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Caversham Wildlife Park
If you have friends visiting Australia for the first time then I definitely recommend you take them to Caversham Wildlife Park for the day, particularly if they want to get up close to Kangaroos, Koalas, Wombats, Wallabies and more. Image: Ankalia Creative Director Cheryl Botha wearing Bianca sandals in nude leather with rose pink Swarovski crystals. Caversham Wildlife Park has the largest private collection of Australian native wildlife in Western Australia and it’s only a 40-minute drive from the city of Perth. The park is family owned and operated and it features about 200 species of wildlife, as well as...
Western Australian Small Business
Saturday 27th October was WA Small Business Day. Did you know: Small business represents 97% of all businesses in WA Last financial year small business contributed more than $39 billion dollars to the economy If WA’s small business sector was considered an industry, it would rank 2nd only to mining ($64 million+) in terms of industry gross value Ankalia.com is one such, WA small business. We are owned and operated by me and I am proud to say that every pair of Swarovski crystal sandals Ankalia produces is lovingly handmade by me. That’s right I handcraft every pair of...
Pink and Blue Summer Dresses
There are a number of labels that are always on my Summer fashion radar, but every season I seem to love various shades of pink and blue, as well as almost everything Seed Heritage produces. Image:bike riding in my pink and blue Seed Heritage dress and wearing my Valentina pink sandals As a girl that loves pink and blue, when I saw this blue and white striped cotton dress with a pink off-the-shoulder frill in broderie anglaise I knew I just had to have it. Image: my Isabella Swarovski leather sandals with Seed Heritage dress It teams perfectly with a...
Pink and Black Love
At the moment I’m loving pink and black together, so when I saw this long skirt and top ensemble in pink and black at Seed Heritage, I just had to have it. Image: Seed Heritage Summer 2 piece - skirt and top, Gucci handbag The top is super versatile and I sometimes wear it with shorts or jeans. Most of the time, if I’m running around town all-day, or If I’m wearing denim cut-offs with the top, I wear it with our plain black Lara sandals in the flat version. Image: Seed Heritage skirt and top with Lara black suede...
Dress Up Your Shorts with Casual Chic Sandals
Like a lot of people, I like to get around most of the time in shorts and a t-shirt or little top. It’s a look that’s so comfy and so easy to wear, particularly if you’re on a Summer holiday and sightseeing all day. I’m a firm believer that you can go from day, to the bar and then on to a casual Summer dinner in the same pair of shorts and the little top or t-shirt you’ve been wearing during the day if you simply change your footwear. Image: Our Amanda sandals in grey leather with Swarovski crystal embellishments....
What Exactly is Swarovski Crystal?
Swarovski crystals are man-made gems manufactured in Austria. In 1892, Daniel Swarovski invented a machine for making precision cut, beautiful, high quality lead glass crystals using quartz, sand and minerals. Image: our Gemma sandals in lilac leather with green Swarovski crystals So really Swarovski crystals aren’t a gemstone or even a crystal, they’re a form of glass that’s made at a high temperature by melting silicon oxide powders with lead to form what is known as lead crystal. The exact process is patented by Swarovski. Image: our Amanda sandals in red leather with Swarovski crystal embellishments The exact proportions of...