{"id":1911,"date":"2011-07-15T03:32:13","date_gmt":"2011-07-15T03:32:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/manage.funkyfriendsfactory.com\/blog\/?p=8808"},"modified":"2020-12-30T12:13:01","modified_gmt":"2020-12-30T12:13:01","slug":"beautiful-things-i-bought-at-the-brisstyle-market","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/manage.funkyfriendsfactory.com\/blog\/beautiful-things-i-bought-at-the-brisstyle-market\/","title":{"rendered":"Beautiful things bought at the Brisstyle Market!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It was dark, cold and <strong>WAY to early on a winter&#8217;s morning<\/strong>, when I set off to set up my stall at the\u00a0 <a title=\"BrisStyle Blog\" href=\"https:\/\/brisstyle.blogspot.com\/2011\/07\/lets-go-shopping_09.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>BrisStyle Indie Designers <\/strong><\/a><strong><a title=\"BrisStyle Blog\" href=\"https:\/\/brisstyle.blogspot.com\/2011\/07\/lets-go-shopping_09.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Racecourse Road <\/strong><\/a><\/strong><strong>Market<\/strong>, this last weekend. It&#8217;s a long drive across town for me and\u00a0 and I left one teeny tiny, BUT critical piece of equipment behind &#8211; <strong>my screw driver for assembling my pattern display stand<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Grrrrrrr #%@^%$!!!<\/p>\n<p>ANYWAY,\u00a0 trying to be a <strong>&#8216;glass-half-FULL&#8217; kinda gal<\/strong>, I decided that if I couldn&#8217;t diplay my OWN crafty wares, I&#8217;d\u00a0 look at everyone else&#8217;s!<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>AND just look at what I found!<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8809\" style=\"border: 1px solid #a8a5a9; padding: 4px; margin-top: 30px; margin-bottom: 30px;\" title=\"Bead-bracelet--Happily-Ever-Artist\" src=\"https:\/\/manage.funkyfriendsfactory.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/Bead-bracelet-Happily-Ever-Artist.jpg\" alt=\"Bead bracelet - Happily Ever Artist\" width=\"520\" height=\"390\" \/><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>This <strong>beautiful bracelet<\/strong> made by <strong>Sally Sepherd<\/strong> of <strong>happilyeverartsist.com<\/strong> took my fancy so I asked Sally to let me try it on, and what do you know,<strong> it just WOULDN&#8221;T COME OFF!!! : ) <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I was also excited to hear that Sally has opened<strong> <a title=\"Old Petrie Town Sunday markets\" href=\"https:\/\/www.oldpetrietown.com\/Sunday%20Markets.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">a studio at the Old Petrie Town markets<\/a>,<\/strong> as this is just around the corner from me. BUT, this may NOT be such a good thing for my wallet as<strong> I LOVE all her beautiful beads!!! <\/strong>She did say that down the track there may be<strong> jewellery-making classes <\/strong>on offer, and I have always wanted to try this &#8230; so can&#8217;t wait for that!<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>And then I found this gorgeous<br \/>\nOwl softie!!! <\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>And having such a soft spot for plush toys, how could I resist such a cutie?<strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8810\" style=\"border: 1px solid #a8a5a9; padding: 4px; margin-top: 30px; margin-bottom: 30px;\" title=\"Rod-n-Lil---OWL\" src=\"https:\/\/manage.funkyfriendsfactory.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/Rod-n-Lil-OWL.jpg\" alt=\"Rod n Lil OWL\" width=\"520\" height=\"390\" \/><\/p>\n<p>This adorable <strong>owl softie<\/strong> was made by another lovely Brisstyler &#8211; <strong>Natalie Cotter<\/strong> and her mum, of <a title=\"Rod n Lil\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/rodnlil\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Rod n Lil fame<\/strong><\/a>,\u00a0 who mostly make <strong>reversible Pinafores<\/strong>, <strong>Bloomers<\/strong>,\u00a0 and <strong>Hats<\/strong>. I am so glad they decided to do something with the offcuts from cutting out their gorgeous kiddies clothes, because that&#8217;s how their toys came to be!<\/p>\n<p>Look how adorable their <strong>reversible pinafores<\/strong> are!!!<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8819\" style=\"border: 1px solid #a8a5a9; padding: 4px; margin-top: 30px; margin-bottom: 30px;\" title=\"Rod-n-Lil---reversible-pinafore\" src=\"https:\/\/manage.funkyfriendsfactory.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/Rod-n-Lil-reversible-pinafore.jpg\" alt=\"Rod n Lil reversible pinafore\" width=\"520\" height=\"707\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I think I may have to do some <strong>Christmas shopping<\/strong> at the next few <strong>Brisstyle markets<\/strong> &#8211;<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>what do you think?<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><br class=\"clear\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-280\" title=\"Teddy-bear-rings\" src=\"https:\/\/manage.funkyfriendsfactory.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/Teddy-bear-rings.png\" alt=\"Pauline McArthur - Funky Friends Factory\" width=\"224\" height=\"218\" \/><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">.<\/span><br \/>\n<strong><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Till next time,<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Happy Sewing,<br \/>\nPauline<\/strong><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-6592\" title=\"White-Spacer\" src=\"https:\/\/manage.funkyfriendsfactory.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/White-Spacer.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"520\" height=\"30\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It was dark, cold and WAY to early on a winter&#8217;s morning, when I set off to set up my stall at the\u00a0 BrisStyle Indie Designers Racecourse Road Market, this last weekend. 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