:: morning neighbourhood walks & country markets ::

It's been very quiet here on my blog lately. I promised myself, at the beginning of year, that I would be more active on my blog, but it's almost April, and this is my first post. Not sure why I find it so hard to express myself. I can agonise over a blog post for days, weeks, even months, before pressing the 'publish' button. Why is this?  It's not that I have nothing to share, quite the opposite. 

I've been trying to get out more to take photos of my neighbourhood. I live in such a pretty city, full of beautiful old homes. Most of the photos I take these days are on my mobile phone. To be honest, I can't see the difference most of the time. These first 4 shots were taken with a Nikon DSLR camera. 

The weather has been unbearably hot here lately. Easter rain has been a welcome relief. We decided to take a short drive to visit the Fernvale Country Markets. Despite the rain and mud, we had a great day. Such a typically Aussie market, no hipsters to be seen. I loved it. All my photos were taken on my Samsung Galaxy phone. 

The Fernvale Country Markets are held at the Fernvale Primary School every Sunday (rain or shine) between 6am - 12.00pm.

On the way to the market, I had to stop and take a quick snap of the cute bus stop - Lovers Lane, Ironbark.

Of course no day trip to Fernvale is complete without a stop at the Fernvale Bakery. The sausage rolls are so good. It didn't bother me one bit that we had to eat in the car because there was no where to sit near the bakery. 

Overall we had a pretty laid back weekend. Just how I like it.

Happy Easter weekend everyone.

Sunday Market

Going to the Daylesford Sunday Market is one of my favourite things to do. I love to shop for vintage nic nacs and the boys love to...well.... eat. Dutch pancakes, fresh coffee, sausages...yum.

Market day

 Diddle & Ro had a stall at Daylesford Makers Market today.

It feels like ages since I last attended a market as a stall holderr.

What better venue to break the market drought than Daylesford.

It rained!!..sigh

This didn't stop the serious market shoppers....no sir.

There were many happy customers and tired stall holders by the end of the day.

So what did I buy?

This sweet little candle cup and saucer by Unmatched and a nifty vintage wall paper bookmark by Moon Mum.

Sorry you missed it?

Don't worry, there is a Daylesford Makers Twilight Christmas Market on Saturday the 10th of  December.

Diddle & Ro will be there!

Time out

It's been some time since i last blogged....oops

I could give you a heap of reasons for this but the truth is i just haven't wanted to (gasp!)I haven't even been keeping up with what's happening on the blogs i follow. So much to catch up on :)

I've really been enjoying my 'time out' though. I've been doing Mummy/housewife stuff , sewing, reading, but mostly enjoying life. Here is just a few things I've been up to lately.

Earlier in the month, Diddle & Ro had a stall at the Sisters' Market in Brunswick, Melbourne.

Wow! What an experience.

After a stressful unloading of the car and setting up the stall , John and I settled in and had a great time. City markets certainly have a different feel to country markets. There were heaps of fantastic stalls there. I will definitely be coming back here as a shopper.. I just loved it.

Miranda celebrated her 9th birthday this month (Where has the time gone?)

We decided to do something a bit different this year, so we had her party at a scrap booking shop called the Imagination Factory in Ballarat.

Miranda and her friends had the best time. They each got to create a diary to take home. I got so wrapped up making my own diary, I completely forgot to take photos......so much fun. At the end we had some cake and some treats. I certainly noticed a change in their energy levels after cake and lollies. So glad I left the sweets to last :)

Of course we had to make good use of the beautiful Autumn weather we have been having lately.

We did a few family drives in the country. Victoria is just so beautiful this time of year.

On Saturday, we attended the Daylesford Easter Makers Market. There is John in background trying to look glad he gave up his Saturday sleep-in to come to a craft market with me. The 'Gnome Town' Pinafore has been a real hit. I've been kept busy this month with orders for this cute dress (yippee).Hope you all have had a lovely Easter long weekend.

Take care :)

Hip to be Square

What a day!

6.00am Got up bright and early(well early for Saturday) packed the car with boxes, clothes racks, mannequins etc, and headed off to the The Square -Bendigo's Handmade Market.

As we left cold and rainy Ballarat I was thinking to myself "Why the heck am I doing this?, It's Saturday morning! I should be home asleep in my lovely warm bed" but as we got closer to Bendigo the sun came out and I thought to myself "O yeah! I'm doing this because I love it".

I get a real buzz seeing people enjoy the clothing I've worked so hard to create.

This was Diddle & Ro's first time at The Square. I'm so glad we decided to go. Such a lovely market.

What a fabulous venue!! There were people everywhere the entire day. I think I only managed to sit down for 5 minutes the entire time. Now that is my kind of market!

John and I got to meet some very creative stallholders and heaps of lovely customers.

We had a great day :)

It's hard work smiling all day :)

After a few sales it's gets alot easier, I have to admit.

Lots of pretty hairpins again this time of course.

The Miss Wendy dress dress looked very sweet on the mannequin.

Both mannequins had a few changes of clothes during the course of the day.

I'm really looking forward to the next market in Bendigo.

This week I'm getting ready for the Sisters Market in Brunswick on Saturday 2nd April....yay!!!

Sisters Market

If you didn't already know, Diddle & Ro are going to be at the Sisters Market on Saturday 2 April. This will be my first time as a stall owner and shopper. So excited!!!

To Market, To Market

I finally have some market dates for March and April.

Our last market was way back in December 2010, so I'm more than eager to load up the car with lots of new Diddle & Ro goodies and hit the road.

MARCH
12th – Daylesford Markers Market – Daylesford Primary School 10am -3pm

26th – The Square – Bendigo Town Hall 10am – 4pm

APRIL
2nd – Sisters Market – Brunswick Town hall 10am – 4pm

23rd – Daylesford Easter Market at Daylesford Primary School 10am -3pm

See ya there

Elethea x