A Little Bazaar....Crafty Nonsense!

8th August....summer lovelies!

2009-08-09T14:43:00.006+01:00

Yesterday's market was a very sunny affair (brilliant considering the mid-week rain storm London had) bringing in happy North Londoner's in their droves.

We had some fantastic new sellers, tempting everyone with their wares, and some regular sellers (who feel a bit like 'A Little Bazaar' family now)

We're just in the process of getting more dates secured at Keston Lodge for the Autumn. We've been so happy with the way it's been going at our new summer venue, the location really seems to work in our favour, with lots of people milling about along Upper Street on the hunt for some bargains.

This weeks sellers:

Jen Farrell
Storm in a Teacup

Rebecca Serginson
Charm Offensive

Lorraine Williams
I Dream in Clockwork

Ariane Dreysse
Peppermint Twist

Hikari Osaki

Pete Clasby

Anne and Ayesha's Cake Goodies

Michelle Tully
The Curiosity Tree

Cathy Haynes & Rosie Oliver
Vintage Homeware

Sara Noble

Rebecca Shaw
Babies Knits

Nikki
The Great Cake Escape

Jenny
Electric Pom pom's

Also....keep your eyes peeled for our new website: www.alittlebazaar.co.uk We'll have it finished soon and it'll have lots of interestingness to look at!

xx
A Little Bazaar cadets

Happy Days at the Keston Lodge!

2009-06-29T15:03:00.005+01:00

Well we did have a lovely time at our Keston launch, didn't we! It was really nice to be able to grab people (not literally) off the street with the stalls outside. Jess, Laura, Bethan, and the others did us proud with their gorgeous cakes and jewellery dazzling and enticing all the passers by! Inside we had an array sellers old and new, with stalls boasting some lovely affordable vintage, handbags made from ties, handprinted bags, hand drawn greetings cards, nipple tassels and badge making!

We were really pleased with the turn out, Islington is full of happy shoppers on a saturday - a hefty proportion of whom we
managed to lure into the Keston! Loads of people approached us to say how much they enjoyed it and how they would be coming again. So BIG THANKS to all the stallholders from the 20th, you guys are amazing and we're thrilled that you are getting the recognition you deserve!

There shall be markets on fortnightly Saturdays at the Keston Lodge throughout the summer:

4th and 25th of July, 8th and 22nd of August and the the 5th of September - All FREE ADMISSION and all 12pm til 6pm

So come on down and visit us in our new home, have a cake and a pint and maybe a burger from the barbeque and shop to your heart's content!

Happy days!

We're all going on a........Summer Holiday!

2009-06-12T14:34:00.003+01:00

So, as many of the country rediscover holidaying in England this summer, we've decided to follow suit and take our lovely little market on a local(ish) summer holiday!

We will be mooring HMS Bazaar as 'Keston Lodge' in Islington for lots of summer treats, BBQs and drinks. Keston Lodge is the sister venue of the Amersham and is nesteled amongst north London's best boutique shops and Saturday merry makers!

Come along and peruse the best of contemporary craft, design, vintage, records, jumble, jewellery and the best cakes known to man (I kid you not - they are THE BEST!)

Market's will run 12pm - 6pm on the following dates:
20th June
4th July
25th July
8th August
22nd August
5th September

xxxxx
Sally and Raff

Bazaarness in Deptford!

2009-06-12T12:34:00.001+01:00

We've been invited back to do the OOXXOO night in Deptford again (we must have done something right!)
Come down for a night of Music, Dancing, CRAFTERROODING, and smiling
See you there WOOOO

16th May Market.....lots of jewels and bling

2009-05-16T19:12:00.007+01:00

Lovely jewelry-led market today and some wonderful new sellers I had a good natter with. That's the thing I love the most about this market - the new friendships that are being forged over tales of crafty shenanigans! I like to think that it's something that sets our market aside from others, and hope the sellers get as many smiles out of the experience as I do!

