Kraftbomb Tomorrow!

It's Kraftbomb tomorrow and I'm going to be there! It's been a while since I was there, the last one was June I think.... ages ago! It will be great to be there again and see all my crafty peeps. I've been making a few new things too. Kraftbomb this month will be my last market for a while, my next one will be the Auckland Art & Craft Fair (if I can organise myself that is!)

Anyway, if you want to nab some Bam Bam Creative goodies, come along!

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First Thursdays Craft Market...

You may have heard of First Thursdays before, if not it's a really awesome event being put together by the K'rd Business Association to support the arts in the area. It will be a fun, regular event (4 times a year) that combines music, dance, art and craft all in the one place.

Part of the event is a craft market, I'm helping organise this and the applications are open right now! Past markets have been really successful, so if you feel like something a little different to the usual markets, you should give this one a try!

The market is held in the evening from 6 to 9pm and is inside the beautiful St Kevins Arcade, this first one will be Thursday 2nd December — perfect for a spot of Christmas shopping!

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The Devonport Craft Market this weekend...

Hey all, just to let you know that this weekend I will be at the Devonport Craft Market again. I'm no longer there on a regular basis, but I try and show my face every now and then! I'll be having lots of my items on sale and I shall be armed with Eftpos! Hooray!

The market has thankfully gone back to it's 'Winter' hours, so will now finish at 2pm (such a relief!)

Devonport Community House
32 Clarence St, Devonport (behind New World)
From 10am until 2pm 

Come along, it would be great to see you there...

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A little find & My Creative Space(plus Kraftbomb this weekend!)

I went out the other day to find some more zips so that I could finish some more zipper purses for Kraftbomb this weekend (they sold like hot cakes last month!) and I found these gorgeous trims along my travels! The little fawns are embroidered onto some old linen it looks like, I've made them into iron on patches that I will be selling and put one of them onto this sweet make-up bag that I'm in the process of making.

I'll be having a little sale on my wall art and I'll be armed with a portable Eftpos machine! Thanks to my friend, Belinda, so great for those that don't like to carry around wads of cash (although, you would feel like Scrooge McDuck...) for those of you that don't know, Kraftbomb is this Sunday 27th June at the Grey Lynn Community Centre, 510 Richmond Road, Grey Lynn.

See you on Sunday!
xxx

Sweet little embroidery fawns and my new trim

A little make-up bag waiting to be made...

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Kraftbomb this weekend!

Hey lovely people — it feels like AGES since it was last Kraftbomb time, which is silly as it's exactly the same time between every market... Anyway, come long Sunday for some awesome crafty times, it's going to be their 21st market! Let the good times roll....

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The Devonport Craft Market this weekend...

It's been a while since I have been a vendor at The Devonport Craft Market, so it will be a fun little break to visit the old haunt and see some familiar faces. If you are looking for something to do this Sunday, why not come along...?

See you there

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Craft2.0 is just around the corner....

And I have so much to do!! A couple of weeks ago I had a to-do list the length of my arm, now, it's more up to my elbow. Even still, every time I have completed something I think of something else that I have to do.

I was at Kraftbomb on Sunday just gone — it was the first one of the year and was really busy for a February market. It was great, I had loads of great comments about all my packaging and plenty of my things found new homes. A really good start to Kraftbomb in 2010!

If you're going to be in Wellington this weekend, do come and check out Craft2.0, it's going to be awesome with plenty on unique and high quality crafters offering some great wares. There is a little crafters profile of me on the blog too if you fancy checking that out.

Better get back to it, this wall art isn't going to make itself....

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New to the shop...

If you haven't seen already, I have added some new necklaces to the shop! So cute you can't help but go 'awwww'...

I have very limited numbers so be sure to get in quick if you would like one (or two if you can't decide) they will be available this weekend at Kraftbomb and on the 6th of March at Craft2.0. If there are any left after that, you can be sure to nab one on-line in my New Zealand store (international shipping rates on the listing).

Babe In The Wood necklace

Hoppity Hoppity Bunny necklace

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Kraftbomb this weekend!

