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The BiDM I had a stall at last Saturday was huuuge!
What is BiDM?
BiDM stands for Brisbane Indie Designers Market
Soooo many visitors – it was absolutely unbelievable!
Lots of sales, lots of good stories, beautiful cupcakes, lots of goodies to be had
My thanks to my co-stallholders – the wonderful Eliza of Elvenhair.com (and Zoe and Gem)
that’s me (Gaynor) on the left and Eliza on the right
I heart Sir Ken Robinson
there – I have said it!!
I was sooo excited to come upon his talk
“Do schools kill creativity”
This url leads directly to his site
http://www.sirkenrobinson.com/index2.php?height=960&width=1280
This url leads you his talk on the site ted.com
http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/ken_robinson_says_schools_kill_creativity.html
I don’t have any qualifications in Education – only my experiences in ’surviving’ the education system…
Doing the subjects at high school that one “should” do to get a good job
and to have the “best” career options – bah!
My mantra…
“follow your passion”
“do what you enjoy”
“do what makes you feel good”
“do what is meaningful to you”
Have a read / listen and let me know what you think?
Some members of one of my (online) Brisbane-based groups is going to be on tv this weekend.
We all live in the greater Brisbane area and all sell on Etsy.com.
Keep your eyes peeled!
The Great South East this coming Sunday (28th) at 5pm!
I think it is on Channel 7.
No – unfortunately I do not appear in this item – but if you can watch you will get to
meet some of the lovely gals who were involved.
I grew up seeing myself as a knitter taught by my mum from an early age – crochet was something I wasn’t interested in at all..(despite having a lovely crochet dress made for me when I was a pre teen)
I remember knitting a jumper/sweater when I was fifteen (though mum did have to help with that – I still have it,
though it wouldn’t go anywhere near me now : ) It looks soooo tiny!
So when did I make the leap…ummm… just a couple of months ago. I had a quick lesson
from my now elderly mum and I was off …. vroommmm…..
Now it’s jewellery, bags, bikinis, scarves, wraps, boleros, headbands, flowers and more….
You name it I will give it a go : )
Here are a few pics to give you some ideas of what I have been spending my spare time on : )
I will be selling
at The Handmade Expo in Ipswich
this Saturday, 27th June.
Pop in and say hi – I would love to see you there!
Here are some details about The Handmade Expo
http://thehandmadeexpo.blogspot.com/
I have just finished making a couple of market bags,
or totes, or whatever you may wish to call them!
I am very pleased with them
I have kept them simple to begin with…just fully lined in the same fabric
She'll be Apples Market Tote Bag
I am trying to de-stash here so I am offering 10% discount for purchases
from my Etsy shop until midnight 31st May.
Just mention that you are a reader of this blog when you purchase
and I will give the discount.
For any Aussie buyers I prefer payment by bank deposit.
International buyers – please payment by Paypal only.
I am in a bit of a listing frenzy so please check in regularly
over the next few days as new listings will be appearing
for cotton quilting fabric, beads, bags, jewelry/jewellery and more..
www.createandbehappy01.etsy.com
I went along for the monthly meetupwith the great gals from BrisStyle.
This is one of my online groups of gals who sell on Etsy andwho are based in Brisbane (Australia).
We had great coffee and food at 63 Racecourse Rd, Ascot, and also great conversation about all things crafty
and markety.This location was ideal for our meetup as we are having a market across the road
at St Augustine’s Church hall on Saturday 4th July. It is called the
BrisStyle Independent Designers Market
Very exciting…..More to follow on that soon…..
Thanks Therese and everybody else who organised and attended the meetup!
I’ve just added myself to Twitter.
If you would like to follow me or tweet me you can find me here
http://twitter.com/cabh01
I am still on the learning curve with Twitter
so please be patient with me if I don’t get my site organised right away …
BrisStyle is having another fabulous give away for the month of April
Two members are featured:
who sells gorgeous brooches
and
groovy clothes for the littlies and some goodies for grownups too!
Check the BrisStyle blog for more details...
