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February

Lola the Pink - Dying my dog for Valentines dayUsing food dye to colour my doglola the pink dog with her fancy hairlola the pink dog looking oh so stylishLola the pink dog - Would Madame like a Pupacino?Drying offlola the pink dog getting a blow wave

I didn’t go out for dinner on Valentines Day. Instead I decided to share the holiday’s theme with one of my furry best friends.  Little Lola was due for a bit of a wash and a set so we decided to give her a Valentine’s hair do courtesy of a little food dye!  Rest assured, she was completely complient in the act (as much as a dog can be at bath time) as we took all measure of appropriate safety precautions.  Using a little Queens Rose Pink food colouring mixed with dog conditioner, I was able to apply it strategically without too much mess.  I left it on to soak in for about 8 minutes, then rinsed well and dried off.

A few dog treats and a bow later it was all cuddles from my Pink Doggy Valentine!

lola the pink dog and her rose coloured taillola the pink dog and she still loves me!

Love!

kiss2 My Doggy Valentine

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January

Did you miss me? Oh but it was such a luxury to take a little holiday like that! Unlike office workers and many others who clock off on holidays, it is hard for a blogger to ever “switch off”. It’s rather difficult to tear ourselves away from the reading, the writing and our obsessive addiction to Twitter etc. But for the sake of my brain, I find that it is important to take a little break from time to time and refill the cup so to speak. So I’m back, filled with summer sunshine (although I do not sit in it) and shiny new ideas.

Taking a little Christmas journey to Sydney was a welcome change of scenery, and an exercise in patience as we chose to do it as a road trip with the two girls. If I never hear the soundtrack to Barbie Island Princess again it will be too soon! The best thing about long car trips though, is the chance to really let your brain unwind and listen to itself with very little distraction. To consider all the things that for background noise, you may not have heard yourself thinking for the last year or so. It also gave me the opportunity to realise that I’m not terribly skilled in the act of dressing casually – a great new quest for this year.

We stayed at the Sydney Marriott Hotel in Circular Quay. It has amazing views and you can walk to just about everything.  Miss Five was thrilled and wanted to know how she could organise to go and sing at the Opera House because she “is really quite good at singing and dressing up”!

The Sydney Opera House seen from the window of the Marriott Hotel

There were several adventures into Chinatown for dumplings and Hello Kitty paraphernalia, as well as the eye opening experience of Boxing Day sales for Miss Five. We didn’t go to shop so much as to people watch and marvel at the insanity of it all. We swam (indoors), we attempted cocktail hour with small children (thank god they love blue cheese), we ate so much we couldn’t sleep and Mama even got one afternoon off for High Tea at the Observatory Hotel.  But it was the early morning beach visit on the trip home that truly captured that very Australian of sentiments, “Ah the serenity…”

Beach scene at Eden New South Wales

My lovely family as seen from the shady spot under my ubiquitous parasol.

Sun safe at the beach parasol on handbring your own shade to the beach and stay sun safered polished toe nails are always in vogueBeautiful Australian Beach

So welcome 2010.

What adventures might you hold?

kiss2 SKMs Super Summer Holiday

* REMEMBER - you have until January 8th to enter the big Hideo Wakamatsu and Kodak contest! So get your entries in.  They don’t have to be poetry, fancy or even take up the whole 300 words – they just have to catch my imagination!  Anyone can do it, so spread the word, get writing and you could WIN a prize pack valued at $1000!

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21
December

A very elegant Christmas, vintage style

I’m heading off today on a bit of a road trip to Sydney for Christmas, so I won’t be online for a day or two. I’m looking forward to a bit of down time, shopping, eating and generally just being. So, should you not see me before Christmas I want to take this opportunity to say a big Thank You for reading and Merry Christmas!

It has been an amazing year and I appreciate the time you all take to share this journey with me. There is loads in the works for next year, including responses to so many of your requests. So if you’re looking for something to entertain you during this minor Christmas break, make sure to break out your inner Shakespeare and enter the big SKM contest. You could win $700 worth of Hideo Wakamatsu luggage and your very own Kodak mini digital video camera!

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 Hideo Wakamatsu   The King of Cases

Santa came a little early for me this year, in the form of a stunning and much coveted new suitcase! I am feeling like a bone fide celebrity traveling with this beautiful lady holding all my treasures.