Come along! First one for the year so you know it's going to be a goodn' not to mention the fancy new poster....

That's it.

See you there! xx

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Crafternoon Tea this Saturday...

it's rolled around pretty fast! See you there xx

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One month to go!

It's a month today until I'll be down at Craft2.0 market in Wellington!

I'm starting to get pretty excited about it, it will be the first time I have been out of Auckland to sell my wares and I'm trying to make the most of the trip by organising a few business meetings with shops and what have you. I'm also really excited to be catching up with Illustrator, Sarah McNeil for tea and cakes — we've been 'twitter buddies' for a little while and she recently moved to New Zealand. Fun times!

There is so much to do between now and then, one thing that I have been attempting to do for a while is to source some packaging for my wall art and other wares — which sounds so much easier than it is! I have ordered some large, clear cello sleeves and am in the process of designing some stickers for the front with a bit of branding and product background. So much information to cram into a small space! Anyway, I'm really excited about it as it will mean I'm that bit closer to having things 'retail ready'.

Anyway, just a little update today — see you at Craft2.0!!

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Exciting News at Bam Bam Creative HQ...

If you're a fan of mine on Facebook, or follow me on Twitter (and if you're not, once you have finished reading this you should head on over and join me) you would know that I have had some rather exciting news, being that I am going to be heading to Wellington to be a vendor at Craft2.0!

I'm really excited about it, not only because I get to meet all the Wellington crafters in person, but that I get to be part of such a huge and awesome market! March Craft2.0 is also part of the Wellington Fringe Festival which is pretty exciting, so it should be an excellent turn out.

The plan is to make as much stuff as I can between now and then — I have Kraftbomb AND Crafternoon Tea happening in the weeks preceding up in Auckland, and there will no doubt be plenty of keen Wellentonians wanting to snap up Bam Bam Creative wares directly from my lovely self.

So book some flights, organise the road trip or get some train tickets and come say hi!

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Crafternoon Tea this Saturday...

My first market of 2010 no less! I was contemplating taking January off so that I could take a break (not to mention it's a 5 hour long marathon of a market....) but being that Crafternoon Tea is the only market happening this month in Auckland I thought it would be good to keep the momentum going and of course say hello to all my crafty buddies.

I'll have my new quilts, a new selection of cushions and bunting — and of course plenty of fabric covered wall art and brooches — so the perfect time of year to decorate the kids rooms before we all get too busy!

Come along, have a coffee in Kingsland and say hello!

Saturday 16th January 2010 10am til 3pm
Holy Trinity Church Corner of Sandringham and New North Roads (the Bond St end of Kingsland)

See you there!

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Happy New Year!

Hard to imagine that it's 2010 already — and then you need to decide how you're going to say it. I think Twenty Ten sounds way more Dr Who so that will be my choice! We had a great break and this time I actually forced myself to not do anything (seriously, I had to ask the bf to hide the computer from me!) so am feeling very ready to crack on!

2010 is going to be full of really exciting stuff for Bam Bam Creative (and for me actually, I hope!) and I'm going to be working really hard to keep the momentum of 2009 going. I have started by giving the blog the face-lift it really needed, still a bit to do but it's looking better already.

I'm getting started on my new mobiles — I know I have been going on about these things for ages, but it's been rather hard to find the right supplier and work out the last of the design kinks. I'm really excited about unveiling them! I am hoping that I will be able to do this at Kraftbomb in February.

Another 2 items that I'm currently working on by putting the final design touches on are baby-slings and matching nappy/diaper bags. I'll be making one or two to have as samples, but they will be made as custom orders so that you can choose your fabric combinations and what kinds of pockets you would like.

Being that 2010 is all about great stuff happening, I am going to be working really hard on getting my lovely items into stores. I've been looking into packaging options for a while now and I think that I have it almost ready. Designing the hanging tags has been really exciting with working out how it's all going to look and work best — watching my creations become retail-ready is like seeing Grace learn to walk all over again!

