OUR GAZEBOS GOT ROBBED!!!!

Its a sad day when your house gets burgled and they fleece the joint. Its an even sadder day when you realise they've taken the keys to your van as well. And its an additional kick in the balls when it dawns on you that the six gazebos you borrowed from another Market were in the back of the Van. Five days later the Guards found the van down in Kilmainham but there was nothing left in the back.

We now have to replace these gazebos and are tearing our hair out to think where we are going to find €3000 to do so. We are a non profit driven organization and work on seriously tight margins, we just about keep things afloat from month to month. Whats more, we only trade for 12 days a year so cash-flow is not huge.

So we are asking for your help. We will be taking donations at the market this month, anything big or small, to help out with buying the new gazebos. In fact if everyone who comes down to the market gives just €1 it could cover the cost.

So please come down and show your support if you can. We would really appreciate it!

Aisling, Luca, Sharon
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Little Treasures

The Project Twins in Cork took on the April Poster. First thing that struck us was some sort of Communist era influence, but Michael told us that they basically just wanted to create a clear and simple graphic poster based on the idea of finding little treasures at the market. Love it. He did admit though that there would be some influence by modernist and constructivist posters and also by some old Polish posters and book covers.

Cheers guys

www.theprojecttwins.com

Mick Minogue Made this!!!!!

The posters have just moved onto anuva level....3D!!!! (kind of)
Mick being the amazing chap that he is wanted to make something tangible, that was more than just a poster. What a loveable rogue.

"I don't know how many Illustrations or posters I have made over the years but to this day I still feel unsatisfied by sending or receiving JPEG files through the internet post, its just never the same as having something handed to you. Its a multifunctional poster. Its a poster, a mini flea market made from the contents of my studio desk and also acts as a money box ...and when you get sick of it ye can sell it some sunday...most likely back to me, I'm a sucker for cheap handmade art. "

http://mickbuttonminogue.blogspot.com/

Flea-cing Prohibited

Great Poster by Steven McNamara of Roji Design this month.

Steven:
Dublin Flea Market to me is about rummaging through stalls finding bargains whilst having some fun. So naturally whilst looking over a photo of a bemused sheep that I had used previously in a Christmas Card venture that read 'Baa Humbug', I thought of the pun 'Fleecing Prohibited' for the Flea Market. I quite liked the idea of reusing an image similar to how the flea market re-purposes old items too so I went ahead and ran with the idea.

2012....Let's Go

2012 is going to be a great year for Dublin, we can feel it in our bones.

Theres whispers of collaborations, start-ups, pop-ups, get-ups, creative projects, art collectives, urban gardens, vacant space takeovers, guerilla art, creative enterprise, food revolution, community regeneration....it's all looming in the air.

We're glad to be a part of promoting second hand market culture in the city and hope you are still enjoying that one day a month that we can offer down in Newmarket.

Come join us at the Flea this Sunday 29th.

Rachel Corcoran on poster design, thanks Rachel!!
http://www.rachelcorcoran.blogspot.com/

All Aboard The Christmas Markets

After Our 3rd Birthday last month we're finishing off the year with two Christmas Markets.


The first one is the 'Christmas Cracker' over in Smithfield on December 10th & 11th. Its going to be taking place over two locations in Block T and Block B. You can find a map here: http://g.co/maps/p5eej

The only time we've ever moved from our home in Newmarket square was last year to collaborate with those great folks over at Block T. We had a great weekend so inevitably decided to do it again this year, but do it bigger and better. So not only are we going to be in the wonderful space that is Block T but we are taking over Block B as well, just accross the cobbles from Block T. Block B is just one of so many empty buildings in the Smithfield area so we are delighted to bring some life into it for the first time, even if it is only for two days.


Block T will play host to the 'Affordable Art', a brief round up of some of the amazing talent that Dublin's artist scene has to offer and all at very accessible prices. And Block B will be rammed with the rest - clothes, bric-a-brac, furniture, music, bikes, stocking fillers, wooly jumpers, theres some seriously great traders coming down. You'll even be able to pick up your christmas tree if you havnt already done so. Dublin has so much to offer at the moment in the way of small independent businesses and individuals doing amazing things and we're really proud to be able to give them a platform to trade from. Buy local this christmas!! Its worth it.


Both Block T and Block B will have food and music throughout the day with the delicious flea falafel stall and amazing grub from two Dublin foodie newcomers - The Pie Man Cafe in Temple Bar and Seven Social in Smithfield. Tea, Coffee and mulled wine for the addicts among you as well.


We will also be collecting for St Vincent dePaul who do stunning work over christmas time, and throughout the year. There will be a christmas tree in Block B that we would encourage you all to leave a little something underneath. A little goes a long way, as we all know.

Check it out

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Then we'll be back in Newmarket on December 18th for our last market of the year. Exactly a week before Christmas, it'll be perfect for those last minute bits n bobs, or even just to come down and say hi and have a glass of mulled wine. The last flea fix of 2011.

Deadly, deadly poster for our home-turf christmas market done by the amazing, amazing Mark Wickham - http://nomanshand.blogspot.com/

The Christmas Cracker

Having danced into the wee hours of the morning in a friends house I asked one of my fellow stragglers to the party, Adrien Merigeau if he would be interested in doing a poster for the Block T Christmas Market in Smithfield. Thank God he said yes because he produced one of the nicest christmas posters to date. When we posted it up there was a facebook comment along the lines of "Wow! Christmas advertising that actually makes me feel all warm inside!"

The market is shaping up to be an absolute cracker (pun intended). Theres a lot of talk at the moment about shopping local this christmas and it makes so much sense. There are some truly amazing artists, crafters, small businesses and individuals doing great things in Dublin at the moment and we're really proud to have over 100 of them at the market. We're spoilt for choice!


Oh yeah and we're having a party on the saturday night, because we'd love to have a drink with you all. Its going to take place in Generator Hostel on Smithfield square on Saturday 10th. Generator have a great space, and a bar thats open til 2.30. DJs and bands to be announced in the next couple of days.