Market Stall Milestones.

It's been such a great weekend besides all the political hoo haa thats been going on in our country... This Weekend I took on my first Market- St Aidans Community Market in Carrum. It started off as a nice sunny day. My stall was right near a window so the sun beamed down on all my stock :) 

Armed with my market stall ebook guide- The craft of Markets: How to achieve market stall success an Australian Perspective by Jodie Maloney of the Habby Godess and Cintia from My Poppet... I took on the experience with a "Can Do" attitude. I was excited yet really nervous at the same time..

Most of my stall props were thrifted or from Vintage stores. The little pink gingham suitcase was a $1 op shop find and the old notice board was a discarded item from Work. I used a vintage sheet as a table cloth and lined an old suitcase with squirrel scrapbooking paper and washi tape.. It made a great display for the retro owls...

It being the 1st market there wasn't much traffic but I did meet a ton of awesome people and got a ton of complements on my work. I learnt a lot from other stall holders and crafters and have made a couple of new friends. There was some amazing makers with really beautiful items...

Check out these amazing makers and artists... 

*Me and Boo
*Ouch Flower
*Couta and Moose

I left the market feeling great. Even though I didn't make a lot of sales I had a great day it was a great learning experience and I will definitely give it another shot :) Thanks for your kind advice Caylie from The creature workshop.



Bring on seaford Market next week.. Still plenty of those owls left... See you there :)

St Aidens community market, Carrum, Saturday 7th September 10-3 pm

I will be selling all these goodies and more at tomorrow's market so come by and say hello.

I have been busy making owls with my favourite vintage fabric today.. Owl fest 2013! 

Making lots of owls from Vintage Fabric.....

Oppy adventures and favourite finds..

One of my favourite things to do is treasure hunt and visit my favourite op-shops. There is nothing like the "THRILL OF THE HUNT".I love finding vintage decor and materials to upcycle and use to make my items. These are some of my favourite finds from op shopping adventures :)

For cold winter outings and spring picnics

This is the cutest vintage sheet find... Nursery Rhymes.. The colours are beautiful too 

Vintage cards.... 

 Love Gnomes 

 This sweet little vintage jewellery box is now my sewing kit... I love this picture.. So sweet

Vintage sheet fabric.. waiting to become something amazing...

What are your favourite treasure hunting finds and what is on your dream find list?

I have been searching for a vintage ceramic deer for ages.... Still no joy :( One day I will find you little deer! One day! :)

Once upon a time.. Vintage storybooks- inspiration and nostalgia

I have loved picture books as long as I can remember. When I was growing up Golden books and fairytale stories sparked my imagination and fed my daydreams. I used to daydream a lot as a child and Now that I'm all grown up not much has changed... Lol

During pregnancy I rediscovered my love for vintage storybooks when building up a collection to decorate Bodhis nursery. The amazing illustrations (unlike the ones in today's glossy picture books) ignites a sense of nostalgia and inspires creativity. I have started collecting vintage storybooks hoping to create beautiful things with them some day soon. A part of me can't bear to destroy their fragile pages but another part of me wants to share the magic that these books contain. I dream of turning these once loved and treasured pages into another form so they can be treasured once again. In the form of artwork, home decor and gift cards.. (Watch this space).. 

At the moment I have been experimenting with vintage fabrics and pictures from storybook pages to make a pretty garland. I have yet to fix up some of my errors but in time I will make it work. I just love the idea of bringing my two precious creative materials together to create something beautiful :)

Here I have used an upcycled vintage handkerchief and attached a picture from a care bear storybook... 

With all the treasure hunting I have done lately I have worked up quite a collection of vintage storybooks...Each one is precious and I can't help but feel a sense of joy when each one is discovered :)

Have you got a collection of vintage storybooks at home? 

Would love to hear your stories :) 

Market night on Facebook- Friday 9pm EST

9pm EST on facebook

I once heard that trying something new is a part of Growing and Living Life to the Fullest!

On that Note... I have decided to try a market night! I have given my facebook supporters the first chance to bag a few of the left over Items from the Weekend Market! 
These are some of the Items that are up for grabs....
* Whimsy headbands

Woodland Tea Party

I just love Tea parties and woodland creatures.. just like many of you out there ! One day an idea came to me.. what if I combine the 2.. creating precious little things with these 2 themes in mind. With a little bit if whimsy and a hint of Victorian Inspiration I set to work. I have started my collection with a few singlets which are featured on my Etsy site here: 



www.etsy.com/shop/WhimsicalTeapot




They are super girly, super cute and just ooze Victorian bliss. I have used up-cycled vintage sheet material, clothing and antique doilies combined with a few modern fabrics. There is something about mixing old with new that really makes a unique piece! Each appliqué is hand stitched and embroidered. Many hours of creative love have gone into each one.

"These singlets were made for tea parties and picnics, days spent on meadow adventures and playing Victorian garden parties with teddybears and dolls".

Another inspiration hit me whilst reading my little boy a storybook. It was by one of my favourite authors and illustrators Shirley Barber. For those of you that are unfamiliar with her work.. Shirley writes amazing stories about cute little Rabbits deer and gnomes getting up to all kinds of mischief and crazy adventures.My favourite is Tales from Martha B Rabbit Her illustrations are beautiful and so inspiring. Every child should have at least one copy of these precious books at home.. They are just darling. 

Magical world of creations.. My Etsy shop and a pocket full of dreams

I have always been 1) Imaginative  2) creative and 3) a dreamer..... As long as I can remember... With a pocket full of dreams and skills I have acquired since stitching some sweet little Softies whilst pregnant with our little Bodhi. 

While Pregnant I was obsessed with the idea that I was going to create "The perfect baby room" Completely by hand making and collecting treasures from Op shops and furniture from ikea etc.. Most of these Ideas I developed through an extensive and complete search of Google, which presented me with a Bevy of beautiful and Magazine worthy baby rooms that I am sure would've cost a fortune. Since we were on a strict budget I tried to find the best offers that I could find... The thrill of the hunt had me addicted to Op shops, and before long I had collected a plethora of vintage treasures and furniture to build Bodhis "Dream Nursery". I spent every waking moment hand making toys, wall art, and even Mod Podged the letters of his name for the Nursery. I became a DIY Queen! Or so I thought I was..lol, The Nursery ended up just as I had dreamed, and I entered into a Competition on the Huggies Website... Sadly... No wins :( but the skills I had acquired from making all those little DIY things are with me for life and that is a win-win it itself! 

http://www.huggies.com.au/baby-care/room-designs/bedroom/baby/boy/nature/1376-bodhis-whimsical-woodland-wonderland

Since then I had a dream.. And that DREAM was...
To open up an ETSY shop and create such beautiful things for Babies and Children alike,  and also for Mums and Mum's to be.

To help them build their Dream Nursery and to make something really special for those little Ladies and Gentleman out there.. The little ones that make our lives complete... And who's smiles are worth all the nights of crappy sleep and overtired arguments with our partners..

Bringing a sense of Nostalgia back into our lives and to go back to those times when a simple storybook can bring such magic and spark amazing creativity...

This is My Dream..

A bit Martin Luther King but HEY.. Who's to stop a DREAMER....