Blackbird Summer Market

Tomorrow bramble and bear will be holding a stall at The Blackbird Market. It is my favourite market of all!
Situated in the quaint Worker Club Hotel on the corner of Brunswick and Gertrude Streets, Fitzroy. Escape the possible showers and browse quirky wares from Melbourne designers while listening to 1960's tunes! Tomorrow should be even more enjoyable than usual as I will have my best friend Lauren to keep me company between meeting other lovely people.

Hope to see you there! :)

Blackbird Market

Seriously just the cutest market! Has such a good vibe! The venue helps immensely, as do all the lovely stalls.

So glad to be a part of it and look forward to it next Saturday! Have a lovely sunny weekend this weekend!

Harem

I went for a wonderful long stroll yesterday along Brunswick Street Fitzroy. I was primarily there to check out the Blackbird Market and Rose Street Artist Market as I will be holding some stalls there over the next couple of months! I was especially impressed by the Blackbird market. It was small and cute with plenty of gorgeous merchandise!
I have not been shopping in Fitzroy for a while and was dazzled by all the stalls and shops which were obiviously put there specifically for me to spend my money at!

My favourite store was Harem at 248 Brunswick Street.
There were several varieties of bird hair clips and I have a soft spot for fake birds! They are actually called mushroom birds, and I had some in my wedding flower arrangements that I made 2 years ago.
Here are one of the treasures I picked up.

You learn something new everyday

Last night I learnt embroidery at the Etsy Craft Party. Despite the wind and rain as I was making my way there on my bike wearing a gargabe bag... it was a great night! There were about 50 women (and one man!) learning things skills like sewing, screen printing, embroidery and crochet. I met some lovely people and ate some delicious food too. Unfortunatley I left my pretty blue plate there which was a present from my Grandma :(
I hope there are many more events like this in Mlebourne in the future.

Sunday Saver: Fitzroy

Yesterday Sean purchased our Sunday Saver Metcards and we were set!
It was off to Fitzroy with us for some wanderings.
Favourite thing I saw was this store... Cottage Industry at 57 Gertrude Street.

Alas it wasn't open. The cat sitting in the window and had no problem with us pressing our faces against the window to look at the wonderful feast of primarily fabric based products.

There was even a doiley covered tree on the nature strip! Luckily for our wallets many of the boutiques were closed. We did manage to score a couple of bargains at the Alannah Hill/Dangerfield outlet. Afterwards we walked the back streets to the Napier Hotel where we gourged ourselves on chicken while watching a Jewish wedding at the beautiful town hall across the road.

We will no doubt be visiting this part of the world again soon.