thank you from the bottom of my heart for your kind words. They have meant so much to me. Life is always busy here and it keeps my mind off things. There is so much to get ready for including Handmade next Saturday in Canberra. I popped into a lovely shop today for a small display and walked out with this huge tree which is almost as tall as I am!

It will be perfect for all of our little accessories! We are finding we are getting stuck for space at markets so with a bit of clever rearranging of our table, clothesrack and baskets on the floor we hope this allows us to get some things off our table and makes our stall looks pretty! Best of all I paid $65 instead of the full retail price of $150 due to a small break that you can hardly see. Retro Daddy was impressed, because as you know it’s very important to highlight the savings to your husband and not how much you spend!

that would be me last night as 9.30-4.30 for a market just killed me! It was a lovely day, quiet, but we still managed to pull in sales and my scarf is almost finished!

the atmosphere was lovely and we particularly enjoyed the sausage sizzle for lunch, cupcakes, gelato, 2nd hand books and katia relived her childhood with some pink fairy floss! I’ve started taking some lovely hand dyed yarn from celia with me and I came home with 2 balls for my miss tillie. It’s a perfect complement to the needles and saves us from sounding like a broken record explaining what the needles are!

Keira came home with a gorgeous necklace from six in a row and although they don’t have a webstore yet they will be at handmade in canberra this month. I think mummy needs one too.

and I got a gorgeous new shirt from ollie and max who were soooo lovely! I am wearing it today and already want another one next week as this could be new maternity wardrobe! I swore I wouldn’t wear leggings this pregnancy as I’m not proud of my legs but I’ve got to say all the little button details on the shirt make it a perfect wardrobe staple and its so comfy! oh so comfy!

All in all a nice day but I just couldn’t move off the couch last night and wanted to eat the whole pizza on my own I was so ravenous! I now have a 2 week mini break before handmade and will be a busy bee sewing to top up my stock and cutting more new fabrics as I know you canberra ladies love the fabrics

I have promised retro daddy I have some little breaks in between markets going forward, but lately it seems I’m doing them back to back. So, if you’re in sydney I’ll be at the Holy Family Art & Craft Show at Holy Family Catholic Primary School, Lindfield this Saturday from 9.30-4.30. The address is 2-4 Highfield Road. I love a good school fete and this one is extra special with an art show and boutique stallholders as well as all the usual stalls like books, bric a brac, 2nd hand clothes, cakes, rides and more.

I was contacted by the organisers about this market and with 20% of all sales going to the school and charities it’s a great cause and was a no brainer! I’m also excited to see one of my favourite shirt dress labels Ollie & Max will be there as well as betty & lola, tres divin and many more. I definitely need another ollie & max dress in my wardrobe with my growing tummy….

this is me being restrained!!!! I still have another large order of kokka arriving this month so try not to overdo it with purchases when I know there are big bills coming my way. First up, the super nice ladies behind me had these super cute sophie giraffes which is the first little thing I’ve bought for baby number 4

next up I became very popular with keira with these sparkly trainers! Just what every little girl will want for their 4th birthday….I couldn’t get her size so she has a bit of growing to do and keeps trying them on every few hours to see if she’s grown….awwwwwww. Apparently the lady before me bought 7 pairs! yikes!

for my mum and myself I bought some sweet japanese notebooks from paperklip, we compared travel notes on canberra and it just goes to show I need to walk the room as I never made it to this lovely stall while I was at Canberra Mathilda’s but everything was lovely and I’ll definitely be back again for more goodies next time.

and my only other purchases (see, so restrained) were cupcakes and they have all gone now! I hope there are plenty more cupcake stalls at my future markets!! You really need to set aside a good hour to walk the room and take it all in but I loved the variety of stalls yesterday and hope all the customers felt the same way!

wow! what an amazing market and turnout! I started the day trying to earn wife of the year award by making scrambled eggs for hubby before we jumped in the car early to head off for market. I felt mean making him get up at 6am after a week interstate for work and a cold…. but we got there! The market was sooooo busy, there was plenty of pram gridlock going on during busy times.

I had a lovely neighbour helen and her tempting wares….I’m definitely in the market for more of her gorgeous items and she indulged in some fabric too! I see a future sewer in the making here…..

and this is a very bad photo of very good cupcakes! I bought 12 and came home with enough for dessert tonight and they were so delicious and very popular today with everyone!

claire was there with her gorgeous owls…..and her hubby was even on hand to help out! She was also located right next to a tempting store…..it was cookies for her!

and I got to meet the gorgeous wynona of ivy designs…..we’d been emailing for a while and it’s sooo nice to put a face to a name and say hi! Oh her stall was gorgeous and I’m definitely going to need one of these dolls for keira’s 4th birthday this year

Big thank to you to everyone who came and said hi and to all the new people I got to meet! Also to my lovely helper Katia, I just couldn’t do markets without you and I’m so glad you had a great day too…….we make a good team if I do say so myself! Now it’s time to feed the twins, order the chinese takeaway and rest my weary feet! I’ll show you my purchases tomorrow…I tried to be restrained!!!!!!

well it’s turning into a good week! I have a big order of super cute cosmo and kokka fabric coming my way and hopefully it will be here by saturday for mathilda’s! You’ll find my stall directly opposite the cupcake stall…..dangerous spot and I think it’s fair to say I’ll have a cupcake or two for morning tea!

it’s also a good week because my scan went well today. I really am a worrier and was prepared for the worst but baby is there with a good strong heartbeat, growing and spot on for dates which has been a huge relief.