Little pre-Christmas sale!

We're having a little pre-Christmas sale at pink milk vintage! Take 20% off any item with the code PMV10NOEL until December 14th. Last-minute Christmas shopping is easier when its cheaper...

Christmas shipping...

Please note there will be no shipping from Paris from December 17th-30th. If you want your item in time for Christmas, last shipping day to Europe is December 12th, to the rest of the world, December 6th.

Over and out for two weeks

We're off on holiday for a couple of weeks (Sarah is travelling in Crete and making the most of no students, I am off to Cyprus and making the most of no corporate communicating), so the vacation notice will be on pink milk and pink milk vintage from tomorrow morning...

I leave you with some picture from Belfast a few weeks ago, of the terrorist murals in the Shankill and Falls areas of the city. If ever you go, take a black cab political tour of the city.

See you soon!
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Cat in the Shankill

Shankill

Peace Wall

Falls

Falls, Sinn Fein HQ

Falls Road, multi-peace wall

Falls Road, multi-peace wall

Peachy coral and minty green

Current colour craving and first ever pink milk treasury.

Four days in Paris

Sarah and the Iron Lady.

Ostensibly here to watch Lenny 'the gorgeous' Kravitz play the Zenith on Wednesday night (Sarah, see pics for 07/02 and weep) pink milk Sarah and her husband Jools spent four happy (and two rather damp) days pottering around Paris while we were at work.

Lunch in the Marais, note the Hello Berlin necklace.

I joined them on Friday for lunch in the Marais and a quicker-than-expected whiz round the Richard Avedon expo at the Jeu de Paume, a solid retrospective of his portraiture and in particular, work produced in the early eighties on the American West, then a walk through the Tuileries. I enjoyed it so much I think I shall go again and think you should too if you are in Paris this summer.


Evening activities included drinks in the Fourmis, poker and plenty of good food and wine.


A short Saturday - due to over-indulgence the night before, as I celebrated my winning poker hand above - was spent pottering around Abbesses having coffee and doing some uncharacteristically restrained shopping with a poke around La Cave à fripes for vintage and Bel Air for new.

Thank you Sarah for my littleanorkagirl birthday necklace!

We topped the week off with dinner at Hôtel du Nord on the Canal St Martin, my favourite Parisian dining establishment, with an apéro ou digestif (pourquoi pas les deux?) at Chez Prune over the humpbacked bridge on the other side of the water.

As always, we had a delightful meal, to round off a delightful few days. And after three short hours of sleep, they left for the aiport early the next morning.

Thank you for coming, let's not leave it so long next time!

Kokeshi dollies

It could be all the Murakami she's been reading, but pink milk Sarah has been getting into Japan in a big way recently, traditional Kokeshi dolls, to be more precise, which has resulted in some delightful little felt brooches. During the process, disaster struck the pink milk Athens atelier, in a button explosion all over the floor. I think it would make a nice print...

She has designed three Kokeshi brooches so far, all available on pink milk:

Kokeshi the Mirror Girl

Kokeshi Little Birds

Kokeshi Pearl Girl

I love Little Bird's little bow.

blushing in the sunshine pink bustier top

In a fit of creativity this morning, I customised this top that I would otherwise have got rid of and am very pleased with my handiwork. Trying to clear unecessary clutter, a lot of which is clothing that hasn't been worn for ages, so there may be more where this came from, if I get time.

It looks great with the Pearly Queen necklace, if I do say so myself...

Pearly whites outfit

I've just listed this vintage pearl necklace and I thought it would look great with a sloppy deep-v sweater made from this cashmere yarn by elliebelly:

... worn slouchy, over this beautiful handpainted silk cami by DoubleLuck:

... a pair of indigo skinny jeans like this high-waist number from Fablesbybarrie:

with some dove grey heels, like these from StepBackInTime:

little red anorak girl accessories launched

Not only has she got her own shop, but little red anorak girl now has her own line of little red accessories. Using designs by Sarah's husband Jools framed in brass frames with matching trinkets, each necklace, bracelet or brooch comes with its own matching notecard.

Little dance of joy!

We've been thinking of buying a MacBook for some time as our PC is on its last legs. D did the necessary yesterday and told me that it would be delivered on Monday so I'd have to be patient. He arrived home in the evening with it under his arm, trickster that he is. It's beeeeautiful...

Another exciting piece of news is that we will soon be launching pink milk vintage (due to lack of wardrobe space...) with choice vintage finds from around the world. I am very excitied about this as it gives me the perfect excuse for regular trips to flea markets to chine for new finds.

Please join me in a little dance of joy.