her to look after Esmae whilst I go out of the room and pretend to do something I sneak back to watch and can hear her talking to her and doing tickles or “Round the Garden” on her hand.

Playing Dolls with her little sister

Proud big sister

“Smiles” in her sleep

We also took Esmae up the coast to the Blow Holes for her first beach outing at 6 days. She slept the entire time and missed it all but I am sure somewhere in her subconscious she enjoyed the day!

So now she is a week old and I am sure I will be bombarding this blog with lots more photo updates of her!

I also want to say thank you for all your emails and messages of congratulations and well wishes!

Kobie