Current stockist: Bleeding Heart Cafe

Did you know that Pannikin is stocked in Bleeding Heart Cafe?

It may be old news, as I have been part of their giftshop since it opened (about 5 months now, I believe?) but I still get a wee bit excited when I drop by. It's always changing but their coffee always remains one of the most delicious brews I have found on my travels so far.

I do suggest that you pop in for a visit, whether it be for a bite to eat (their truffles and salad wraps are drool-inducing!), a chat with the lovely staff, to have a gander at the art gallery or to treat yourself to something locally made in their gift shop, which is expanding!

Some of my favourite labels there so far include the following. Click their name to be taken to their online stores!

Liana Kabel:
Creator of the niftiest knitting needle bangles you ever did see. I have one in red and I have also own one of her kitty cat hair slides. Next on the wishlist: one of her fun tape measure brooches!

Your Organ Grinder:
A perfect blend of gore, science, felt and humour. While I have my eyes on her big anatomical heart plushie I have already taken home one of her eyeball hair clips. Special mention goes out to her witty 'Tape Worm', who lives in a cassette tape! Who would have thought Biology could be so fun?!

Note: I have just been informed that Your Organ Grinder will no longer be stocked at Bleeding Heart, but you can always visit her etsy store! Simply click the above link to head on over.

Wicked Child Designs:
How can you not fall in love with these softies?! Creator of the (what I now imagine to be famous) Sgt. Pepper Lonely Hearts Club Band dolls which were featured in none other than Frankie magazine has found a home in Bleeding Heart.

Up In Annies Room:
My gosh. Never before have I had to try so hard to keep my purse hidden when I run into these creations. Number one favourite item would have to be the typewriter key bracelet, but the lasercut wood brooches are to die for. If you like origami, hopscotch and bunnies you will LOVE this label.

Jetta's Nest:
I dare you to walk away from here without something in your little mitts! I'm the proud owner of one of her super-awesome mushroom brooches, but if that doesn't appeal you can buy apples and pears too, not to mention cards, dolls and bags!

A Beautiful Calamity:
If you like vintage imagery and cute-everything, you simply must have a peep at this extensive range of cards, postcards and fridge magnets. The only bad part is deciding which ones to take home, as they are all so very lovely.

Hungry Designs:
Colourful, wearable art pieces you simply can't live without! Inspired by rockabilly and vintage pin ups, Rollerderby, Mexican Day of the Dead, delicious cupcakes, bows and more you will surely fall in love with these accessories.

Lady Sveta:
Lovers of the macabre, Lady Sveta is your queen. Not just for the ghouls amongst us, Lady Sveta caters for those who love solid bright colours with generous lashings of black topped with lace, ribbon, mundane objects and iconic images, all melded together to create limited edition ranges of hats, fascinators, brooches, hair clips and so much more!

This list is just a very small selection of what you can find at Bleeding Heart's giftshop. To see more, why don't you pop in for a visit?

Bleeding Heart
Location: 166 Ann Street, Brisbane.
Opening Hours: Monday to Friday, 7am to 5pm.

Free Gift With Purchase!

Deary me. I've been so busy these days that I totally forgot to change the free gift you shall be receiving during the month of September when you purchase any items to the value of $15 or more (excluding postage) from both my Etsy and MadeIt stores! Tut tut!

So, without further ado, here is what you will receive with your online order:

A 'Dinner Date With Death' art postcard!

Last month saw me giving away my 'He Likes To Call Me Foxy' illustrated postcards - I wonder if they were sent to the receipient's friends or family, or perhaps pinned onto their wall?
I have a whole wodge of postcards from my ever-expanding collection stuck to the walls above my desk to keep me inspired...and sane! In my opinion, there is nothing more boring than stark plain walls!

This offer is valid until 30th September 2010

Suitcase Rummage Wrap Up!

Hello hello!

Just quickly, I'd like to apologise for leaving yesterdays Suitcase Rummage early. I was a bit ill to begin with and sitting in direct sunlight for 4+ hours really did not make things any better. A few others I know were feeling the heat too - I hope you all feel better now and power to those that stayed the entire day.

Being the duffer that I am, I left my cameras memory card in my computer, so I didn't end up taking many photos at all. Here I am wearing a 70's dress. A polyester dress. In what I imagine was more than 28 degree heat. Bad choice.

I'm so glad that my bunting worked out at this rummage. I usually pin it to the front of my tables or stick it to the wall behind me. I might need to make another one though, as this one has become a bit worn out. Note: do not use embroidery floss in lieu of twine.

This is one of my sweetest friends, Jessica. She moved to Melbourne earlier in the year but now she is back living in QLD. This was the first time I have seen her since the going-away farewell party!

Thanks a bunch to all the other lovely people I got to have chats with during the day, notably miss Lauren Carney (an art hero of mine whose work I adore so much I just had to have it tattooed onto my leg!). Also thanks to my friend Tess of A Beautiful Calamity, who is also my housemate/driver - cheers for taking my stuff home for me! It was also a pleasure to see Amanda Whitelaw from Hungry Designs and Melinda Hume of Moose and Bird.

Also cheers to all who came to enjoy the rummage. I hope you found some wonderful treasures and I hope to see you at the next one!

Cross-My-Heart

Good morning everyone!

I'm a wee bit excited right now, because I have now got a nice (growing) collection of cross-stitch badges to share with you! They look super nifty when pinned to your favourite cardigan.

My favourites so far include the moustaches, black kitty cat, hearts, popsicle and spool of thread.
I'll be bringing all of these to the Suitcase Rummage today, so get in quick-sticks if you'd like a piece of stitchy-goodness.

