{ new } vintage green australia market bag

Sometimes colour inspiration comes from unlikely places :: in the case of this lovely, vintage green, it was from an old tin lid. It seemed appropriate to print something Australian. Vintage green Australia Market Bags are in the Yardage Design online shop now for a limited time …

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** giveaway **

Have you ever read the lovely (free) online mag Tickle the Imagination? If you haven't, you're in for a treat. The current issue is out now and the theme is "Home Sweet Home" ~ full of beautiful ideas, designs and photography for your home. It seemed the perfect issue to host a Yardage Design giveaway ...

You can win a market bag and tea towel of your choice from my shop ~ which are your favourites?

Pop over here to enter ~ quick sticks! ~ entries close on 14 April at midnight (EST).

Happy reading!

happy days + lovely pics

Nothing makes me happier as a designer and a business owner, than to see my products being enjoyed. It's even better when I get to see lovely pics like these ...

Pic by Cathie

Pic by Deanne
Note ~ Deanne bought a misprinted market bag in the Yardage Design mid-year sale last year
(just explaining the print imperfections!)

Tram Roll Menu Market Bags are now back in the shop after selling out before Christmas.

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vintage ice coupons

It's Spring at last ... sadly, you would never know it today in Melbourne as it is raining quite heavily. Nevermind, it's technically Spring, and I'm going with that! To celebrate, I'm launching a new market bag design, with a warmer weather theme, based on some vintage ice coupons I found a while ago ...

I have printed these in a lovely teal blue, and they are in the shop now. 

In other news, the vintage tram roll menu market bags have sold out (amazing response - thanks everyone!), but I will be printing more today, so they should be back in the shop next week.

I hope the first day of Spring (or Autumn) is lovely where-ever you are. 

tram roll menu market bags

New market bags featuring the popular vintage tram roll menu design are now in the shop ...

thing-a-ma-jig making + using

My creative space this week has involved making and using this ...

I love large, sturdy, gussetted shoulder bags (with long straps) to carry my groceries etc, but they were impossible to print nicely without a thing-a-ma-jig - a raised printing platform that I adpated from something similar I saw here. A bit of measuring, some mdf, a few bits of timber I had in the shed, some screws and leftover felt, and I was in business. It doesn't look very pretty, but it works beautifully so that now I can easily, and consistently, print these new bags ...

Artichoke Market Bags (made from hemp/cotton fabric) now in the shop. 

Many more creative spaces at Kootoyoo (and, incase you've ever wondered (like me), find out what the name Kootoyoo really means in a great interview with the creative queen herself here!)