wishing I was there

When I got an email asking me to send my wares down to their new home at Harvest, I was a little overexcited. I ADORE Harvest. Everything about them, they are the best. I take their hand printed linen tote with me everywhere I go... and am planning my next Melbourne trip around their workshops... so gutted I've missed all the amazing ones this year.

This weekend and for a little while longer until the 25th, Harvest Workroom(be still my beating heart) are having a Christmas market! What are you up to Sunday? I'll tell you, eating tacos, hanging with your friends and finding handmade goodness for all your nearest and dearest...
The line up is incredible so I am stoked to be a part of it. Also I'm so rarely in Melbourne selling my pieces so if you're around this will be a treat, as you can pop in and try everything on!
I'm thinking it's going to be the most colourful, friendly space you could possibly be this Sunday.

A few of my favourites... Beci Orpin, Sunday Morning Designs, Emily Green and HARVEST






please send me photos if you go!!
xx
Jen

Do Bowerbirds fly south for the summer?

I don't have the answer to that.

But it's almost time to fly South for the spring...to Adelaide! Tomorrow in fact.

I'm popping down to Adelaide in time to kit you out for the big events coming up... holidays, race days (Melbourne Cup is next Tuesday!!!) christmas, new year...
Need something to win the office Melbourne Cup hat party?
Perhaps a bright blue leather turban to bring some Gatsby vibes to your wardrobe?
Bowerdbird will be open Friday(tomorrow!!) night, and all day Saturday and Sunday this weekend. So pop in after work, have a drink and listen to the beautiful live music that I so thoroughly enjoyed last event.

Also check out this post on The Design Files today, it's a brilliant list of shops to see in A town.

Tomorrow The Design Files profile Rebekah from One Small Room and she is also half the team behind Bowerbird!

Better start packing!
x

BOWERBIRD BAZAAR

Woah Nelly

Have I had an awesome week or what?
It started with Canberra Handmade and ended with a blissful Friday at my new place of work The Standard Store.

So Canberra, you were pretty fun.

A couple of shout outs must go to:
The ladies at Lincraft in Civic. Big ups to you, you know who you are. Thanks for the poles from the inside of fabric rolls you gave me, my stall would never have been the same without you. It also would never have been such a funny weekend without them.

Another must be for Katy and Kim. I've never laughed so much that I cried at a market before. Our corner at Handmade totally rocked and made my weekend all the more spectacular.
Katy put her own spin on my crown

Thanks Katy. Wow you're so inspring. You should be a stylist.
Kim makes the most wonderous bowls in all shapes and colours and florals. oh so floriade... but chic. See here




This fella made his toy with his Dad. It's called Robby... the robot.
Watch out for him in the future at markets, I let him know he could definitely sell toys like that. Cuuuuuuuuuuuuute!

Oh and the adventures over at Floriade were endless...
From Sharon's facts about mourning jewellery that turned into her giving me an 1800's miniature dolls head, that sits on a found chop bone... to Katy's cartwheels to drum up business... It was too cold to take photos of their stalls, but you can see Katy's Adventure pants here. Or as we coined that night "Choose your own Adventure Pants"
I barely found time to see the flora. But I did.





And then I managed to fit in one hour at The Art Gallery. Not enough, but I got my fix.


That's the ceiling in The Art Gallery, before I was very kindly(and I mean that) told that no photos were allowed.

So Thanks to my birthplace for the fun times.
Oh and I'll leave you with a photo of me eating at Ruby's Chinese. I have not eaten this meal(honey beef) since I was probably 5 years old. I've always remembered it and damn it was good to be back 25 years later.

Dancing on the streets

So it's been a wee while between blog posts, but things have been busy behind the scenes here in the studio...

New markets are on the agenda in the next few weeks, plus a few "watch this space" situations that I'll keep you informed with as the weeks go on... tempting I know!

September 17th will see me performing at my first music festival...and by performing I mean spruiking my wares! In the back streets of Surry Hills... Devonshire st and surrounds... fun!


This should be a really nice day out, chilled, great sounds, and one of my new favourites Lanie Lane is performing...check her video out below...also Mikelangelo and The Tin Stars feat. St Clare... lovely stuff!
There will be food and some other cute market stalls to check out between bands... sounds like my kind of Saturday... Sep 17th 12pm -10pm... Get your tickets here

What Do I Do (Lanie Lane) from Lanie Lane on Vimeo.

I'll be there with a huge assortment of goodies that you can wear while you're dancing on Devonshire Street... turbans in every shade your 'colour blocking heart' desires!

Then in just a couple more weeks.. it's down to Canberra to Floriade, for the Canberra Handmade market.

Pretty beside myself over this one, as it's a) my home town and b) floriade is on!!
A close third place would have to be that I have Friday there to visit Pancake Parlour and actually wander around Floriade before the weekend markets... yay!

October 1st & 2nd
10am - 4pm
National Convention Centre
Canberra City

Super excited for both of these new markets...tell your Canberra friends! And fyi... great time to get something for the racing season ahead!

I'm also still at Paddington Markets whenever there isn't an interstate market on! Like this Saturday:)

(new double turbans will be available!)

Erin Lightfoot

So before Erin, my neighbour at Finders Keepers had finished setting up, I was hawk eyeing her wares. I mean... how good are these?!!!

Even the interiors are hiding pastel magic...and that font!

They stack up nicely and clink clink like only porcelain can.

triangles, points, zig zags, and squares...shape perfection

And the second time I've almost got my ears pierced just because of one particular earring... the other time being Emily Green.

My prediction is very big things for Erin Lightfoot.

Oh My Hyacinth Bucket

I know I'm always talking about young Beattie on here, but look what she's gone and done...

Completely blown me away with her double dose of colourful extravaganza of the botanical variety.

Trust Beattie to have a pop up shop on the pavement and make it look like she's sitting in a picture book that smells as delicious as a basket full of sweet pea!

And the one day I'm not in Sydney to enjoy a boat ride over to see her...

Please do this again dear friend...Can you imagine how happy this would have made all the people walking/driving by?


So that you don't miss out next time she has a pop up flower shop... follow Beattie's adventures in Manly here

Thanks to Mr Fraser for the first photo too... from his beautiful site, Sprout Daily

Back from Finders Keepers Brisbane!!

Glorious, glorious, Brisbane in the winter... honestly, it's like a Summer vacation up there! The sun poured down on us out on the balcony on the weekend, and we soaked up the rays as we sold our wares...
A special thanks to Mark Lobo for taking much better pics of my stall than I ever could! You can see them over here

A confectionary store full of pinks and oranges...

Royal, Sailor Blue, Jacaranda, Lilac...shades from the sea to the sky

And the colour of the day... may I even be so bold as to call it the new black... Mustard.

I got pretty lucky with my neighbours on the balcony with me... The lovely Sarah with her angular silver jewels

and Erin Lightfoot and her porcelain bangles that I coveted immediately!

We shared toffee apple lollipops(courtesy of Holly from the Frankie Mag stall), waited until the afternoon for our morning coffees(thanks to the endless queues), and were not quite skilled enough to smuggle in our beers to celebrate the end of the weekend!