Tomorrow I'm planning on heading out to do a little fabric purchasing to replenish the stock that was used before Christmas, better go and sort out a shopping list! Here's a few photo's from the end of last year and from our holiday.

Chat soon!
Jess x x

Ellie from Miss Ellie May and creator of Extra Curricular Magazine at the last K-Bomb

A table laden with goodies! December Kraftbomb was epic

Grace learning to ride her new bike

Christmas Day we were just outside Drury,
we went on a little bush walk before lunch — isn't it beautiful!

Grace admiring the view, such a beautiful place

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Kraftbomb TODAY!

That's right, last one for the year... Come along and do some last minute Christmas shopping. There will be loads of high quality vendors as usual and you friends and family will love getting something unique under their trees on Christmas morning!

I'll have loads of gorgeous new wall art, some new Santa Sacks, plenty of cute zipper purses, masses of little birdie brooches and some excellent bunny tree decorations.

11 til 2pm Grey Lynn Community Centre, Richmond Road, Grey Lynn

See you there!

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New Goodies: Just in time for the weekends markets!

I've been crazy busy this week making some new things for the markets happening this weekend. It's only Wednesday now and I still have so much to do, but I'm making good headway! I try and break things down into smaller tasks so that I don't get too overwhelmed and can still get everything done and ensure it's up to my standards (which are far too high for my own good!).

After a rather disheartening market last weekend at the Christmas Crafternoon Tea, I thought that it was time to inject some new stock into my table by making some new things. I don't really need the stock, but I sometimes feel that tables can get a little stagnant and making some new stuff can really re-energise you as a crafter — and hopefully your sales too!

I have made 19 new pieces of wall art, 30 brooches and 20 odd magnets — so there is definitely been enough to keep me busy! I've finished labelling them all up today and am really excited to show them off this weekend.

Birdies about to take off...

New Fly Little Fantails and Hoppity Hoppity Bunnies

Lots of new Babes in the Woods...

I'm also really excited to be offering at each of the markets: gift wrapping! It took me a while so source what I wanted and I have no made up a little pretend gift that I can display on my table. For a small charge, your Christmas goodies from Bam Bam Creative can be all wrapped up and lovely. Ain't that just peachy.

How happy would you be getting a pressie like this on Christmas morning!
Even comes with a doily gift-tag. Nearly too good to give away....

This weekend you can find me at:

Love Handmade Market
Saturday 19th December from 10 am til 2pm
Rose Centre, Belmont over on the North Shore

Kraftbomb
Sunday 20th December from 11am til 2pm
Grey Lynn Community Centre, Richmond Rd, Grey Lynn

Hope to see you come along! With two awesome markets happening in Auckland so close to Christmas, there is really no reason for you to battle the malls to find the perfect gift — just come along and see a huge selection of quality handmade items and support our super awesome industry...

Jess x x x

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Shopping for Bam Bam Creative...

If you fancy giving someone you love something from Bam Bam Creative this Christmas (or heck, just for whenever really) you may like to know where you can get your hot little hands on my lovely wares, either from markets or the comfort of your own home on-line!

On-line:
My items are usually spread around these shops, so if you have seen something you want and can't find it in one place, do check out the others.
Felt.co.nz my very own felt shop (free shipping in NZ!)
Toggle.co.nz You can find me in the homewares, brooches & pins and purses sections
Little Kiwi's Nest my newest selling spot, gorgeous site with boutique items for babies to 10 year olds
Etsy.com the massive site that is Etsy for all you international folks.

Markets:
Crafternoon Tea: 12th December at Mt Eden Normal School (details to follow)
Love Handmade: 19th December at the Rose Centre in Belmont (TBC)
I'm usually at Kraftbomb every month, but won't be for November. I'm hoping that I'll be there for the 20th of December as so many people were expecting to see me at the November one and have been e-mailing me or asking at other markets! Keep your fingers and toes crossed for me...

Customs:
And if you of course you can't find something that is quite right, please e-mail me for a custom order and I will be happy to oblige. For wall art it's just an additional $4NZD each, brooches and magnets are an additional $1NZD each (if I have your chosen fabric in stock) for cushions and bunting it varies to just let me know what you need. If you do want a custom order let me know quick smart so I can get it to you in time for Christmas.

