Scenes from the Market

Last weekend Port Macquarie Artist Market combined with Port Macquarie Growers Market to bring together a lushious mix of craft, art and locally grown produce.  I was in heaven, and even though I was busy with the Earlybird stall it still didn't stop me from browsing and buying.  Here are some scenes...

 

            We were in awe of the pelicans

                           Our Earlybird stall backed onto this...hard life eh?

             All the lovely customers...you can also see me at the Earlybird stall at the back - white shirt, vacant expression - Next door was the awesome BodyBar soaps.

            Me to the right shouting at some familiar faces...please excuse the mess under the table

                           This sign says it all really!

Worthy of Note...

I found A Collection a Day 2010 this week...and was so happy I did!  This experiment by Lisa Congdon aims to photograph a collection of items each day for the entirety of 2010.  Here are some of the wonderful collections.

Vintage Ephemera

Vintage Tins

Pink Birdhouses

Plastic Seashells

See more at A Collection a Day, 2010

New Woodland Pretties

Here are a few new things to add to the Earlybird shop.  I'm in love with the woodland theme and all things murky green, brown and vibrant grassy green.  Enjoy!

                                                                Fern Green Earrings

                                                        Woodland Button Necklace

                                                          Wild Deer Necklace

Rain no more!!

In my little corner of the world it has not ceased to rain for the past 2 weeks. Well, perhaps it has stopped momentarily in order to gather up steam for the next down pour but more often than not, if I look out the window I have met with grey skies, green green grass and puddles.  But today, gloriously, blue skies broke through the clouds and we have sunshine.  So here's a few handmade lovelies I picked to celebrate...

Yellow & Aqua Summer Aline dress by TeenyBunny

Kara Yellow Citrine Headband by ChloeandMaddie

Lemonade Earrings by Earlybird Creations (that's me!)

Fresh from the Earlybird Oven

Here are some new items, added to my Etsy and Madeit shop. The temperature has dropped considerably in the last few weeks around here, so I've tried to "feel" the warmth with some bright new colours.

Sunshine Necklace on Etsy

Droplet Earrings on Madeit

Ocean Swim Necklace on Etsy

Turning a New Leaf

Recently I've been experimenting with new designs and materials and have really enjoyed the process!  Here are some new things for April, featured in my Etsy shop.

Pink Fusion Earrings

 Aquatic Earrings

 Cloudy Sky Necklace

Seahorse Dream Necklace

Leaf Litter Earrings

Hands Wringing in Anticipation!!

I'm an excited bunny (or birdie) this week! Last year I missed attending the Stitches and Craft Show in Sydney for various reasons but this year I put my foot down. In fact, I put my foot down so hard that I booked a plane ticket to Melbourne to attend their show instead of Sydney! So my mum and I are making a weekend of it. She is a crafter too but is looking for a sewing machine with many bells and whistles, whereas I am just going to soak up the general crafty splendour as well as attend a workshop or two.

If you are going this weekend, I hope you have a wonderful time! I know we will...there will be none of our men-folk hanging around out the front getting bored!

The gorgeous stitched brooch at the top there is by Polyclarific... Check out her shop, beautiful items!

Marmalade? Or Apricots?

After listing my newest necklace in my Etsy shop a conversation with my One a Day Challengettes ensued about the unpopularity of marmalade in the US (yes we only talk about REALLY important things). The more we talked about the naming of my necklace (Marmalade versus Apricots) the more I went looking for other gorgeous creations on Etsy to satisfy my marmalade craving. Here are a couple I found...

Curlysue's beautiful Firefly necklace


This gorgeous mixed media collage by Books On Tape



This is possibly the most serious and contraversial blog topic you will ever have the pleasure of reading, I hope you enjoyed this visual feast!

A Handmade Tradition

There are not many traditions that my family and I follow at Christmas. Apart from eating too much, spending too much and being incredibly grateful for having such a wonderful bunch of odd balls to call my family there is one other special thing that my step daughter Maddy and I do a few weeks before Christmas. We go out and peruse the shelves of Spotlight for bits and pieces to make Christmas decorations with. Generally we come out with ribbon, cardboard, glitter and paint. Well this weekend we upheld that tradition and got creative!

Here are our efforts. For a slightly morbid touch to our creative time, we watched Edward Scissorhands whilst we worked...Maddy's choice. We still have a bit more to do, but it will have to wait until next weekend!

These are all of Maddy's creations...I mainly mixed paint and complimented her work. Note the gorgeous little photo of her and Loui as a puppy....awww adorable!

New Purchase!!! Had to share!

I just bought these gorgeous fibre beads from the fabulous Etsy shop - Ebrown2503 . I seriously can't wait for their arrival in my letterbox because I have a wonderful plan developing in my mind involving their gorgeous textures, large smooth resin beads (how unusual of me!) and some silver painted ceramic beads that I've been holding on to. Stay tuned!!