Winter Magic Festival

Thank you to everyone who came and visited the Gussy up Gals stall at our Eco themed Winter Magic festival.

It was a very exciting day, and my  adrenaline was  on full speed. It was very satisfying to see all the vibrant Katoomba made products side by side, so beautifully highlighted in the winter sunlight, and to hear such lovely and encouraging comments from the crowd. The Lil Bean kiddies T-shirts, Alice Payne recycled T-shirt hoddies with mouse ears, Kara Smith vintage bags and Screen printed tea towels together made for an original and  fun display. 

The Gussy up tent was the perfect place to watch the parade and congrats to the belly dancers who braved the cold bare bellied. Thanks Maryanne for your support of local arts.

 Only 363 days untill the next one!

 

Banners

Today Freedom and I did the banners for our Winter Magic double stall on Saturday. April scored some great plastic card and we used some old house paint to get our names up in lights!

All looking forward to our debut this weekend!

Kara

Where to find us

With only a week to go until Winter Magic, everyone is busy working away at their handmade delights.

Our stall will be outside the Uniting Church on Katoomba St, about half-way down. Here's a rather ancient photo of the location...



Hope to see you there!

Unbleached Fabrics

L Bird has just finished printing on a new range of unbleached fabrics. This includes linens for Tea Towels and Hemp/Yak hair for aprons. Not only are these fabrics better for our planet, they are more practical for utility kitchen fabrics, and they look really beautiful printed up.We will be displaying them at the "Gussy Up Gals" Tent for the   "Winter Magic" festival in Katoomba come June 21st, and are avaliable through the Laughing Bird website.

Brrrr... it's cold!

It's cold up here in the Mountains and I have begun the scarf creating frenzy in time for the Winter Magic Festival in 2 weeks... arghhh! Above is 'Bettina', made from recycled fine fabrics, weaves and silks.

We will post where we will be situated along the main street and would love everyone to come and say hi.

Kara

Get the ball rolling...

Last night we had our second meeting at Freedom's house and decided on a name for our creative collective here in the beautiful Blue Mountains : Gussy Up Gals. This name sums up the group nicely and now we just have to get our 'look' going!

After a bottle of red, hot chocolate, dip 'n' cheese and chocolate biscuits, we managed to knock over a lot so that we are ready for Winter Magic festival. Applications close next month and we are ready. The 4 of us will be creating a beautiful stall which we hope will really stand out as something different this year.