West End Market

A quick last-minute update...

I will be at the re-opening night of the West End Twilight Markets which opens tomorrow at 4pm.

West End Twilight Markets is a specialty marketplace, featuring an eclectic mix of treasures, tucker and performance.

WHEN?

Every Saturday night.
Starting Jan 21st, 2012

WHAT TIME?

4pm–9pm.

WHERE?

Reclaimed Hangar - Corner of Wilson and Boundary St, West End, Brisbane.

Looking forward to spending another evening with some of Brisbane's most wonderful people, artists and caterers. Come along for dinner and hand-made goodies.

Exhibition

Reverse Garbage is preparing for the first exhibition of the year.

Welcome to Trash Amour:

That says it all I guess, for the loved up month of February expect lots of red and pink and hearts and from me.... lots of glitter! Join us all from 6pm with drinks, local live music and lots of laughs and smiles. Plus all the work is available for purchase on the night and through to the 29th February.

I am well underway with getting things ready and I have already dropped in a few small pre-exhibition wonders. Reverse Garbage is open 9-5 Monday-Friday and you can find them in their new location at 20 Burke street, Woolloongabba, Brisbane.

See you there!

New stock

Hi there, it's been a fair while since I've been on here and I have a lot to catch you up with.

As I said at the end of last year, this year is all about new designs and new ideas and I have been really busy developing these....

I have finished some clothes, which you can view on the Facebook page for now. We will be doing a photo-shoot next week to prepare for sending out the new clothing designs. All items are eco-friendly, sustainable or recycled - NOTHING BOUGHT FROM CHINA.

This has been a huge issue on my mind lately, as much as people are getting excited about hand-made I have noticed that a lot of the components are still being bought from the mass producers including the Chinese market-place. I find this to be such a shame as we all put a lot of time and effort into our work and the thought that some people are risking their quality and name on externally produced details, when this is their direct competition upsets me. It is hard enough to break through into the market without this happening. A lot of us generally aim to produce better quality designs than those on the budget market currently. But the hand-made melding with these "bad" products is not reflecting well on those of us who make 90%-100% of our items from scratch, I felt a little soul-destroyed today when I went into a predominantly hand-made gallery only to find out that the requirement is only 50% hand-made components. Perhaps it's just me... thoughts anyone?

Rant over and moving on...

I also put out a new design this week, it is a simple lined fold-over clutch purse. All the components are 100% recycled. Available at: www.pixieinthepark.com/store

This design is in anticipation of the collaboration between UrsaLady Creations and myself. We will have some great designs coming out in the next month. UrsaLady Creations can be found on the Logan Road strip in Stones Corner, only 10minutes from Brisbane CBD.

I will be at the Laneway Festival in Brisbane on the 28th January 2012 with the Suitcase Rummage.
Come and join us all from 11am -6pm. There will be music and drinks and lots of great stalls on the day.