Sundays at the Old Bus Depot Markets

Old Bus Depot Markets open every Sunday
Kingston Foreshore

Every Sunday The Old Bus Depot Markets hosts a collection of the most amazing pastries, international foods, local wine, flowers, jewelry, home wares, fashion, photography, art, millinery and so much more. The market is 17 years young and still running strong with much of the Canberra community frequenting the event every week end.

The Old Bus Depot Market lower level

Here's a little taste of the 200+ stalls :

Boloco Creek Steelworks has an incredible collection of sculptures, garden ornaments, and homewares all handcrafted from recycled steel. The workmanship in each piece is amazing and they fit beautifully with the current industrial-chic home decorating trend.

Boloco Creek Steelworks
Candle sticks and fruit bowl created with recycled steel

Boloco Creek Steelworks
Handmade amazing things fabricated from recycled steel.

Revived Wares by Tess Gifford. "Jewelry bras and accessories made with buttons beads and curiosities"

This is one very creative lady, my favorite piece was a black necklace that was made from heaps of beautiful big buttons sewn into a 'v' shape, my pic didn't turn out very impressive though so I've chosen to show off one of her cool ring-pull tab necklaces.

Revived Wares
Necklace made from recycled ring pulls!

The markets always have some cool live entertainment, today they had an accordion player outside who set this awesome quirky carnival feel. This busker had an amazing voice... and really, really cool hair, I'm a little envious!

Live music - Guitarist

Of course our little market shop is one of my favorites!

I tried to get a couple of inside pics but it was insanely busy, well done Mel and Little Rebecca, I can't believe how calm and collected you both were!

Material Pleasures
Our cozy corner, packed to the rafters with stock!

I drooled over the amazing array of gourmet chocolate, Turkish delicacies, nougat and cheeses before selecting this gorgeous patisserie to share with you from Creme n' Sugar.

Creme n' Sugar Patisserie

I had to include some of these beautiful, intricate necklaces by Lillian Toms. The time and patience taken to create each piece as well as her creativity blows me away!

Lillian Toms beautiful beaded jewelry
classyglassdesigns.com.au

More by Lillian Toms

Another Treasure

Merry-go-round necklace

This little pretty has just come into our possession. Isn't it gorgeous!

Carousel/ horses necklace

New spring/summer looks from Material Pleasures

As promised here are a selection of pics from last week ends shoot, we will have some behind the scenes shots and goss coming soon x

Model : Kathleen McKenna
Make up : Chloe Gouneau
Photographer : Jiawa Liu
Stylist : Tahlia Downes

Model : Kathleen McKenna
Make up : Chloe Gouneau
Photographer : Jiawa Liu
Stylist : Tahlia Downes

Model : Kathleen McKenna
Make up : Chloe Gouneau
Photographer : Jiawa Liu
Stylist : Tahlia Downes

Model : Kathleen McKenna
Make up : Chloe Gouneau
Photographer : Jiawa Liu
Stylist : Tahlia Downes

Material Pleasures on Ebay

Wayne Cooper Dress
Brand new with tags
$39 on Ebay

You can now find a selection of Material Pleasures treasure on-line! Our user name is Fabric First, we currently have Wayne Cooper, Caractère, Anne Klein, Little Joe by Gail Elliott (New York), Nicola Waite, Zimmermann, Covers, Verse by Versace, Morrissey, George Gross, Cohen et Sabine, Leona Edmiston, Lisa Ho, Teelia Peploe, Empire Rose and Natasha Gan. Prices currently range from $9 - $39.

I have a little bit of an addiction to ebay... Receiving your parcel in the mail is so exciting! Its like christmas only you know what your getting ;) What could be better than shopping from the comfort of your lounge room in you jim-jams!

Little Joe by Gail Elliott (New York) silk & lace dress
$19

Photo-shoots, Fash'nTreasure and Alexander McQueen

I had the most incredible day today!

We arranged a photo shoot this morning for Material Pleasures with Jiawa from Closet Voyage. As I was fossicking around putting together a few looks I discovered an Alexander McQueen jacket that had been hidden away somewhere AND some divine  new  shoes waiting to go in the shop !

We had such a great time doing the shoot I can't wait to put up the pics! Jiawa is an incredibly talented photographer and took some beautiful pictures – I’ll have an update soon to show off her photos.

Fash’n’Treasure was on today – Material Pleasures had a stall with some great bargains ( lots of $5 items!). By the time I got there the racks were near naked! I’m kind of glad I missed the insane frenzy of fashion addicts.

DeAnne of PantyhoseParlour

I met some really cool stall holders; De Anne of PantyhoseParlour.com had a beautiful collection of vintage suitcases, fashion and of course pantyhose. I definitely recommend checking out her stall next Fash’n’treasure. She’s gorgeous!

Barb's beautiful head wear - BM Designs 

I also fell in love with Barb Mickelson’s crazy hats and fascinators.  She’s at the Old Bus Depo Markets every Sunday with her lovely collection.

Thank You

Thank you so much to all the ladies that visited us on Tuesday for our Melbourne Cup event .
 You made the day a total success with your amazing hats from the amazingly creative convertible hat to the feathers and fascinators.


We hope you enjoyed it as much as much as we did !


Congratulation to our winners of the $100 gift voucher and the Moet ! Enjoy :)

Vintage Fair

Coco Repose 

On Saturday I frocked up and visited The Way We Wear Vintage Fair at Albert Hall . I had heard amazing things about these markets but have never been,  I was hooked as soon as I saw my first vintage lady. The lady at the door was dressed in the most devine 1950s style with hair and makeup styled to perfection!

Walking into the beautiful hall was like stepping into a time machine with a blur of fashion from the last 200 years. 

The stalls were all beautifully presented. My favorite was Coco Repose by Jessica Guthrie. Jessica has a polished selection of books, shoes, hats, dresses and lots of delicious little treasures. You can check out her pretties here.

The fairs are also held in Sydney, Adelaide, Melbourne, Brisbane, Gold Coast & Hobart. Lock in  29th-30th June in your diary for the next Canberra The Way We Wear Fair!

Gorgeous Jessica of Coco Repose

Circa Vintage Hats

For more details visit  thewaywewearfairs.com