Well we’re back, I have big bags under my eyes this morning as we are all so tired but we had a great weekend away! Canberra has changed so much since I moved away but in a good way. The city is much more cosmopolitan and whole shopping centres have popped up since I’d last been down there. The twins are creatures of habit and spending their first night away from home didn’t quite go to plan but we survived and will brave it again!

The hyatt was a gorgeous venue for mathilda’s. I was running solo for this market so was a busy bee setting up and didn’t talk to anyone for fear of not being ready when doors opened! First through the door were two of my old canberra buddies which was so sweet of them, and it was nice to see some familiar faces especially from other stallholders like helen, sophie and jennie! I was also behind the gorgeous koolaman designs who are so lovely! Of course, all the stallholders I met and got to talk to were lovely!Big thank you to sophie who walked over at just the right time letting me get a well deserved toilet break!!

No dramas except that everyone had $50 notes and my float quickly disappeared! I borrowed jennie’s lovely daughter to do a muffin and lemonade run which provided some more change and I have oodles of $50 notes in my wallet (for a change)! Each market I’m doing more sales and I also learn something new which helps me get better too. I love selling in person and people are just so nice which makes it a special day.

All in all a good weekend, thank you canberra ladies and blog readers who came to say hi! Look forward to the next one….hopefully by then I have found the perfect tablecloth which doesn’t crush even after you’ve ironed it that morning!!! Yikes!

the only downside was the killer back pain I’ve had since friday, my Dr has checked me over this morning and thinks everything is fine but I have another scan booked for wednesday and need to sit tight till then. Baby, you are scaring me!!! I’m a worrier by nature and have been here before with a sad ending so am leaving it in God’s hands now. Plus I have the twins here with me today to keep my mind off things, finn pulled off his nappy, did a wee and leaned over to smell it and almost fell face first into it which was pretty funny, he thought so too!!!! They keep me smiling and seeing the bigger picture!

Yes this is my year of getting out and about and we’re off to canberra in march for Handmade Market. I’ve been hearing great things about this market from my lovely friend Jennie (everyone needs a friend like Jennie) so after a little nudge from Julie asking when I was coming down, I decided to go for it! And this morning I woke up to find my little dresses in their newsletter, thanks Julie!

so we’ll be at Handmade on 28th March at Kamberra Wine Company from 10-4 with lots of lovely things! We’re making a long weekend of it and staying on to see the Masters exhibition and hopefully beat the crowds by going on a monday and not a weekend, we’ll see! My parents raved about it and suggested we do the one hour talk beforehand but I can’t quite see my 3 darlings being perfectly behaved for a talk AND a tour of the artworks!!!! Oh and I’ll have Katia coming too which will be a great help and company for the day!

this is retro daddy’s valentines day present from all of us! a gorgeous bowl from ensparkle ceramics! I made a bee line to helen’s lovely stall at the start of the market to make sure I came home with this lovely bowl. Retro daddy loves it and will use it for his cereal every morning…..I plan on building a nice little collection of helen’s things as they are just lovely and we are doing most of the same markets this year!

I will be doing a full market ‘debrief’ (doesn’t that sound like military speak) tonight when I get the photos from my dad! I asked him to come along especially to take lots of good photos of my stall! I’m still a bit precious about taking my new camera out. But just quickly, the market was great, beautiful venue and a bigger turnout which kept us busy all day!

Have a nice day, we’re off for yum cha in manly and I’m wearing a loose dress as I’m known to overindulge!

market, that is! What a nice day we had, the venue was once a church so I loved all the stained glass windows and high ceilings. Thankfully the torrential downpours we had the night before had vanished and we had a steady stream of people all day.

I had a great day in sales, ran out of some fabrics and should have taken some 1m pieces with me but I’m still learning since this was my 2nd market!

I must admit having the venue so close to home makes it very easy to keep doing the mosman venue as it’s just so convenient!

I loved when people came up to say hi and have a chat, it’s so nice to put faces to names and meet new customers!!!! katia was a huge help and everyone loved her little cross stitches, t-shirts and pretty hair things! It’s nice to have some help on hand and of course I couldn’t do it without my big strong retro daddy to carry everything in and out of the car. He does one trip for three of mine so I mind the little ones and he’s done in no time!

I’m looking forward to the rest of the markets I have booked in over the next 2 months and then am kind of glad things are quiet in april and may to rest and start building market stock again!