I was taken with these owls when I was at Kids In Style and stopped to find out more.  When I chatted further was impressed with the  collaboration between 2 groups of women in different countries.

TIKA (PERU PTY LTD) is a homeware and fashion accessories based collaboration between two groups of women, one native to Lima, Peru, the other, from Sydney, Australia.

At the Peruvian end of this unique partnership are 280 women from two of the capital’s most populated districts, Tres de Mayo and Cerro Candella. The original group came together in 1998 to use their unique sewing skills to help improve the living standards of their families.

In Australia TIKA is headed by fashion designer and creator of the successful Skipping Girl label, Hayley Allen. The company has only recently been launched. Its aim is to combine the Peruvian women’s traditional knitting and crochet techniques with Allen’s own contemporary design skills to create a new and original range of lifestyle products.

Says Allen, “I loved what the women were doing and thought that if we could combine our two very different set of skills we could produce something new and exciting. Plus, it will provide additional support and market opportunities for the group which is why we kicked this thing off in the first place”.

As well as overseeing the creation of TIKA in Australia, Allen has the responsibility of guiding the company’s creative direction.

“TIKA will offer a wide range of fun, custom-made products. Our target market won’t be defined by age but by a sense of style and humour.”

The collection includes beanies, scarves, leggings, soft toys, blankets, tea-cosies, hot-water bottle covers and more!

Tika was launched at the Life In Style in Melbourne and I just know you will be hearing a lot more about this wonderful collaboration and excellent quality products.

Check out their website

www.tika.com.au

I recently had th pleasure of meeting some wonderful, talented businesses at the Melbourne Kids In Style fair. Today is part one of some of the excellent products avilable in the marketplace for your baby and kids.

 Below is Chriss, Georgia and their team at PETIT.  I was very impressed with their customer focus and ability to warmly greet everyone.  Her staff were a delight and the products are of the highest quality.  Lush products for babies, toddlers and tweens, the PETIT range includes PETIT ENFANT for newborns and toddlers, PETIT AMOUR for girls and PETIT PRINCE for boys. 

 Luxurious range of
bath, body and hair products
and elegant fragrances
that cleanse and pamper children’s skin

The PETIT range are soap-free, ph neutral that are enriched with natural ingredients, nourishing vegetable oils and plant extracts - now, even the littlest members of your family can experience luxury, decadence and quality.  You will be very pleasantly suprised at the excellent quality of the products, the cost, and how carefully the goods are posted and how you the customer are made to feel.  I was highly impressed with this company…. excellent baby gifts, kids birthday presents and for every day bath time rituals.

 visit  www.petit.com.au 

Its a Winter Wonderland at La Toriana and we want to warm you up! 

check out some new additions…

there are so many choices these days with online shopping for baby wear and kids clothes.  This time of year is great for great bargains too.  At La Toriana you can grab a great stocktake bargain.   from now til June 30th we are giving you a 30% off storewide… yep… you heard right!  Ends midnight June 30 though!  enter code WOW and will automatically take this off.

Not all baby wear and kids clothes designers are the same.  At La Toriana we are showcasing some great Australian designers and many are mums in business.  We are lucky enough to have some exclusive labels that you will be hard pressed to find online, and others are semi exclusive, where we are one of select few online retailers.  Check out Oopsidaisi, Nanny Pickle, Nana Huchy, Oobi baby, lazybones, Vanchi, Tea Princess, Britt design, annieB,

C’mon… take a peek inside to see what takes your fancy.  Organic kids and baby clothes, eco friendly wooden toys, funky, designer hip clothes, baby gifts, christening ideas and even gifts for mums and dads.