The only thing me and Claire are desperate to find is people selling stuff aimed at MEN! Most of the sellers have female-orientated wares and I'm getting to feel a little sorry for the straggling boyfriends hanging around eating cake. At least we have super trooper Record Seller Matt keeping the musical males entertained! PLEASE if you know any guys out there who'd like to clear out their wardrobe, sell comics, bike parts (?) shaving products (?!) porn mags (?!?) or anything else stereotypically for the bloke GET THEM TO GET IN TOUCH! Leach100@hotmail.com for stall info

Alice Malseed and friends sell there closets to help raise money for their Edinburgh Festival trip http://www.goldsmiths.ac.uk/shortnights/

The Cake Collective girls did us proud again.....Ice Cream Cakes, it's like summer on your tastebuds! The Cake Collective

Fish for Biscuits!

Ayesha and her helper ready to spring into action and make you any bead design you could dream of! Purple Turtle Beads

Seb Craig's Grass desk organizer....it's like honey I shrunk the kids if you look at it close enough!

Laura Gill's illustration....she does your pets to order too!

http://www.dogblogandpets.blogspot.com/

www.plantakissonthis.com

http://www.dirtydrawers.co.uk

Bloody pocket money stealing lovely charm necklaces by Sophie Jane Paul

Hand Illustrated House badges by Julia OI!

julia@oistudio.co.uk

Icing attack cupcakes by Bethan Bevan

Jennifer Farrell's beady little charms

Stormteacup.co.uk

16th May Sellers

2009-05-13T12:12:00.002+01:00

A Little Bazaar is going from strength to strength, with an upcoming Summer Holiday to North London (more news to follow) Invites to do pop-up markets, and an upcoming article in The Sunday Times Style Magazine (I'll confirm the issue date, but think it's the 31st May)

We're very excited about this weekend's Market, here are some teasers of what you can expect....

BRING YOUR PET - Laura Gill's Pet Portraits!

Laura Gill Jewelry

www.dirtydrawers.co.uk

Laura@plantakissonthis.com

Sophie Jane Paul Charms

sophielovestape@hotmail.co.uk

Joanna Koblintz Vintage inspired Jewelry

jokoblintz@hotmail.com

Julia de Klerk Illustrated Goodies

Julia de Klerk Button Earrings

Julia de Klerk Illustrated Houses

Julia@oistudio.co.uk

Jennifer Farrell Jewelry

Jennifer-F@moving-picture.com

18th April Market

2009-04-25T14:06:00.004+01:00

April Sunshine brought another lovely market with another set of brilliant crafty makers coming our in force to sell their wares. We had Knitting Needle bracelets, candle tea-cups, wonderful button earrings and geek-inspired bead accessories.

I love the sunshine that fills our market room at the Amersham, it compliments the relaxed and friendly atmosphere really beautifully.

Also upstairs this month was a Zine swap and making workshop, hosted as part of the 'Pieces of Eight' exhibition (curated by the wonderful Ginger Joe) People were being encouraged to make their own zines by drawing, photocopying, writing, cutting and sticking it together as the day went along. Was such a lovely idea ZINESWAP.COM

Shiver me Timbers!

2009-04-16T14:29:00.002+01:00

Our next themed party is fast approaching and this time we're coming to you from the desert island shores of the Amersham Arms!

On Saturday 25th April, the Amersham's back room will transform into a little den of sea-themed treats, including ***SHARK ATTACK PHOTOBOOTH***ZOMBIE PIRATE DJ'S***MAGIC MERMAID FACEPAINTING***BLUE LAGOON COCKTAILS and more merry-making than you can shake a crab at.

All this and only 2 pieces of you treasure will get you in!

Sat 25th April, 9pm-3am, Amersham Arms, 388 New Cross Road, New Cross, SE14 6TY. 0208 4691499. www.amersham-arms.co.uk

OOO ARRRRRR!

