Upcoming Events

The designer market season is upon us and we have lots of exciting shopping events coming up over the next couple of months - more details to follow but here is a preview.

Finders Keepers

The Royal Exhibition Building, Carlton.

Friday 5 April

Saturday 6 April

http://www.thefinderskeepers.com/ 

Magnolia Square

Malvern Town Hall

Thursday 2 May

Friday 3 May

Saturday 4 May

http://www.magnoliasquare.com.au/

Markit

Federation Square

Sunday 26 May

http://www.markitfedsquare.com.au/

Feeling Blue.......

Cobalt blue has been a dominant trend universally both in the summer and for the upcoming winter months - and we are loving it. Here is our pick of all those blues......and they are making us feel anything but sad!

 L-R – Jac & Jack, Gary Bigeni, Dion Lee, Jack London, Something Else

Cobalt blue was popular at the recent LMFF as seen above - for more Autumn/Winter 2012 trends take a look here

MSGM - Pre Fall 2012

We have just discovered the Italian label MSGM and it is love at first sight! Watch this space for more on them or if you can't wait go to http://msgm.it/

Red vinyl and lapiz from Leoni & Vonk

A taster of our new designs - available at Magnolia Square

Hermes Bag

Stunning bag and gorgeous jewellery - thank you to http://tabac-blond.tumblr.com/post/19691766768/sollace-what-do-i-wear-bag-hermes-watch for this image

Beautiful blue feature wall

Blue for the home too - http://ampersand-design.tumblr.com/post/20407454670/design-by-emma-reddington-of-the-marion-house-book

Tribal inspiration

 Just stunning but cannot give a credit for this one - if anyone knows..........

Sterling silver and cobalt blue from our New Season Collection Online store

Blue with a pop of orange

Blue and orange - one of our favourite colour combinations!

Leoni & Vonk sterling silver and crochet silk necklace - available here

Royal blue!

 And if it is good enough for Her Majesty!!

Will you be embracing cobalt blue this season? If so how, please let us know.

Competition Time At Magnolia Square

Our favourite boutique shopping event, Magnolia Square is holding 2 great competitions leading up to their May event next week at Malvern Town Hall.

Subscribe to the Magnolia Square mailing list by clicking here for your chance to win this fabulous array of goodies from some of  Magnolia Square's many talented designers and retailers

Click here for the chance to win one of our stunning sterling silver engraved crescent necklaces

Good luck and hopefully see you at Magnolia Square next week for some great retail therapy!

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!

One month to go.....

Christmas is just round the corner now and there are lots of fantastic shopping events leading up to the big day to inspire your gift buying - here are three quite different events that Leoni & Vonk are very excited to be involved in.

First off the rank is the Melbourne French Festival held in the beautiful grounds of Como House

On Sunday we will be at Federation Square at Markit - this designer market is even bigger this year with stalls in the Foyer, Atrium and BMW Edge.

The weekend after -  in perfect time for Christmas shopping - is Melbourne's original POP UP retail event Magnolia Square at Malvern Town Hall now in it's 7th year!

If you are unable to get to any of these events our online shop will soon be full of lots of new Christmas gift ideas so keep in touch either via the blog or Facebook and/or Twitter. We will be announcing a special discount for all our loyal customers very soon!

In the meantime happy shopping!

A Splash of Colour

The sun is shining and we are thinking colour, colour and more colour for Magnolia Square in St Kilda and Malvern.  Here is a taste of what's to come

What is your favourite colour for Summer?

79 days and counting ......Christmas shopping events

October already - can you believe it and the supermarkets are already beginning to fill their shelves with Christmas tat sorry goodies not to mention the yearly emergence of the all sparkling, tinsel grabbing "Christmas Shops" in the Department  Stores. Aghhhhh you may say but there is in fact only 79 days or 1907 hours or 114392 minutes (depending where you are in the world and when you are reading this of course!) until Christmas.

