Bris Style Indie Eco Markets

I was lucky to get to this market right on 9:00am. In the early morning, spring sunshine, I was able to meet and talk with some of the creative folk. Just lovely.



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I bought some beautiful vintage fabrics from this stall. Not that I need any more fabric! There were some cute bags and very cute 'curtain shoppers' that I wish I had bought. What's that's you ask? Imagine a plastic bag made out of fabric like this.



edward and lilly

I love these birds, that I have been looking at on Etsy. They didn't have these at their stall, but had some other lovely embroidered goodies.



good boy cracky

Lots and lots and lots of very cute, quirky brooches, made from felt.



meggy green

Very cute journals, notebooks and badges. I have written about Megan's lovely products before.



seamstress and the daughters

I love this skirt from the etsy shop. At the markets, I loved the beautiful hats and cushions made from vintage fabrics.

You can have a look here to see some of the other stall holders wares.

(all of these images were taken from the etsy shops and are for sale right now!)

Markets and music

Sunday morning: local markets and local strawberries. This is only half of them. One kilogram did not even make it home. Yum.







I bought these two beautiful dresses. One for me and one for Miss Moo Moo. I think I might save them for under the christmas tree. Handmade and hand embroidered in Mexico. Leanne is now importing them and selling them at these markets.



We had pizza for lunch at Mum's restaurant. And chocolate cheesecake too!

Then we spent the afternoon in the park, braving the rain and listening to some funky live music.

Father's Day weekend

Relaxing but busy.

On Saturday we drove to Brisbane and on arriving stopped off at the West End Markets for a snack. Hungarian pancakes stuffed with bacon, spinach, mushrooms and cheese and galaktoboureko, It was so difficult to pick just one of the yummy greek sweets from the many stalls on offer. Tropical berry juice and cappuccino's all enjoyed sitting in the semi shade of the giant moreton bay figs trees. We watched the locals playing frisbee with the tall city buildings in the background and the early spring breeze in our hair.



After the markets we spent most of the day in the cultural centre. The girls went to see the amazing Valentino Exhibition and the boys spent almost all day at the Sciencentre. We were also in and out of the museum and the state library. I got a quick peek in the gallery shop and Miss Moo Moo and I enjoyed really yummy egg finger sandwiches and sour cherry crumble cake at the Watermall Cafe. Happy, but hungry after a long day, we then headed straight for our favourite Vietnamese restaurant for dinner. Crispy fried chicken and egg noodle soup and prawn and rice paper rolls. It doesn't sound like much but, we couldn't even eat it all. Extremely full and contented we headed to our little apartment and settled in for the night.



On Sunday we went to the Breakfast on the Bridge. It was threatening rain and the French themed event didn't quiet live up to what I had expected. (no mime artists, no can can dancers, no crepe stations, no fresh food markets - as promised) But after a long wait in the queue for this stall, all faith had been restored.

Pains au chocolat, croissants aux amandes and beignets de confiture.

Tres magnicient!



After a very long walk along the river (to walk off breakfast) It was time for lunch! Mr Moo's all time favourite, Yum Cha, did not disappoint. The food was soooo good, with, dare I say it, the best sweet and sour pork I have ever tasted. The atmosphere was really buzzing. A really good end to a great weekend.

Almost Autumn

We thought that the Autumn weather was finally here, so, we set off to the markets on Saturday morning wearing scarves and gumboots. However, not long into the morning, the sun came out and the day warmed up. We removed our scarves and went in search of ice-cream. Sitting on the steps, listening to Irish folk music while sharing a large cup of chocolate organic ice-cream with your children. It doesn't get much better than that. I love the atmosphere of markets. I got some Balinese tin from Petit Voyage's, beautiful stall and some nice soap from here. Some for a gift, some for me.



I bought some of this.



I want some of these.



I love these. All images are from Petit Voyage's blog.

With a quick stop (bargins) at a garage sale on the way home and our day was complete.
I got some vintage fabric $1.00, a small mid century style coffee table $5.00 and a small (you know the workout kind) trampoline $2.00. Money well spent. The kids put the trampoline in the garage, because it started raining again and bounced the whole afternoon away. Happy days.