What fun we had at Magnolia Square Malvern last weekend! Our stand had another re-jig, this time with pegboard (thanks to my brilliant brother-in-law). My hands were still paint-splattered after some last-minute painting to get it all ready in time, but it worked a treat. Lots of our lovely customers were already picking up some Christmas presents, and we will have some of the new treasures we sold out of back in stock again soon…

Our hatbox of Moomin goodness…

A sneak peak of a few of our Christmas titles (although by the time I took this photo we’d already sold out of some!) as well as some truly gorgeous Christmas vintage book bunting made by Lou (please email us if you would like to order some).

For our next Magnolia Square we will be packing up the car and tootling across to Adelaide, Nov 25-27. Can’t wait to meet some South Australian friends! We’ll be back in Melbourne again at St Kilda Town Hall Dec 2-5.

This book is a little sweetie that we will have at Magnolia Square this week. It feature 26 of the most gorgeous craft projects that are of course all birds. I’m going to try the wreath created by Noor van Krimpen owner of the beautiful Holland Fabric House. I also LOVE the little yellow fella on the cover.

There are so many craft books available but Little Birds is just a little something different and unique – as well as being beginner friendly (very important for me).

If you are interested in a copy of this gorgeous book and can’t get to Magnolia Square just send us an email or leave a comment on this post and we can set one aside for you.

Magnolia Square was so much fun as always – could it have been the BEST EVER?! Nic and her team created such a gorgeous display – the stage was like a scene from Narnia, complete with silver birch trees, and the most breathtaking props. So many amazing retailers – having a stand next to Michel’s Fine Biscuits was way too tempting and opposite our stand was the gorgeous Ohme Ohmi – we LOVED their new vintage toy T-shirts.

We also went a bit vintage with a new look for our stand…

How stunning is this bedspread with Golden Book characters – can you spot the Saggy Baggy Elephant and the Tawny Scrawny Lion? It’s an original and belongs to a lovely friend of mine – how lucky is she?! Underneath is the most gorgeous Little Jack Horner lamp found by Lou – which also got lots of comments from our customers.

The Womble night light was from my childhood…

Lou makes some gorgeous vintage book bunting, which you can see up top, and I framed some of the Charley Harper Memory Game cards for the wall.  The furniture and some vintage hat boxes were thrifted and found in storage, a gorgeous handmade quilt, vintage suitcase, another lamp and toys were borrowed from another very lovely friend – once we got started it all came together…

Another Magnolia Square has been and gone – the good news is there’s just 11 weeks until the next one – we’re starting our countdown already!

The countdown is on for us for Magnolia Square – 11 more sleeps until we open at the brand new venue of St Kilda Town Hall.

One of the things we love about being part of Magnolia Square is running storytime. We’ve been thinking that we need some comfy floor cushions for these sessions. Buoyed by the successful completion of these beauties I’m attempting some more invisible zips, and may even try to extend my skills to something new in the design of these cushions… Stay tuned!

Phew – a busy three days at Magnolia Square. It was great fun – we had lots of beautiful new books to share and had so many lovely chats with customers. And we always love catching up with fellow Magnolia retailers who have become firm friends.

Four days off and we’ll be doing it again at Brighton Town Hall – we’d love to see anyone who is in the neighbourhood!