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its so funny how conditioned you become to spending weekdays working or running the house etc, so that when the chance for adventure pops up it feels thrillingly illicit to be out and about during a week day! on monday some friends and i skived off work, cut class, snuck out of the city and headed for the country air! for ages we’d been talking about doing this and finally the stars (and bank accounts) aligned and off we went in search of this gorgeous rural store we’d all heard so much about. lets just say my vintage wallpaper sense was tingling…
lark was started by allison jones, as a way of recycling her collection of sweet vintage finds into toys and dresses. the lark showroom is tucked away in the postcard perfect town of daylesford, victoria. the clean and bright store is filled with the most perfect things, displayed in sweet vintage shadow boxes and dolls houses. but all this sweetness isn’t without substance, lark’s ethical policies show a real concern for environmental and social responsibility, which makes shopping there just that little bit sweeter!
i know you’re all dying for the eye candy, so set your eyes to drool and take a look at lark:
hand knitted fair trade play food. too sweet to eat!
the crisp, eye catching display shelves with vintage wallpaper, a beci orpin folk face pillow
felt cuckoo clocks by new zealand designer cuckoo nest
‘dumpling dynasty’ brand bags and cases.
‘rosie flo’s’ coloring book and adorable forest gnome pencil cases
deliciously displayed ‘dumpling dynasty’ kits
and of course i couldn’t go home empty handed. really, that would have been straight up crazy! so here’s whats now in my nest thanks to lark:
‘children’s rooms’ published by paumes, japan. i bought london, stockholm & paris. oh drool!!
the indie rock coloring book. because kids need to know which parent has the better taste in music as soon as possible! haha
an amazing apple tablecloth by engel. do you remember my post about my apple obsession? i never knew i could love a tablecloth so much. i think i want my wedding dress made from it.
and after many years of ogling their website, at last i have some plastic ware from rice! oh kaloo kalay! take that tupperware!
for information on visiting lark click here
to visit the lark online store click here and enter at your paycheck’s peril!!
“Wilkintie is a project by Carly Hargreaves and Niels Oeltjen, a couple living in Melbourne, Australia. This project evolved from a love of letterpress printing and a desire to collaborate with the amazing artists we discover in our day-to-day lives. The illustration we came in contact with as youngsters shaped our lives and we wanted to create something for today’s children that infuses their lives with the same inspiration and joy that we experienced back then. We also recognise that we are part of a community of grown-ups who love the imagination, whimsy and joy of illustration for children.”
Isn’t that fantastic? These prints are just too good to hide in the nursery, though! Artists involved include: one of my mum’s art school lecturers – John Copeland, as well as Tim Biskup, APAK, Cody Hudson, Chamo, Jacqueline Pytyck, Merijn Hos, Gwénola Carrère, Klaus Haapaniemi, Joe McLaren, and Niels Oeltjen.
Each print is created at Idlewild Press, a boutique letterpress studio in Melbourne. They are archival-quality, printed on 100% cotton rag paper and with the finest quality inks. So, with considerate framing, they can be treasured by you, and passed on to your children.
You can purchase individual prints or a subscription package (12 prints over 12 months) from the Wilkintie Etsy store. Or at Melbourne’s Hill of Content Bookshop and Outré Gallery
