Ballarat prettiness

I love Tea & Jam photography, I really honestly do! Kate and Nathan are such lovely people and they take spectacular photos, a perfect combo as far as I am concerned. Here are a few ace photos they took of the very first Ballarat Sugar & Spice and you will find a lot more on our facebook page.

For those of you in business, you should also check out Kate and Nathan's other baby, Tiny Agency

And so it begins again!

Hello everyone! I hope you are all safe and dry after the torrential rain falls we had over the weekend .... is it safe to declare the drought over yet?

I hope that you had a lovely Christmas and New Year with your families! My little family spent a lot of time packing our belongings into boxes because we moved into our lovely new home in the Macedon Ranges and we are loving it.

School has started again which also mean back to work for me (boo) and Mr O is back at school too, though he did inform me that he needed another holiday! He was super excited when I told him he could have 2 days off (the weekend of course).

Of course our lovely markets are back on too with Ballarat the first cab off the rank this year. We are back at the lovely St Alipius Parish Hall at 78 Victoria Street (see the map for a bit of assistance) 9am - 1pm, with a lovely array of stall holders to browse : ) Here are just a few of them!

Myrtle & Grace

Little Brown Owl

Silly Milly Bow-tique

Little Ray

Stuff by Sara

Tell us About it

Sawdust

Morgan Wills

Tom & Molly

Retrobub

CharlieCharlieCoconut

Almond Tree Frames

Baby dimple

Bridie-Jane

Our ever popular goody  bags, packed this time by the Goody Bag Exchange, will be available at the market! HOWEVER, to get your hands on of the 50 bags you will need to bring in a Sugar & Spice ad that we have running in this weeks Courier newspaper. There will be just to two ads this week so you will have to keep your eyes peeled!

Have you met .........

The very lovely Jane of Janey and Kipp?

With the help of Jenny from the Letterbug we are asking Jane the tough questions that you all want answered!!!

Are you more sugar or spice?

Sugar- what you see is what you get with me-I'm def not spicy!

How did you catch the market bug?

I think I was born with the' market bug' , as a kid I tried to sell lotions and potions I made from my herb garden on the side of the road- not one car stopped? I only have started doing markets though since some fantastic one have come to Ballarat.

What has been your best market purchase and where did you bag it?

My best ever market purchase would be some bamboo pj's for my little boy Kipp at Mathilda's market in melbourne.

What do you think is key to creating an enticing and gorgeous stall display?

I think an exciting display consists of a theme, height and depth and clearly marked prices.

On market day, what is the one thing you can not leave home without?

One thing I couldn't leave home without on market day would be food!

I am super excited that Jane will be retailing at the Ballarat Market on the 28th of this month, there are quite a few of her items that have made it onto my wish list. Take a peak at her gorgeous goodies in her etsy store and also on her blog. But I will leave you with my favourite, the divine bird houses she creates.