The Prickly Thistle

08/14/2026

It's almost time for our first Night Market & Movie Night coming up this Saturday!

We cannot wait to share this special and intimate night with you!

📽️🍿 Movie Night under the stars - Courtyard between Taproom & Mexis. Bring your own chairs. Spots are first come first served. We're playing Footloose starting around 9-9:15

✨ Night Market full of delicious eats to come and enjoy supper with us. We will have lots of seating available. Market will run from 6-10pm. Wanna shop the market and not attend the movie? No problem! Just come and have a good time!

👢🤠 Line Dancing with Navan Boot Scootin from 7-8:30pm. First 45 minutes will be a class, followed by 45 minutes of just dancing! Put on those cowboy boots and dance your a$$ off!

🎟️ Night Market, Line Dancing and Movie Night are all FREE!

📍290 Centrum Blvd - Gravel Pad & Courtyard
Incredibly talented and wonderful vendors joining us for the evening:

Artist Laura
Aura By Meliaura
B’s Nest Wood Designs
Babas Burger Haus
Berries on Wheels
Beyondly Creative
Bon Bon Creation
Butterfly Me
Capital Microgreens
CaribLime
Chris’s Ice Cream
Confetti Home Designs
Croffalo
Crunchy Creations & Sweet Eats
Dunrobin Distilleries
El Camino Baked Goods
Firebox Pizza
Glamourously Crafty
Grim Grinning Goods
Haico’s Hot Sauce
Just the Tea
Kanata Soup
Ki’imak
Kickers & Squeakers
Kimmy Gao Dumplings
Kiwan Farms
Kokumoon
Lava Beads Creations
LightXpress
Luroma Therapy
Made With Grace Love Beads
Marie Louise Soapery
Memaws
Molt & Bloom Body Art
Monsieur Eggrolls
Morrison & Co Preserves
Poterie Zoelise
Signs of Life
Shrimp City Bites
SoapLadz
Spring Chips
The Coffee Cartel
The Handcraft Artisan
The Hot Pepper Lady
The Prickly Thistle
The Thirst Responders
Thirteen Daisies
Towels4UNme
Two Black Cats
Wedel Touch of Europe
WhipperWill Hats
WristJoy

08/12/2026

You know when I see you at markets and invite you to get in there and go ahead and pick up the plates because I’m super clumsy and despite looking so delicate, these plates are sturdy and have survived longer than we’ve been alive? Well, my clumsiness really does challenge that sturdiness 😂😭

Truly, when you see me at markets, DO pick them up and handle them. You’ve gotta know if you’re going to connect with it or not so I’m always happy when you get your hands in there and grab them to get a closer look.

And if you accidentally break a plate? I *promise* I won’t pull a withering Dorothy Zbornack face about it. Pinky swearsies 🖤

08/12/2026

I know, I know. AI is here and it’s woven into just about every innanet-related move we make. But. I really work at using it as minimally as possible and I fully appreciate when others do, too.

So with that, enjoy this graphic crafted by a human, .rose.studio 🖤

08/09/2026

I’m going to be a vendor and it’ll be my first (but not last) movie & market night!

Come on out for some shopping and Footloose. I may abandon my booth in favour of the movie, who can resist baby Kevin Bacon and fighting back against puritanical fanaticism through dance?! 😜

Hope to see you there! 🕺🏼🖤

ORLEANSSSS!!!!

Our first Night Market & Movie Night is coming up on August 15th and we cannot wait to share this fun night with you!

Some details for the evening:

- The market will take place on the gravel pad at 290 Centrum Blvd.

- The movie will be set up on the courtyard between Taproom and Mexis.

- The market will run from 6:00pm - 10:00pm. Everyone is welcome to enjoy the market anytime during open hours. You do not have to attend the movie to be able to enjoy the market. We will have lots of vendors serving up delicious food and lots of tables set up. So come and spend the evening with us!

- We will have the Navan Boot Scootin' Line Dancers joining us from 7:00 - 8:30pm. They will be offering a FREE line dancing class, starting at 7, followed by just dancing!! So grab your cowboy boots and come ready for a good time!

- The Thirst Responders will be on site for the duration of the market serving up drinks. Please be mindful that drinks purchased from The Thirst Responders must be consumed on the gravel pad and cannot be brought over to the movie area.

- The movie will begin at approximately 9-9:15pm. We will wait until everyone is settled in and then get going. There will be no seating provided. You must bring your own chairs/cozies. Spots for the movie are first come/first served. There are no reservations on spots ahead of time. Please be respectful of if someone has claimed a spot with their chairs and then headed over to the market to not touch them. If chairs are too spaced out, the organizers of the market may push everyone a little closer together so we can all enjoy the movie.

