Sunday, March 13, 2011

Montage


A few weeks ago now E and I travelled to Fremantle to check out the Montage pop up shop. Sadly this pop up is closed now (I am a little slow with my postings) however they promise to come again soon and I look forward to it!

Montage are a collection of local designers and artists. In their pop up were many pretty things. I sadly had to make purchases of a practical nature and ended up with a birthday card and ironing board! The card was for someone else but the ironing board was for C and I. I picked up a lovely black and white print from Modern Homewares, similar to the picture above. Unfortunately our ironing board is just a little bit too big - it is a lunky thing - and so on my list of "exciting things to buy" is a new one.

If you are in Perth and like your local designers then please check out the Montage blog and keep an ear open for their next pop up. We have seen many of the collective at various handmade markets but it was great to see their products in a shop, rather than a 6 hour mad market. There should be more of it here in Perth!

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Markets this month

It has been a little quiet on the shopping front lately, we are in the process of building a house and my shopping budget is fairly grim. I feel too that I have barely had time to even window shop! Where does the time go?

There are a few shopping events that I am looking forward to, and they are our March markets. I missed them last year as I travelled to Sydney and Tasmania for a friend's wedding.

These markets are always good to pick up some handmade treasures and I am anticipating finding some things to tickle my fancy.

March 20
Perth Upmarket
10am to 4pm at Winthrop Hall, The University of Western Australia
Made on the Left William Street Festival
10am to 4pm in the James Street Mall, Northbridge

March 27
Unwrapped South Perth
12pm to 6pm at Angelo Street, South Perth