I spent several fabularse hours on Saturday
at the Art Not Apart Festival
and Suitcase Rummage Market
at the New Acton precinct in Canberra.
at the Art Not Apart Festival
and Suitcase Rummage Market
at the New Acton precinct in Canberra.
It was fantastic!
Dedicated walls of amazing street art...
community gardens...
brilliant sculpture...
It was also the inaugural Canberra Suitcase Rummage market, which is basically a small scale market of handcrafted, vintage, preloved items, sold from a suitcase.
There were wandering performers...
You could create your own art...
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| That's my Annabel arting all over the place |
And there were some of my kind of treasures...
I adored the 1930s picnic set below...
I caught up with friends, made some new pals, grooved to some fab live music, picked up a couple of small bargain treasures...
Admired the talent...
And the fuzzy knitted tree jumpers...
It was the most gorgeous sunny Spring day...
Perfect for faffing...
And how cool is this mountain of blankets and cushions in front of an art space wall... perfect for lolling.
If there's a Suitcase Rummage Market in your area, do NOT miss out - it's a fantastic idea, a great community event, a fabulous place to find a bargain treasure or two and a brilliant way to spend a few hours.
Sarah
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30 comments:
My idea of a fecking brilliant day out. And look at you, you are a work of art yerself.xxxx
More craft ideas, just what I need. I really could yarn bomb all the trees in my yard. Love the suitcase rummage, I what to go to one. And I want that young lady's umbrella. You look awesome as street tart.....I mean art.
Wow what a great day i love the idea of the suitcase rummage thats brilliant and i loved all the vintage plastic my heart was fluttering :-) That picnic set was a gorgeous colour. That tree blanket just brilliant it takes tree hugging to a whole new level ;-). The street art amazing and you beautiful as always. dee xx
Wonderful! You had such a lovely day!
I love the Marylin photo (second one)! How did you do that? :-)
Wow - wish we had such events here !
Wow--that looked like so much FUN!!! Annabel is so darling "arting"!!
You look fabulous in your polkadots- a work of art among all of the other art!!
Wow--that looked like so much FUN!!! Annabel is so darling "arting"!!
You look fabulous in your polkadots- a work of art among all of the other art!!
Just my kind of place, ahhhhhhhhhhhh.
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What a brilliant idea, like a car boot sale for non-drivers! The piled up cushions and pillows, random art and yarn bombing make it looks rather festival-esque, too!
Totally rocking the red and black polka dots and loving the pony tail.Show us what you bought, ya tease!
Love you more than picnic sets! xxxx
What a grand show! With the perfect ending.
What a great day. I love all of the art and the old dishes. Love the polka dots and red. You look very cute.
O,SQUEE,you look scrumcious in one of our favourite colour combos!AND spots ahoy!
feck,what a glorious bit of fun that all looks! I love the raven sculpture (or is it a crow?!),and I love the community gardens AND I love the whole suitcase concept!
Talk tonight?!
Love you more than spots in the sunshine!
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The whole day looks brilliant, I wish I could have arted and rummaged and faffed and lolled and posed along with you!
You look gloriarse in black, white and red, I love the shot with your skirt poofing up (had you farted? Bet you had, I expect it was the excitement!) and the swirly head and the bird sculpture are wonderful. So much loveliness! And loveliest of all is YOU! xxxx
Awww looks like a fab day out! Love the idea of a suitcase rummage market :) I'm guessing it'd kinda be like a car booty? Can't get enough of them right now!
Aysh xoxo
Well this would have been right up my alley, looks like loads of fun. We went to see a street art exhibition this week in a massive warehouse but we were frisked for marker pens on the way in! We got 3 free posters each though, which was pretty cool.
Admiring the talent eh? What kind of talent is that? [waggles eyebrows suggestively]
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Isn't the Suitcase Rummage da bomb!!!!??? I am hoping that my mother in laws birthday celebrations will be on Monday, so that I can go to the Brissy Rummage on Sunday. How terribly inconvenient to have family birthdays on Rummage day! You look ab fab as usual. Xx
it looks so very much fun but I have to admit I adore your dress the most!
Lyosha
Inside and Outside Blog
What an amazing day!!!The rummage market seems to have high quality finds, I love all the plastic fantastic treasures and it's lovely that you could spend your time watching the performers or creating your own art!You look fabulous in your polkadot/optical frock and the red bow belt is just lovely on it!
You are a walking masterpiece!
Love you more than street art!
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Nothing quite like a good old Faf in the sun!!! Love love love the spotty dress!!!! Yarn bombed tree is beaut!!
I wish they did an event like that here Sarah, I've not heard of a suitcase rummage sale before. I guess all it needs is someone here to start one. It all looks so brilliant, I love the blanket round the tree and the bird sculpture and everything! xx
Your black&white and red,,polka dot outfit is a painting! You're art, surrounded by art X Looks like Annabel is also growing up to be a artist like aunty ! love sweetheart XXXXXX
Oh Sarah this is just my kinda thing. What fun to be had. I love the first sculpture its beautiful. You picked out the perfect dress for the occasion, you look happy and always beautiful in polka dots. I also love the picture of the painted lady and lil Annabel always PRECIOUS! Great street art!
Tonsoflove~
Krista
oh such a gorgeous idea! you look fab, doing a half Marilyn with your skirt billowing up. Bloody beautiful. I need some posing lessons from you. The picnic set is fantastic, it's so compact, it's somehow really satisfying to see. weird
You look amazing! Come to think of it, I have never seen you in school uniform colors!! I love how blogging and picture taking makes us pay more attention to our trends, likes, and dislikes! You are smokin' in your bright colors, girlie!!
xoxo
Lynn
A great picture of you with your redheaded lookalike in the background!
I want that polka dot dress. Your photo backgrounds are fabulous.
SQUEEE!! This looks like SO much fun, Gah, I wish we had things like this here. I had never heard of a "Suitcase Rummage Market", but it is a brilliant idea. I love the piece of art in the first photo, and the tree jumpers, and pillow piles. That is such a gorgeous outfit on you, all red, black and polka-dotty - you sassy minx!
this looks like so much fun! here i was glad that the summer is over, wishing spring would come back around once again! winter needs more things like this, preferably in doors. Love those red tights on that black and white dress! :)
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Anita
I like your dress. I like your belt. I like your scarf. I like your cardigan. I like your tights. I like your shoes. Um... I like that market. I like your photos. You're the greatest faffer I know!!
alas, there will never be anything anywhere NEAR that fun in my area, ever.
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