Lunch In The City

Shopping in The Emporium in Melbourne City? Be sure to drop into Makoto for a delicious bite to eat. Great food and gorgeous staff.

Freshwater Pearl Lovelies

Happy weekend! .....and to celebrate we have another weekend special but be quick as numbers are limited and it's first in best dressed!

Freshwater pearl and dyed sea bamboo coral necklace with sterling silver clasp and extension. Length from neck approx 22cm with a 3cm extension. Price $80 (inclusive of GST) plus $5 postage and gift packaging. RRP was $140

Freshwater pearl cross on long sterling silver ball chain. Length of chain from neck approx 40cm - cross is approx 6cm long.Price $55 (inclusive of GST) plus $5 postage and gift packaging. RRP was $120

They look gorgeous together!

Email leoni@vonk.com.au to secure your necklace now!

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

Let Your Spirit Fly to......Paris

 We have just put this gorgeous limited edition  Paris and Let Your Spirit Fly pendant on the online store.The cute pendant has the Eiffel Tower on one side and Let Your Spirit Fly on the reverse with either a sterling silver Eiffel Tower charm or sterling silver bird charm - all on a gorgeous sterling silver ball chain and it's only $85! Get in quick as numbers are limited.

http://leoniandvonk.bigcartel.com/product/let-your-spirit-fly-paris-charm-necklace

Happy Mothers Day

Here's Happy Mother's Day to all the Mums out there. Hope you have a great day and are spoilt rotton!

Let Your Spirit Fly at Magnolia Square

We will be at Malvern Town Hall (details below) next week at the boutique shopping event

Magnolia Square.  Our new sterling silver Let Your Spirit Fly collection will be available for the first time – a gorgeous hand stamped and cast sterling silver disc incorporated into beautiful necklaces and bracelets.

We will also have lots of other Mother’s Day gift ideas including our sterling silver lockets and some

amazing one off pieces made from vintage watches and spoons.                                

We hope to see you there!

Like us on Facebook and go into the draw to win a piece of jewellery from the Let Your Spirit Fly range

Just click on this link now and press the Like button

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Leoni-Vonk/136622286359774?ref=ts

 

Royal Wedding Fever

We love a Royal Wedding and we are not ashamed to admit it! As excitement reaches fever pitch back in good old blighty we thought it was time to find that perfect Kate and Wills souvenir to remind us of the big day. We have searched far and wide bravely ploughing through the fields of right royal tackiness and ugliness to bring you a selection that we believe even the style conscious Kate would approve of. All we have to do now is sit back and wait for the invitation to arrive.........must be lost in the post!
 

 

Stunning Union Jack throne chair by Made With Love at http://www.notonthehighstreet.com/

 
 

Tasteful commemorative mugs by Sweet William Designs http://www.sweetwilliamdesigns.com/

English Breakfast menus from Reg Loves This

Kate and Wills tea towel from Taylors Type

Queenie and Union Jack cushions from Reg Loves This

..........and don't forget

Postcard from eighteen9

Homebody in Queenscliff

The beautiful store Homebody in Queenscliff is a recent addition to our stockist list and is definitely one of our favourite shops. Sisters Frances O'Shea and Loretta Barker took over Homebody in August of last year and together with their friend Catherine Rush have relaunched the store as a destination emporium for all things desirable for body and home.

Face and body products from L'Occitane and the hair-care range from MOP organics are complemented by Mela Purdie clothing, Helen Kaminski hats, Bronte Bay Paris bags and Alan Myerson leathergoods.Candles and diffusers from Glasshouse, Sydney blend beautifully with Homebody's own range of soaps, of which there are seven divine frangrances to choose from.

The store has also recently imported Catherine Memmi Paris candles and fragrance making Homebody an exclusive stockist of the brand.

"Every product has a story and philosophy to match our vision and it is this that makes Leoni & Vonk's jewellery such a perfect addition to the store" explains Catherine. "As Queenscliff is a tourist town, customers love the link between what they buy and their holiday. A shell found on nearby Point Lonsdale beach has been cast in silver by Leoni & Vonk and forms a deleicate story on leather or silver chain. Nostalgic coast-inspired art-deco prints have been made into lockets and are purchased as gifts to love now and be heirlooms of the future" she adds.

