I have put together gift giving inspiration in time for the upcoming Love Handmade Markets Christmas celebrations. Hover over the products to check what market you will find these products at!

Visit Love Handmade Markets and make the silly season a little more sane. Also more ethical, sustainable and meaningful. Connect with local makers, learn about the slow making movement and put money back into your local economy.

Love Handmade Markets welcomes the festive season with two beautiful seaside events. Redcliffe set outdoors at Margate Beach and Sandgate hosted indoors at the iconic Sandgate Town Hall.

Make one or make both. You are promised to meet makers from your own neighbourhood to celebrate made in Brisbane and the Moreton Bay region. Source one of a kind goods for a fraction of the price they are really worth. Handmade gifts really are the best and you don't need to make them yourself!

Featured: Handmade soaps by Crawford & Co Handmade add natural luxury to the bathroom for guests. Serving boards by Dear May Designs and even a Christmas tree shaped version by Art by Bron to use at your Christmas parties. Festive wear by Cocoa & Thread and accessories by Emma Weis and Pebble and Twig. Amisi Skincare to keep your skin glowing for all those gatherings you'll be going to. Children's wear for the boys by Archie n Me and girls by Ollie 'n' Lil. Adventure crowns by Mouse at Play. Heat packs by Chloe's Heat Wheats, bath bombs by Pure Essential Living and candles by Moreton Luxury Soy Candles to unwind and create space for essential down time. Plus a 2020 Emma & Vincent action planner to get you geared up for another year of making things happen. 

We are Moreton Bay's most beautiful market but behind that beauty we are building a home for local makers to connect with lovers of handmade and we are on a mission to really make a difference.

Today I shared my love of kokedama making with a group of 19 at the Caboolture Hub.

Everyone succeeded and made a Christmas inspired kokedama. With hanging and sitting versions ready for their new homes in bathrooms, kitchens, outside and Christmas gifting. 

I love that a kokedama can be as happy inside as outside and the different decorative touches you can add to make it your own. Today I chose to bring along some coconut fibre as an alternative to regular spagnum moss for the outside of the kokedamas. Offering different ribbon choices so participants could add their own seasonal touch. The plants I chose had a festive feel too.

Here is my soil recipe:
1/4 peat moss 
3/4 good quality potting mix
Add a good amount of water to create an almost mud pie consistency

Thank you Moreton Bay Regional Council for inviting me to host this hands on workshop as part of the Cultivate the Arts program launched earlier this year.

See the making we did below!

xx

​Janmaree

Thank you to our beautiful family of makers for joining us at Handmade Lane / Redcliffe Remembers 2017. What a wonderful job you did. Your work is created with heart, skill and talent. We are so lucky to host you - celebrating the best in handmade design!

​Thank you MBRIT for hosting us at Redcliffe Festival and your support to bring our market lanes to life. You worked around the clock to celebrate Redcliffe with the eclectic lineup of events organised across September. We can't wait to see what you have planned for 2018.

Thank you rose.photography for the incredible photographs - see them below! They are amazing. It is so great to be able to record these special moments at our market.

Thank you for visiting Handmade Samford Winter Design Market 2017!
It was a very special day bringing together local makers and creative workshops in beautiful Samford.

Market turned 3 years.

Photography by Rose Alexander ~ rose.photography
Market Curation + Event Design by Janmaree Lowe

Memories: Handmade Redcliffe Seaside Lane + Workshops / Redcliffe Festival of Sails 2017

Wonderful day. Thank you for saying hello and supporting us.
Thank you for hosting us Moreton Bay Region Industry & Tourism.
​We hope you had fun visiting us.

~ HAPPY EASTER ~

Stalls curated by Janmaree Lowe along with workshop design & facilitation. 
Photographs by rose.photography © 2017 Rose Alexander. All rights reserved.

Such a special and well supported event to bring the curtain down on 2016! Thank you for coming along to enjoy a celebration of local and handmade.

With a medley of 30 handpicked makers to explore, heavenly tunes by Serena + Cohen, picnic food by Ugly Food & Co, your favourite jam and jewellery workshops, the market was bursting with lovely things to enjoy. We saw approximately 500 visitors which really made our day!

Making this our biggest and most successful Handmade Samford market. We now wish to keep this lovely flow happening into the new year! We have plans to release a new area of the market to welcome new makers and bring you the finest, curated, handmade shopping experience we can assemble. This is our specialty and we are excited to show you the new look market in 2017.

We enjoyed support from The Good Guide and ABC radio to spread the handmade cheer! Thank you.

Handmade presents made with love are the best kind and we hope one or two find their way to you under the Christmas tree this year. Thank you for celebrating locally made with us and supporting our family of makers.

We will see you again in 2017 for a beautiful lineup of bespoke events handcrafted by Love Handmade Markets.

Please see photos from the day below and some words from our makers.

Wishing you a wonderful Christmas! Be safe and merry. 

Enjoy a properous New Year.

Keep making

xx

Janmaree

Handmade meets the Arts Christmas Market 2016

What a day! Thank you for visiting. We saw 1000+ of you!
Here is a collection of photos from our beautiful Handmade Redcliffe makers that popped up shop this year.

It was almost a rain out but the sun popped her head out for the opening and stayed with us! Our celebration of locally made was a go, go! Phew, I mean all that work, we just couldn't be washed out. 

Santa popped in and sprinkled his "ho, ho, ho" cheer around 10.30am till lunchtime. He remarked on some of the fine work he saw by the Handmade Redcliffe makers!

Serena's music charmingly called you to visit the hub area where an eclectic collection we dubbed the Maker Emporium was on show. Along with Sarah's fine asian salads and Dawn's Christmassy cupcakes.

Outside on the lawns, coffee & gelato, beautiful soaps, handmade toys, Christmas card station, cushions, jewellery, feltwear, childrenswear, jams & chutneys + more! A visit from the harmonicist was an old-world treat.

Handmade meets the Arts is the coming together of the Handmade Redcliffe markets with local artists and members of the Moreton Bay Arts Council at the Old Redcliffe Fire Station.

It's also an open day for the Redcliffe Pottery Group and Redcliffe Art Society where they open their doors to their studios hosting demonstrations and pop up shops. The Old Fire Station is home to the Redcliffe Art Society gallery and retail shop which is open Wednesday to Sunday 10.00am - 3.00pm if you're wishing to visit before the next market day.

You will be able to catch the Handmade Redcliffe makers again here on Saturday 25 February 2017. This was the third market we hosted at this iconic and beautiful location. We brought together as many of our local creatives we could muster with Moreton Bay Arts Council to create a handmade wonderland of 60+ stalls.

An initiative of Handmade Redcliffe & Moreton Bay Arts Council since 2015.

Pop in and say hello at Handmade Samford this Saturday for our final market for 2016. Find an absolutely beautiful lineup of makers to shop handmade this Christmas.

xx

Janmaree

Photographs courtesy of rose.photography & Jannie Lowe