Stylish Kids: Buttons By Lou Lou

Clever Louise from Buttons by Lou Lou specialises in Flair. Not the Jennifer-Anniston-on-Office-Space kind. We're talking stylish fabric-covered accessories for kids, adults, and everyone in-between.

Check it out - the Buttons by Lou Lou range includes buttons/badges/brooches, hair clips, hair bands, earrings, headbands, cufflinks, necklaces, rings, bookmarks and... buttons! The hair accessories are a no-brainer for sweet little girls, but check out how cool the badges look on the little boys' hat (above) and I will be buying a bunch of the fantastic cufflinks for Mr Bondville.

You can find Melbourne-based Buttons by Lou Lou in the Madeit (Australia) store online, at various markets and at stockists around Australia. Louise also has an excellent blog that is fun to read - go say Hi and see what you like.

Images: Buttons by Lou Lou

Hip Products: Button Tree accessories

Annemarie Blades creates fun and quirky handmade bags, accessories, art and clothing under the Button Tree label. Based in Melbourne, Annemarie uses vintage materials, old book illustrations and a huge dose of imagination to put together fun pieces for your wardrobe. Annemarie aims to use as many second had/recycled materials as possible while creating original pieces - an ethos I can really respect.

I love the idea of a steely-eyed deer or bird-in-flight on my scarf peaking out from my winter jacket. And replacing all my jacket buttons with bird-covered tweed buttons. And adding a roomy bag with requisite doily fawn. And of course a doily-covered badge to top off my outfit.

If you like that idea too, you can find Button Tree in the online store as well as stockists around Australia.

Images: Button Tree