Just a few things that I'm working on

Again, thankyou everyone for your kind words. Aprilmay has indeed finally closed and is taking a break. But coming soon... a new range at aprilmay.com.au...we'll keep you posted!

Shop closing 11th Jan

Sadly, the time has come for us to close. And so with lots of stock, fabric and furniture on sale we'll be open until sunday the 11th of jan (10-5 each day, 2-5 wed). A big thankyou to all of our very loyal customers and locals for supporting us over the years (and perservering with our various opening hours and incarnations!) and of course, our wonderful stockists. Oh and yes, we will continue to trade online:)
many thanks
sam

This blog really should be all about the fact that our closing date is fast approaching, and it is, but the problem is I'm loathe to actually set a date, it's all too final for me. So in the meantime let's just say that we'll be closing sometime in january. We're currently open everyday til christmas and will continue trading for the 26 - 30 Dec. We'll be closed on new year's eve and new year's day and reopen on the 2nd until, well until I tire of the whole thing I guess??

With only 6 weeks to go til we close, we've decided to have our SALE early and so as of tomorrow there will be plenty of stock on sale from %10- %70 off!

Peta Pledger at the Convent

For those of you who don't know, my partner is an Air Traffic Controller (ask him about the cloud height next time you see him) and we're originally from Qld so we both tend to obsess about the weather but I think we'd both agree that next week's forecast of 26 for Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday is just perfect! Obviously for him, it's perfect flying conditions, and for me, it's the perfect weather for a Peta Pledger frock...

Thankyou thankyou

Well I've been absolutely inundated with emails re our shop dilemma. And I thought I was the only one who kept their eye out for good little spaces! Thankyou everyone - I'm going to be very busy this week! I was especially excited by the prospect of moving into the old Darrell Lea space in Elizabeth St. Unfortunately the lease is a little expensive but I think I'll have to have a look, at least for curiosity sake!

I've also had lots of feedback regarding our new website which is also wonderful. Of course, it's still a work in progress which is why there isn't yet an explanation as to why the Steiner Doll (pictured) is faceless. I'll leave that up to Sooz to explain!

The good news or the bad news first?

So do you prefer the good news or the bad news first? I prefer to brace myself for the bad news first so if you’re like me, don’t check out www.aprilmay.com.au just yet, read on...

Aprilmay will be closing permanently on the 24th of December. We’ve been unable to renew our lease and so whilst we are looking for new premises, we’ll be trading every Friday, Saturday and Sunday (10-5) until Christmas. Which brings me to the fact that I completely forgot our Giveaway Day on the 1st so tomorrow we’ll be sending out Mistress of the Upper Fifth button brooches to anyone with the address of any great little shops for lease in the Melbourne inner city area.

The good news is that www.aprilmay.com.au is finally up and running (and is where you can find this wonderfully versatile Yolk dress) with plenty of new stock to be added over the next couple of weeks!