Another happy post of new stockists of Swede Little Things...

So here comes the last two (hoping only for now) boutique shops to start stocking Swede Little Things bracelets.
One is again in Tasmania...third one so far... but in beautiful Hobart. It is called In Esse and has picked out a diverse range of bracelets, but bling and stand out bracelets have really been the aim of these.
These are the blue and white story...

Here we have their browns / neutrals...

And lastly, their black story...

That was for In Esse... now there is another boutique shop in Flinder, Victoria called Flinders Shed.
They have opted for the more traditional range with shed antler buttons as their clasps. I love it how each range for each stockists is unique and suits their type of shop and customers.
Here are Flinders Shed's range...

As you can see, they have the traditional 3 wave and 4 wave in very neutral colours (and no black) as well as the Stockholm design in vivid red and navy. The navy has a blue (slighter lighter shade than the navy) through it.

School holidays work and kids juggling...

So after a packed school holidays filled with nose colds, ear aches, tonsillitis, tummy bugs, fever (I think we have covered every single ailment) the order for my newest client has finally been done and sent!

It always seems to amaze me that anyone gets anything done with sick kids over the school holidays and when you have four of them, chances are you will miss out on either sleep, own hygienic needs or down time to fill it with much needed r and r for your children.
Yet, as I dropped my 2 recovered boys to the cinema yesterday, all the mothers look amazingly fresh and made up! I on the other hand was sporting the gold old cap to cover a not so washed hair and a mixture of clothing that was closest at hand and that I could reach while trying to nurse my youngest little sickling. Sigh! How on earth do they do it?? I just don't seem to have the time for anything remotely for myself trying to fit in my own business, four kids, home (in some kind of clean and tidy state).

However, today was going to be he first day in a very long time that I actually decided to think of a shower for me before breakfast...lunch and dinner for that matter too. Was it as rewarding and nice as I thought and hoped it would be??? Hmm, sadly no as the 1,5 year old was either standing at the doorway with the door wide open so that anytime the smoke alarm would go off, with the thick yellow / greenish mass gunk from his nose joining his never ending trail of saliva that he would wipe against anything that came his way. Or he would decide that the bathroom drawers would need a clean out and help me remove this and that. The other children were not of any help as two of them were stuck in front of their screens (and that is another painful parental issue) and the oldest I had not seen and were probably not going to see till it was at least 10 o'clock.
The final straw that forced me to turn off the hot beautiful shower was the track marks of the 1,5 year old bright blue fingers, from trying to draw with a thick texta on a very small pad, on our 'white' walls and bathroom floor. One started to wonder at the state of the floor / table or whatever he had had the notepad on...

So, after picking up STUFF everywhere, do the pile of dishes (still trying to ignore the sandwich maker that my kind hearted husband said a while ago not to worry about as he had dirtied it and he was going to clean it), gather washing scattered nicely around the rooms and put a washing on... As I type this (4pm), I am very embarrassed to admit that it is still in the washing machine...feed everyone at 11.30 it was finally time to start work... Ha ha ha I always have a little snicker when I say 'work' as I feel that it is exactly what I have been doing since I opened my eyes, but not just getting paid for it.

So here is the result of the some of the work produced this school holidays.

Thank you Kerrie from Gypsy River for being so very patient for these!

Time to unload the washing machine and maybe if I am fast I will be able to take the kids out for some fresh air time!

A little bit more Scandinavia in Melbourne...

So very happy to announce the new retailer Gypsy River  about to get their stock of the Sami reindeer leather bracelets. There will be brown, turquoise, natural and white 3 wave bracelets in stock. Below I have photographed the brown and the turquoise... soon ready with the other 2 colours.

As you may be aware of by now, the bracelets are made with the silver / pewter threading or the weave and they all have the shed (emphasise the shed as the reindeers actually shed their horns seasonally) buttons.

Now time to finish off the rest...

Welcome Gypsy River to the Scandinavian family :)

New Customers, busy weeks...

The last couple of weeks have certainly been hectic with not only both Nordic Fusion and Red Hill House placing wholesale orders of Sami bracelets, but also my Swedelicious Tea Blends have also received new customers.
Fika Swedish Kitchen in Manly, Sydney has opened recently and 7 tea blends will be served there. They will have black tea-blends: Nordic Forest, Rhubarb and Cream, Stockholm South, Spicy Chai & green: Gröna Lund and Polaris & Rooibos; Wild Strawberry and Elderberry.

Swedish Tarts in Adelaide, SA will serve 3 organic Viking Tea Blends; Freya's Passion (black), Valhalla (green) and Erik the Red (rooibos).

Swedish Shop and Cafe in QLD together with Swedish Goodies in QLD will and have also received a top up of their teas. So definitely a busy couple of weeks!

Interestingly both Nordic Fusion and Red Hill House both ordered a bundle of the 3 wave Sami bracelets.
While Nordic Fusion went with their more neutral and basic colours such as natural and black, Red Hill House, who seem to be more into colours, ordered turquoise, navy and red as well as the neutrals; white, natural and tan.

For some reason I don't have a 3wave navy nor white to show, but I'll post pictures of them when they are done, before sending them away.

However, here is the assembly line :)

Have a great day and if you are in Melbourne rug up and stay cosy. xx

Colour Therapy!

My latest retail stockist, Red Hill House, must love colours as my as I do! And I have to say, these colours look fantastic together. It definitely cheers me up!

Most of the colours in the pictures are as true to the real colours you can get. Although, I don't know why but blue and purple shades are really difficult to capture true to what they are in real life... mind you, these pictures are taken just with my iphone in all haste before sending them off today.

Love going to the post office and sending parcels off, and today I am not only sending these but also a tea order to another customers. A really nice feeling.

So here is a colourful and contemporary take on the traditional 3 waves Sami bracelets:

The colours in the photos are (below photo left to right); natural (above photo more of a true colour), pink, purple (same with the purple), turquoise (and same there), green, yellow, orange, red and the last colour is supposed to be tan, a little hard to see.

A lovely break to all those black, dark and vintage browns that I have been making. Thank goodness that we all have different tastes, how boring would life be otherwise.

Cheers