Thousand Island Dressing

I forgot about this shop until I saw it here. It’s a great place, with a very tasteful range of merch (mostly jewellery) — well, in my opinion anyway, it appeals to my taste. Even though I wouldn’t wear everything I saw, I liked everything, if you know what I mean. I’ve bought rings, bracelets and neck beads here, once for me and twice for gifts. The prices are mostly what you’d expect on Oxford Street, but some are surprisingly affordable — you have to have a browse.

I love, love, love this shop. I am fairly new to the area of Bulimba and I am a huge fan of the whole street. Thousand Island Dressing is a jewellery, decoration and giftware store at Bulimba.
The displays are colour coded and for some reason I am drawn to the red, 4 tier stand. It houses chunky beaded necklaces, gorgeous red lanterns, ruby earrings and a red mosaic bust amongst other things.
They also have some sweet little earrings and I could easily buy half a dozen. There were some tiny gold poodles that were just a little bit cute. I could stay here for a good hour browsing. Unfortunately I had my less than patent partner with me at the time, but I will definitely be back soon.

This store has so much cute, hand-​made jewellery, I was OOOHing and AHHHing the whole time I was in the store.
I’ve been to the Paddington store a number of times, but personally like the Oxford Street store better. It’s small but filled to the brim with beautiful things.
The first thing that caught my eye were the Poetry Bangles — $ 19 for a silver bangle with a lovely inspirational message on it.
SING … as though no one can hear you.
DANCE … as though no one is watching you.
LOVE … as though you have never been hurt.
LIVE … as though heaven is on earth.
I think it would be nice to have the complete set of 4 bangles, worn all at once.
Thousand Island Dressing also stocks earrings by Scrumptious Productions, which is a Melbourne based jewellery maker — her earring are made with vintage buttons, beads or retro fabrics. Very cute.
There is just so much jewellery — whether you like silver, gold or coloured, they have a huge range to suit your style.

There are some magical stores that draw women in like moths to a flame. This is one of those stores. Full of beautiful things to wear and for around the home, this shop is always crowded with women of all ages, lost in a daydream as they stroll through the store imagining which dress would go with that stunning necklace and bargaining that they deserve a reward for sticking to their diet, and those earrings would do just fine in that capacity.
Don’t be fooled by my tendency to focus on their jewellery, they have a lot more than that here, but that seems to be the main attraction and it’s certainly what distracted me from hurrying home in order to beat traffic.

Thousand Island Dressing Bulimba is somewhat overshadowed in its reputation by its sister store at Paddington. However, don’t let the hype put you off.
The merchandise at the Bulimba store is the same sort of fare as the Paddington store: unique jewellery, hair accessories and bags that aren’t super-​cheap but aren’t ridiculously expensive, either.
Of course, it depends on what you want. My sister loves those rings made out of shell; I bought her one of these for just a few dollars. At the other end of the scale, if you want to buy homeware items (perfect for a friend’s house-​warming) you’re looking at the more expensive end of the scale. I would, however, venture to say that homeware items elsewhere will probably be just as expensive as here, but less unique.
What is uniform about Thousand Island Dressing is that its merchandise is unique and beautiful — especially the earrings, bracelets and bangles. And I’m not even that big on accessories.
It’s also true that if you’re ever struggling for a gift for a female, you’ll find something here. Find out her favourite colour or take notice of the accessories she wears. I guarantee you’ll find the perfect gift at Thousand Island Dressing.
Side note: this store can get busy and bustling, so watch your step. You’re surrounded by absorbed customers who aren’t necessarily watching where they’re going.
I may even be one of them.

Thousand Island Dressing is the best fall back option for gift shopping anywhere. The amount of times I’ve been stressing about what to get the female members of my family for Christmas or their birthday and I’ve wound up here is ridiculous. It’s like every time I go in all I have to do is describe my relative and within 20 minutes the staff there have helped me find a gift ranging from jewellery, clothes or home wares that ends up being the perfect fit.
Like most places on Oxford St, there is a slight increase in prices to things you wouldn’t expect to be so expensive. But this is one of those cases that the silver bracelet you buy for your sister will end up being their favourite thing to wear everyday.