To help you with your Christmas shopping this year we are involved in many gorgeous shopping events which will hopefully make the whole experience much more enjoyable.

Magnolia Square

One of our favourite events where specially curated retailers pop up in St Kilda and Malvern Town Hall. Almost a Melbourne institution for style savvy shoppers Magnolia Square is a must for all those looking for something beautifully made and not always available in mainstream shops.

Melbourne French Festival

The beautiful Como House and grounds will again host Melbourne's annual French Festival.Showcasing gorgeous French and French inspired products and food, French entertainment and travel the Festival always has something to delight every member of the family. This year the fun will start on Friday 25 November and continue until Sunday 27 November

Markit Federation Square

The design market to be seen at the growing Markit at Fed Square is now in its second year and is getting better and better at every event. In the words of its founders Markit  "invites you to meet the designers, talk with them about their products and buy something beautiful" Markit is on 27 November from 10am - 5pm.

If you are unable to get to any of these great events you can always buy some beautiful Leoni & Vonk jewellery from one of our many lovely stockists (see our website www.leoniandvonk.com/) or our  Online Store we will also be doing our regular Weekend Specials on our Facebook Page where you will be able to snap up a bargain or two!

Anyway enough for now and hopefully see you soon - Happy Shopping!!!

Imagine.........

Imagine having this on your roof..........

........we can but dream!

Thank you   http://www.designboom.com/eng/

In Celebration of Colour

The weather this week in Melbourne has been glorious and has got us to thinking about celebrating colour and getting out of our Melbourne black! We are loving this fantastic Summadayze Colourfornia video - bring that colour on!

 The beautiful and quirky http://www.design-seeds.com/ has given us a great deal of enjoyment with its inspirational use of photos and complimentary colour palettes. These are a few of our favourites based on coral/orange which features in our new Spring/Summer collection.

Leoni & Vonk Coral and Sterling Silver Bracelet

Leoni & Vonk Coral and White Jade Necklace

How will you be celebrating colour this season?

Some Lovely Things

This month Leoni & Vonk is loving .......

........this stunningly simple and elegant house situated in rural Norfolk in the UK. Designed by David Kohn Architects the house is built within the ruins of a 19th stable block and was kindly bought to us by Yellowtrace

...........the burst of colour from the Anthropologie website (we'd take all these ballet flats!) and Marnie Skillings Spring/Summer 2011 Collection.

........these amazing paper dresses and shoes from Danish designer Violise Lunn She specialises in the design of one off pieces of both wearable and unwearable clothing. "Allowing herself to divide her time between these two artforms, the usable and the useless, Violise Lunn lets them feed each other with inspiration. Their origin is the same – to permit dreaminess and the search for perfection. "
.........just gorgeous!

........this beautiful limited edition Leoni & Vonk piece made from an antique sterling silver spoon. This gorgeous necklace is now sold but watch this space for some new limited edition pieces coming soon!

What are you loving this month?

Summer Inspiration

Even though it may be grey and freezing outside we are putting the finishing touches to our new collection for Spring/Summer 2011/12 which will be launched at Lifeinstyle in August here in Melbourne. Here is a sneak peak of our inspiration for the new range - think vibrant, juicy, beachy glam with lots of silver accents.

We will be posting some gorgeous new photos soon!

New Limited Edition Pieces Online

We have just put some gorgeous new limited edition pieces on our online store (click the picture to the left of this post to take you there). The vintage spoon pendant necklace is made from an original sterling silver bon bon spoon with a concealed heart pattern - we have put it on sterling silver chain with sterling silver and 14kt gold fill balls - quite divine and so limited we only have the one in this design.The vintage watch earrings are also one offs and so cute! Be quick and happy shopping!

Vintage sterling silver spoon necklace

Vintage watch face earrings

Let Your Spirit Fly Bird pendant

Flower with love pendant

http://leoniandvonk.bigcartel.com/products