THE DUBLIN FLEA - THIS SUNDAY 25TH AUG - 11-5 - BE THERE!!

Dear Readers,

Hello! Now, I know its only Tuesday. But Tuesday is nearly over, so Wednesday is coming. And what does any self respecting person do mid week only make their weekend plans! We've blogged before (here and here) about The Flea - a wonderful mash up of craft, vintage and general bargains, to be found once a month in The Co-Op Newmarket. The Flea is on THIS SUNDAY 11am - 5pm and we recommend you hit it up because CraftyStudents will have a stall again! 

This time will be a little different, as my Mum (Glynis) and her great friend Maria (two craft and vintage mad ladies) will be running the stall. They've been really busy sourcing some UNBELIEVABLE vintage bargains for you guys and whipping up some 1970s inspired bunting. We've scooped a preview, check out the photos below! 

Stuff always goes fast at the Flea so get down early. Alternatively comment below or drop me an email at natalievoorheis@gmail.com if you want to reserve something early and we'll see what we can do for you. 

You might need to wrestle this 1970s FISHY detail Pimms set out of our hands. WE LOVE IT SO MUCH. How will we ever say goodbye. :-( sigh! 

We are loving The Flea's promo poster for this month (below).

Catch you all there!
xx

Natalie

An Adventure in Stallholding, The Bretzel Bakery

I don't doubt that all you loyal readers have noticed my obsession with baked goods over the course of reading posts here at Crafty Students. You will not be surprised therefore to learn that I have recently been working for a bakery. Dublin's institution, the Bretzel Bakery have recently begun selling their bread at The Point Village Market (http://pointvillagemarket.ie/) and I have been working on the stall.



Walking into the bakery at eight AM the first morning to collect the bread I was wonderfully awoken from my groggy early morning stupor by the thick, warm, comforting smell of hundreds of loaves of freshly baked bread, waiting on rows and rows of racks waiting to be delivered to the kitchen tables of Dublin's bread lovers. Having packed the car with numerous different types of bread including beauties such as the turnover, the Bretzel twist, country store, , whole grain, sourdough, sourdough rye, granary and 100% rye I set off for a day full of interesting people and tasty nibbles of bread samples. The white fluffy turnover won my heart over the other more exotic choices... I'm clearly a traditionalist, ha! listen to me, bread choices reflecting personality, maybe thats going a bit far? I realize that my descriptive choice of calling these loaves "beauties" might seem ridiculous especially to those belonging to the white sliced pan brigade. However, I assure you it is completely fitting to bread that has been carefully baked in a small bakery on a side street of Portobello, using real ingredients (no dodgy stuff whatsoever) and recepes akin to those used traditionally by Dublin bakers since the bakery's inception in 1870.

Check out the Bretzel on facebook: (http://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Bretzel-Bakery/99516837141?ref=ts)