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flinders street market | may

A cool, rainy first day of winter found us at the always lovely Flinders Street Market.

 It turned out to be a bit quiet, but there’s always such a great energy at Flinders (thanks to the great people) that it was a fun day.

It was also a delicious day: we enjoyed sampling some amazing chocolate covered strawberries from the coco stop, timtam truffles from Your Inspiration At Home, and some pretty awesome rhubarb cake from The Lunch Lady. If nothing else, you should check out this little market for the food!

Looking forward to our next market in July! :)

flinders street market | april

We had a wonderful weekend at the Flinders Street Market - gorgeous bright, autumnal weather, lovely people & plenty of interesting things to see. I was very happy with how our stall tuned out - we decided to have a bigger space & filled it not just with my jewellery, but Mum's crochet berets, embroidery art & flower accessories, Kathryn's felt clips & brooches, zentangle cards & our painted bags & aprons.

Not entirely sure when our next time at the Flinders Street Market will be - probably late May or early June - I'll keep you posted :)

a day at the market | july

It has been pretty wet around here lately (to put it mildly), so with the forecast saying there was an eighty percent chance of rain, we decided to go with a spot in the hall for this month's Wirrabara Producer's Market. Although it ended up staying dry, the wind was absolutely freezing & I was very glad to get back inside after a quick walk around the rest of the market. The rest of the stalls were split about evenly between in & outside, so we weren't on our own.

a day at the market | march | june

a day at the market | june

We were at the Wirrabara Producer's Market again on Sunday. As well as celebrating their 100th market, they were also celebrating winning 'Excellence in Flinders Ranges & Outback Food and Beverage Tourism'  at the Flinders Ranges & Outback Tourism Awards the night before. Although it seems like we've been visiting the market forever, it also seems incredible that it has been going for eight years.

Although is was cold, it wasn't quite as freezing as I feared it would be & we had plenty of hot drinks to keep us warm. I do hope someone has the pizza oven going next month...

We took beaded jewellery, polymer brooches, felt clips & brooches, crochet berets, clips, brooches & rings, zentangle cards & hand-stamped calico bags. We've also been having fun coming up with ideas, so we should have some new things ready for next month :)

a day at the market | march

the top left photo in the first triptych, along with the photos in the second triptych are courtesy of Kathryn.

wishlist wednesday...

some-things to smile about...

Arctic Fox Figure by BonjourPoupette

Feathered Haircombs by catrabbitplush

 4" Hoop Art - Whimsical Trees by MooBeeTees

 Toby the Turtle by FiveSisterz

Sailing in a tea cup by PragyaK

wishlist wednesday...

cute & colourful crochet jewellery...

Happy Tiny Buttons - necklace/bracelet by TomBjornDesigns

 Frida Kahlo Floral Necklace by twoknit

 Alice Ring by CuteSweetPretty

Royal Purple & Green Necklace by LavenderField

Poppy collection bracelet by byMarianneS

*just so you know: the lovelies in  CuteSweetPretty are made by my awesome Mum :)

day 5, crochet beret...

Beret handmade by my gorgeous Mum. She also makes sweet crochet accessories, which you can find here.

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wonderful workshops...

The Saturday of the conference was spent learning some new skills (or attempting to anyway)...

First Trish from TrishAlan Designs gave an interesting talk on teaching craft...not sure I want to go that way at the moment, but it certainly raised some things to consider if I do. Then we had morning tea  - & I would like to thank Ali for insisting on organising real coffee :)

My first workshop was Freeform Crochet - taught by Meggan. I made a cord for my id tag & started a circle...I didn't pick it up super fast, but I started to get somewhere. Then I travelled by train with Meggan on Sunday & got an extra lesson :). I not a crochet prodigy by any means, but I will spend some time playing & see if I can get anywhere...(in the photo below, the purple string & the smaller circle are my work - the larger circle Meggan made to show me a pattern).

After lunch, I did a zentangle workshop with Melanie. Zentangle is heaps of fun - I've been playing since I got home & have introduced my Mum & sisters to it. Amy has been especially taken with it & has produced some gorgeous drawings.

The bigger sheet in the photo below is the tangle I started at the workshop & have since completed. The smaller drawing is one that Melaine gave us the outline for, so we could all fill it in & see what we came up with - they have been great so far.

a better look at my first zentangle...