Market Details:

Suitcase Rummage (Special Fiesta Event!)
Winn Street, Fortitude Valley, Brisbane (behind the Outpost and Flamingo Cafe)
10am - 3pm

New Product GIVEAWAY!

Good morning everyone!

I'm super happy to announce a new product to be added to Pannikin's ever-expanding range!
The 'Cross-My-Heart' range of cross-stitch badges will include a bounty of hand-stitched designs pressed into 25mm and 35mm badges.

Designs so far include two types of moustaches, an anchor and colourful hearts, with more to come along the way. I have so many ideas I simply can't stitch fast enough!

To celebrate, I will be giving away a set of two 25mm cross-stitch badges with 1 brown moustache motif and 1 red heart motif valued at $7 each.

All you need to do in order to WIN this set of cross-stitchery goodness is to leave a comment below. It's that easy and you have until September 30th to enter!

Terms and Conditions:

*You must be an Australian resident with an Australian postal address.
*You must be listed as a Pannikin blog follower.
*You must leave a comment to this post only.
*One comment per person.
*Prize winner will be drawn on September 30th 2010
*Winner will be selected at random by using an online random number generator. Counting will start at the top comment and work down the list until the randomly generated number has been reached.
*Winner will be announced on a blog post on September 30th 2010, and will be contactedfor their postal address. Postal address must be supplied promtly via email to: pannikin.accessories@gmail.com
*Failure to send postal address details within a week of name being drawn will result in a re-draw.

Sunday Suitcase Rummage in September!

Yesterday was the first Sunday of the month and that means the Suitcase Rummage was on!
There's something about these markets that makes it that teeny bit different to other markets. It's not crazy strict with rules, it's laidback in terms of stall set-up and the vibe is great! A huge thanks to Danielle and Isabel for starting these markets.
Even though the market technically starts at midday, shoppers started arriving as early as 11am/11:30 am! This is why I turn up super early so I can have as much time as possible to set up. Lucky I didn't have any bus hassles today!

As I didn't get to spend my prettie pennies at the BiDM the previous day, I was more than happy to pick up a few items that caught my eye. I finally found myself a nice pair of brand new black flat shoes at the Polly Gone stall to replace my other numerous pairs of black flats that have started to get a bit worn out.

I also bought a super sweet fabric goat brooch from Simmone at the Little Orchard stall and some sailor kitty iron on patches from Jimmy (which I will use to decorate a white dress which looks like a nurses uniform but is actually an old school uniform I picked up from an opshop). Another favourite purchase was a gorgeous cream coloured vintage hat from Rock City. It has black and navy netting and a cream bow; the seller told me it was originally her Great Great Grandmothers! I was awestruck!
I also scored my third pair of tortishell sunglasses and this incredibly kitsch framed cat cross-stitch from the lovely lasses behind Ahoy! Dear Sailor. Isn't is great?! When I move house I plan to completely deck out my hallway with these! (They also swapped me two other framed cross-stitcherys for an illustrated skull brooch - I TOLD you they were lovely!)

What did you find at the Suitcase Rummage? I'd love to hear all about it!

BrisStyle Indie Market Wrap Up!

Hallo!
I was so keen to blog about the BrisStyle Indie Designers Market as soon as I arrived home Saturday afternoon, but by the time I got to my 'little nest' all I could think about was a ginormous feast followed by a nice big sleep.

So here I am, Monday morning, blogging my heart out about not one but two markets from the weekend! Market number two was Suitcase Rummage on Sunday, and boy am I glad the rainy weather didn't scare away the rummagers!

But first, let me tell you about Saturday's adventures.

6am saw me waiting with my two trollies for the 300 bus to Hamilton, where the BiDM was located. By 7am I was panicking because none of these buses went by - I checked the timetable and silly me forgot it was Saturday! The next bus came at 8am. What a wait! Listening to the Melvins at max volume on my phone helped calm me down.

I arrived at around 8:20am, frazzled and shaky - setting up a market stall quickly is a wee bit hard for an almost-perfectionist. Especially when you have 300+ badges plus other items to organise into specific spots. I was lucky to have the helping hand of one of the ladies set up next to me (I have forgotten your name, but thank-you ever so much for helping me with the tablecloth, bunting and balloons!)

But all was well as I finished putting up the finishing touches on my stall, all by 9am!
From there it was such an enjoyable day. I was a wee bit worried that the weather would scare away a lot of market goers, but it seems not many were put off by a spot of drizzly rain or wind. My heart goes out to those who were set up outside and had to keep chasing fly-away stock and displays.

I met such a wonderful group of people and had a marvellous time. One lady was particularly impressed by Pip, my display doll. A little research that evening (with a few ideas to origins and names from Helen Berthold) reveals that little Pip is actually a Patch doll from the 1960's! She was the little sister to the popular Sindy dolls from the same decade and man they are the cutest things. I wish I had ALL of their clothes! I found Pip in an opshop in West End - she stuck out like a sore thumb amongst all the other toys so I took her home for the small price of $2.
At some point during the day, I managed to find a spare minute to skip over to Enticing Icing to buy the biggest (and possibly the most delicious) chocolate chip cookie I have ever seen. It was the size of a pancake!

It's almost sad packing up after a BrisStyle market - you have so much fun during the day you wish you could hang out and talk with everyone for the rest of the afternoon, but come 2pm I had become super worn-out and all I could think about was a big nap after I hauled my gear back home.

So a big thanks to everyone who came along to the BrisStyle Indie Designers Market and braved the iffy weather. Also, thanks to those designers who stopped by my stall to have a chat; you really made my day.

Here are a few more piccies from the day: