Party Dress.....
Alice in Wonderland....
French Frills.......
Little Maiko......
French Flowers.....
and so much more :-) ........
Wednesday, July 21, 2010
A taste of the Summer 2010 Gallery........
Roller Girl....
Party Dress.....
Alice in Wonderland....
French Frills.......
Little Maiko......
French Flowers.....
and so much more :-) ........
Party Dress.....
Alice in Wonderland....French Frills.......Little Maiko......French Flowers.....and so much more :-) ........
Wednesday, June 30, 2010
In Transition
Girls Spring Summer range 2010
Our photo shoot for our girls Spring/Summer 2010 will take place this Saturday. So you can look forward to viewing it online by the end of the month and becoming available to purchase by the end of August. Some of our range we have made available at the last couple of markets - but there is soooo much more :-)
Transition into External manufacturing - Girls Winter 2011
Our Girls Spring/Summer 2010 range will be our last hand crafted garment range. We are just too busy and need to pass off the responsibility to people who can keep up! And we have just found out that we are expecting a new little chilli, and I'm sure I'll be struggling to reach the sewing machine towards the end! We will continue to handcraft our existing ranges until sold-out. We will also continue to handcraft our shoes for a while longer, but are in the works of finding a maker for these also.
Our garment manufacturer is in Melbourne, so we will be sticking to supporting the local manufacturing industry. We are very excited to be taking this next step and look forward to seeing our products in more stores :-)
Let us know if you are a retailer interested in viewing our Winter 2011 Samples!
Cheerio,
Jo & Liz.
Our photo shoot for our girls Spring/Summer 2010 will take place this Saturday. So you can look forward to viewing it online by the end of the month and becoming available to purchase by the end of August. Some of our range we have made available at the last couple of markets - but there is soooo much more :-)
Transition into External manufacturing - Girls Winter 2011
Our Girls Spring/Summer 2010 range will be our last hand crafted garment range. We are just too busy and need to pass off the responsibility to people who can keep up! And we have just found out that we are expecting a new little chilli, and I'm sure I'll be struggling to reach the sewing machine towards the end! We will continue to handcraft our existing ranges until sold-out. We will also continue to handcraft our shoes for a while longer, but are in the works of finding a maker for these also.
Our garment manufacturer is in Melbourne, so we will be sticking to supporting the local manufacturing industry. We are very excited to be taking this next step and look forward to seeing our products in more stores :-)
Let us know if you are a retailer interested in viewing our Winter 2011 Samples!
Cheerio,
Jo & Liz.
Monday, June 28, 2010
New Stockist and great Coffee in Camberwell...
Welcome New Stockist
Folly Shop
Folly shop is located at my local shopping strip 1410 Toorak Rd, Camberwell. It opened a couple of months ago now, and is run by a lovely couple Ruth and Dave. They have the most adorable European provincial inspired homewares, furniture and collectables. .....and now they have a few Little Chillies garments, toys and shoes from our French fabrics collection (limited availability) to complement the baby furniture section. So if you are in the area, head on in to check it out, it's a beautiful store. Here are some pictures of the store......
Bubba Friendly and Dam Good Coffee......
Santucci's
A little off topic.... but just a few shops up Toorak Rd, is a relatively new Italian cafe in our area 'Santucci's' (1392 Toorak Rd, Camberwell). It's owned and run by the loveliest of siblings and they have employed equalling lovely staff. We frequently stroll over for breakfast, lunch or coffee with our toddler & occasionally the dog. They have great food and SUPERB coffee :-) :-) My 20 month old practically destroys the floor, covering it in layers of food (near misses aiming food and pencils at other customers) and at some point usually gets grumpy. They clean up our mess with a smile, give her a marshmellow to cheer her up, and let us back in the door time and time again!
So if you're looking for a great place to have a bite to eat, and/or a superb coffee, and staff that don't mind little rascals, head to Santucci's. They make you feel at home. You might just bump into me enjoying a coffee, Amelie enjoying a baby chino, while loosing myself in thoughts of Little Chillies next designs.
Cheerio,
Jo.
Recent Markets
Well it's just been a little crazy here lately, managing our 'other' jobs (both in the health sector), looking after a toddler, managing, designing and manufacturing Little Chillies, Ugh..... superwomen, we are not!
Here's a picture of me making shoes, in what was once our formal dining area.......
But some time aside, to catch up on the Blog......
Markets
Well, Mathilda's market at Malvern Town Hall in May was a Blast! We LOVE being busy! Our new blue reversible kimono was a hit and almost sold out. We are starting to receive a lot of orders for size 4 and 5, so we be looking closely into extending our sizing in future.
Magnolia square in Sydney during the first week of June was great fun! It poored with rain on the first day, but that didn't seem to keep the people away :-). Matty (husband) helped out for this market and we met some lovely people and had a great few days away. We were very happy to win the visual merchandising award. Thank-you fellow retailers for voting for us! We are booked into Magnolia Square during October 2010 and then again in Sydney during November.
Our last market for a month or so was in mid June, Sugar and Spice Children's Market in Woodend. It was their launch, and we were very impressed at the numbers that came through for their first Market. Good work Ali! We hope to be back at the next one on September 12th. This market is a must. It's the perfect day out in Woodend. If you haven't been to Woodend before think: tranquil, spa country, divine cafe's, coffee, and stylish shops! It's a great place to visit :-)
NEXT MARKETS
We are 'hoping' to be at:
Mathilda's Market at Hawthorn Town Hall, August 22nd.
Sugar & Spice Children's Market in Woodend, September 12th.
We will be at:
Magnolia Square at Malvern Town Hall, Melbourne on October, 21st, 22nd, & 23rd.
Magnolia Square at Randwick Racecourse in Sydney, Novemebr 12th, 13th & 14th
See you soon at another market,
Jo & Liz.
Here's a picture of me making shoes, in what was once our formal dining area.......
But some time aside, to catch up on the Blog......
Markets
Well, Mathilda's market at Malvern Town Hall in May was a Blast! We LOVE being busy! Our new blue reversible kimono was a hit and almost sold out. We are starting to receive a lot of orders for size 4 and 5, so we be looking closely into extending our sizing in future.
Magnolia square in Sydney during the first week of June was great fun! It poored with rain on the first day, but that didn't seem to keep the people away :-). Matty (husband) helped out for this market and we met some lovely people and had a great few days away. We were very happy to win the visual merchandising award. Thank-you fellow retailers for voting for us! We are booked into Magnolia Square during October 2010 and then again in Sydney during November.
Our last market for a month or so was in mid June, Sugar and Spice Children's Market in Woodend. It was their launch, and we were very impressed at the numbers that came through for their first Market. Good work Ali! We hope to be back at the next one on September 12th. This market is a must. It's the perfect day out in Woodend. If you haven't been to Woodend before think: tranquil, spa country, divine cafe's, coffee, and stylish shops! It's a great place to visit :-)NEXT MARKETS
We are 'hoping' to be at:
Mathilda's Market at Hawthorn Town Hall, August 22nd.
Sugar & Spice Children's Market in Woodend, September 12th.
We will be at:
Magnolia Square at Malvern Town Hall, Melbourne on October, 21st, 22nd, & 23rd.
Magnolia Square at Randwick Racecourse in Sydney, Novemebr 12th, 13th & 14th
See you soon at another market,
Jo & Liz.
Sunday, May 2, 2010
Mathilda's Market Melbourne, Magnolia Square in Sydney and Introducing New Stockists.....
Well we are excited to be selling at a couple of markets in the next two months. If you are local in Melbourne, come see us at Mathilda's Market at Malvern Town Hall on the 30th May.
Mathilda's Market - Melbourne
Magnolia Square - Sydney
We are also heading up to Sydney for our first Magnolia Square from the 4th June to 6th June.
**Be sure to visit us at either market as we will have some funky new products that won't be available on our website!
New Stockists
Welcome two new online stockist, Funky Baby who have a selection of our shoes in newborn sizes and to The Little Kidz Closet who are stocking a number of our matching outfits!
Cheerio for another day,
Jo & Liz.
Mathilda's Market - Melbourne
· On Sunday 30th May we will be showcasing our products at Mathilda's Market. Mathilda's Market showcases and sells beautiful handcrafted and limited production baby and kids goods. Carefully handpicked stallholders to bring you the most divine and original clothing, accessories, homewares and toys for the little ones. Exquisite wares are lovingly made by some of Australia's most talented crafters and designers, many of them parents themselves. Please come and see our stand at Mathilda’s Market from 9am to 1pm at the Malvern Town Hall, Cnr Glenferrie Rd & High St, Malvern. Entry and parking is free. With almost 70 retailers, yummy cupcakes, and plenty of kids entertainment Mathilda’s Market is definitely one of Melbourne’s best shopping destinations for the little ones. For a sneak preview, have a look at the website (www.mathildasmarket.com.au) and enjoy a browse through the photos of all participants. We look forward to seeing you there!
Magnolia Square - Sydney
We are also heading up to Sydney for our first Magnolia Square from the 4th June to 6th June.
Randwick Racecourse - Sydney
June 4/5/6
June 4/5/6
**Be sure to visit us at either market as we will have some funky new products that won't be available on our website!
New Stockists
Welcome two new online stockist, Funky Baby who have a selection of our shoes in newborn sizes and to The Little Kidz Closet who are stocking a number of our matching outfits!
Cheerio for another day,
Jo & Liz.
Wednesday, April 14, 2010
Welcome new Stockist........
Just a quickie!
We have just shipped off an order to a new stockist in QLD, Style Aficionado. They will be heading on down to the Brisbane Mathilda's Market this weekend 17th April 2010. It's being held at Brisbane Racing Club at Eagle Farm, 230 Lancaster Road, Ascot, from 9am to 4pm. So if you're a Brisbane local, head down to visit Style Aficionado at Mathilda's Market on Saturday!
Oh sooo very soon we will be putting up some snippets, a taste of what little Chillies is brewing up next....
Bye for now,
Jo & Liz.
We have just shipped off an order to a new stockist in QLD, Style Aficionado. They will be heading on down to the Brisbane Mathilda's Market this weekend 17th April 2010. It's being held at Brisbane Racing Club at Eagle Farm, 230 Lancaster Road, Ascot, from 9am to 4pm. So if you're a Brisbane local, head down to visit Style Aficionado at Mathilda's Market on Saturday!
Oh sooo very soon we will be putting up some snippets, a taste of what little Chillies is brewing up next....
Bye for now,
Jo & Liz.
Monday, March 15, 2010
Mathilda's Market & Getting into the Media...
Just to start, thanks to all those who came down and supported Little Chillies at Mathilda's Market on Sunday. We had a great time and made great sales, and apparently it was a quiet day as far as Mathilda's Markets usually go! So we hope they keep having us back! Here is some pictures from Sunday. We are planning a little further dolling up of our stall - some white backdrops to stop too much visual distraction in the background, higher clothes rack so they don't get lost behind busy customers browsing though our clothes, and some more props..... basically white, white and little more white!
.....and remind me to try and be a little more artistic with the photography next time! ;-)
In the above picture, Liz in the back ground having her wake-up coffee after we set up our stall...
...and from the other side!
....and front on, displaying our antique pigeon hole cabinet with scrabble Little Chillies letters! The perfect display for our shoes, hair pins and small softy toys.
IN THE MEDIA
We have been doing our best to get our name out there and have been in the media a little lately. Thanks to a few blogs and websites that have given some of our products a mention also. In particular, Babybites in New Zealand wrote some very lovely words about our products! Check out their website. Kid independent has recently put a picture up of our French General overalls- - my favourite boys fabric!
One of our retailers Angelfish Dragonfly forwarded our Party Dress outfit to the February edition of 'My Child' magazine which was great. It's lovely to see your product end up in a magazine. See pictures:
Just in store now is 'Bambini Studio" magazine. There is a smaller book "Let's Shop Bambini" attached to the magazine. There is a little bit about Little Chillies in there on page 33. A very stylish magazine I must say - every coffee table should have one! Go get yourself a copy to see our pretty pictures :-)
That's all for now, back to the sewing machine to complete our extra orders from Mathilda's Market and get stuck into working on the patterns for our next range.......
Jo & Liz
.....and remind me to try and be a little more artistic with the photography next time! ;-)
In the above picture, Liz in the back ground having her wake-up coffee after we set up our stall...
...and from the other side!
....and front on, displaying our antique pigeon hole cabinet with scrabble Little Chillies letters! The perfect display for our shoes, hair pins and small softy toys.
IN THE MEDIA
We have been doing our best to get our name out there and have been in the media a little lately. Thanks to a few blogs and websites that have given some of our products a mention also. In particular, Babybites in New Zealand wrote some very lovely words about our products! Check out their website. Kid independent has recently put a picture up of our French General overalls- - my favourite boys fabric!
One of our retailers Angelfish Dragonfly forwarded our Party Dress outfit to the February edition of 'My Child' magazine which was great. It's lovely to see your product end up in a magazine. See pictures:
Just in store now is 'Bambini Studio" magazine. There is a smaller book "Let's Shop Bambini" attached to the magazine. There is a little bit about Little Chillies in there on page 33. A very stylish magazine I must say - every coffee table should have one! Go get yourself a copy to see our pretty pictures :-)
That's all for now, back to the sewing machine to complete our extra orders from Mathilda's Market and get stuck into working on the patterns for our next range.......
Jo & Liz
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