Homebody's philosophy is to sell the highest quality pieces that tell a story and offer the customer individuality and style - it is a store to be savoured and enjoyed and is well worth a visit any time of year.

Homebody is at 78 Hesse Street, Queenscliff, Victoria and is open 7 days a week.

They may be contacted on (03) 5258 1322

Christmas shopping in South Melbourne

One of our newest Melbourne stockists Maker Handmade in South Melbourne is having an opening celebration and Christmas shopping night next Thursday the 25 November - pop along for a glass of bubbles and start that Christmas shopping!

Paris to Provence

We are very happy to be involved in the Paris to Provence French Festival to be held in the grounds of the beautiful Como House on Friday 1 October and Saturday 2 October.

The festival will have 70 French stalls including jewellery, holidays, clothing, homewares and Shannon Bennett's Vue du monde. Entertainment includes roaming characters Marie Antoinette, Gendarme, Napoleon, 3 pce French musical trio, mime artists, French choir, Shannon Bennett live, animal nursery on Friday, Fashion parade, petanque, display cars from Peugeot and heaps of yummy French food...............


We will be showcasing lots of gorgeous French inspired jewellery like our best selling Eiffel locket as seen below. Reg Loves This will also be making a special French inspired appearance.

Take a look at http://www.paristoprovence.com.au/ for more information

New Banner for Lifeinstyle

Lifeinstyle Melbourne is just round the corner now and we are very excited about our new banner. Following the billboard in a cityscape theme the new banner features our favourite image of the moment from our Day at the Beach photo shoot - just gorgeous!

Le Marché

We are off to Market tomorrow! - The inaugral Paris to Provence at the beautiful Abbotsford Convent in Melbourne.

 The event presents a large French inspired market with interactive stalls broken up into seven categories: food & wine, children, gifts & accessories, French books & magazines, travel & events, cosmetics and courses & classes. Visitors will be treated to free chocolate samples and wine and cheesesampling workshops while enjoying some of the best live French entertainment Melbourne has to offer, including performances from theMelbourne French Theatre and songs from the ‘La La La’ French choir. Mini French enthusiasts will love the face painting and French story time.

http://www.paristoprovence.net/
http://www.abbotsfordconvent.com.au/whats-on/paris-provence
http://www.leoniandvonk.com/

The Temple and RAA Galleries, Queensland

Here is another one of our gorgeous stockists - The Temple and RAA Galleries in Cairns and Palm Cove. Marnie, the owner of The Temple and RAA told us this about her Galleries.


"Our aim is to create a Gallery Lifestyle shop that when entering is like going on a journey. We want our customers to be inspired and excited. As they peruse the Gallery, the colour, art and objects take you to a different place and away from the stresses in life. We aim to support fair trade products, Local and Australian made, unusual hand made products that have integrity and something special about them. We endeavour to be different and have items that are not mass produced and found in all the usual stores. We are an Artist run business and aesthetics are important to us it is all about beauty and uniqueness."

 Let us and Marnie know if you manage a visit.

 For details of our other stockists Australia wide and overseas go to www.leoniandvonk.com.

From Paris to Provence - inspirational France

A recent trip to France was the main inspiration for our new collection.

Paris - the light on ancient buildings, the juxtaposition of old and new, classic and quirky and the appreciation of  style and beauty. The rustic charm of the French countryside with it's stunning buildings, green fields and wild flowers provided the perfect contrast.

Grab yourself a little bit of your own French inspiration at the up and coming Paris to Provence expo at the beautiful and historic Abbotsford Convent in Melbourne on Saturday 29 May. Described as a Tour of France at the Convent the event will host over 50 exhibitors - French wine and food, homewares, gifts and clothes and lifestyle organisations will all on be show along with some French inspired Leoni & Vonk jewellery!

http://www.paristoprovence.net/

Advanced Style

Proof from the wise and silver-haired set that personal style advances with age.


I came upon this fantastic blog sometime ago and just had to share it with you! Ari Seth Cohen roams the streets looking for New York's most stylish and creative older folks and features them on the blog. It is full of wonderful characters with great style and elegance - inspirational to us all whatever our age!
 

 

http://advancedstyle.blogspot.com/search?updated-min=2010-01-01T00%3A00%3A00-05%3A00&updated-max=2011-01-01T00%3A00%3A00-05%3A00&max-results=50