We've been blogged!

Thanks to the lovely people over at Mathildas Markets for featuring m&s on their post on the Canberra Markets.

Look here to check out all the other great stallholders that we got to meet on the day!

In the meantime, we are enjoying the flood of Christmas orders. We're finding the old favourites - our pot holders and bib sets - are still popular!

Random gratuitous cuteness! Tenuously sewing related...

So, our PM&C markets were a great success, with lots of new people checking out M&S for the first time.

But apart from markets I've been busy catching an unsteady almost crawler, spending time with lovely friends, and trying my best to be on top of Christmas preparations - as these photos attest.

23 days and counting my friends. Your almost last chance to put in some Christmas orders from Mackenzie & Smith - personalised totes anyone?

Sal

PM&C Markets Friday 27 November

Late last week an exciting opportunity came across the M&S desk!

Mr Mackenzie's work (Prime Minister & Cabinet) is having an inaugural Christmas market this Friday 27 November from 12 until 2pm. The market will be held outside, at the entrance of the PM&C Building, 1 National Circuit.

We will be selling lots of fabulous gifts for Christmas, so if you have some time in your lunch break come along and get in some Christmas shopping!

Market success!

The Mathilda's Markets last weekend were fabulous! Canberra is really embracing markets these days and, despite 30+ degree weather, people showed up in droves... thank you to all of you who stopped by the mackenzie & smith store! It was a very busy day for us and exceeded our expectations in lots of ways.

Most of all, we enjoyed meeting so many lovely people - customers and other stall holders - and seeing the other wonderful items that people had created. The team at Mathilda's Markets are incredibly organised and professional, which made it a breeze to participate. We already have the next market (in February 2010) in our sights!

But first, we have the Christmas season fast approaching and we are back to filling orders for the gift-giving season. As was confirmed at the market, our bib rolls continue to be popular, as well as our tote bags and twirly skirts for little girls.

As the temperature starts to soar, we are also finding that our little bloomers are very popular gifts... just the thing for little girls to run around in on those hot summer days!

These bloomers are so cute and are only $25 per pair ($35 for a set with a matching onesie or t-shirt).

Sneak Peak!

A little teaser of what we have in store for Sunday's Mathilda's Market. We have been sewing up a storm in preparation for our first market, including doing some sewing on holidays.

This is Sal's set up a few weekends ago when she stayed at the beautiful Mollymook Beach. You can see through the window to the ocean just across the road - sewing with a view - does it get much better than that?!

Giveaway!

To promote Mathilda's Market in Canberra on Sunday 15 November, you have the chance to win a prize pack of beautiful handcrafted and limited production baby and kids goods thanks to Mathilda's Market, valued at over $600!!

Included in the prize pack is a mackenzie & smith bib and cutlery roll as well as lots of other goodies.

Click here to enter, and answer the questions at the bottom of the page. The competition closes on Sunday 15 November.

Sneak Peeks!

Mathilda's Market are less than two weeks away now... and we're very excited to be part of them.

Mathilda's Market are held in capital cities around Australia, with a particular focus on baby and children's products:

Mathilda's Market showcases and sells beautiful handcrafted and limited production baby and kids goods. We carefully handpick our stallholders to bring you the most divine and original clothing, accessories, homewares and toys for the little ones. Our exquisite wares are lovingly made by some of Australia's most talented crafters and designers – many of them parents themselves.

It's a shopper's heaven for those who want to stylishly dress their children or decorate their kids' home environment, but don't want to buy mass produced, chain store items.

We're thrilled to be listed among the other stallholders for the Canberra markets and are really looking forward to meeting them. There is an ever-increasing community of Canberrans getting involved in handmade clothes, arts and crafts so it will be great to meet many like-minded people- stallholders and visitors alike!

Here is a sneak peek of some if the items that we are creating for our stall:

A delicious bunch of little girls' skirts...

Some of our popular tote bags... this particular one has been made for a special girl's birthday, but will feature as a sample of our customised totes at the market...

Zippered purses in assorted sizes... (which also serve as handy cosmetic bags/catch-all's for mums!)...

Coordinated sets of onesies and pants...

There's lots more to come... we hope to see some of you at Manuka Oval on Sun 15 Nov!