It's Lovely! I'll Take It!

Ever have those moments when you think - OMG.. you can't be serious! It's Lovely - I'll Take It! Is a light hearted jab at the insanely ridiculous and just plain dumb moments in the serious world of real estate.

A great way to idle through some time, and of course - who doesn't enjoy a good chuckle over someone else's misguided idea of good photography and strong selling points? You have to ponder if these houses EVER sell with photo's like this listed in their advertising campaign!!


Real estate: " Cozy Kitchen with ample storage"

Reality....Real estate: "Fully equipped home gym"
Reality.....
Real estate: "Quaint cottage in friendly neighborhood"
Reality...... your neighbors WONT leave..
Real estate: "Newly renovated bathroom in need of some TLC"
Reality....
Real estate: " Immaculate"
Reality.... OCD owners with Dirt-phobia, all the furniture is covered in plastic -ALL of the furniture!!

Go and have a giggle and visit - Lovely Listing on blogspot!

xx Casey

Studio Bambini features the best Australian boutique---US!

Look who's got a full page feature in Studio Bambini??
This little treasure of a magazine is off to print today and will be on sale in August. If you haven't yet ventured into Studio Bambini, now is definitely the time. It is a 6 monthly print jam packed with the very best boutiques and latest fashions for your tot.

We plan on buying about a million copies.. you know, for the scrapbook, the fridge, one for nanna and you never know who might want an autographed copy, right??

xx Ten Sticky Fingers

Ten Sticky Fingers goes GLOBAL!

Well it's official - Ten Sticky Fingers has gone manic with international media, celebrity endorsements and major billboard advertisements!Our BFF Paris with just loves the Strawberry Sherbet booties, if only they came in Tinkerbell's size and with a matching collar!

The original Sticky Kid makes his Time Square debut!

The world market has just gone bonkers for Australia's favorite baby boutique and we are very humbled by all the attention, especially since yesterday we were just regular Jane Doe's driving the kids to kindy and doing ironing. Although now that we are super famous we will do our best to stay grounded and level headed.

Lemon Meringue booties are so sweet and tasty they have groupies who regularly try to eat them?

Central station's biggest billboard is covered in the latest styles from Red Thread Designs!

The NYC gallery has even jumped on the Sticky Fingers train with their feature of Red Thread Designs, exclusive to Ten Sticky Fingers

Enjoy the press photo's! We have a very busy day planned, have to hire three nannies per child, two private chefs, buy at least 4 cars each, summer house in the Hampton's and somewhere in their make time for a facial and hair extensions with my new personal beautician and look into adoption!
I tell you- being a world-wide celebrity is hard work!

Kiss Kiss Darling- Ten Sticky Fingers

*NOTE* Part or all of this post may be completely fictional and not occurring in real life, please pinch yourself to accurately dream test and then proceed to PhotoFunia for the most fabulous time wasting website we have found in a while and try it for yourself!!

Colour my day

PSST- We have a secret... we love to colour! In keeping with all things adorable here, we just had to make a cute little roll up organizer for the crayons and pencils to snug into at bed time.

This one was presented as a gift for the most gorgeous of little girls, who in the coming weeks you will see in our new spring summer collection..just as soon as the postman delivers our spunky new stock.. we will be sure to share that with you to!

These little organisers are just the most adorable and functional way to keep all your art supplies tidy we just had to share a few pics with you!

OTHER exciting news - we have now got a new release from Printspace and Edward and Lilly!!

Gorgeous appliqued bibs, handmade softies and deliciously cute prints all available within the next week on Ten Sticky Fingers.

xx- Casey

Children=Mess=Find a way to fix it!

Now we all now kids being kids will inevitably reek havoc throughout our lives leaving behind a variable cyclone of mess.. and at some point you come to terms with this and deal with it as best you can - I believe this is called Karma from all the chaos you caused your own parents!

So you can't stop the chaos and the mess but can sure stop it from staining everything in sight and constantly reminding you of previous incidents.

We have stumbled across a brilliant site called 'Stain Expert' and believe us - they really are.

Detailed step by steps on how to remove anything from just about anything, tricks and neat little secrets are all available from how to remove ink stains, carpet stains, crayon, paints, kids craft clean up and even what to do when you don't want your tattoo anymore!

Our favorite? Removing silly string stains - had no idea it even left a mark let alone was a repeat stain offender!


xx Casey

Whoot-woo! Headband feaver..

First things first.. we have a FULL page feature coming up in August in the ever so stylish Studio Bambini! SO SO SO Exciting! Needless to say as it is spring/summer and we are still in winter.. we have been busy little bee's trying to organise some new 'lighter' stock and also some fab new booties. I wish I could share with you a photo of how amazing these shoes turned out but unfortunately they are with our photographer at the moment.. so we will have to keep you posted.

BUT- while you wait ever so patiently here's a few snipits of the new spring collection featuring some more lovely additions to the Red Thread Designs range formally The Red Thread (bit of a face lift.. more on this to follow), these items will become available in the following few days.

GORGEOUS headbands fashioned from vintage, new and recycled materials featuring a delightful fabric flower and one of a kind button detail. These are really comfortable as the rear tie not only has an adjustable knot but some nice thick elastic to ensure a snug and 'stay-put' fit. Also new this week is the arrival of Edward and Lilly! HOORAY!! These two little critters are a wee cat and bear who have graced us with their company at Ten Sticky Fingers HQ.. although poor little bear was so exhausted after his long journey he just couldn't quite keep his eyes open anymore.

