I love Erstwilder brooches

My love for Erstwilder brooches began at the start of the year after seeing lots of ladies on instagram wearing them and thinking to myself how cute and unique they are!
This is the official website:
http://erstwilder.com/ 
But you can buy any of the items from numerous online/actual clothing and accessories boutiques and from ebay. Just "Google" - Erstwilder!

As well as this brand designing and selling layered resin brooches they also sell necklaces, rings and earrings.
 The Erstwilder collection is designed in Melbourne. Originally by a lady named Louisa Camille, but due to the high growing demand of this brand - there has recently been an expansion and now there is a design team of three.

All of the items are inspired for women who love rockabilly, vintage and retro fashions and accessories.
Most of these designs are animals/birds/reptiles etc.

February this year I bought my Mum a peacock brooch, as my Mum loves anything to do with peacocks! 
I bought the brooch from a rockabilly/pinup fashion boutique called - "your one stop pinup shop" This is their offical website: http://youronestoppinupsho.photium.com/ 
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This is the peacock design brooch I bought for my Mum.

Earlier this year I found and bought my very own first Erstwilder brooch, from a vintage/retro fair, that visited the town, where I live. The brooch is a red cat design, I had to buy it, as I love cats and the color red!

This is the cat brooch and me wearing and personally styling this.

  The second Erstwilder brooch I found and bought was from ebay, is a sparrow design, I love the colors, and I thought that it is very rockabilly and retro!

This is the sparrow brooch and me wearing and personally styling it.

The most recent Erstwilder brooch I've bought was from the "Woolloongabba Antique Centre" in Brisbane, Queensland. This is their website:http://www.woolloongabbaantiquecentre.com/  This brooch is a very cute poodle design which I also had to buy! As I knew it would go well with some of my Paris print clothing.

This is the poodle brooch and again me wearing and styling it.

The brooch in the photo below in the only other Erstwilder brooch at this stage I have considered on buying is the flamingo design one, again to go with some of my flamingo print clothing!

I would highly recommend on buying yourself one of the Erstwilder accessory design items because of their high quality, and for the designs being so cute and unique!

Do you own anything from the Erstwilder collection?

Until next time!
Cherrymilla xo

Thanks for facebook - Mark Zuckerberg!

I joined facebook in 2008, after a cousin of mine told me to join up, she said "I would probably get in touch/contact with long lost friends". 

At first I was somewhat skeptical about it, that I, actually would find my friends on their that I lost contact with over the years. (I had moved away from the city I grew up in, to another town a few hours away with my family).

But after joining a past "school" facebook group, well it wasn't long until the friend request's started coming in, mainly from my former school peers. By looking up their "friends list" and so on I soon found all my closest girlfriends I used to go to school with! 
I was so excited and happy by this!

After accepting friend requests etc, I got in contact with them all and organized a "catch up". Until this day we still all try to get together from time to time. To celebrate birthdays, weddings, baby showers, Christmas get togethers and we've also been away together for a couple of nights!

This is one of our "ladies only" get together's (friends birthday)

Currently my friends on facebook include family members, school friends/peers,  work friends/collegues, Madonna friends/acquaintances and most recently some instagram friends.

On my personal facebook page I often post up pictures of interest, personal photos, status updates and links, recently including  my own blog link up. 
I also follow quite a number of group pages, fashion and celebrity pages as well.

This is one of the first pictures I uploaded onto facebook. (2008)

This is a recent photo I uploaded up at a Madonna dance party! (2014)

I enjoy using facebook to read status updates, look at pictures/photos, and use private chat to "chat with some friends".
I used to play some games on their but I don't anymore, as they just get too addicting and time consuming!
I also change my cover and profile photos regularly as well - just for a change!

This is a recent cover photo of mine.

This is one of my profile photos.

Facebook for me is the only way to "know what my friends get up to on a daily basis and to also stay in the loop"!
Why do you use facebook?

Until next time.
Cherrymilla xo

Hearts and Roses London

This is my review on the vintage reproduction clothing brand called "Hearts and Roses London" or
"H & R London".

