Little Bonnie

Ive been away from my blog for a while, about a year! I was just hoping everyone was following Maiikestore blog instead. But suddenly I feel like chatting. Bonnie Xuan was born last July, bringing...

In and around the studio

Maiike Linen Set

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Wild Animals

a beautiful self published book by Rop van Mierlo , a graphic designer/illustrator from theNetherlandshttp://wild-animals.nl

New Blog To Follow

When my new website was uploaded (which coincided with Maiike Store opening) the blog link on my website was changed to maiikestore.blogspot.com ......I am a contributor to this new blog, although...

Show Birds

An Incomplete Dictionary of Show BirdsPhotography byLuke Stephenson

Market

a beautiful, functioning, miniature 1950s sewing machine i saw at the market today and didnt buy and am now regretting."a real sewing machine for the little seamstress"

Badour 45rpm

late last year while in Tokyo we chanced upon a shop 45rpm stocking a beautiful range of mens and womens wear in natural fabrics, indigo died garments and raw indigo denims. The current seasonal...

Magnolia

my favourite part of springvarious shades of pinkblossoms and magnolia magentas

Blossoms

Spring Cleaning

Spring is in the airblossoms are outkeep a keen eyeyoud be surprised at what you can find

Lovely Lucy

One of my favourite bloggers; the lovely Lucy at The Design Files,has blogged about MAIIKEstore! AWESOME!!

warm words nice night

""It was fitting that a on such a cold night as last Friday, Maiike opened it’s nice warm doors to celebrate the opening of the labels first retail shop.A joint venture between Aly Peel and Feride...

MAIIKEstore...

...has opened its door, which is located at 54 Church St, Hawthorn...but dont get confused with Church St, Richmond because they are unrelated.

Aly & Thuy weds

on a lovely rainy day...

bit more than a year ago...

Bye bye

More Moore

Wednesday night we had the chance to go see Tim Moores openingat Helen Gory gallery for his new body of work Made Up Fish.Tim is a friend from Sydney who makes peculiar embroideries on vintage...

Beci Orpin Exhibition

Its good to add interesting events happening in town...which I never do since Im always running a few months behind. I thought Id try to be on time with this one. Im really excited about seeing...

Organizing Photos

Today, I have been organizing Maiike photos & I found some nice studio shots...Feride

Wednesday Blogs

Hi,Every Wednesday, starting from today, I will be blogging as a guest. I would like to show scenes from the Maiike Studio. Soft things in process & in transit. I will also update Flicker slide...

Easter Eggs

Almost easter again. Last easter we painted our hard-boiled eggs and rubbed them with oil for a nice shine. This year Oma is feeling tired so we are all going to learn how to make the pierags on...

My Awsome Bike

No pictures to show, but check out my bike at Busyman Bicycles....that's my brother Mick! Will look for my own picture and update asap!

Japan: 2

In Tokyo, Khiem made some new friends. Check out the full Maiike outfit in the 2nd image!

Japan: 1

We went off to Japan in November. It was just starting to feel like winter. Ugg Boots were everywhere. We walked the back streets a lot. The top photo is from Cow Books in Naka Meguro. They sell a...

Where Has The Time Gone

The most beautiful sunny Saturday and I'm here at the studio trying to get on top of the over-due orders from Kids In Style! Sorry to all those left waiting. Thanks to the website that I stole this...

KIS (Kids In Style) ME

I joined the exhibitors at Kids In Style (Life In Style) a couple of weeks ago. It was a whole new kind of experience. I was there for 5 days plus set-up day and it ran over the weekend. By the...