:: Finders Keepers Markets ::

Late last year Gracie and I went to the Finders Keepers markets together. I love these markets - they're basically etsy in real life! I always set myself a budget (with cash in hand) so that I don't go overboard and buy one of everything. Every year I'm amazed at how creative people are. I'm pretty sure I walk around repeating the phrases, "Oh, that's clever!", "I love that!", "Look! How do people come up with this?", "I wish I could do that." And yeah, you get the idea.

:: Finders Keepers Markets ::

There has been whispers of excitement about the upcoming Finders Keepers Markets. I have been a few times before and have had such a good time drooling over beautiful hand made clothes, vintage wares, beautiful jewellery, and my favourite - the gorgeous stationery (no surprises there!). I was thinking about the last Finders Keepers I went to with Gracie, and then the time before that with Gracie and her gorgeous friend Laura, and I realised I never showed you photos from either of the days. Worst. Blogger. Ever. Seriously ... ever. Worst.

To rectify this situation, here are some photos from the last Finders Keepers Markets in July!

If only I had a million dollars to buy everything! Are any of you going this year?

:: Finders Keepers Markets ::

A little while ago Gracie and I went to the Finders Keepers Markets together. This was my second time at these markets and I loved them every bit as much as I did last time! I love the vintage-y, eclectic feel of these markets. There was so much amazing stuff on display!

Gracie and I had our photos taken at the photobooth! We had two photos - one with chalkboard caption speech bubbles and one with props. I took home the speech caption photo and Gracie took home the props photo - you can see those photos here.

The photographer also took a bunch of digital photos to put on their facebook page. This is one of the facebook photos (I look a little cross-eyed, haha!)

Gracie and I took a bunch of photos outside the museum, where they had a fabulous wall of amazing coloured flowers.

And of course, I couldn't resist buying some stationery.

What is your favourite thing to do at markets? It would seem that my favourite thing to do is spend money!!

I also took some cute photos of Gracie, but that's for another post!

:: Finders Keepers Markets ::

This past Saturday I went to the Finders Keepers Markets with my friend, Halie. Oh my, it was wonderful! I love markets in general, but these ones in particular were fabulous. I restrained myself and only purchased a few things (even though I was desperate to break the bank!). They were held at The Old Museum which a beautiful old building that was once a museum and is now home of the Queensland Youth Orchestra, a rhythmic gymnastic club and a few other performing art groups.

I arrived at the markets just before opening time and was able to browse stores with ease as only a few people were there. Within the hour it was packed!

I love the blue, cream and tan decorations hung up around the three rooms. They added a really quaint feel to the markets.

I only took these two photos of actual stalls, because I wasn't sure if I was allowed. Does anyone know photography etiquette when it comes to photographing market stalls?

I was very restrained in my purchases. There was so much I could've bought, but managed to keep myself in check. Here is what I did buy.

This pack of sweet little cards from the Frankie stall.

This adorable scratchie card from a stall selling for multiple people, so I can't remember who made this one. Under the scratchie silver stuff it says 'Nt ll f the keys wrk but I'm gld this ne des xxxxxxx'. Cute, right?

This colourful card is from Able & Game. I love it's bright candy colours and cute print.

These lovelies are from Bespoke Letterpress Boutique. I may or may not be a little letterpress obsessed at the moment.

What did you get up to this weekend? Mr LG and I also put our Christmas tree up. Along with letterpress, I'm also obsessed with Christmas!