Lifeinstyle is over!

We had a fab 4 days at the the Lifeinstyle trade show last week, meeting lots of lovely stockists both old and new.

Our stand looked amazing - even if we do say so ourselves! and was right opposite the cafe - very handy indeed!!!

Our new Sacred Journey collection will be in stores in the next couple of weeks and online very soon. Here is a taster of the best sellers at the show.

We are having a little sale over at our online store http://leoniandvonk.bigcartel.com/category/on-sale

 and at www.hardtofind.com.au Pop over and have a peek.

Let Your Spirit Fly Bracelet RRP $187 now $118

Lifeinstyle Melbourne 2012

We are nearly Lifeinstyle ready!

The last few months have seen us busy creating our new collection entitled Sacred Journey and we are very happy with the results. The collection will be launched at Lifeinstyle next week at its brand new venue at the Melbourne Showgrounds - for all the details click here We are stand 5008 in Pavillion D.

Here is a taste of the new collection - hope you like!

Ametrine drusy pendant

Aventurine wolf's head pendant

Ocean Jaspar Buddha head pendant

We will also have a selection of gorgeous limited edition pieces on show on a first come first served basis. These include necklaces made from stunning natural stones like the drusy pendant in the blog heading above and antique and vintage treasures we have collected as seen below.

We hope to see all our lovely retailers next week!

Damien Hirst at The Tate

I have just spent the last hour or so wandering around the blockbuster retrospective of Damien Hirst currently on show at The Tate Modern in London - all from the comfort of my sofa on a particularly unpleasant, rainy day in Melbourne. Although I would of course rather be in London seeing the works in person I stumbled across the Damien Hirst app on the Tate Gallery website and was hooked!

The app clearly takes you through the main themes of the work on show in the exhibition using images, interviews and video - often interspersed with Hirst's own voice explaining the methods and meanings behind his work.

Here is just a taster of the exhibition

 

The Physical Impossibility of Death in the Mind of Someone Living, 1991

A Thousand Years, 1990

The Anatomy of an Angel 2008 with Doorways to the Kingdom of Heaven 2007 in the background

The man himself in front of I Am Become Death, Shatterer of Worlds 2006

For The Love Of God 2007

Always controversial Damien Hirst ".... is either the presiding genius of contemporary British art, justifiably making a fortune by thrilling audiences with his memorable reflections on life and death. Or he is an empty con artist, making a fool of us and raking in millions from buyers with more money than sense" (Mark Brown, Guardian Arts Correspondent see the full article  here)

Whatever your feelings towards this artist and his challenging, thought provoking work if you don't have the luck to be visiting the exhibition in person I would recommend grabbing the app (if you are an iphone or ipad user) and learning more.......

Adele

After her enormous success at this years Grammy the beautiful Adele has now added another triumph to her portfolio by gracing the cover of Vogue US in March of this year - the photos by the extremely talented Mert and Marcus are just stunning with sultry, liquid lined eyes, windblown hair and a seductive glimpse of cleavage. We just love......

....and while we are here we couldn't pass up the opportunity to take another look at her standout performance at the Brits last year.

What is your favourite Adele song?

Carry All

Take a look at these funny and very clever carrier bags - they may be fake but what the hell they are still amusing!

Lots Of News

We have now got a beautiful new look website - thank you to the talented Paul at XLCreative and our beautiful model Grace. It has alot of great new features and we think it is looking fabulous - please take a look here  http://www.leoniandvonk.com/ and let us know what you think

We have a couple of great events coming up in May

From 3 to 5 May we will be at Malvern Town Hall taking part in the now iconic Magnolia Square boutique shopping event. We will have all our new collection on display along with some stunning one off pieces made from antique and vintage treasures.

On Sunday 27 May we will be at Federation Square at Markit  -  a biannual curated design market focusing on illustrative and decorative based design products including fashion, jewellery, homewares, stationery & illustration.Definitely not one to miss!

If in the meantime you need anything you can pop over to our new revamped Online store where we will be adding new products on a regular basis.

Hope to see you soon!

Happy Easter

The Easter Bunnies are on their way!

Have a happy, safe and chocolate filled long weekend - Happy Easter!