A Little Bazaar goes on a little trip

2009-04-16T12:43:00.005+01:00

A little Bazaar has been invited to hold one of our brilliant little craft markets at a venue outside of New Cross!........well it's only 5 mins down the road in Deptford, but you have to start somewhere...

OOXXOO presents this evening of music and dancing at The Albany, Douglas Way, Deptford.

It's on Thursday 23rd April, 7.30pm-1am, and we will be taking some of our favourite sellers with us.

Come down to spend your pocket money and dance around like a monkey who's really excited!

See the facebook invite here:

OOXXOO presents........

Springy Wingy April Market

2009-04-16T11:58:00.016+01:00

This week's market is a wonderful mix of our resident sellers and exciting new faces for your perusal!

Really wonderful handmade goodies mixed with the best cakes this side of ever, Vintage for your Saturday night out dancing, and our record boys are back! Hooray!

Below are some of our new sellers this week.......come along and spend your pennies!

18th April, 12pm - 6pm, Amersham Arms, 388 New Cross Road, New Cross, SE14 6TY.

0208 4691499

Jessica Alldridge Illustration

JessicaAlldridge.com

The stylistic vintage musings of Miss Parusha Lewis

Lewidoofancies.blogspot.com

Beautiful Bena Clothing and accessories

myspace.com/benaclothing

Lily-Rose Davies Vintage clothing and custom made material bows

Ayesha Asantewaa's made to order bead jewelry...spooky!

www.purpleturtlebeads.com

Max and Thea's knitted world of wonders!

www.maxsworld.co.uk

Also, join our facebook group for invites, info and crafty friends:

http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=44302094261

A Little Bazaar presents....'THE ROBOT CLUB!'

2009-03-05T15:12:00.001Z

After the success of our last themed party, we've decided to one every month! Every 1st Saturday of the month the Amersham will turn into a little wonderland, with lots of fun things going on for you to get involved in!

This month, on the 14th March, we are hosting our space themed ROBOT CLUB!

The Bazaar Cadets will transform the Amersham Arms to bring you another terribly silly night of merry making, and this time it's all coming to you from outer space! Expect Martian face painting, Interstellar Cakes and Cocktails, Alien Pinata, and Starship Photo Booth! Plus, make your own tin foil costume to wear whilst you dance the night away to all our favourite futuristic sounds from the Cosmic Bazaar Dj's

...and its only 2 of your earth pounds!

9pm-3am!

The Heartbreak Club!

2009-03-05T14:30:00.001Z

For Valentine's Day we decided to host a big themed party after the market, and much fun was had by all!

We had a Heart shaped photobooth, love themed tattoo parlour, Brockley Ukulele group covering love songs, 'Dirty Den' kissing tent, Heart shaped pinata, and crazy cakes! All set to a slushy mix of cheesy ballads from our resident Bazaar Dj's

Welcome to A LITTLE BAZAAR'S Crafty Nonsense Blog!

2009-03-05T12:55:00.000Z

A Little Bazaar is the new monthly craft market, running every 3rd Saturday of the month at the Amersham Arms in New Cross, SE London.

Boasting Weird and wonderful craft stalls, with everything from hand-printed pants to moustache shaped biscuits, the market has already proved a hilarious success! A Little Bazaar aims to showcase innovative and affordable art and craft, but really we just like to show you all a jolly good time!

We're always on the prowl for crafty people and those with a taste for silliness! If you'd like more info on becoming a stall holder, email Sally at - Leach100@hotmail.com

For any press enquires contact Raff - Raffertydevilliers@googlemail.com

Keep checking back on our blog for seller's profile, pictures and info about our next markets.

Here's some pictures of our first market, 31st Jan 2009...

Rhiannon's stall of recycled goodness!

Quite good T-shirts

WOOF!

Badge Making!

We also aim to provide things for you to get involved in, and are always on the prowl for people to run crafty workshops.

Edible glasses and budgie cakes from our wonderful resident cake collective!

Vintage Bargains!

Spin your own!