Tilly, Frank and I went to the Young Blood: Designers Market at the Powerhouse Museum on Saturday. There were 20 stalls there supposedly "dedicated solely to Australian designers producing the most creative products for kids". I don't know about "most creative". There were some nice things there, but really nothing new. Nothing innovative. Don't get me wrong, there were some lovely things there, but nothing I hadn't already seen before. And to be honest, I think many bloggers out there are doing more interesting things - or does the blogosphere lead and the rest of the world follow?
The shoes above are from a little outfit called All About Heidi. I love her colour range and they are made from a single piece of leather. No seams.
Tilly saw some wall decals that she really liked and wanted. I didn't take a picture but I did get this image from their website. They are called Wonderwall and they are doing some really cute things that are worth looking at if you are after some locally made decals.
The tree trunk is made up of the letters T R E E, the fruit are made of the letters A P L E and the leaves with L E A F. Tilly is enthralled with letters at the moment so this would be perfect for her.
I did buy this Once-A-Year album from Laikonik. It's a concertina folder to place a photo a year for 18 years as well as a small space to write significant happenings in that year.
It's a pretty simple concept, and I'm sure I could apply it to something of my own. But the thing is, I haven't yet and Tilly is nearly four. I do not have an album or anything. So I thought by buying this it is a simple enough project that I don't actually have to make in order to get started. I just have to chose four photos to get it up to date. I think I can do that.
The deigns are based on Polish folk art and there are some really nice monotone red ones that I have my eye on for Frankie. Tilly chose the tree design for herself.
As mentioned yesterday, there were vintage inspired dresses, stenciled singlet suits, bibs and place mats. I must admit, I wasn't expecting the whole market to be so crafty. Nothing wrong with crafty, just not what I was expecting.