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(This is boring—and I have procrastinated as long as I could!—but it’s got to be done)

This is just to let you all know that I have closed my Madeit shop. I mean for good…asked the admin to delete my account a couple of weeks ago.

I am so sorry to lose my Madeit shop…I loved the fact that it was an Australian-based site, and that sensible, considerate Australians preferred it because they were buying locally handmade things instead of stuff from ETSY shops overseas. But I have had a nightmare of a time logging into my account this past month…most days I wait for an hour for my account page to load. Some days the page just never loads.

I have no idea what’s wrong…it seems no one else has complained of a similar problem connecting to Madeit, and I am certainly not blaming them for my troubles (if anything, I like to blame evil overlord Telstra’s wireless broadband dongle for everything that’s wrong in the world, including poverty and the miserable quality of clothespins these days…) But it has been very frustrating trying to get into my shop just to perform basic actions like pay my monthly fees or add a product…can you imagine how infuriating it would be if I sold something and couldn’t view the order, or reply to the buyer? I had to close the shop down before something like that happened.

Which means that I only have one outlet for my handmade things now, and that’s my ETSY shop. I hope my patriotic Australian buyers will still consider visiting my shop, even if it’s hosted by a non-Australian website.

But wait! Before you go to check out my ETSY shop, now, I have to tell you that my ETSY shop is also closed—for just two weeks—because I am going to Malaysia tomorrow.

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On June 3rd I had a stall of my handbound journals at the Happy Yess Market. It’s an intimate, relaxed monthly event that brings Darwin’s crafty, creative, and thrifty community members together to stroll around on the lawn (or lie on a patchwork of blankets and pillows under the shade trees).

There were kids and crazy costumes…

…pet dogs wiggling on the grass, vintage clocks, home baked goodies, tea in porcelain teapots and plunger-pots full of coffee, hand-printed fabrics and original paintings…

…chunky alien-life-form bangles, oodles of pre-loved books

You might catch up with friends, pick up a handmade treasure, or score an amazing vintage dress…

The “Market Moles,” Bry and Frances, organize the event, and invite you to bring along

…your crafty treasure, your art, your cakes and food, your fancy (booze free) drinks, your ability to play live music, your homemade anything, your old junk, books, shoes, stuff, your cheap haircutting skills, your clothes swap corner, your bike repair skills, your dancing shoes, your face painting brushes…get creative. no stall is too small or too silly…

I spent more time wandering around looking at other people’s stuff, running into scores of folks I knew (as well as meeting lovely new people), and snapping the many ‘pockets’ of color, detail, and people coming together.

Next market day is in July…find out more from the Happy Yess facebook page.

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Shop update : : down to just one…

This is just to let you all know that I have closed my Madeit shop. I mean for good…asked the admin to delete my account a couple of weeks ago.

Which means that I only have one outlet for my handmade things now, and that’s my ETSY shop. I hope my patriotic Australian buyers will still consider visiting my shop, even if it’s hosted by a non-Australian website.

But wait! Before you go to check out my ETSY shop, now, I have to tell you that my ETSY shop is also closed—for just two weeks—because I am going to Malaysia tomorrow.

Sunday at The Happy Yess market

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This is just to let you all know that I have closed my Madeit shop. I mean for good…asked the admin to delete my account a couple of weeks ago.

Which means that I only have one outlet for my handmade things now, and that’s my ETSY shop. I hope my patriotic Australian buyers will still consider visiting my shop, even if it’s hosted by a non-Australian website.

But wait! Before you go to check out my ETSY shop, now, I have to tell you that my ETSY shop is also closed—for just two weeks—because I am going to Malaysia tomorrow.

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