The Goodies

I always love to come home with a gorgeous handmade goodie after each market....   and Saturday was no exception.

I'd spied these lovely needle felted brooches on Holly's blog last month, so I couldn't resist bringing one home!

I also bought this lovely Squirrel cushion from Flickettysplits with the intention of giving it as a gift..... but I think it's feeling right at home on my couch, and might need to stay.

If you'd like to find out a little bit more about little ol' me, there's a featured blogger interview over at Handmade News today!

The Northside Wrap

Melbourne turned on the most perfect weather for a market yesterday...

I have to give a huge thankyou to Tinniegirl for helping me to set up, move my car for me, and coming back to help me pack up again. Without help from friends and family, I wouldn't be able to participate in markets, so I'm truly appreciative of the help.

I requested a stall near the cupcakes.... just for sustenance of course!

I forgot to take the correct camera with me, so I have to give a huge thankyou to Jennie for taking all of these photos and emailing them to me.

I did make a couple of purchases, but I haven't taken photos of them yet, so I'll save them for later this week.

In the meantime.... I probably should start unpacking my suitcase!

A cold day in Melbourne Town

My stall

The market didn't go as well as I'd hoped yesterday. We set up out the front of the church, just in time for a passing rain shower, and then the winds started gusting and blowing everything away.

We moved around to the side of the church, which was a little less windy..... but freezing cold.

Polly Pratt

Luckily, all of the lovely stallholders like to have a good chat, so we all managed to keep each other amused amongst the shivering.

Pepperberry and Co

We had lots of lovely locals come to visit - Nikki, Lara (happy birthday for yesterday), Liz, Jasperboy Jen... I hope I haven't missed anyone.

Finki

Mishmash Mosaics

Mr Flickettysplits hand delivered my custom ordered draught snake to the church market, while Mrs Flickettysplits was busy at the town hall market.

Melbourne Epicure

I came with some lovely goodies (as per usual), which I'll show later in the week. I also came home with cupcakes and gingerbread men (already eaten) from Melbourne Epicure... and a lovely Olive Loaf which will be demolished today.

Now it's time to unpack the car and clean the house...fun - NOT!

Loot Glorious Loot - Day 3

Todays Loot includes some of my purchases from Saturdays Made'n'Thornbury Market


I resisted purchasing one of these fabulous Flickettysplits cushions at the first market in February, but I just couldn't resist this time around. It's lovely and soft and squishy and I can curl up with it on the couch. Now I just need to make that couch quilt that I've been promising since last winter.

I also bought a pink facewasher with a sweet little crochet edge... and a little frog to keep Missy company on the bookshelf....

....this little Pepperberry mini tote bag

...another pendant (anyone noticing a pattern by any chance) - this one by Konstant Kaos

....and this cute little Barbie Fashion Pack from Vestal Vagrant. I don't have barbies, but I can't wait to play around with the scraps and ribbons and lace to create my own little masterpiece!

There was one more thing.... I just need to find it to take a photo.

More Looters over here.

A bit of gratuitous advertising

The Made'n'Thornbury market is on again this Saturday. I'll be there selling my wares, and Tinniegirl will be helping me out too, so come and say hello!

The address is 99 Leinster Grove, Thornbury and it runs from 10AM - 3PM. All of the stalls are inside a hall, so no need to worry about inclement weather. Bring the kiddies along to have some fun at the kids craft table, and to pick up some Mothers Day pressies.

There'll be lots of other lovely stalls too - these are just some of them:

Pepperberry and Co.

Konstant Kaos

Finki

Vestal Vagrant

Flicketty Splits

Melbourne Epicure (head on over and check out the gingerbread men - you won't be sorry)!

Buttons by Lou Lou

Come along for a lovely day out and support handmade.....

Swapsies

The fabulous thing about selling at a craft market is that you get to meet lots of other amazing crafters.... and you even get to swap your wares!

I was lucky enough to come home with some gorgeous Flickettysplits creations from the Made'n'Thornbury market, while Troischats went home with an IOU a Burnt Pumpkin Orange Corduroy Handbag from me.

We've been on the lookout for the perfect shade of burnt pumpkin orange corduroy ever since, but with no luck...... until she found this burnt pumpkin orange fuzzy fabric instead.

It arrived in the mail yesterday, and as today is Troischat's birthday, I went straight to work to whip up the handbag so that we could meet up at the Sisters Market thisafternoon.

The strap folds wouldn't even fit under the presser foot of my poor old Janome, so it was the trusty Vintage Singer to the rescue (after I printed out the instructions to try to work out how to change the bobbin, and then broke three needles).

Look..... no floppy bottom on this one!

I finished in the nick of time, and took a few quick snapshots in the morning light before I headed out to meet up with the ladies who lunch for a long relaxing brunch (I really didn't mean for that to rhyme)!

Then it was off to the market to check out all the gorgeous crafty wares on offer. It was crafty blog central with Bec, Fi, Justine, and Jay.

Such a perfect day....