This brand is based in the UK. "H & R" mainly sell dresses but they also sell coats, petticoats and trousers.

I bought my first "H & R" dress about six months ago from ebay as I liked the look and style of it and it was on sale for a reasonable price, the dress the model is wearing in the picture below is what I bought for myself.

I love this design, the white poker dots on the blue background and also the buttons on the front of this dress.

Most of their dresses have a black tulle around the bottom edging to make it look like a petticoat underneath.
"Hearts and Roses London" do have their own website but it's only for wholesale retail customers not for general everyday customers. But you can find most of their dresses anywhere that sell rockabilly/alternative or pinup/vintage fashions and also from ebay.

This is me personally styling this gorgeous dress, with an actual petticoat underneath.

I bought another dress from this brand about three months ago from a little retail shop called "Poison Kandy Klothing" their based on the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Australia. They do have their own facebook page. If you want to look them up!
This is the dress below that the model is wearing.

I love the floral print on this dress, it's so pretty.

I find the two dresses I do own from this brand are very true to size and fit very well for my body shape. For being a budget type of brand, their dresses are very well made, I also like the length of most of their dresses. Even though this brand is not "well known", I still like their clothing.

I really like the floral print on this dress, it's very pretty.

Most of their dresses retail from low to medium prices usually ($40 - $70). Which can be quite affordable, to add to your growing fashion collection or if your just after something a "bit unique" in your wardrobe!

Do you own anything from the brand "Hearts and Roses London?"

Until next time!
Cherrymilla xo

My top 10 loves and interests

1. My (immediate) Family  - because they are everything to me, I love my family very much! We are all so close and we all get along (most of the time).

My family - since this photo was taken I have now got a beautiful niece and nephew.

2. My girlfriends - most I've known since High School, and I love catching up with them all, whenever I get the chance.

3. My cats - at present we have 4 of them. Their names are Brandy (16 years), Bo (5 years), Latte (1 year) and Angel (1 year). RIP Kimba and Eli!  Even though each cat can be extremely annoying at times, I still love all my cats, as they really do become part of the family.

Clockwise from the top right Latte, Angel, Brandy and Bo.

 4. Shopping - Either online or going to a shopping centre. I like window shopping but most preferably I rather actually buy clothes, shoes, bags or any other fashion accessories. Looking at and buying new things, makes my feel happy!

5. Madonna - I'm such a big fan, which I have been now for quite some time. I love her music, how she can easily re-invent herself and how she's not afraid to push boundaries - well she is the Queen of pop after all!

 6. Listening and dancing to music and even going to concerts - Some of my favorite music stars/acts are: Pink, Lady Gaga, Kylie Minogue, No Doubt, Garbage, Kelly Clarkson, Robbie Williams, The Eagles and most recently Imelda May. I've also seen most of these acts in concert, I love seeing someone "live in concert". It's quite fun and exciting.

7. Going on a holiday - preferably somewhere I've never been before and either with family or friends. But it does help if you actually have money to go away somewhere!

8. Collecting Paris/Eiffel tower, cherry and flamingo themed items - This includes mugs, plates, prints, clothing, bags, furniture and jewellery. All three are so pretty, chic and cute, which I love.  

Cherry necklace, flamingo ornament, Paris fabric print and a Paris suitcase.

 9. Social networking such as Facebook and Instagram - I love looking and reading at what people post on their wall or feed.

10. Fashion/clothing - Most recently rockabilly/pinup and 50's style fashions, as this style is so unique, feminine and beautiful.

I love how beautiful and colorful this type of fashion is.

Have you got similar likes/loves?

Until next time!
Cherrymilla xo
 

My love of Instagram

I just love looking at all the awesome and beautiful photos on "Instagram"!
For about a year now I've been using the popular social networking site "Instagram" which I really love and enjoy using!

I'm slowly building a following on my own account which is @cherry_milla  please feel free to follow me!

My own personal photos which are called "posts" mainly include my outfit of the day choices and how I style these. Also any new personal items i have bought myself, personal daily images and competition entries.

