HANDMADE MARKET THIS WEEKEND

Well today I'm packing for the Handmade Market Canberra tomorrow. Have been very busy this week preparing stock completing crochet bunting and spending time

 with my little son and his broken leg.

Today is time to chill out pack bags and head off to Canberra for a great night out with my darling husband as we spend our 11yr anniversary together. 

 Darling I love you more now then the day we meet you have brought such joy to my life and now with the addition of Harrison to our family 3yrs ago my life in complete.

 Darling I love you and can't wait to spend the next 11yrs enjoying what ever life has to send our way....xxx

SPREADING THE LOVE

Had a great weekend busy but fun. Meet some lovely Ladies Emma and Susannah from Six in a Row. Love everything about these lovely ladies and it was a pleasure to be placed right next to them on Saturday at Handmade in Canberra. LOVE there Stuff and it took me all day to pick my necklace but after getting it home I totally made the right choice. 

However we went from one extreme to the other in regards to weather on Sat it was a lovely cool partly raining day in Canberra and today was HOT HOT HOT at my 1st Hide & Seek market.

The crowds weren't having a bar of travelling out to in the heat to visit us at Hide & Seek toady however it did give me a chance to chat to the lovely Julianne from Giggle Spot designs. Don't you just love the turtle he is my current Fave however everything this lovely lady makes is GOLD!

This week I will spending some time catching up with friends along with getting a start and finish on my name tag for Sew It Together in March.

HANDMADE MARKET AGAIN IN 2011

Last year we spent a lot of time back and forth between Sydney and Canberra doing markets and this year we (my darling Husband and myself) are doing it all over again! 

So look out Canberra Gifts Created is coming. In just over 3 weeks we will be attending the amazing Handmade Market Canberra and it's going to be held at the new venue

The National Convention Centre in the heart of Canberra.

There will be air conditioning, undercover stalls, plenty of parking, and close ATM facilities.

Many of the regular stall holders will be attending along with many New designers.

It will be on Saturday 19 February 2011 from 11am to 4pm at The National Convention Centre, Canberra.

So come on by and say a big hello! 

MARKET WEEKEND

 OK so this weekend I have 2 markets yes two and there not just small markets but big crazy busy, fun and full of action markets on Saturday morning I will be heading off to Canberra for the amazing Handmade Market It's a twilight market so I'm looking forward to having a great time with just my hubby and me...

On Sunday I will be back in Sydney to attend the amazing Mathilda's Market Lane Cove.

So many wonderful Market Ladies to say hello to and a few are also doing the 2 markets over this weekend. I'm totally looking forward to this busy time and spending it with my man makes it so much more fun. Hay I've been married for 10 years and take US time as it comes!

YOU CAN FIND ME HANGING OUT UNDER THE TREE...

come along and say hello!

SHOP 4 KIDS

Yay the new issue of the sensational mag Shop 4 Kids is out now and guess who is making her first appearance in amongst some wonderful handmade designers you guessed it right ME!

It's such a great magazine as when pregnant and even now I find inspiration in ever page and to find that the founder of Handmade Julie Nicholos has also made a few quotes on both the handmade market and Shop Handmade is very exciting.

Mathilda's Market and Madeit also appear on it's pages double Yay! I also have the pleasure of appearing along side some great designers including Gypsy Tutu, Paperklip designs, retro mummy to name just a few....


And look at who is sharing the lime light...no one other them Mr Happy snail Spot!...However the price listed is incorrect ...The snails are selling at $38.00 not $34.00 sorry about that (still a bargain) if I do say so myself...
Happy Reading!

HANDMADE MARKET THIS SATURDAY

Well it's time again to travel to Canberra for the amazing Handmade Markets held on the lovely grounds at Kamberra Wine Company. I have been so excited for the last month however as I have been suffering from Bronchitis for over 2 weeks now I was afraid that I wasn't going to be able to attend but to my excitement I awoke this morning without a headache, blocked nose and wheezing however as anybody who has had bronchitis knows the cough and out of breathlessness stays with you for a long time...So I will be rugging up and so happy I'm extra happy to have a lovely cozy spot indoors.

Congrats to the lovely ladies from Shop handmade for a wonderful article in the Canberra city news. And just loving the cover....NOW have to get me some of those pears from red stitch designs before Brenda's run off her feet check her items out here!

