NZCQ hits Melbourne

Chris and I were lucky enough to get to go to Melbourne for a flying 4 day holiday. Its my favourite city in Aussie and this was trip number 5 for me, but it was Chris' first time (and first time out of the country!!)

He was pretty excited about getting to visit Rare Records in St Kilda and he and the owner Doug had a great time talking and sharing fanboy stories. Not to mention the fact that Chris and I both came back with some great music nerd goodies!

For me the highlight was getting to meet the lovely Jess from Sugadeaux Cupcakes! Its such a small world - shes also good friends with Doug from Rare Records.



We'd been Flickr buddies for awhile and she bought one of my Eat cake. Worship Satan cross stitches. Due to a rather blonde moment from me involving getting on the right tram in the wrong direction, we were 2 hours late to meet her, oops! I finally got to try a Sugadeaux cupcake and I was not disappointed! Its a shame we're in different countries because we got along so well. She is one of the most genuine and down to earth people I've met and I think her cupcake business is going to take off!



You can see just how excited I was to try a chocolate Sugadeaux cuppie in this photo!



We also got to visit Little Cupcakes on Degraves Street in the city and loved the cute little store they've set up! Their red velvet ones were very addictive and we went 2 days in a row to treat ourselves to a mini one each.





One of the unexpected highlights of the trip was a chance meeting with the oh so talented Gemma Jones. We popped into the Outré Gallery and got chatting with Gemma about all things crafty. She snapped this cute photo of my tattoo (with Chris lurking in the background).



And then sent us on our way to meet Pip at Meet Me At Mike's. It was awesome getting to meet these creative crafty people and discovering a bit of the craft community in Melbourne! I will definitely be keeping in touch with both Pip and Gemma. I'm also working on sewing a plushie for Meet Me At Mikes Softies for Mirabel charity.



We also met a rad chick called Lauren at a shop called Off Your Tree and she had THE most amazing candy and cupcake sleeve done!



So those were the highlights of the trip! If you want to check out more of the photos head to my
Flickr page where there are HEAPS of rad street art pics we snapped all about the Melbourne CBD.



love the NZCQ & Mr NZCQ
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