weekend goodness...

This weekend is all about relaxation... and a bit of work.

Yesterday we visited the Substation markets in Newport. What an amazing building! Absolutely stunning!



After a quick stop to stock up on yummie pasta, we headed to Yarraville for another market. The mission was to drop off new moon and have a chat to the lovely Sandra & Sharon... but of course I couldn't resist buying her awesome passport covers. With Europe only 10 days away, I simply had to have them. Thanks for the beautiful wrapping Sharon, enjoy new moon!




Going to Europe in style

We finished the day with a visit to our friends and the cinema, where we saw Samson & Delilah.

Today has been spent on the couch and at the supermarket (pretty boring, I know). Tomorrow I'll be in the studio, cutting and packing away for the Melbourne Design Market (which is awkwardly close now).

Lucky me gets to relax after that though... in 10 days I'll be on a plane to Europe to see my family, attend my best friend's wedding, spend some time in Paris and go on an indoor skiing trip to Germany... what a life!

Market weekend...

I'll be visiting some markets this weekend, which will be a nice change because next week we'll be at the other end.

Firstly, there's the artist market at the Substation in Newport... which is great because it's at the end of our street so I can walk there and get myself some goodies from the fruit & veg shop on the way home.

After that I'll be visiting Miss Pepperberry at the Yarraville markets. Please come and visit the markets too, there are great goodies to be bought and of course everyone loves to support the local handmade community, right?

Talking about markets... we are busy getting ready for the Melbourne Design Market and the studio looks like this at the moment:


Studio explosion

It definitely shows that we're working ;)

Feel free to come and say hi at the Melbourne Design Market, we'd love to meet you!


Delicious handmade soaps wrapped in handprinted fabrics, yum! (no, not handmade by us)

Preparing...

... or at least trying to get everything ready for the markets we're doing. We have been busy cutting, sewing and printing at ink & spindle and we're putting together a nice range of goodies for you.

Come and visit us on the 22nd of November at market3031 or on the 30th of November at the Melbourne Design Market.

These cushions are made of some 'older' fabrics, that are still available in the shop for anyone who is interested.



Tomorrow (well...today) I'm hoping to start on some products using my new fabrics and I'll also try to put some fabric up in the shop. I know you've all been patiently waiting for them and I just got my Bloem in Charcoal and Orange back as well as Seeds in Charcoal and Green Tea. They're on their way to the shop ;)

Ink & Spindle Online Shop

Lara has said it all... she has re-branded her online shop to an ink & spindle shop where we can all sell our goodies in one place. It was really a logical thing to do, especially with you [our customers] in mind. You will now be able to find all our fabrics and products in one location, you will save on shipping as we will combine all orders and you will only receive one package... because we care about the environment :) handy right? Just in time for Christmas...



We'll be doing some more printing today, so hopefully we can show it to you tomorrow and we're sewing, cutting and packing away for our two upcoming markets. We hope to see you at market3031 and/or the Melbourne Design Market.

markets...

We were at the Williamstown markets today. It was my first ever market and I quite enjoyed it. The weather was great and I made some sales, which gave me confidence in signing up for another market.



Kloth & Bolt stopped by on her visit from Sydney...I love meeting other bloggers, it's great to put a face to a name. Thank you for everyone else who stopped by, it was lovely to meet you.