Material Pleasures by Jen

This week I have the wonderful privilege of sharing a wonderful business with you that creates items that I use almost every day! 

Material Pleasures by Jen

Jenny has always been a full time working mum but now she says that she is "classed as an "OAR" - Old And Retired". Jenny has one child, a daughter who now lives in Perth, a husband and a couple of cats.  Material Pleasures by Jen started after Jenny was forced to give up her job after becoming quite ill. With the need to keep herself occupied Jenny learnt how to make Mesh Bags which were a bit different in the market scene. 

Mesh Bag

About 2 and a half years ago Jenny took her bags to a market and started selling her bags which then led to her starting up her Facebook page which has slowly grown and developed into the great page it is today with a big customer base.

 Material Pleasures by Jen sells mainly bags for ladies and little belles. You will find fabric bags as well as Jenny's famous Mesh bags which are made from quality outdoor  furniture mesh. This makes the bags strong and durable. Jen has been carting hers around everywhere for the last three years and it gets full to the brim and heavy but still holds its shape and looks great.

Little Belles Bag

I must admit I own two of Jenny's bags and I also have 3 or 4 of her humbug bags which are the most handiest little purses I have ever used in my life. They are shaped like humbug lollies and can hold sooo much in them including keys, phone, cards, dummies etc......

You will also find some other items at Material Pleasures by Jen including needle cases, pencil rolls and book bags! The fabric choices Jenny chooses for her items are bright, cheerful and there is something for everyone.

Humbug Bags

 

 

 

 

Mesh Bag and Matchin Humbug

 When we asked Jenny what she loves about buying and making handmade she replied:

"I love to make and buy handmade because each piece is unique and different. Besides I like to spread the love around to those working at home who receive no hourly wage for the long hours they put into each piece and the majority of those WAHM do it not only to make a little extra money ot help support their families, but because it is a passion for them."

  If you are looking for a handmade gift for a loved one or you are just like me and have a love for handbags make sure you pop over to Material Pleasures by Jen and browse through her wonderful items. Or even better you will find Jenny at Once Upon A Market selling her wares and joining in on the market fun so come on down and say hello :D

 

Material Pleasures by Jen can be contacted either through email on shimerr@bigpond.net.au or by messaging Jenny through her Facebook Page https://www.facebook.com/jensmaterialbags

Needle Case

 Love Liane 

Once Upon A Market xx

 

Christmas Market 2012

Santa has fun with the Mo!

Our amazing Christmas Market was held on Saturday  December 1st and boy oh boy did we have lots of fun! fun! fun!

Our day started off with perfect weather and as all the lovely stall-holders set up for the big day we were all bopping along to Michael Buble singing Christmas Carols!

At 10am we had some customers through our doors getting started on some Christmas shopping and it wasn't too long that we had a wonderful visit from the Jolly Man in Red!!

The kids all had lots of fun telling Santa what they wanted for Christmas and Santa spent an hour browsing the stalls with some of kids and seeing what great handmade Christmas gifts were on offer.

Rhiannon from Ree:Creations and Michelle from Charming!

 Even the stall-holder Ladies managed to squeeze in a hug with Santa! Hehe

There was some great gift items on offer for our special Christmas market including some great Red Wine Spritzers from Callipari Wines! We had lots of our customers enjoying some of the wine tastings and buying a few bottles to share with family and friends over the Christmas holidays!

 

 

 Just after lunch we were joined by the absolutely amazing Adelaide Allsorts Harmony Choir who kept us all entertained for the remainder of the day with some wonderful tunes!

Everybody grooved along and had a great time!

Kezzas Krafts

We had more stalls than we have ever had at Once Upon A Market which was absolutely fantastic and our customers were loving our range of gift ideas.

We had candles, tea towels, wines, biscuits, handbags, baby items, jewellery, clothing, hair accessories, toys, baby shoes, scrapbooks, sewing kits, home decor and much much more!! It was truly a great shopping experience for all.

A lot of our stall-holders had special Christmas stock that they brought along which were adorable including pettiskirts, stockings, recipe albums, cards and more.

Pettiskirts from Wildflower Pettiskirts

 All the kids that came along had lots and lots of fun at the Fluffy Duck Activity Zone where they were painting plaster figurines and plates.

I absolutely loved seeing how many great little artists we had and the smiles were spreading quickly around the market!

 

 

 As we got to the end of the day nobody wanted to go home! But we had one suprise for one of our lucky customers.....Jennie Hesling was the winner of our special Christmas Raffle and she was delighted to receive our basket full of handmade gifts!

Thankyou to everybody who made our Christmas Market so enjoyable and very special! 

To all our customers and stall-holders I really appreciate all of your support and I hope that you will continue to support Once Upon A Market in 2013 as we would love to grow and become a wonderful community market!! 

Liane xx

 Wow! Wow! Wow! 

Our very special Christmas Market is very fast approaching with just 11 sleeps to go! 

It is going to be a BIG event with lots of fun activities and things to do! Including a special visit the big man in red himself........SANTA!! 

Being a HUGE lover of all things Christmas I am so excited to be able to organise such a great day to share with all of our wonderful stall holders and customers to celebrate my favourite time of year. 

Stockings from Polkadot Bitz and Pieces

At our Christmas market, which will be held at the Reynella Neighbourhood Centre on Saturday 1st December, you will find lots of wonderful gifts to buy for your loved ones this Christmas. As you all know we love to support handmade businesses and we love to be able to share these businesses with you all.

There are some amazing gifts that will be coming this December including Stockings, Christmas Cards, Treats and Yummy goodies in Christmas Themes, Pettiskirts, Candles, Bags, Toys, Wine, Baby items, Aprons and much much more! There really is something for everyone!

Christmas Cards from This That & Scraps

Christmas Pettiskirts from Wildflower Pettiskirts

 Our December Market will be that extra bit special because we will be having some special activities to help make the celebrations even more fun! We will have:

Santa Visit ~ 11am - 12pm

The Adelaide Allsorts Harmony Choir ~ 12pm - 2pm

Gingerbread decorating for kids at Natalies Pantry stall

Plaster Painting and more at Fluffy Duck Activity Zone

Christmas Raffle

Wine Tasting 

and more.....

It will really be a day of fun!

3D Choc Xmas Trees from Natalies Pantry

Christmas Aprons from Polkadot Bitz and Pieces

 We really hope that you can join us and help us celebrate Christmas in style! There will be lots to see and do! and we would also love to see some people dress up for our Christmas theme! I would love to see some little elves and reindeer running around :D

Christmas Bauble Candles from Just Joey's Candles

Looking forward to seeing you on Saturday December 1st at the Reynella Neighbourhood Centre, 164 - 170 Old South Rd, Old Reynella 10am - 2pm!! You don't want to miss this!

Liane xx