BrisStyle Weekly Round Up

** New BrisStyle Members **

This week BrisStyle welcomed five new members to the team! Here's a little bit of fabulousness from each of our new members:


Not only does Ellie from Red Seed Studio design this season's must-have fabric but she also makes delicious little totes like this mini Hand Embroidered Hemp Denim Tote Bag. "It's fabulous!"


Michelle from Vintage Visions makes a range of gifts and homewares inspired by the colours and textures of bygone times like this fabulous Vintage China Pieced Pendant.


Daneve from Chicuff takes colourful recycled non-woven bags and turns them into fabulous accessories for kids and adults including rings, cuffs and hair pins like these Red and Black Loopy Design Hair Pins.


Now you can make your own softies at home thanks to new BrisStyle member Pauline from Funky Friends Factory. Pauline's pattern collection includes a huge range of friendly faces like Plattie Platypus Plush Toy Pattern. Plus they're PDF downloadable patterns so you can get started right away!


Ange from Angelene has come up with an ingenious solution to accessorising with every outfit. These gorgeous earrings are interchangeable giving you 7 different looks from the one set! Pick up yours here.


** BrisStyle Member News **



All the BrisStylettes have their fingers and toes crossed for Mel from Taybian Design. Taybian is in the running to win a shop in Queen Street Mall! And Mel needs your support now! To vote for the Taybian shopfront and to win great prizes for yourself head over here. You can vote every day up until 7 August.


To celebrate a week of Market Mayhem culminating with the Boutique Markets at Portside this Sunday 12 July, the Rubys are having a fabbo SALE both online in their Etsy shops as well as at the actual Markets! Recycled swish bargains like this fabulous Only Women Bleed enviro resin brooch can be found at Ruby2GoGo or if vintage swish is more your thing check out Ruby Red Studios for more sale items.


Congratulations to Therese from Little Mary Moo who made the front page of Etsy this week. Therese makes sweet purses and bags from screen printed fabrics like this cute Little Red Bird Purse.


PretaPawte's Dandelion Collar was also an Etsy front page star this week. Congratulations Allison!


Christine's hats from Maudi's Millinery (aka whynotstreet) are being worn by ladies from the Red Hat Society. Some of her creations will be in The Great Gatsby Car Race to be held later this year!

A number of BrisStylettes were featured in a 'Crafty Collective' BrisStyle feature in the very cool Brisbane Street Press Magazine, Rave. You can download the electronic version of Rave from the website - http://www.ravemagazine.com.au, or click on the pic above, and look for the BrisStyle feature on page 33. BrisStylettes interviewed include Tracey from Denim days, Olivia from Scampsville, Hayley from REread Design, Samantha from Jetta's Nest,
Catherine from Made By Maisie, Chris from Little Chrissy, Casey from Prettyhead Designs, Bec and Jade from Beckybean, Teneale from Wicked Child Designs, Katie from Kitty Boo Boo and Shannon from My Girl.

Lastly, Eliza from Elvenhair and Gaynor from Create and Be Happy popped into the 4ZZZ FM radio studio to discuss their work, BrisStyle, and the BrisStyle Indie Designers Market last week on the Rock, Paper, Scissors show. Stay tuned for a link to the podcast once it has been published! Also, our own Olivia from Scampsville highlighted the charitable side of the BrisStyle Indie Designers Market when she interviewed the New Farm Neighbourhood Centre Women's Craft Group on her show At the Local on 4ZZZ. Again, we will post the link when the podcasts are up!


**BrisStyle Member Giveaways **


There's a huge giveaway happening now over at Bettsy Kingston to celebrate NAIDOC Week. For your chance to win a copy of the NAIDOC poster, 2 fat quarters of aboriginal art fabric and a copy of the Bettsy Kingston baby patch cover pattern head over here.


And for your chance to win this gorgeous Chi Designs Black Circles Coin Purse/Clutch head over to this post on Chi's blog.


**PLUS don't forget to enter the July BrisStyle Giveaway featuring Pedrosprout and Jetta's Nest **

BrisStyle Indie Designers Market Wrap Up

1. upinanniesroom 2. mjmosaics 3. taybian 4. rellesh

After months of hard work sewing, painting, paper-crafting and jewellery-making, almost 50 BrisStylettes arrived at St Augustine's Church Hall, Hamilton in the early hours of the morning on Saturday 4 July to set up shop for the BrisStyle Indie Designers Market.

1. blossomchild 2. madebymaisie 3. littlediva 4. designsoftheheart

Ten minutes in and the masses were there ready to support handmade.

'Crowd Pic - taken by Trish from Trishalan Designs

The outdoor stalls were hit first by the huge turnout followed closely by crowd jamming in the hall.

