First ever Melbourne Finders Keepers Market!

Have I mentioned that Mookah will be a part of the very exciting first ever Melbourne Finders Keepers market, to be held at Docklands on Sat 9th and Sun 10th October? Hehee....we're just a little excited about it.

Well to be honest I'm excited about it and a little jealous that I won't be there. Nicole's a little stressed and that's cos she will be there and she has to pull it all together! No I won't be lazing on some secluded tropical island sipping marguritas or trekking through Nepal getting in touch with my inner self. I will be in Adelaide pulling it all together for the 3 day Bowerbird Bazaar design market.

Yep, it's all happening here alright. You know how you hear about those production sweatshops in far away places? Well I think our studio is turning into one!

Note there is no smiling for sweatshop helpers!

A quick snap i took today of a range of kids beanbags we have prepared for the events, with Mum, who is a sometimes sweatshop helper. Hope to see you all there!

Bowerbird Bazaar.....in Adelaide

Bowerbird Bazaar is an upmarket Art & Design Market in Adelaide at the Queens Theatre in the Playhouse Lane and it has been hopping! It is only the 2nd one ever, with the next one planned for October.


Look at this beautiful old industrial building..... and Chloe wearing a gorgeous pinny embelished with 'Ink and Spindle' fabrics.


The old Mookah sign.....our logo has now been updated.

Nicole's beautiful flower she felt she just had to make??

Colli being nice to a customer......

Some of our noisy animal friends..

And some of our Nature Range we sold out of today! Thanks so much to Amy and Carly from Nest Studio for dropping by. The denim and Elephant combo has been such a hit in the kiddies beanbags.

Magnolia Square......post event wrap up!

Finally home after spending 5 days in Melbourne town for our first Magnolia Square event at St Kilda Town Hall ......yeehah.

It's nice to visit the city lights, have time away from home, stay with old friends, have breakfast out in trendy St Kilda, indulge in Indian food, meet some fantastic crafters, bloggers and tweeters, but boy is it nice to come home to family and your own comfy bed! Here are a few pretty ordinary happy snaps (apolgies) from the week that was.

The Mookah stand.....

Me being, well......me.......

One of our floor cushions in 'Delft' and a couple of throw cushions in 'Bonsai' from Ink & Spindle........

A snapshot of some new Scandanavian fabrics in the 'Blomma' range.

Some of our hairy animal critters......

And last but not least, my sister and business partner Colli, or perhaps just Nicole to others. No more time to ponder the week that was as we now have to concentrate on preparing to head off on Wednesday for Bowerbird Bazaar in Adelaide. No rest for the wicked.

My Creative Space

So, yes Mookah is a little late with this week's My Creative Space, but better late than never. Our excuse is that there is so much happening we lost track of days. Today is Friday.....yep....not Thursday!

There is only 9 days left to Magnolia Square and we have soooooo much to do. This morning we decided to tackle one of those tasks we have been putting off for the last 4 weeks....... Calico bags. We have searched high and low trying to find an environmentally friendly bag that we can put our pods and floor cushions into. Plastic is not fantastic but has so far been our only option. We have spoken to many people about having bags made, but the minimum order is something in the thousands and by the way, at a price of at least a couple of dollars each.

After much research and frustration, yep you guessed it. We decided to make our own 'cos we don't have anything to do. Why can't we find anything you ask? Well, the bag needs to be 90cm x 90cm. Yes you read right and ...... it must have handles.



Mookah production the last few weeks has been a whole Mookah family affair, with Nan Nan Mookah on sewing machine, turning, stuffing, trimming threads and hand sewing and Pop Pop Mookah designing and making beautiful wooden shelves/ladders, until they decided they needed a break and took off to Sunny QLD. Well, maybe not so sunny QLD, and left us with a few things to do.

Mookah boy has been having great fun playing in and around calico bag handles.



Mookah lady has been busy sewing calico handles and cutting calico bags.

Mookah man has had a ball ironing calico bags (are you as excited as we are about a man that loves ironing?).

Mookah boy has been testing out calico bags to ensure that they hold succifient goods.

Mummy Mookah has been busy taking pictures of the family and writing up the to do list for the next 7 days!!!! Yep, only 7 days of production left to go and we still have on our production list 50 calico bags, 48 bean bags (that need zips), 12 Echidnas, 20 Woollybutts, and 30 cushion covers amongst a few other non sewing tasks!! Yikes, no sleep for this week.

We can't wait to see you all at Magnolia Square at St Kilda Town Hall and Bowerbird Bazaar in Adelaide. To all our friends, do you still want to be our friends after we have neglected you for so long?

Over and out,

Mummy Mookah (Nicole)

Watch out...the Elephants are coming!

A quick glimpse of today's fabric arrivals at Mookah Headquarters by Umbrella Prints. These are hand screen printed fabrics designed and made in Adelaide. You can also check out some of Amy's great work at Nest Studio.

Elephants & Heart Designs

These fabrics will be incorporated into some new Mookah designs to be launched at Magnolia Square in Melbourne and Bowerbird Bazaar in Adelaide later this month. Come along to check it out and say g'day!