New Creations - Market Ready

This Sunday heralds my first stall at The Rose St artists market in Fitzroy. It is open from 11am - 5pm... just off Brunswick Street. There are plenty of artists and designers to check out! I find the first time at a new market can be daunting and I am lucky enough to have my sister help me set up the stall. She has a blog too... clever cookie. www.ihavetworooms.blogspot.com.

Above are some new creations I have been working on in preparation for the market! Most of the market is undercover, but lets still hope for blue skies!

Foxy Russian Folk Tales

Some inspirational pages of Russian folk stories from vintage childrens books. The fox is always sly and cunning! Courtesy of The Animalarium blog.

kikki. oKay!

Yesterday I journeyed to the city in the middle of my working day. There was a $500 gift voucher to be spent you see. It was a gift to our company from one of our suppliers. But what can one buy for an office at Melboune Central? Stationary of course! So I carefully selected gifts for each person in the office from kikki.K. and Smiggle and put it on their desk last night. Everyone got a great surprise in the morning. I even got something for myself (of course). This diary. I love you. Please. Make me happy all the days of next year with your different designs for each week and polar bear/circus elephant/sunshine stickers for special occasions.

New Slang

Gold teeth and a curse for this town were all in my mouth. Only, i don't know how they got out, dear. Turn me back into the pet that i was when we met. I was happier then with no mind-set. And if you'd 'a took to me like A gull takes to the wind. Well, i'd 'a jumped from my tree And i'd a danced like the king of the eyesores And the rest of our lives would 'a fared well. New slang when you notice the stripes, the dirt in your fries. Hope it's right when you die, old and bony. Dawn breaks like a bull through the hall, Never should have called But my head's to the wall and i'm lonely. And if you'd 'a took to me like A gull takes to the wind. Well, i'd 'a jumped from my tree And i'd a danced like the kind of the eyesores And the rest of our lives would 'a fared well. God speed all the bakers at dawn may they all cut their thumbs, And bleed into their buns 'till they melt away. I'm looking in on the good life i might be doomed never to find. Without a trust or flaming fields am i too dumb to refine? And if you'd 'a took to me like Well i'd a danced like the queen of the eyesores And the rest of our lives would 'a fared well.

Made by White

Check out these super cute designs below! Don't you just love them! Sydney sisters Lyndsay and Kelly started label Made By White 3 years ago. All their creations are based on their drawings which are then lazer cut and packaged by the girls themselves. Their label is now stocked in dozens of stores across Australian, and even some internationally. Why not visit their well stocked online store here

Marc Johns

Amuse yourself for many minutes here

Blackbird Market October Review

My stall at the ever cute Blackbird Market on Saturday was a success! I am told the market was not as busy as usual, with some regular stall holders & customers testing out the first Melbourne Finders Keepers market. But there were still plenty of gorgeous wares! I bought a very very cute vintage dress for only $10. I also purchased a sweet little cushion from poppy & ted. Why not visit poppy and ted's plush little store here?

I am looking forward to my next stall at Blackbird Market on Novemeber 13th and hope to see you there!

Monday's Spotlight - Calico & Co

I am terribly excited, bramble and bear has been featured in todays Monday's Spotlight on the gorgeous Calico & Co blog by Amanda Fuller.

Read my interview here: http://calicoandco.blogspot.com/2010/10/mondays-spotlight-bramble-and-bear.html

Why not get yourself some free shipping while your there!

Modish Market

Sunny Saturday just gone, my best friend Lauren and I went for some lovely strolls.

We caught the Modish Market inside the stunning Malvern Town Hall.

I purchased one pendant from the lovely Sharee from Run Wild Horses. It was only $5, and features a page from an antique childrens book! I love the little fable about a Herron on the pendant.

You can visit her website here http://www.runwildhorses.com.au/

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!

Craft Party

Last weekend I hosted a craft party for 18 lovely ladies at my place.

There was plenty of chatting, eating, drinking, laughter and last but not least crafting going on!

Activities included card making, bunting making, fabric rosettes and painting wooden flourishes.

Below are some of the highlights!

Upstairs

Shece mixing her colours

The beginnings of Yvettes gorgeous collage

Rom and I busy painting

Card making down stairs

It was a fun night and I hope to host another next year

Fall Treasury

As it is fall (or autumn!) in the northern hemisphere dandyapple on Etsy was inspired to create this stunning tresury which includes my Henrietta. You can view the treasury here.

Something Monumental

I won a competition a couple of weeks ago on the wonderful SOMETHiNG MONUMENTAL blog by Mandy Crandell.
She creates crafts, jewellery and is a photographer. Why not visit her Etsy store here and awesome blog here. I really enjoy the 'Featured' section of her blog where she talks about places she has been, the photographs are amazing!

This morning I received the parcel all the way from Indianapolis. Check out some of the cute and quirky things I won in the giveaway..

Thanks again Mandy, made my day.

Oppy Finds - Thursday

Girl Praying kitsch print 29cm x 24cm $1.50

Vintage briefcase for the man in my life. $5.50.

I also picked up a vase for $2.50 and 4 floral spoons for $1.50 as ours at home seem to be disappearing!

Vinnies Clayton South, you always come through with the goods!

Summer in the Country

Broderie Frill Corset in Cornflower from Bardot, I want you.

Why did I not buy you a week and a half ago. Now it appears you are all sold out. *Sigh*

New Vintage Style Pretties

I am terribly excited about some super cute vintage pieces I put together last week.

"Would you like your sundae with a cherry on top?" How could we say no to this cute little Kewpie doll?

This sweet necklace features an antique print from the cover of a children book ‘Cat Tales’. Two sweet kittens wearing bows looking playfully into a goldfish bowl. The little girl with Shirley Temple curls just want to play too!

This swallow print in delicate colours is taken from an antique childrens book. The print is framed in a vintage style silver toned frame with elaborate detail. Looks like it should be hung on the wall of a doll house!

A selection of other new bramble and bear pieces. More will be added each few days to Etsy. Why not check them out?

Dear Ixus

I love you Canon Ixus 130. You are matte black, you are new.

I love the way you capture the best vanilla slice in the world.
I love the way you capture the most wonderful sunset lighting up the Exhibition Building in Carlton Gardens.And I think you do a pretty good job of capturing me, too. No need for photoshop... the way you capture the light is such an improvement from my old Ixus. I love you and look forward to many years of memories captured through your lens.Me xx

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.