Bunting (L to R: Soft Pinks, Vintage Hues & Baby Blues)

Woodland Folk Cushions (L to R: Hoppity Hoppity Bunny, Babes In The Wood set of 2, Hoppity Hoppity Bunny)

Fabric Covered Wall Art: (L to R: Babe In The Wood, Hoppity Hoppity Bunny, Fly Little Fantail)

Fabric Covered Wall Art (L to R: Babe In The Wood, I Think Mice Are Rather Nice, Hoppity Hoppity Bunny)

Hold Your Heart Brooches

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Ta daa! New Products for tomorrow!

Crafternoon Tea that is, and it's going to be super awesome and full to the brim with vendors, with an extra room open there will be so much to choose from. Perfect to do a spot of Christmas shopping, don't you think?

I've been busy sewing like a maniac, and I finally have my new cushions to début! I've been wanting to extend my boutique homewares range for a while now but was waiting for the lightening bolt of inspiration to strike (thanks Amy!) and the cushions match my bunting and wall art perfectly — a great way to coordinate a room — I have one more item that I am in the process of designing and figuring out a few suppliers, so definitely watch this space....

Now, if you'd like one of these gorgeous cushions you will have to be quick, I only have 5 available tomorrow and at just $45.00 each they will be sure to fly out the door!

set of two Babe in the Wood Cushions

Fly Little Fantail Cushion

Hoppity Hoppity Bunny Cushion

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Spot of Tea Guv...?

Said in your best South London accent, but really, I'm talking about Crafternoon Tea this Saturday!! I'm so excited about this market, I really wanted to be at the first one but had a family birthday so couldn't make it as a seller which was a real shame. There are going to be lots of lovely Auckland crafty regulars like Skipapple, Books By Rachel, Ran With Scissors, Cat Taylor, Ruby in the Dust, Miss Ellie May and DMCay Designs plus my very good friend, Kate from Paper Pesto will be doing her first Auckland market!! (I'm so pleased I twisted her arm to apply, haha)

So come along and say hi, I'll be attempting to make a beautiful selection of new goodies to début at this market too so even more reason to come!

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To Market, To Market...

This weekend is crazy–busy in Auckland for Markets with plenty to choose from. Yesterday I was involved in the very first Love Handmade market at the Rose Centre in Belmont on the shore, it was really well organised and I thought it went great for a first one.

From a sellers perspective — the venue was the best that I have been at before, the place was full of natural light and the chairs were actually the most comfortable I have ever had to use at a market — which when you think about it is really important as sellers are expected to sit in them for 3 to 5 hours! It was a bit quiet in the morning (but that may have been due to the 9am start, I could barely stop yawning myself!) but soon picked up from 10 and was really steady until finishing at 12. A really good mix of sellers were out with lots of varying styles and everyone was super nice. I'm definitely going to head along before Christmas again!

It was great to put some faces to names of people that are my twitter or blog 'buddies' =) some sellers were Podgy Panda, Oblong Craft Collective (her wares are AMAZING and I warn you that you will spend all your pennies at her table), Skipapple, My Pretty One and two new people that I came across were Throwing Feathers and Ferrit who were both super nice and very talented people. We also had lots of lovely visitors come down to say hi which was also really nice.

So, in typical me fashion, I forgot my camera (hey, I was up silly early and something was bound to be forgotten at that hour) BUT Kylie from Skipapple remembered hers so I'll pop up some pics from her as soon as, in the meantime you can have a nosey at the Love Handmade blog should you wish and mark it in your diaries for next month.

Today we went along to the Devonport Craft Market to say hello for a little bit, it was very nice to pop around and see everyone — until Grace threw a wobbly about wanting a cupcake (and being lactose and gluten intolerant really couldn't have one) so by then it was time to leave and head to Nana's for lunch! It looked as though it was going to be a very busy day so I hope all my crafty buddies had plenty of sales!

Chat soon!
xxx

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