1. raspberrypink 2. smboutique 3. hotfudge 4. littlechrissy

It was a beautiful Brisbane winter day, the wind dropped, the sun was shining, and Brisbanites enjoyed a day of shopping, acoustic music, strong coffee and the most divine little cupcakes from Tabitha's Place.

1. jettasnest 2. redseedstudio 3. jellygnite 4. beckybean

After the first hour the BrisStylettes were in awe as Brisbane shoppers embraced everything handmade and indie. Sales flowed till well after midday when the crowd slowed down and we were all finally able to take a deep breath, have a hot coffee... but alas not a cupcake in sight - completely sold out!!

1. pretapawte, 2. RE-readdesign 3. stratdesigns 4. ruby2gogo

A big thank you to Helen and Sophie, BrisStyle's market musketeers for their ability to organise such a huge event without a hitch. And to Chris, BrisStyle's media magnate who blew us all away with attention from Channel 7's The Great South East, The Courier Mail, MX, Map Magazine, RAVE, 4ZzZ plus loads more. Thanks also to the other BrisStyle committee members Bel, Ali, Robyn, Bec and Rebecca who continue to work away in the background to make BrisStyle the best that it can be.

1. mygirldesigns 2. epheriell 3. edward&lilly 4. denimdays

A special thank you to Amanda for taking the time to photograph all of the lovely BrisStylettes and Tracy, Trish, Benita and Amanda for spreading the BrisStyle love on the info table.

1. whynotstreet 2. prettyheaddesigns 3. sharlzndollz 4. scampsville

What's that I hear? When is the next BrisStyle Indie Designers market?

Saturday 5 December! Pen it in your diary now and start saving your pennies because BrisStyle is growing every week and the Christmas market is destined to be bigger than ever!

And, if you simply can't bear to wait till then for a little bit of BrisStyle, check out the etsy shops in the blog side bar and keep your eye on this space as we bring you all the latest news and giveaways direct from the BrisStylettes.

For more BrisStyle Indie Designers Market photos and stories check out these fabulous places:

Ruby2GoGo
Bondville
Twinkle Star Art
Trishalan Designs
Third on the Right
Create and be happy
Charlie and Grace
Jetta's Nest
Little Diva
Little Chrissy
Sharlzndollz
Wicked Child Designs
Bubbachenille
edward and lilly
Bits of Toffee
Blossom Child
Caffeinated Prints
Epheriell Designs
histoire de soie...
Hot Fudge
Kitty Boo Boo
Little Mary Moo's Place
Little Mimoo
MJ Mosaics
RE-read
Shazzabeth Creations
Vintage Visions

Meet the Marketeers

With only one more sleep till the BrisStyle Indie Designers Market we have another sneak peek of what to expect from some of our fabulous marketeers.


Ever wanted to meet Prime Minister Kevin Rudd? Want to get to the bottom of the OzCar scandal? Well now you can! Pop by the Wicked Child Designs stand for a political natter. You may even brush shoulders with Dame Edna while you're there.

Give a thought to your fashion-conscious little ones when you arrive at the PretaPawte stall. Funky handmade cat and dog collars like this Pink Retro Nest collar will make you and your furry friend the talk of the town.


Armfull of bunnies anyone? Hayley from RE-read uses vintage children's books to create sweet little one-of-a-kind brooches. Our pick: the Armfull of bunnies paper brooch.


For a fresh, contemporary approach to baby items keep your eyes peeled for the Mimoo stand where you'll find play mats, cot sets, wraps and other goodies like this Pram/Stroller Wrap.


Kiki and all her little friends will be hanging out with Catherine at the Made by Maisie stand. Catherine's dolls are lovingly made with soft wool felt, homespun and 1930s reproduction fabrics and they're all waiting for a special little home.


You'll be the centre of attention with one of Prettyhead Designs brooches on your lapel. Cute bear brooches come in a variety of colours and are guaranteed to add a touch of cuteness to anything you wear.


Nicole from Hot Toffee will be there with her divine fused glass jewellery. We're loving these delicious lemon lavender cufflinks.


If funky messenger bags are your game, then head straight to the Lemon Ink stand. Lemon Ink Messenger Bags come in midi and maxi sizes and are made from recycled materials. Who would have thought truck curtains, old seatbelts and bicycle tubing could combine to make this eye-catching Midi Messenger Bag!

Plus if you're still working on your shopping list there are loads more BrisStyle marketeers listed here.

The BrisStyle Indie Designers Market kicks off tomorrow at 9am sharp at St Augustine's Church Hall, Racecourse Road, Hamilton.

See you there for a spot of retail therapy, hot coffee, yummy cupcakes and fabulous acoustic entertainment!