I came across Hideo Wakamatsu quite by accident and loved them so much I promptly contacted their Australian supplier to find out more about the brand.  Little did I know at the time that Hideo Wakamatsu had such a distinguished design history.

“Born in Tokyo, Japan, Hideo Wakamatsu showed a natural flair and passion for design. Through his formative years, his family’s business was lauded as Japan’s
premier luggage artisans. To this very day, their Randoseru schoolcase is considered a national treasure and is still adopted by Japanese school children and fashion gurus alike.”


Hideo Wakamatsu designs not only very practical luggage, but very very beautiful pieces, which is why I fell in love with them so quickly. It seems I am not alone in this feeling, which is the story behind how they made their way to Australian shores.  I spoke to the Australian distributor to find out just how these Japanese beauties came to be in my town.

” I got involved with the brand when I was traveling in London. I was on a bus when a cow print suitcase in a shop window caught my eye.  I couldn’t get this bright, happy print out of my mind, and so when I returned home, I looked for the suitcase online hoping to purchase one.  I found out that the products were not available in Australia, and so contacted the designer for the rights to bring the products into Australia and New Zealand.” … the rest is history.

I love it when people find something they love so much they just have to share it with others – hence this post!

As you can imagine the Sakura print (or Cherry Blossom) was my immediate favorite and I just had to have one to replace my current case.  I’ve been struggling with a large two wheeled suitcase for some time now, and while it is still relatively new, it just doesn’t handle the rigors of my travel. One of the major problems with the old one being that it weighs 7kg when empty so it meant I could bring less shopping home! The two wheel problem meant that I have had some very undignified moments struggling to get my very full suitcase over curbs, ending up stuck in a Tokyo down pour being soaked to the skin while I cursed my way to a taxi rank. Not very glamorous I can assure you.

So here is why I love my Hideo Wakamatsu Sakura case.  It has four, smooth inline wheels that mean not matter how full my case is, I can roll it with ease even in my towering heels. It is a light weight but tough hard shell case that stops my hats from being crushed and rain from soaking through. It has a secure and tight locking system with no zips to break or snag, just a combination to remember so don’t try and unpack if you’ve had too many airport cocktails!  It has HANGERS inside! Not just a suit section, but actual hangers that I can hang things on in the case and then remove to hang in the wardrobe wherever I go. I particularly love this feature as it makes me think of the old fashioned steamer trunk and instantly evokes promises of a great adventure.

And last but not least – the print. You will never get your luggage mixed up with anyone else’s because not only can you choose one of their amazing prints, but you can make your own on the Easel range of cases!

hideo wakamatsu 1

Hideo Wakamatsu 2

Hideo Wakamatsu 3

The Hideo Wakamatsu range runs from modern to traditional; even designing luggage that would not look out of place in the hands of Katherine Hepburn in the African Queen or perhaps on the dressing table in Elvis’ Blue Hawaii. Check out the gorgeous leopard print beauty case!

Oh they are just so good! In fact, I should very much like to extend to a whole collection and add this gorgeous Sakura Beauty Case. Considering I am planning another trip to Japan in 2010, it may be just the ticket!  You can find them online or at Flight 101 and R.G Madden for real world browsing.

Hideo Wakamatsu Sakura Case

kiss2 Hideo Wakamatsu   The King of Cases

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1950's Swimsuit for CollectorsThat’s right…. Super Kawaii Mama otherwise known as Candice DeVille, will be on your TV screens this Friday 11th December. Well if you are in Australia that is.

The Collectors on ABC 1 is having their final show for the year and getting into the mood for Summer. You’ll hear Nicole Jenkins from Circa Vintage Clothing talking all about her collection of vintage swimwear from the 1930’s – 1970’s, as well as getting to see the whole collection modeled by me! I can tell you there are some pretty swanky swimsuits in this collection and you’ll not want to miss it!  So tune in this Friday night at 8pm on ABC 1.  For those of you not lucky enough to be in Australia at the moment, I will have links to the show for you so that you can see it too.

So turn on and tune in for some serious vintage eye candy!

The Collectors

ABC TV 1, Friday 11th December 8pm

…just in case you didn’t get that. :)

kiss2 Coming to a T.V Screen Near You

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