Whilst we were super busy this week.. there is always time for an extra craft or two.. So just a quick share here of the flirty little Alice band I made for my upcoming river cruise and trivia night.. now being a Sex and the City theme you just have to get into the mood with an absurdly large feather elegantly draped across your head right? .. ok any excuse will do!

Lots of gluing and layering with the design, but essentially all I used was a plain Alice band, contrasting fabrics and some feather bursts! VOILA!

Lastly -Here's a quick snap of Oli and his Unkie Dan at our recent outing to a local indoor play centre. The inflatable castle and slide into the ball pit were a real hit. Although from experience, they really aren't made for adults to be prepared to think thin as you chase after your wee one through all those teeny tunnels and crazy twirly bits up and down.

xx- Casey

Show and Tell - YAY (all clap hands)

Everyone loves a good show and tell... especially when it is filled with as much fun stuff as this one!

We kick of this weeks show with a wee snippit of our weekend project. Being mildly (OK allot) obsessed with fabric, buttons, craft, paper, trims, ribbons, thread, beads... you get the idea! We tend to have more stuff than places to put it. Recently as our collection is getting larger, the kitchen table seemed to be getting smaller.

Insert Storage solution / Super fun afternoon craftiness and TADDAH- our new sewing basket thanks to the tutorial from Craft Pudding and a few bits and bobs we just happened to have lying around...mostly on said kitchen table!

Now that we are all organised and in order we can finally show off our newest range of fabrics, these little beauties are the most adorable prints. Chickens, soldiers and in-cognito animals presented in some really fresh colours will eventually be the feature of The Red Thread' summer collection. The traditional maryjane bootie will continue to be available but with a bit of a twist for summer, as well as some fab new boots and designs.. can't reveal too much as it will spoil the surprise but we promise to let you in on the rest of the secrets very soon.

So next little delight in show and tell is ....

Wee Suzie and her teddy, Delilah Now Suzie, tell all the nice people what you have brought in today.

"Um, well Delilah has a new headband, she's a little bit shy though. It is made from um, vintage fabric, and cause it's really soft cotton with no glues or hard edges, it's really comfy. Plus - it has an elastic back but cause there is little ties over top.. you can't see them!"

LOL- Thank you Suzie.. Just a quick re-cap. Newly released from The Red Thread, headbands in an array of vintage fabrics exclusive to Ten Sticky Fingers, super soft and comfy enough for the smallest of accessorizers.. even Delilah!

Lastly in this weeks show and tell... a quick snip it of whats to come in the following weeks on Ten Sticky Fingers. We have searched high and low for some fresh new talent to feature on Ten Sticky Fingers.. not as easy as it might sound - ever tried to narrow down thousands of talented Australian crafters and artists to a select few without wanting to buy everything you fall in love with? No - well that's why we do it for you.. and the winners are... (drumroll please..DRRRRRRR)

Black Eyed Susie

Printspace

and

Edward and Lilly

All handmade treasures from some of our lovely countries finest crafters.. now be patient.. and remember they are handmade, things take a little longer but BOY are they worth every second when they arrive. We are jumping off our seats with excitement for all these wee packages to arrive and we will be sure to share more with you when they do.

We hope you have thoroughly enjoyed your time with Ten Sticky Fingers Show and Tell.. see you soon!

xx Casey

The SEARCH for A STICKY KID IS ON!

Have you got a Sticky Kid?

For your chance to WIN $100.00 worth of Ten Sticky Fingers gear, simply purchase anything in store during July and send us a happy snap of your sticky kid sporting their new threads.

All entries received will be placed in the draw to be announced "The Stickiest of All Kidlets" on Ten Sticky Fingers.com.au in September.

Full T&C's available here, all entries must be in digital format and received prior to midnight on August 31.2008. To be eligible, each entry must be accompanied by the applicable order number number from your purchase.

(All entries are to be emailed in digital format to sales@tenstickyfingers.com.au prior to midnight 31.08.08 and must be accompanied by the senders contact details and original order number. Only orders placed within the promotional period are applicable for entry. Ten Sticky Fingers cannot grantee that all images will feature in the site and by sending these images of your child to Ten Sticky Fingers you acknowledge your acceptance and approval of them for use with the context of TenStickyFingers.com.au for both the duration of and preceding months after the promotion and also you acknowledge that you are the approved parent or guardian of the child pictured, and thus are authorised to be taking said pictures for distribution via the Ten Sticky Fingers website and it's associated sites TenStickyFingers.blogspot.com)

Look whats new!! The cutest little Bobby Clips

So sorry we havn't been sharing any fun and exciting new posts with you lately.. we've have been super busy scouring the country for a few new additions to the Ten Sticky Fingers catalogue and boy have we found some good ones! More of that to come next week... (insert suspensful music and ooo's and aaahh's)

For now.. we have some other exciting news! Ten Sticky Fingers is super excited to bring you a new and exclusive release from the Red Thread - BOBBYCLIPS! These are so much fun and really well priced too ( BONUS!), in fact we like them so much we haven't shared them with the little girls yet, all the big girls in the office have been wearing their set's all week!

You are never too old too accesorize I say.. well that's what we are telling ourselves!

These adorable accessories and handmade from a huge selection of fabric and ribbons to create a completely unique dash of whimsy to your wee princesses wardrobe.


Mix and match them, wear all three or just one! You can co-ordinate to your hearts content as each set of three is slightly unique and captures different highlights from each fabric range. Made from new and vintage fabrics and the added bonus of FREE POSTAGE!

We love them SO SO much and want to share these little treasures with you, so for a limited time all Bobbyclip sets come to you free of charge. (not valid in conjunction with any other product)xx- Casey and the Bobbyclip wearing team at Ten Sticky Fingers HQ.