Bowms life.

"I sat in this airport for six hours. I was coming home from the mountains and still coughing up blood from the altitude sickness. The cab driver hit a prairie dog on the way. The airport had two gates. A girl next to me had crayola marker all over her face, she said she was going home because of a missing persons report, she gave me a belt that weirded me out so much I had to throw it away. I have never seen taxidermy in an airport. I guess I haven't seen very many airports."

Bowms notes on her flickr photo.

Wool and Water.

Last night while trawlling flickr for some paper doll inspiration (more on that later) I came across Wool and Water. Amy Earles is the talent behind it and her designs are so incredibly beautiful,- see for yourself.



She sells her paper doll sets through her Etsy store, as well as her own original postcards and paintings. And you can follow her work through her blog. The doll couple directly below were commissioned for a anniversary gift. Sigh- I can't think of a more perfectly delightful gift.

In a rut.

When your not feeling the nicest- surround yourself with sweet and smile-making things.


Frankie Magazine, Bow headband $2 from the $2 shop!, pretty plastic floral yellow ring $3 from my favourite stall at the Bayswater Craft Market.

And ride your bike. Breathless smiles all round. x

The markets.

It was a long and enjoyable weekend for me. Full of friends, family and craft fairs. The Bayswater School fair on Saturday was fantastic and everyone responded really well to our things- there was an incredible face painter and wrap and juice lady who was so lovely and came round to the stalls and took orders so I managed to survive the 5 hour fair. Unfortunately I forgot my camera!

The Clevedon Craft Market was not such a success for us, selling barely anything. I'm not quite sure the clevedonites really 'got it'. But I had a fantastic time anyhow, meeting some other absolutely lovely stall holders and a couple that told me all about their travels in South America and gave me some handy travel tips. There was a delicious temporary cafe at the fair, my scone below was $1.80! Only in Clevedon. Thanks Mike (the organiser) I really enjoyed myself!

The many photos of a bored stall girl.

Bloggers date.

A bunch of Polish style-blog friends recently got to together and had their own mini bloggers photo shoot. Seems a little odd but why not! From what I can gather it was a great experience and I love the pictures Aife and Vilk got, looks like fun.

Here are the links to the bloggers involved.

Aife

Charlize

Cudak

Cynamonka

Joanna

Magia

Morven

Ryfka

Sandra

Styledigger

Phew!

Think-make-think.

think-make-think by Clifton Burt found on todays Jen Bekman Project 20x20 mailer.

To market.

It's almost Kraftbomb time again, and our place has just been secured. The 30th this time. Hope to see you there!



In the mean time we are trying our luck at two other craft markets this weekend. The Bayswater Art and Craft Fair, at Bayswater Primary School 1-6pm this Saturday (right down the road from my house!) and the Clevedon Art and Craft Market, this Sunday, 9-2pm. It's at the Clevedon Community Centre, the north end of Main Street.

If your near by come say hi!