Christobel by Christine Lovitt

When I go out to street markets such as unwrapped I always find something or someone interesting . Christobel was more special than others. When I first spotted the stall and gave Christine my blog card I didn’t know exactly what she was about. At the time, it wasn’t that clear to me what her ‘brand’ was. That intrigued me. There were some quirky and chunky accessories. Then I also saw some cards and books. Lots of old and interesting books as keepsakes.

Luck would have it I got to actually talk to her last night and I had an interesting conversation with the talented lady. Christobel is her childhood name by her parents. Cute. She started Christobel about 18 months ago after working as a lawyer for twenty five years. Now she is working part-time as a consultant and putting more energy into her newly found love for creating whimsical pretty things with vintage books and other findings. She has a great sense of style. The evidence? Those necklaces in the photos (she is wearing one as well) were made with her ‘reject’ buttons. After picking usable and nice ones she was left with a mountain of rejects and she thought there should be ways to use them so that’s how these chunky and fun statement pieces were born.

I do have a bit of soft spot for charming old things whether they are practical or not. All things that Christobel is offering take me right back to Les Puces at the edge of Paris. The very first photo is with her daughter Claire and Gemma, her other daughter, is working at ici et la. I hope I got that right. Was it Claire working at ici et la? hmm Anyway, It’s a small world. After talking to her I had a strong urge to revisit ici et la and also pop into see Elaine at Behind the Monkey where you can find some Christobel goodies. Christobel is also available in William topp. I’m now inspired and energised after a long day (rather a long week too although Monday was a public holiday). I’m hoping to see more of Christobel goodies by all three, Claire, Gemma and Christine Lovitt. Girl power!

Update: I’ll be at Jailhouse Frock tomorrow night and possibly going to another show organised by Skatt soon. Plenty more opportunities for me to practice shooting shows. One of those days I get better at it. Let’s wait and see. Shall we?