Fashion show - La Dolce Vita and Handmade Help

I'm participating in a fashion show at the end of the month! ALL profits from the show are going to the Bushfire Appeal, so it's a very good cause. If you are in Melbourne and would like to attend, here are the details:

La Dolce Vita - young designers fashion show
'Enjoy the sweet life with the excitement of fashion. Featuring 8 young designers showing their unique collections.'

Saturday 28 February
2-5pm Eltham Community & Reception Centre

$25 inc. champagne and finger food
Contact Georgia to book and for ticket and event info: 0425 806 039

Style Melbourne are covering it and their post about the show here lists the other designers involved.

The Handmade Help blog lists items for sale (and sold) where all or a percentage of the sale price will be donated to the appeal as well. Also check out the Etsy shop OzBushfireAppeal.

My favourites:

Blue Lagoon Earrings by Michvanetta from the OzBushfireAppeal shop

Lambie by Lark


Courtyard garden by Gretchenmist

I heart teapots brooch by SophieIsobelDesigns

I bought this dress for my little one:

Blossom sun dress by SparklyGreenKnickers

I know Ellie is a bit young for this (fits 3-4 and she is 1 and a half) but she will grow into it and it is gorgeous. All proceeds from the SparklyGreenKnickers shop goes to the Bushfire Appeal.

We donated as much money as we could last night - to the Red Cross, Wildlife Victoria and the RSPCA - and put together toys, clothes and children's and adult's books to donate for the drive they are doing at Tim's work. I put my copy of Twilight in - hope it finds someone who really wanted to read it.

Bushfire Appeal

THEY warn you it comes fast. But the word "fast" doesn't come anywhere near describing it.

It comes at you like a runaway train. One minute you are preparing. The next you are fighting for your home. Then you are fighting for your life.

But it is not minutes that come between. It's more like seconds. The firestorm moves faster than you can think, let alone react.

Read the rest here: The Australian | How we cheated flames of death

The death toll of Victoria's bushfire disaster is currently at 173. It's expected to rise because they're constantly finding more people. That one or more of the fires were deliberately set makes me sick to my stomach. The TV news keeps showing footage of a man who left his two children at home to help fight the fire... and later they perished. Every time the fires appear on the news or I read about it somewhere I can't help but shed tears.

Via Anna Laura I found a shop on Etsy, ozbushfireappeal.etsy.com, where sellers donate goods and 100% of the proceeds go to the Bushfire Appeal. I've offered to donate this skirt.


It's one-size-fits all, due to the drawstring, so I thought it was the best option. I will let you know when it becomes available there. Please consider buying from the shop or donating to the Red Cross to help out. People have lost their homes, possessions and family members.

Australians can also donate blood for burn victims. There are a number of other ways to help listed at the Meet Me at Mikes blog, and info on how to help the wildlife at Vegan and Vintage.