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Meet Mel Haque, the creative force behind Wild Dough, an Australian playdough company on a mission to spark creativity and…

Creative Catch Up With Wild Dough

Hey Brisbane! We missed you and can’t wait to be back in your city with 28 incredible local makers for…

TFK x BAD Pop-up Market This Weekend!

Exciting news, Brisbane! We are teaming up with Brisbane Art Design for a one-day-only Pop-up Mini Market at The Black…

TFK x BAD Pop-up Market Lineup

This season we are excited to welcome Digital Fabrics to The Finders Keepers Sydney/Eora Market as our creative partner. This…

Creative Catch Up with Digital Fabrics

Introducing Melbourne Indigenous Program recipient, Numbulwar Numburindi Arts! Established in 2019, Numbulwar’s first art centre is 100% owned and controlled…

Melbourne/Naarm SS22 Indigenous Program Recipient – Numbulwar Numburindi Arts

Worn by some of the most colourful and fashionable humans in the universe (see Juno Birch and Amy from A…

Creative Catch Up With Elleni The Label

We’re excited to have self-taught sewist and new author DIY Daisy joining our Sydney AW line-up this July! Starting with a…

Creative Catch Up With DIY Daisy

The Sydney/Eora Market is coming up in less than 2 weeks and we thought we’d better introduce you to some…

Creative Catch Up With Frances Island

Photo by Alexandrena Parker Making knitting fun and accessible is Melbourne small biz, Cardigang! Created by pals Cat and Morgan,…

Creative Catch Up with Cardigang

Melbourne/Naarm – we will be returning to the Royal Exhibition Building during NAIDOC Week from the 8-10 of July! This…

Meet the Melbourne/Naarm Indigenous Program Line-up

We’re incredibly excited to welcome for her Finders Keepers Debut, Brisbane’s very own tinsel maven Rachel Burke. Rachel has been…

Creative Catch Up with Rachel Burke

Market season is upon us, and we are so excited to share some of the debut stallholders joining our creative…

Creative Catch Up with Sarah Capon

Fans of The Finders Keepers Markets know how to appreciate a good DIY, so our friends at Peppermint have rounded…

Getting Crafty With Peppermint – 5 DIY’s

Our clever media partner Peppermint Magazine joins us to share their guide to sustainable gift wrapping this season! Read on…

Peppermint’s Guide To Sustainable Gift Wrapping

We’re back Brisbane! That’s right, the Finders Keepers Spring / Summer season rolls on – we’re back at The Marquee,…

Brisbane SS19 NOW OPEN!

Melbourne we’re coming for you! Have you seen our paste ups around town? Stallholder Retrobub has. Keep your cold eyeballs…

Look what we found: JULY

Oh boy oh boy, we’re back in Brisbane with another round of chinwags under the marquee! Join us live on…

chinwags with frankie hits Brisbane!

Mustard Made, Sit Still Lauren, frankie magazine, Barangaroo Reserve and Kate Wadey in Sydney all captured by Samee Lapham. We…

Finders Keepers Sydney Wrap-Up AW19

Finders Keepers Sydney IS OPEN! We’re here to kick off your autumn, and brighten up your winter with over 200 …

Sydney AW19 NOW OPEN!

We’re celebrating this Mother’s Day with a shout-out to all the maker mums out there – making and mothering like…

Shout-out to the Maker Mums

Wonderful textures and colour – handmade jewellery by Heidi Helyard Stepping into the FK spotlight this week is debut stallholder…

Five Questions With Heidi Helyard

Back in Brisbane! Get ready for stop two of the Finders Keepers East Coast Tour in sunny Brisbane, kicking off …

Brisbane SS18 NOW OPEN!

We could not be happier to share our full album of photos on Facebook today of the weekend that was…

Finders Keepers Melbourne Wrap-Up SS18

We’re back! Get ready for one HUGE weekend of celebrating independent Australian art + design plus live music, delicious food…

Melbourne SS18 Finders Keepers Now Open!

Gemma Patford is a Melbourne maker. Working from her Brunswick studio, Gemma creates her popular rope baskets and experiments with…

Five Questions With Gemma Patford

Finders Keepers curator Monique chats with Founder/CEO Laura from Enterprise Learning Projects and Yunmi marketplace. You must stop by Yunmi…

Five Questions With Yunmi

The Finders Keepers Sydney SS17 Market is back with one of our best designer line-ups yet! Below is just…

Sydney SS17 Market: Shopping Highlights #2

Get lost in the fantastical world created by Melbourne textile artist Cat Rabbit! Be sure to visit Cat’s stall at…

Five Questions With Cat Rabbit

We chat with Lynda about her label Homelea Lass, featuring both “made for you” and “make your own” blankets and…