BrisStyle Weekly Round Up

BrisStylettes Ali from Jellygnite and Little Jellygnite, Danielle and Lauren from Love, JanieLou and Ellie from Red Seed Studio are all featured in the current issue of Peppermint magazine!

Three important things you should know about the uber cool Peppermint:
1. It's Australia's first eco fashion mag
2. It's based in Brisbane, and
3. You can get a copy at the BrisStyle Indie Designers Market!!!



It's all systems go this week for the BrisStylettes preparing for the BrisStyle Indie Designers Market on Saturday at St Augustine's Church Hall, Racecourse Road, Hamilton. Jess from Epheriell Designs knows how to market her wares. Check out her blog for some unique tips and ideas for jewellery display.


Megan from Nosovich has been sewing up a storm of gorgeous clutches and handbags in preparation for the BrisStyle Indie Designers Market. For a sneak peek of what to expect check out this flickr set.


Liz from Creative Arty Facts has been working away on new products for the market including these super cute glass bead pound puppies. You can read all about Liz's preparations for the market over on her blog.


Rebecca from edward and lilly has been making tiny stitches for brooches this week. For a brief run down on how she made this peg board pop over here.


*** BrisStyle Giveaways ***



Chrisy from Art Decadence is giving away these amazing plates on the Aussie Handmade Giveaway website. Chrisy placed decals of vintage medical illustrations onto vintage porcelain plates from Rosenthal, Germany. The decals have been fired on for durability to create these amazing functional art pieces.


Jess from Epheriell Designs is having a Super Promotion for July. She'll be giving away a $40 gift voucher to use in the Epheriell Designs Shop! All you have to do is pop over to Jess' blog, become a follower and leave her a comment to be in the running.

PLUS, don't forget to enter the monthly BrisStyle Giveaway featuring Pedrosprout and Jetta's Nest.

July Featured Members and Giveaways!

This month, please give a warm welcome to Michelle from Pedrosprout and Samantha from Jetta's Nest, as they give us a sneak peak into their fabulous worlds of crafty goodness, and give away some of their wonderful handmade items to two lucky readers. To enter is simple - just leave us a comment at the bottom of this post. For more info (and to find out how to score an extra entry) read The Rules at the bottom of the post. Good luck everyone :)

Introducing BrisStyle member...


NAME: Michelle Gillies
ETSY SHOP NAME: Pedosprout

1. Can you please describe the items you are giving away to one of our readers?

I have one small Tote bag made from cute Japanese fabrics,


and a set of 4 fabric coasters lined with soft wadding to help soak up spills and protect your surfaces from hot drinks.


2. How would you describe your work?

I wanted to create a baby bootie that was cute and a bit more hip than Grandmas knitted booties – not that there's anything wrong with Grannies booties... I've said too much!

3. How did your Etsy shop come into being?

I began making felt booties as gifts for friends and family with new babies and have always liked the idea of handmade gifts in general. The more I made the more I seemed to enjoy it. When my friends' baby making slowed down I had to find a new outlet for my little creations. As for the shop name, Pedro is my cat! He's also a chair thief, a bed hog, a computer screen blocker, general disperser of cat hair, but most importantly he is my best friend...sigh.

4. Who or What inspires you?

Lots of things. My friends definitely, family, blogs, craft markets, trips abroad. Also, the local crafting community has been hugely inspirational. There really is a great deal of comradery within the arts & craft movement.

5. Do you 'reduce, reuse, recycle' as part of your creative process? If yes, how is your art / craft eco-friendly?

Pedrosprout booties and brooches are made form Kunin Eco-fi felt which is recycled from plastic bottles – it's amazing stuff. I use cardboard from Reverse Garbage in West End to make my product swing tags.

6. Can you describe your studio / work area?

At the moment I'm in a cramped dark, cold corner of the house, brrrr... I recently had to move from my spacious, well lit workspace to make room for some serious reno's at our place. I keep telling myself it'll all be all worth it in due time. Otherwise, my work space is relatively well organised and packed full of crafty goodness. As mentioned above I have an ongoing battle with Mr. P over my desk chair which often ends in me perching myself on a wooden stool.


7. What is your favourite thing in the shop at the moment?

Booties as far as the eye can see :) Coasters are also a favourite. I drink a lot of tea. It's always nice to have something pretty to put your teacup down on.


8. Do you have any other places that people can view your work?

I have another online store here. My booties are also stocked at Nesting Bird Interiors, Bliss Ecowear and The Ruby Pear.

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Introducing BrisStyle member...


NAME: Samantha
ETSY SHOP NAME: Jetta's Nest

1. Can you please describe the items you are giving away to one of our readers?

A Bloomin’ Buttonhead brooch of the winners choice. Either one from the mosaic below or I can whip something up in your favourite colours.


