I heart cup cakes…especially today!
Happy Valentines Day….xx
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Lovely studio office
A quick snoop on Pintrest this afternoon I found this fantastic office from Deebe from the gorgeous Art as Life Blog.
I recently moved into the new Sleepi Spaces HQ and I am slowly making the space my own…I promise to post pics soon. I adore this office!
http://debeecampos.blogspot.com.au/
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DwellStudio Owl Nursery
I’m a huge fan of DwellStudio and came across these images taken by Jessica Comingore on the weekend. I adore this nursery. I love the big subtle grey/blue stripes and fun DwellStudio Owl bedding.
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Sleepi Spaces has a New Home xx
There has been great debate over what to call the new Sleepi Spaces warehouse – of which is also my new office and likely to become part new home!! It’s been the referred to as the ‘Shed’, ‘Warehouse’, ‘Distribution Centre’ and the name that seems to have currently stuck is “Sleepi Spaces Headquarters” which seems rather over the top for a shed in which I work alone surrounded by baskets, but its dignified of the amount of work that was involved to get here – so perhaps that name will stay
All in all it’s a gorgeous new structure that was purpose built to house my goodies. Its been a huge task and I have some many people to thank for helping me – namely my father. Thanks dad!! And of course my Husband who put his love of paragliding aside to help creative this dream space that is sure to make my life so much easier!!
As you can see there is still a long way to go……but its getting closer by the day. 
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ABC Kids Expo – Part 2
Another great love of mine is textiles, and its important for me to keep up to trend with what’s going on in “The Fabrics World”. Always in fashion for infants are unique patterns and bright colours and I was so excited to finally get to see up close the range from Oilo and it certainly didn’t disappoint. If you are a fan of celebrity stylist Rachel Zoe, she chose the Cobblestone in Taupe pattern for her son Skyler’s nursery. Oilo has created sophisticated modern patterns that surprising look just as at home in the nursery as they would in an adults bedroom.
- Oilo – Modern Berries Spring Green
Oilo Cot Bedding - Sticks Pewter
The unfortunate reality of fantastic cot bedding is that most of the pattern is seen on the bumper. And any mum out there will tell you that bumpers are a no no….
Oilo Cobblestone in Taupe
Oilo cot bedding Modern Berry Spring Green
ABC Kids Expo USA – Part 1
After an exhausting, exhilarating and rather expensive trip to the US I am happy to say I am finally home. While I had all the good intentions in the world to take my blogging to a new level and actually write fantastic news worthy pieces whilst I was away, it didn’t happen and my posts regarding the ABC Kids Expo are somewhat late!
As you may know late last month I attended the ABC Kids Expo in Kentucky. It was something that I had wanted to do before I launched Sleepi Spaces. ABC Kids Expo is a trade event that is not open to the public. It’s a ginormous expo with over 1000 exhibitors spread out across 300,000sq metres in what I have to say is the biggest expo centre I have ever seen. It’s the worlds largest showcase of all the new Baby/Children and Mum trends and products on the market or those about to launch. Had I worn a pedometer I’m sure over the 3 days I would have clocked a scary amount of kilometers, systematically you circle around and around trying to take it all in, product after product after product.
I must admit prams are certainly one of my one true loves and ABC Kids had an overwhelming amount on display. I fell hard for a few and in the end couldn’t make up my mind which I thought was this years Bugaboo Donkey (the pram of 2010), perhaps it was the Orbit Double Helix or the new Boon Zen pram that comfortably folds and compacts with the seat attached to fit into the boot of a Mini Cooper. My friend Kristen will attest to this being rather a big call, having owned a Mini she said that getting a few shopping bags in the back was a struggle let alone getting a very snazzy modern pram into it! Then there was the New Quinny Q Range. In my eyes it’s out there to compete with the celebrity popular limited addition Bugaboo Missoni. Love it or hate it, I definitely think we will be seeing it here in Australia within the year. There were so many great products on display and I’ve chosen a few of my faves.
New Maxi Cosi Micro Car Seat and Quinny Zapp and Buzz
Quinny Zapp Xtra Q Design Limited Edition
Quinny Buzz Bassinet
Quinny Zapp
Orbit Double
- Bugaboo Donkey
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I’ve never been one to romanticise
I’ve never been one to romanticise but I found myself wondering how amazing NYC would be to live in. There is only one word for it “LOVE” and I’m head over heels in it! I feel like I need to rush out and buy an “I Heart New York” shirt. 
New York, New York…
I’m off to New York on Sunday. It will be my first trip to the US. I can’t tell you how excited I am. Originally it was supposed to be a fly by the seat of my pants trip, a few days in New York, 3 days at the ABC Kids Trade Expo in Kentucky and then to Las Vegas for the International Textiles Expo, its now turned into 3 weeks of holiday bliss….and I simply cannot wait.
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Honey I have a great idea….
I’ve sat on this welcome post for 2 months now…I can’t say why, but its taken me such a long time to write. It was (and one sentence into it) is actually an incredible amount of pressure. I have an overwhelming desire to make this poignant, meaningful and outrageously funny, but to be honest I’m not sure I can be all of those things without getting a severe case of stage fright. So I’ve given myself a time line, between the peeled spuds entering the oven and when I hope to remove them in all their golden glory, I hope to have finished and posted my first ever blog post.
I am Johanna. In December of 2009 I came home with an idea and an image. In May of 2010 I launched Sleepi Spaces Moses Baskets. People ask me every day where the idea came from, mostly they ask if it was searching for a moses basket for my own baby that led me down the path, I have to be honest and say no. The idea came from one beautiful swatch of fabric and a client whose commercial fit out I had just finished and who needed some inspiration for her own baby’s nursery.
It may seem somewhat fraudulent that I am engrossed in the baby world without actually having one, but let me assure you, I can’t wait to have a baby. In April this year I married Dave, simply the love of my life. An amazing man who has supported Sleepi Spaces even back when it was a fabric swatch and a wild idea in my head. When I found out in was pregnant in January I was over the moon. It was something we decided to let happen if and when it did. Of course it threw a few spanners in the works in relation to the wedding, but what incredible news. Then at my first scan we found out it was twins. We were over the moon. Two months after that amazing day and two days before our wedding we were confronted with sad and difficult news about the health of our babies, two days after our wedding we had to make the hardest decisions of our lives and say goodbye to our twins.
While I write this because sometimes I really want people to know how much I want to be a mum so I don’t feel like a fraud, I also want to share a huge part of my life and start this blog like a new beginning. So thanks for coming and reading.
Sleepi Spaces was born from my heart. So is this blog.
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