Arthur's Great Christmas Giveaway

As it seems to be the Christmassy thing to do, we at Arthur's Circus are having our first ever gift giveaway to all you bloggers/lurkers out there. You will be relieved to know that, no it's not the gingerbread men that Arthur and I made this morning. (As we don't want to be responsible for breaking any teeth.) Let's just say that I am not the greatest of bakers.... As there seems to be a bit of interest in the delightful products of Shinzi Katoh there will be a lunch box of his up for grabs alongside a few handmade and vintage trinket / toy type things. So I am guessing you know how to participate, please leave us a comment and Arthur will draw a name out of a hat and that person will win. You can be local, interstate or overseas we will send. I'll aim to photograph the gift and add to this post by the end of the day...Here Tis.....

now open sundays

We have changed our shop hours this week....so we are now open Thursday to Sunday, 11am to 6pm. If those hours don't suit you can email or phone us and arrange a time to have a peep through. We had fun last night at the meet me at mikes shopping night. It's always nice to meet people that you read about on a regular basis. Arthur had fun playing with the 'mikes' kids, so much so, that this morning he was in tears as he wanted to play with "the new boys from the party".
The other day Arthur and I made the cut and paste pictures. He told me what colours to cut and who they were to be. I think that they're kind of cute, so I may make them into cards. We'll see.....

shinzi katoh love

We received our order from Shinzi Katoh yesterday and oooh how cute and ace is their stuff ? I am wishing we ordered more. As there is so much to choose from, we have quite a few different items but very limited amounts of each. So me thinks if you want any for yourself or for family and friends you may need to come by our shop very soon, as it's already selling like hotcakes.

ready for chrissents

This is our third celebration of Christmas with Arthur....and his third pose with santa antennas for our Christmas card. I wonder at what age he'll tell me to *%$##* off mum. He cant quite say christmas as it's a bit hard to wrap his tongue around, so in true child wonder he seems to have joined the words Christmas and presents together, hence Chrissents.
The old boxes and suitcases have been pulled out to start decorating the shop and our tree at home. So if you've wandered past the shop over the last two days, the blinds have been down awaiting the great unveiling (and finishing). Don't get too excited as it hardly rivals the Myer Chrissents windows. Speaking of the Myer windows, what do other people think of them? Oh and the Santas in the photo came from my Nana.

still a photographer

when I find the time I still work as a photographer. I usually wander around with my camera and take photos of whatever inspires me. Before Arthur I was doing it more often..annoying Nick with "stop the car" and taking photos.
Anyways last week I was commissioned to photograph a friend of a friend's new baby. I really enjoy photography (and photographing babies) and have been missing it recently, opening the shop and sitting it and then being inspired by all you crafty gals out there, got me sewing again but in the new year I think I need more photography in my life.
Saying that I am up for taking photographs as a job too. I've recently been approached by 2 customers who are after product shots for their websites. Yay. So if you like you can contact me too.

come buy with me

The shop is stocked and ready to go for Christmas. We've added some new vintage-inspired items to the shop, (as not everyone loves a second hand gift), great retro-style toys from the French company Vilac. More artwork and photography - we've been framing up a storm and of course some very ace handmade items from talented local people and those from over the seas.
And there's still our favourite vintage finds. So come on in and have a rummage.

getting down with aunty cookie

The delightful Ms Cookie gave me some of her fabric scraps to have a play with. So today I have been a making bibs and bags (no photos as yet). She may take a few with her to the 3031 market yo! (That's Kensington for those not familiar with Melbourne's vast postcodes.) The market is on tomorrow right next door to voting on McCracken Street, Kensington from 10 - 4pm. So don't be shy, say hi and buy stuff from Shannon and Angela. Oh and throw eggs at any Johnny voters.