2. How would you describe your work?

My husband described it the other day as vintage with an edge so I’m thinking maybe ‘vintedge’ might be a good word for it. Whether I’m sewing, crocheting or drawing, I like to create things that are a little bit old-school with a modern twist.

3. How did your Etsy shop come into being?

I started sewing for my biggest boy when he was quite small so that he could have fun, bright, one of a kind clothes that were more appropriate for a little boy than anything I could find in the shops. Soon after, some of my friends started asking me to make things for their kids too and so with lots of encouragement from my friends and family I decided to give etsy a go.

(cute little monster tee)

(bluebird of happiness pinny)

4. Who or What inspires you?

Who - anyone who dares to express themselves creatively.
What – so many things inspire me from vintage children's books to old-school tattoos!

5. Do you 'reduce, reuse, recycle' as part of your creative process? If yes, how is your art / craft eco-friendly?

Sure do! I love to use recycled and vintage fabrics, buttons, doilies and zippers in the things I make.

6. Can you describe your studio / work area?

Organised chaos.

7. What is your favourite thing in the shop at the moment?

It would be a close tie between the Bloomin’ Buttonhead brooches and the Rectangle Robot applique tee.

(rectangle robot tee)

8. Do you have any other places that people can view your work?

My flickr is at http://www.flickr.com/photos/angcah/ And I’m also happy to take custom orders via email through my blog at www.jettasnest.blogspot.com

Thank-you Michelle and Samantha!

The rules:

Simply leave a comment on this post to be in the running to win one of these two fabulous giveaways. Be sure to leave a way for us to contact you. If you don't have a blog, please include your email address. Only one entry per person. You may enter twice if you mention this giveaway on your blog. If you choose to do this, please pop back after posting to your blog and include the url address to the post it was mentioned on here in the comments. This will count as your second entry. International folk are welcome to enter. BrisStyle members and their immediate families (ie: husbands/partners, dependent children, and their computer savvy pets) are excluded from entering all BrisStyle giveaways. A name will be randomly drawn on the 25th of this month and the winner will be announced on the blog on that same day.

Once again, the very best of luck to you all!

Mingle with the Marketeers

With only three sleeps till the BrisStyle Indie Designers Market we're providing you with a little sneak peek of a few of our marketeers and their wares.

Get your shopping lists ready and pen poised...


BrisStyle's Applique Queen is Sam from Jetta's Nest. Sam has been sewing, drawing, ironing, crocheting and stitching away for the past few months to bring you the best in applique t-shirts, brooches, cards and fabulous finds for your little ones like this Vintage green floral top with doily.
Do you love dolls? Do you love paper? Do you love unique, retro designs? Then Sharlene from Sharlzndollz goes straight to the top of your shopping list. Sharlene sources the most divine retro childhood images and decorative papers to create collaged paper dolls like this Fairy Tale Paper Doll Set.


You saw them stitching away on The Great South East on Sunday now meet them in person. Bec and Jade are the sister act behind Beckybean, one of BrisStyle's biggest draw cards. Not only are Beckybean bags this season's must-have but Bec and Jade are also committed to sustainable design using a mix of re-cycled and eco friendly fabric to create gorgeous designs like this Apple and Rhubarb Pie Girly Shoulder Bag made from reclaimed cotton remnants and salvaged corduroy.


Is there anything Kitty Boo Boo's Katie can't craft? The Kitty Boo Boo collection reflects Katie's love of anything creative and includes fabulous finds for any age and style. Tops, dresses, badges, skirts and a stack of cute little hair clips like these Show me the way... Swallows home clips. No matter what you're looking for, Kitty Boo Boo will not disappoint.


Chris from Little Chrissy is the multi-tasker of the century. BrisStyle owes its recent media fame to Chris' marketing and promotional prowess. Media hounder by day, crafter by night, Chris will blow your socks off as she embarks on her first market stall at the Brisstyle Indie Designers Market. Bright, fun and funky, each Little Chrissy design is a unique one-off creation like this cute little Blue Bird Purse.



Who better to design children's ware than those surrounded by multiplying families. Robyn from Hot Fudge draws inspiration from her gorgeous grandchildren to create beautiful dresses like this Pretty in Pink Sundress. Also an avid quilter, Robyn has a keen eye for pattern and colour combining and only uses the highest quality fabric.


The BrisStyle Indie Designers Market may well be Olivia's last as she sets her sights on an Italian adventure. This also means it may be your last chance to get your hands on a little piece of Scampsville. Olivia creates "scampy things to hang 'round your neck, wear on your lapel, sling 'round your wrist, or post to your loved/unloved ones..." We're loving these Red and Gold Washi Earrings with Flower Detail.


Check out more BrisStyle Marketeers here and pop back tomorrow for the latest news direct from the BrisStylettes.