Early Surprises

I have been opening quite a few Christmas presents lately, but not because I have been busting to, but because the person giving them could not keep them a secret!

I received two books from my Amazon wishlist, Handmade Nation: The Rise of DIY, Art, Craft, and Design and The Boss of You: Everything A Woman Needs to Know to Start, Run, and Maintain Her Own Business.

But my favourite by far, "Stormfront" a 5 colour screen print by my all time favourite cool dude Jim Houser. I blogged about him a while back. And print number 12/100! Woo! Fresh from the framers it is now sitting pretty in the lounge.

Craft Market Mad

Craft markets have been popping up all over Auckland and I just can't keep up.

Marc and I went along to the very first Love Handmade market this weekend at the Rose Centre, Belmont. We saw our good (and very sleepy) friend Richard of Podgypanda and it was so nice to finally meet Jess of BamBamCreative and Kylie of Skipapple and see their crafts in person. I purchased up some lovely items from both but can't share as they are potential Christmas presents.

I also picked up some neat hand cut stickers from Ferrit for $1 each. I adore kraft paper and bows so this was a win win for me.

The next Love Handmade market is on the 12th of December.

And if you are on Twitter, lets be friends.

it's kraftbomb time again kids!

Yep, it comes around fast huh? I will try my best to get there and check it out. You should too!

Oh and it also happens to be on Armageddon weekend. But I reckon Kraftbomb is soo much better ;-) Heh.