Dublin march flea buys

March Flea

The last time I made it to the Dublin flea was for the first Flea in November last year.  The flea has been going strong ever since happing the last sunday of the month from 11am – 5pm. I was away for Jan and Feb so headed for New Market Street bright and early this morning to catch the best picks with sc. We planned to get there for opening but with the clocks going forward an 11am start was really a 10am start, which is pretty horrific for a Sunday morn that follows a wine fueled saturday night. We figured everyone else would be just as knackered so we aimed for 12noon instead – best to stay on old time.

Gorgeous sunny day, tons of parking on New Market Street and men walking in with wardrobes as we arrived.  Headed straight for the lovely coffee spot at the back and pretended not to see the yummy cakes. Coffee’s in hand we got to browsing.

Usual stuff for the flea; mix of original arty and crafty things, vintage clothes and  furniture and good old car boot style second-hand clothes and furniture. I’d love more proper vintage- The Goddess Room seemed to be the main source- or better quality second hand stuff, but was thrilled to see Kirk Modern was back in situ.  Snapped up a tasty little vintage phone table in quick smart time. It was a super reasonable 45e and I’ve made the mistake before of casting my eye on something and finding it sold by the time I got back around.  

Kirk Modern Phone Table

I’ll eventually re-cover the seat bit with something a bit more textured but here it is in situ back home in Sligo….might need an old school phone to go with it now.

Cat keeping an eye on new purchase

I’m trying to stay focused on either the house and an outfit for the middle brothers wedding so I didn’t give in to any temptations from the nice sparkly necklaces, or art prints or fabrics samples or even the kick ass 7′inch turntable-in-a-case.  But…my resolve was seriously tested by the super cute badge stall we spotted from beaver bear and I gave in big style.  I’ve a bit of thing for buttons in any case, but these ones were being made right there and then with a bunch of fabric ones and cute cartoon ones. Turns out it’s sideline from the folks behind a lovely looking design company called eep! design -ali and austin – who were inspired by a button making workshop at Thomas Reeds last year to get badging. The selection was great and they were €1 each with a free one if you buy 6…so of course neither of us could resist and we got 6 each.  

my beaverbear selection

I love badges, and the fabric touch is a nice one .  You could easily get a set made and use them as buttons for jumpers and cardi’s and Tees.  They even said you could bring in some fabric or a picture from a mag and they could use it to make some up for you all special.  Check them out on beaverbear.  I wonder what it is with badge makers and beavers…there’s a brilliant company in the states I’ve used for bulk orders and it’s called busy beaver…hmmmm.  Something between badge-rs and beavers maybe?

There are plans afoot to get  Sligo Flea together for the summer. Have a look on their website and make your voice heard if you’d like to see it happen- either to sell stuff or to buy stuff. Stranded wants to do both.