Five Questions With Homelea Lass

Jaccob McKay Studios is a multi-award winning photographer, artist and craftsman from Melbourne working with sustainable natural materials and metals…

Feature Product: Copper Mushrooms By Jaccob McKay Studios

“Nostalgia – it’s a twinge in your heart far more powerful than memory alone – a feeling of a place…

Featured Collection: Nostalgia by Such Great Heights

We chat with Nichola who runs Handmaker’s Factory, a studio space in Melbourne empowering people to confidently create in a…

Five Questions With Handmaker’s Factory

As we count down to our Melbourne market, get acquainted with Paula, a mother of two who crochets the most…

Five Questions With Flaming Pot

One by One is a Brisbane based studio specialising in modern macrame garments. Each item is handmade in Brisbane by …

Featured Product: Macrame Wall Hangings by One by One

Husband and wife team, Adam and Bec made the journey from their home town Perth to debut at our Sydney…

Featured Product: Just Stitch It Kits by Hammered Leatherworks

We’ve been interviewing talented Finders Keepers sellers on our blog since 2009, so we thought it was about time that…

Feature Designer [Part 2]: The Storybook Rabbit

FK chats to creative couple Vei and Patrick of Melbourne based 3d printing and design label MIMAW. Tell us about …

Feature Designer: MIMAW

FK chats to Nuria about her wonderful journey to crocheting and creation of her fun label Chompa Handmde! Tell us …

Featured Designer: Chompa Handmade

A Little Bit Crafty cover and project by Alice Oehr We were so delighted to hear that our wonderful friends…

Featured Publication: A Little Bit Crafty by Frankie Magazine

If you’re already familiar with Beci Orpin (if you frequent this blog, then no doubt you are!) you can imagine…

Featured Publication: Make & Do by Beci Orpin

FK chats to Yvette and Miranda of DIY macramé kits and readymade macramé hangings design label Macramake, from inspiring Byron…

Featured Designer: Macramake

FK chats to Michaela of colourful and the opposite of beige, accessories label ANTIPASTEL. Find these clever creations in our…

Featured Designer: Antipastel

FK chats to Lisa and Linda, the lovely sister’s of ceramics label, Pebuku Pottery. We can’t wait to see Pebuku’s…

Featured Designer: Pebuku Pottery

FK chats to Maryann, about her love of weaving and how she expresses it with her label, Maryann Talia Pau. …

Featured Designer: Maryann Talia Pau

FK chats to Melinda about her love of weaving and gorgeous label Fizzy Lime Creative, based in the Hunter Valley,…

Featured Designer: Fizzy Lime Creative

FK chats to Clare about her gorgeous Brisbane based label Zillpa, which was born out of Clare’s need to create…

Featured Designer: Zillpa

FK chats to Lara and Susie, crochet extraordinaires of Brisbane based label Knot Another Etsy Store. Can you tell us …

Featured Designer: Knot another Etsy Store

FK chats to Morgan about her beautifully crafted label Morgan Wills and inspiring journey to the recent opening of her…

Featured Designer: Morgan Wills

FK talks to Hanna Mancini, from her Melbourne based creative label Hannakin who will be at the upcoming Melbourne Markets.…

Featured Designer: Hannakin

FK chats to Simmone Spring about her Felt Anatomy label, Your Organ Grinder Tell us about your creative label, Your …

Featured Designer: Your Organ Grinder

FK chats with lovely lady Jodie Etchells about her accessories label, Whiskers Lane Tell us a little about your label, …

Featured Designer: Whiskers Lane

FK talks to Katharine from Sydney based label Alfalfa Can you tell us about your accessories label, Alfalfa? I mainly…

Featured Designer: Alfalfa

FK chats to Amanda and Maree from Melbourne based design label, Tiger and Hare Can you tell us how …

Featured Designer: Tiger and Hare

FK chats to Cat the creator behind the quirky & fun Cat-Rabbit Tell us about your cute character themed label.…

Featured Designer: Cat-Rabbit

FK chats to Melbourne sisters, Andrea and Renee about their vintage label, Odds & Ends Handmade. Can you tell us …

Featured Designer: Odds & Ends Handmade

FK talks to Melbourne based Liz Jones about her eco-friendly jewellery range, Betty Jo Designs. Introduce us to your …

Featured Designer: Betty Jo Designs

FK talks to Sydney based creative mum, Kristen Doran about her textiles business. Tell us about your self title label, …

Featured Designer: Kristen Doran Design

FK talks to Maya and Sam, from Tassie label Hideyo. Tell us about Hideyo, and where the name originates from.…

Featured Designer: Hideyo

FK talks to Torunn, creator of Sydney based toy label Herbert & Friends who was at the last Finders Keepers…

Featured Designer: Herbert & Friends

FK talks to Hayley from REread Design. REread Design will be having a stall at the upcoming Brisbane markets. Tell …