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Spring Market: Made in the 604

March 26, 2019
Made in the 604 Market Vancouver

When I think of markets, usually Christmas comes to mind, as that used to be the only season you could shop local artisan markets. This is not the case any more! You can now find wonderful spring markets, which is perfect timing as we all have events throughout the spring and summer. I will be checking out Made in the 604 Sunday, April 7 at the Heritage Hall here in Vancouver.

Made in the 604 featured vendors Vancouver

I’m rounding up a few of the vendors I am excited to check out, listing them in categories. I don’t know about you, but I really like to plan ahead. Looking at my calendar, seeing what’s coming up and picking up a few gifts really takes the stress away. As we move into a busy summer season, planning ahead is a great choice! Plus I love shopping local. Sometimes you need to go to a few stores in order to find all the gifts you want, so when a great market, like Made in the 604, comes along you need to take advantage.

MOTHER’S DAY (MAY 12)

North Pacific Co Necklace

North Pacific Co

A beautiful collection of beaded jewelry but I fell in love with this compass necklace and thought my mom would really like this dainty piece.

Sarah Cameron Ceramics Vancouver

Sarah Cameron Ceramics

My mom loves ceramics and blue is her favorite colour. The texture of local ceramist Sarah Cameron’s pieces are dreamy, I can’t wait to see them in person.

FATHER’S DAY (JUNE 16)

Sriracha Revolver Vancouver

Sriracha Revolver

My dad loves hot sauce. I can’t wait to test out this new sauce. I think it would be a great summer addition to the condiment shelf.

Drift and Grow plants Vancouver

Drift and Grow

My dad is retired and always looking for a new hobby, I thought these plants from Drift and Grow would be perfect in the bathroom he renovated.

BRIDAL SHOWER

JB and Bath Co Vancouver

JB and Co Bath

What every bride needs is to pamper herself! Am I right? These delicious looking soaps from JB and Co Bath look absolutely delightful. I am so excited to smell them in person.

Baked by Meesh Vancouver

Baked by Meesh

Whether your a bridesmaid or helping with a bridal shower, everyone needs a beautiful cake. You need to check out all of the unique designs by Baked by Meesh.

MYSELF (THAT’S ALLOWED, RIGHT?)

High Vibes Apothecary

High Vibes Apothecary

Oils, candles, face rollers, I need everything High Vibes Apothecary has! I really like that it’s all natural. Now to decide which one I will buy!

Serenity West Linens Vancouver

Serenity West

Beautiful linens for your home and wardrobe. I have been coveting a great one piece romper and this dusty pink one from Serenity West might be perefect.

Woash Tea

This is only a small round up of the beautiful items available at the Made in the 604 Market. Check out their Instagram as they reveal all of the wonderful vendors who will be present on the day. I am sure I will make a few more purchases, but it is always nice to check out the vendors before to get a few ideas.

Candid Card Co

Happy shopping!

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Swipe to see the inside of the rainbow cupcakes. Honestly, so easy, and they look great! Next time, I might reverse it and make rainbow icing and plain cupcakes, a bigger wow factor. BUT three year olds LOVE sprinkles, so this worked.

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THREE! 🦄 🎉 🌈 I had a lot of fun with thi THREE! 🦄 🎉 🌈

I had a lot of fun with this one! Do you think I accomplished this on a budget? You bet I did! The only thing about being on a budget is that it can be a bit more labour intensive. 

I used cookie cutters again, which makes for easy prep. I cut out all of the sandwich pieces in advance and froze the rice krispies oncee they were made. The rainbow cupcakes I baked in advance and froze, so it was easy to take them out and ice the day of the party.

As for the decor, from the dollar store: 3 bags of balloons, 10 streamer rolls, and 2 unicorn felt banners. Plus leftover string, tape and a Happy Birthday kit, which included the foil balloons and rainbow balloons. Total: $32.50

Now that might not be the cheapest decor but when balloon garlands sell for hundreds of dollars, I think that's a pretty good budget
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My kids will be embarrassed by my enthusiasm one day, but until then, I'm bringing it full force. A few friends sent me photos, and I looked like this in most of them.
TWO! I thought we'd have a big party to FINALLY ce TWO! I thought we'd have a big party to FINALLY celebrate our girls last year but then another lockdown. We had a few family members, and it was nice, but I still went all out! 

Super affordable decor: cookie cutters, $1.99 plants, and butterflies (I think this was a set of 50 for not that much). I also bought secondhand butterfly wings for the kids to wear. 

The cookie cutter adds a level of fun to the food and a bit of themed decor to the table. Butterflies were easy to add throughout our house. Plants ended up outside on our front stoop afterward. 

PS I won the balloon garland! That would be a big party splurge.
The kids have taken over the bath! I wanted to fin The kids have taken over the bath! I wanted to find a nice storage solution for my bath essentials that didn't take up a lot of room. To find what I needed, I headed to the kitchen section of my local Salvation Army thrift store. You might not think the kitchen area is where you'd find bath supplies, but I was looking for something different.

I was so happy to find this heavy cheese plate with dome. It would keep all my bath supplies safe from small children. Then I fell in love with this terracotta pot for my Epsom salts, along with a porcelain spoon, simple candle, and small glass vessel for the matches.

The matches I found at the dollar store, they were long bbq matches, so I cut them to size and taped the striker onto the bottom. I love how it turned out, and I was able to use this secondhand glass jar in a new way!

Don't worry, the kids' toys are still there, I thrifted a small little basket to keep everything contained and in ONE corner.

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We still love nachos, evening coffee dates (more like tea or sparkling water now), and our life has grown so much. 

I used to make jokes about our age difference, and Mark would always say, "I'm an old fart and you're young at heart." Which basically means we're the same age, or maybe Mark's actually older than me. 🤔

Photo: taken in our yard by Evie Lou with Poppy Ann directing in the background.
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