Subi Street Festival

After a few false starts I finally met my sister at the Subiaco Street Festival last night! We had planned to get there for the start at 5pm however I was distracted by a retaining wall and did not make it in until 7pm.

So, it was a power shop for me at the market stalls this year!

We met outside Mr Sparrow and went inside to browse their unique and interesting collection. The shop is a little bit out of the way from the main Subi strip but well worth the effort of having a look!

The Subi Street Festival closes off part of Rokeby Road. Between Bagot Road and Hay Street were many food stalls, entertainers, childrens activities and all sorts. From Hay Street to Roberts Road is the Subi Upmarket, home to many different and interesting stalls selling handmade goodies! We powerwalked through the food stalls - due I think to my lateness, as last year we explored the side streets - to get to the other side of Hay Street and the Upmarket.

There were many old favourites at the Upmarket, and some new faces. I was impressed by the beautiful prints and products of Formosa Design, and acquired myself a new t-shirt and cushion cover! E queried my need for a cushion cover, and to be honest I do not need any more to cover my couches, but I did have a spare insert so that it can be added to my collection rather than languish in a drawer somewhere.

You can buy from Formosa online through their website or from their Etsy store.

The t-shirt has small sleeves and is quite long, good to protect my shoulders from the summer sun and according to E the length will hide my butt-crack. Thanks E.

The cushion has a gorgeous blue wren and I could not resist! The fabric is a 100% organic cotton/hemp blend, and ties in well with my Ink & Spindle, Spacecraft and Bholu cushions.


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Catching up on markets

E and I are off to the Subi Street Festival including the Subi Upmarket tomorrow night. We went last year and it was the event that inspired me to start blogging about my shopping experiences.

There are so many cool things to buy out there but not enough cupboard space in which to store them, so saving photos and inspiration in a journal is the next best thing to owning them.

On Sunday we are planning to head to Fremantle to check out the new B&M Store and I think that a visit to the Bazaar at Fremantle Arts Centre will also be on the cards!

Hopefully we can get a bit of a kickstart happening for our Christmas gifts. I do not like leaving it until too late, and I haven't even thought about what to buy as yet!

Shoes

Surprisingly, shoe shopping is one event I do not really look forward to. I find buying sports sneakers easy, especially my hockey shoes, since I have been wearing the same style for around ten years! They just change the colours every year and probably tweak the design. For my runners I just buy the most espensive Asics runner that I can find and I am usually happy. And so are my feet and back.

Last Thursday E and I went to the Subi Street Festival. They blocked off Rockeby Road from the Roberts Road end down to the Crossways Shopping Centre! There were a fair number of stalls where local designers and producers showed their wares. There was also a section with face painting, animal petting and a giant turd that moved when people tried to pat it?? Strange.

Many of the shops were open - it was late Thursday - and of course E and I wandered into shoe shops. When we were younger my mother used to joke that E had as many shoes as Imelda Marcos - the wife of the former dictator of the Phillipines who was famous for having, amongst other excesses, an excessive amount of shoes. (Look her up if you have not heard of her.)

We went into Ginza, where amazingly I managed to find and buy three pairs of shoes - all the three styles that I tried on. The sales assistant was very helpful, showing me different styles that I might like, and of course E was a dependable critic! What was different was that they were all a middle height heel - so many shoes are either totally flat or have an awkwardly high heel that I would not find comfortable.

I was going to try and put pictures of the shoes for record online, but my first effort at visiting the website for Top End has shown me the collection for last winter!