You can read full article here!

Although I have been off sick I have been catching up on some hand stitching in between watching Martha and reading Eclipse Oh year and looking after my full of energy now 2year old son Harrison!

Lots of snails and birdcages available at Handmade on Saturday along with my newly designed circus mobiles just look for me under the big tree inside.....

Shop Handmade

Shop Handmade is open for business.

How amazing does it look I can't wait to take a road trip to Canberra to check it out for my self. The Shop had a media night last night and I grabbed this images from the lovely posie to give you a sneak peek at the wounderful varity avaliable at Shop Handmade.

If you are in the area check them out the address is Allara Street, City Walk Canberra

or you can see them online

Thanks to everyone involved the shop looks amazing.

Can you see some gifts created items in the photos? I can!

Handmade fun all around

Welcome to all my new friends from Canberra it was lovely to have a chat and thanks a bunch to everyone who purchased some goodies from Gifts Created I hope you enjoy them as much as I enjoy making them for you.

Well what a weekend both I and my darling Husband had at the Canberra Handmade markets.

After the long drive we arrived ready and excited to begin our day with unpacking the car with all my goodies including my new Mushroom kits so exciting as I also sold a few! The new Mr Wriggle kits did really well too. (please if you purchased one of the kits e-mail me with some photos and let me know how you went I luv to get feedback)

I was so happy with the way they turned out such a cute gift to give.

I just had to have a photo amongst my wonderland of things. We were right next to the window which was great as we had natural light coming in all day but not so good for photos sorry!

My little Owl stayed in his tree the whole day looking out at all the on lookers.

This is what you can expect to receive when you purchase from me lots of red and white with my new logo sticker on the front of the bags....

Overall it was great day Julie and her team did a huge effort and you couldn't have asked for better weather on the day. The food and entertainment was also great. It was great to have a chance to walk around and say hello to all my lovely market lady friends you make me smile...

Looking forward to the next Handmade market in June.

HANDMADE HAS ARRIVED

I'm so excited to be heading to Canberra this Sunday for the Handmade market. I have lots of new goodies along with the much loved older ones!

I have been working hard on some new patterns and turning some of my much loved designs into patterns for all to make.

The line up of designers that will be attending handmade is huge and I'm sure that I will have a lot of fun shopping Oh I mean looking around.....he he he !

All GROWN UP

Ok so this weekend I didn't get much work done. I spent Saturday working on up grading my little ones room to a more playfull and useful bed room...and wallla!

I purchased this really cute Michael Miller fabric quilt, pillow and rug from Allies Attic in Paddington last year and have been wanting to make matching curtians but hadn't known where to start...But after meeting my Mum and Dad at Ikea last week I found the perfect curtins and took some of the matching fabric and sewed a strip of it over the animals that came with the curtians...I love it when things come togther.

Harrison's room of course had to have a set of my magical mushrooms for him to look at when my darling husband read's him his books that he loves ever so much these days...



My mother found this old desk on the side of the road years ago and kindly gave it to me and since then it has sat in the garage until last week when my Father in law sanded it down and gave it a new lease on life.
Harrison just loves it and thinks it's neat to hide things in...

Harrison loves his new room and to tell you the truth so do I.

A weekend well spent on my little one...

now must catch up on some orders and sewing before next weekends big event

HANDMADE in canberra....YEAH!

Are you a book worm?

OK so are you a book worm? I know my little boy Harrison is and that's why I decided to design his own little book worm to sit on his shelf and watch over his books when he sleeps..... Great news is that he will be making an appearance next weekend at Handmade in Canberra along with a kit for all those that love to sew...

Any suggestions on a Name for him?

Handmade Canberra's Upmarket: Meet the Designer: Gifts Created

I wake this morning to find the Lovely Tania McCartney from Handmade Market Canberra has written up a lovely post about me and what I do.

Chek it out!

Handmade Canberra's Upmarket: Meet the Designer: Gifts Created

I'm so grateful to be included amongst some lovely designers and are looking forward to attending this amazing Market on the 28th March. Don't be shy head on over to the Handmade Market website and have a peek at the amazing talents of the designers

attending the Market in March.