It's really cool and makes it fun when you actually start growing a number of followers and receive likes or even comments from these followers on your posts, and even better still when you receive a regular following! (the same personal accounts liking and commenting on your posts).

This is an example of some of my outfit posts.

I also follow a number of instagram accounts as well and regularly like or comment on their posts!
But I only follow the accounts that I'm really interested in! For example similar outfit/fashion styling posts (rockabilly/pinup/cute/chic/vintage styling etc). I also follow some fashion brand accounts (e.g. Pinup girl clothing, Sourpuss), some celebrity accounts ( e.g. Madonna, Kylie Minogue) and even some of my personal friends accounts.

If you create your own account you get to make up your own username (e.g. don't have to use your own name like facebook) which I like, so strangers that look at your posts don't know your real name.

These photos are another example of my outfit posts.

From using Instagram on a daily basis I have gained a lot of fashion inspiration and ideas just from  following the accounts I like and want to follow. Just by looking at my Instagram feed regularly.  I also love seeing who I follow, what they get up to in their "everyday life". It does seem strange to non Instagram users but it feels like you get to know someone well, without meeting or even talking to them!

Here is an example of my personal items/life posts.

Do you use and like Instagram?

Until next time Cherrymilla xo

Sourpuss Clothing

A year ago I bought my first "Sourpuss" dress from a online clothing store called "Atomic Cherry". At the time I was looking up where to buy rockabilly dresses online in Australia and came across this particular online web store and bonus they were having a sale at the time.

So I had a look at their website and found a dress that i really liked the look and style of which was from the brand called "Sourpuss":

It's called "out of luck dress"

 I love Sourpuss designs and prints, but I find their dresses are a little shorter then I prefer and also their sizes are somewhat on the small size. So you have to make sure you measure yourself correctly to their own specific measurements.

I also own a Sourpuss top and another dress from this brand.

This is called "The snack food dress", which i actually bought from their own website. I really love this print and design!

Both of these dresses are so cute! But I find "the snack food dress" a better fit for me, because i ended up going a size up, as my first dress "the out of luck dress" is a bit tight around the waist area.
Sourpuss is an American brand, their own website http://www.sourpussclothing.com/ also sells other rockabilly, pinup brand clothing, shoes, accessories, home wears and guys and kids clothing.

Have you ever bought anything from the "Sourpuss brand"?

Until next time! Cherrymilla xo

This is me personally styling the "out of luck" dress.

This is me wearing the "snack food" dress

My first rockabilly/pinup dress I ever owned!

About three years ago I had a wedding to go to and I needed to buy a new dress to wear for the occasion. So I started looking for dresses on ebay, to find a bargain but nothing really caught my eye.

Then i thought about my friend who was really into the "rockabilly scene", so for fun I decided to look up rockabilly dresses, and let me say wow i was amazed! I didn't realize there were so many different styles out "there" to buy!

But at this stage i was somewhat overweight and didn't want to wear a dress that was tight fitting (e.g. a wiggle dress), so I narrowed it down to a swing/full skirt dress. Also I didn't want to spend a lot of money on a dress I might only wear once, then sit in my cupboard for like forever. So I decided on a budget.

 From there i knew the dress i was going to buy!

It was this dress above it's from the brand "Chic Star".

"Chic Star" is a low budget brand that stocks repro dresses, skirts and petticoats. http://www.chicstar.com/

I've also wore this dress a year later on a cruise, and recently I've had it taken it because of my weight loss!

This is me wearing the dress at the wedding. (2011)

This is a recent photo of me wearing and styling this awesome dress. (2014)

But it wasn't until my weight loss and after joining Instagram and following all the lovely ladies who also wear this type of fashion that i really got more into the rockabilly/pinup fashion styling!
So for about a year now I've really started to buy reproduction dresses, skirts, tops etc that have a 50's flare and are from all different rockabilly/pinup brands!

What was your first rockabilly/pinup/50's outfit?

Until next time! Cherrymilla xo