Let's go shopping ... for pretty pink presents

It's not too many sleeps until Christmas (Pew! That was my brain blowing a gasket. How quickly has this year gone by?) Are you a clever shopper who buys goodies all the year through or are you a last-minute-grab-what-you-can type? 

How do you like this for a plan? A bit on online shopping, stocking up for Christmas, while being happy in the knowledge that your spending will be flowing on to Chicks in Pink (via BrisStyle) who are raising money during October for national breast cancer awareness month. Browse below or follow this link for more BrisStyle goodness.

Flight Industries

Ali Pink

Whizzbangle

3 Girls and a goat

Renee Treml

Ruby 2 GoGo

Prototype central

Ok, so a few posts back I was (re)discovering the joys of following a pattern. Whilst this gave me structure and reassurance and produced a bag of which I was very proud, there's something about winging it that really floats my boat when I'm making purses and bags.

After some requests for jewellery wraps at the most recent BrisStyle Indie Twilight Markets and my unearthing some stored-for-a-rainy-day rattan handles on a recent archaeological dig in my craft room,  I got scheming and sewing. 

The jewellery wrap is an amalgamation of a simple pattern I found in a book, with additions from features I have on my very own wrap, and one my neighbour brought over, when she was full of suggestions of new designs I could sew (this discussion of ours was inspired/helped by a nice cardonnay or two).

And here's the new bag, made from a pink, green and cream leaf and butterfly print fabric that my lovely friend, Akiko, brought back for me from Japan. For a bit of tactile goodness, the top of the bag is brown corduroy. 

Here, the rattan handled swing tote is being kept company by a paper garland by the clever flight industries. 

Yesterday was spent making a few more of these two designs in preparation for the BrisStyle Indie Designers Markets which will be held: 

Saturday 4th December  9am - 4pm

St Augustine's Church
Racecourse Rd
Hamilton, QLD

One down, two to go.

Well, what a fabulous start to the market season for shelleyberelli. The promised cloudburst held off and the November BrisStyle Indie Twilight Markets went off without a hitch. The shoppers and browsers were out in force and from the punters comments, I think it's going to be an even busier market on the 17th December. And won't KGS look a treat with the big Christmas tree towering over the Ann St side of the square?

I was in the BrisStyle co-op with the lovely ladies from Pannikin, Edward & Lilly, SM boutique, Flight Industries, {A Creature Strange} and Wicked Child Designs. I couldn't have asked for nicer neighbours. Thanks also to mumma-berelli for help with getting there and home, as well as keeping me company through the night. She managed to do a bit of shopping too.

Here I am, making last minute touches to the stall displays.

Here's a fine selection of zippered pouches and my lovely new moo business cards. I am seriously in love with these cards. Still, I managed to part with some of them last night.

Below: My obis, craft wraps and laptop/ipad sleeves.

And a little mid-afternoon snack mum bought me from Bel at Enticing Icing. Delishimo!

Next stop - sewing table for a flurry of action in preparation for BiDM (4/12) and BiTM (17/12).

How was your night? x