Bristyle Indie Designers market Wrap Up...

Ok, I know it was a few weeks ago now but I still want to do a little post on the BiDM from March 6th. Firstly I would like to thank everyone who popped by to say Hi on the day and wish me luck for my newest venture 'enticing icing' your well wishes were all truly appreciated as I take the step into this new venture.

I had a fantastic day, even though it was a bit lonely not having Em there to share the day, being surrounded by such an amazing group of women like the BrisStylettes always makes for a fun day out.I also want to share with you some goodies I picked up on the day...
1. Denim Days - Rose Ring, 2. Jetta's Nest - Wooden Brooches (The cupcake one Sam made as a custom order just for me!), 3. PByers - Fabric Covered Button Brooches, 4. Little Mary Moo - IPod Cozy, 5. Ruby2gogo - Religious Inspired Jewelery, 6. Sybella - Owl Brooch

and the lovely Kathy from Kreations Kathy dropped off these beautiful cards that I had ordered from her as well.

Have a lovely day, I am off to do some Easter baking so I might be back later with a cupcake or two to share with you ;)

Bel x

BrisStyle Update ;)

Last week I caught up with some of the lovely gals that make part of the BrisStyle team and it was the first catch up I have been too in a while so it was so nice to say Hi to all the new members, eat some yummy food and see what everyone has been making as well as show some of the things I have been making lately ...

Also talking all things BrisStyle don't forget to pop on over to the Blog to enter this months giveaways featuring the very talented Tenale (Wicked Child Designs) and Therese (Little Mary moo). I have to say I am the proud owner of goodies from both Tenale and Therese and highly recommend you entering this month ;)

Little Mary Moo Purses Dame Edna by Wicked Child Designs

The rules:Simply leave a comment on BrisStyle Giveaway post to be in the running to win one of these two fabulous giveaways. Be sure to leave a way for us to contact you. If you don't have a blog, please include your email address. Only one entry per person. You may enter twice if you mention this giveaway on your blog. If you choose to do this, please pop back after posting to your blog and include the url address to the post it was mentioned on here in the comments. This will count as your second entry. International folk are welcome to enter. BrisStyle members and their immediate families (ie: husbands/partners, dependent children, and their computer savvy pets) are excluded from entering all BrisStyle giveaways. A name will be randomly drawn on the 25th of this month and the winner will be announced on the BrisStyle blog on that same day.

Good Luck, Bel x

p.s I am also very happy to say that Lee (Just Like Martha) the winner of our EmBelISH giveaway loved her goodies YAY!

A better end to the week & a Proximidade Award!

Well after a pretty rough start to the week, can I say that it ended on a much lovelier note :)Firstly a huge THANKS to LittleDiva for nominating us for a Proximidade Award.
It works like this:

These blogs invest and believe in PROXIMITY - nearness in space, time and relationships. These blogs are exceedingly charming. These kind bloggers aim to find and be friends. They are not interested in prizes for self-aggrandizement! Our hope is that when the ribbons of these prizes are cut, even more friendships are propagated. Please give more attention to these writers!
The rules are: This blog award should be sent to your favorite eight bloggers and they, in turn should forward to eight of their favorites. You should include the text for Proximidade (above) in your announcement blog.
So now it is our turn to hand out the award. For creating interesting, funny and addictive blogs, we nominate:
13Mimosa

Never Enough Hours

Little Mary Moos Place

Miffys World

Bakerella

Kids Style File

Nest Studio
Just Needs Salt

Secondly Em and I attended the very first Brisbane Brown Owls meet up on Sunday and had a really lovely morning.

I brought along some morning tea (really just an excuse to spend some 'kid free' time in the kitchen and make use of my cupcake courier) and even had fun experimenting making some little owl cupcakes, which was great fun.

Alot of us made some cute little owl brooches from a kit made up by Abbey...and I even go the time to finish some toys that I had started for the toy society drive for the kids affected by the Victorian bush fires.Coming home from such a great morning, I was all inspried to do a bit more baking and being my mum's last night of her visit with us I made a yummy Bacon, Tomato and Asparagus Tart for dinner and also a couple of jars of homemade pesto as the Basil we have in the garden has got a bit wild lately.

I even had the time to sit down to make my little one a brooch of his very own as he keep wanting to wear the EmBelISH owl one I had worn for the day (boys can wear brooches cant they?) Hope this week is just as good :)

Bel x

Four Favorite ETSY Faves :)

Jeez! Trying saying that in a rush

Here are my picks for the week, I have to say it was very hard tonarrow it down to just four...



1. Matryoshka Softie...U pick colors...Custom from SewSewSuckurToe’s Shop (I was lucky enough to get a set of of these for Mother's Day this year to add to my Matryoshka collection)

2. Juniper from ProjectGrabBag’s Shop (I would LOVE one of these dolls for myself and that scooter fabric is fantastic!)

3. Red Daisy Sling Bag from Little Mary Moo's Shop (I am very tempted to buy this bag, although if you read my previous post you would know how bad I have already been lately, and with no Birthday, anniversary or anything in sight I may just have to hint at an early Christmas present ;)

4. Little Lion Costume Chunky Earflap Beanie from Babaialainn's Shop (I just had to add this one as it made me smile, I can just imagine a group of little boys all going ROAR!, plus they have a great range of super cute beanies for winter)

Enjoy, Bel x