The August lowdown

Unbelievably, it was wet and windy for the third month running for yesterday's market. We didn't let it stop us having lots of fun though.

1. Liberty Lane, 2. Beau Papier, 3. Arctic Ice, 4. Gretel's gingerbread, 5. Thelma's gorgeous preserves, 6. Sensorie, 7. Cotton Kiwi, 8. 0 to 2, 9. Cat Taylor Design, 10. Muzroom, 11. Lily's Make Believe, 12. Inspired by Nature, 13. Kashgars, 14. Happy go Knitty, 15. Mosaics by Adele, 16. Yours Naturally, 17. Songbird Designs, 18. Cotton Kiwi, 19. Ruby in the Dust, 20. August market 059, 21. AW Design, 22. Muzroom, 23. Songbird Designs, 24. 0 to 2

Thank you so much to all the lovely customers who braved the weather and came shopping. It was great to see new customers in amongst our regulars.

And we had an extra special visitor. Jesse came visiting with his autism assistance dog, Dylan. We were thrilled to be able to help with the fundraising needed to buy an assistance dog for Jesse last year. Unfortunately, Jesse's first dog, Doug, didn't work out but the new dog, Dylan has settled right in and is working out a treat. You can read about Jesse and his family's story here.

The applications for the 5th September (Father's Day) market are now open. Pop on up to the Sellers information section if you want to apply for a stall.

Yay for wrong weather forecasts

Yes, the sun mostly shone and we had so much fun at the market today. Thank you for coming to see us, we enjoyed meeting you.



The Not So Faraway and Liberty Lane added plenty of lovely colour.

Sarah of TOTO enjoyed sending some of her monkeys off to lovely new homes.

Patricia of Pepa brought her beautiful felt earrings and mosaic mirrors along.

Hayley of Blankies and Trish of Fireworks Agnes drew lots of compliments from market visitors.

Young Harry Waine felt inspired to make his own felt pig. Very cool Harry!

Jane of Forget me not Vintage made me wish I had a bigger home so I could fit some of her lovely vintage furniture into it.

Krafty As had so many scrummy purses and other goodies.

The lovely ladies from Snapdragon brought along their divine little faery folk and gorgeous steiner inspired toys.

Helene joined us with her magical hand knitted cotton beanies and beautiful kids necklaces (and Hayley managed to sneak into another photo...)

See... the sun was shining! Here's Vanessa of Dragonflyz.

Beautiful Koru Spirals. I love these. Totally mesmerising. There were so many other fabulous stalls and stallholders. Those were just a few. Come down next time (6th September) and say hello!

Finally, here is Snowplow aka the craziest cat around. You'll no doubt see him around at one of the markets. He likes to join in by getting in people's cars, inspecting the tents and generally making sure everything is running smoothly. He wore himself out this time and found a comfy spot in the middle of everything and fell asleep. Wonderful life!

Knitting Pukeko

Who knew our native birds were so talented? The extremely clever Claire from The Anti-Fashion League has designed the 2nd August poster for us and I have to say, I love it. I have begged her for screenprinted market bags with the image on. Fingers crossed she will have the time.

August's market will be chock full of wonderful goodies. We have a few new stallholders as well as our wonderful regulars. It really is a pleasure having all these incredibly talented people under one roof (and a lot of fun too). Do come along on 2nd August and pay us a visit.

The line up for 2nd August is:

AB CARDS, BABY LOVE MERINO, BEINZSTALK, BLANKIES, CAT TAYLOR DESIGN, CHARLOTTE MARJORIBANKS, CITRUS T’ARTS GARDEN ART, DEVON LOUISE, DRAGONFLYZ, FIREWORKS AGNES, FORGET ME NOT VINTAGE, FRANCIS SILVESTRE PHOTOGRAPHY, GLEN VAN PREHN, INFUSIONS, JANE DOUGLAS, JESSE BEARS, KERRY MIHU, KORU SPIRALS,KRAFTY AS, LIBERTY LANE, LISA HOOLEY PHOTOGRAPHY, MARKO CRAFT, MIRA DESIGN, ORGANIC GARDEN BOXES, PÉPA, PILLOW TALK, PORCELAIN ROVE, RUBY IN THE DUST, R.W. SCISSORS, SANDRA WAINE, SNAPDRAGON, SONGBIRD DESIGNS, TE PONO, THE ANTI-FASHION LEAGUE, THE DEVONPORTIANS, THE NOT SO FARAWAY, TOTO, TWISTED TREASURES.