- If you haven't guessed it yet, we will be playing FOOTLOOSE! The OG version with good ole Kevin Bacon! Blast from the past with one of the best! (We understand that this is not a kids movie. Since the sun sets so late this time of year, we decided to go with a 14+ movie and should we decide to do another one later on in the year, we will circle back to playing something for a younger crowd, so please refrain from commenting on what we have decided to play in a negative manner)

Hope to see you there!

- The Heart of Orléans Market team 💜

08/06/2026

Did I go out thrifting on my motorbike and bring home 44 saucers, 11 plates, one pot, a creamer jar, and a platter all in a backpack and my lil saddlebags? You’d better believe I did 😂 🏍️

Excited to get working on new stuff with some of these beauties and bring them to the Fetch Local Markets night market on Saturday, 4-9p at Ray Friel in Orleans.

Hope to see you there! 🌙🖤

•Silly vintage dishware.
•Salty. Unique. Lowbrow.
•Joyful Resistance

07/15/2026

The Cruel Summer Market is coming to Strathmere Family Fun Day! 🤍

Hosted by Swiftly Planned Events Ottawa , this special market is the perfect place to shop local, discover talented small businesses, and enjoy unique experiences throughout the day.

Best of all, every visit helps make a difference. Family Fun Day is proudly supporting the CHEO Foundation, with donation touchpoints and cash donation boxes located throughout the event grounds. Every contribution, big or small, helps support the incredible care CHEO provides to children and families in our community.

Come spend the day with us, support local vendors, give back to an amazing cause, and make lasting summer memories.

Get your tickets through the link in our bio.

07/10/2026

It’s my first night maaaaaaarket! And I am AMPED.

I am not much of a morning person so I will be bright-eyed and bushy-tailed (as I’m typing it, I’m realizing what a weird expression that is and I promise you to never use it again) at this market, compared to the day markets where I’m three coffees deep and researching if it’s legal to mainline caffeine. I digress.

Come hang on Saturday, it’s gonna be so fun! See you there, Pricks 🖤

•Silly vintage dishware.
•Salty. Unique. Lowbrow.
•Joyful Resistance

07/09/2026

Ok, like, CONFIRMED that all you three followers that I have are my people because y’all saw ‘four steps’ in my past post to get those free tix for Family Fun Day and nope’d right out. ‘Four? Be serious. No thank you.’

I’m dyyyying and I love you.

Sooooo! I’m going to simplify it and just say: tag people! That’s it! Tag a few people and I’ll do the rest

The Cole’s notes for this crazy fun Family Fun Day:

1️⃣ Saturday August 1st from 11a-6p at Strathmere (1980 Phelan Rd West) *A ticket is required to enter the event*

2️⃣Your $20 admission (ages 4+) gives you access to the Cruel Summer Market PLUS all of the Family Fun Day activities at no extra cost! That value (if you were paying for it but you’re getting those 4 tix free from me, remember? Just tag some people!) is huuuuge. Huge!

3️⃣ Free on site parking is available

4️⃣ Well behaved dogs are welcome!

5️⃣ Allllllllll of these things are included:
☀️Cruel Summer Pop Culture Market
☀️Access to local Farmers Market & Artisan Vendors
☀️Petting Zoo
☀️Pony Rides
☀️Bouncy Castles
☀️Rock Climbing Wall
☀️Swimming Pool Access
☀️Face Painting
☀️Mechanical Bull Riding
☀️Live DJ & Entertainment
☀️Tractor Rides & Farm Experiences
☀️Horseback Riding
☀️Horse-Drawn Wagon Rides
☀️Vintage Vehicles & Displays
☀️Family Games & Activities
☀️Access to Food Vendors & Refreshments (ok, this part you’ve gotta pay for)

Also…
•Children under 4 are FREE
•Ages 4+ are $20 each
•Grab your tickets on eventbrite and join us for the ultimate Family Fun Cruel Summer experience!

•Silly vintage dishware.
•Salty. Unique. Lowbrow.
•Joyful Resistance

07/05/2026

It’s a hot one but everyone is still having a great time and in jovial moods!

I can’t tell you how much I love chatting about all things plates and cussing 🖤

I’ll still be here till 2p, plenty of time to haul your ass over here at 290 Centrum in Orleans ✌🏼

*this message is brought to you by my Yoda neck from trying to fit my head in the damn pic

•Silly vintage dishware.
•Salty. Unique. Lowbrow.
•Joyful Resistance

07/04/2026

Ok so the yellow cast is outrageous and the shadows weren’t working in my favour and this was a very last-minute and thrown together photo shoot for the babies but here’s (some of) what to expect to see tomorrow!

It’s going to be a beauty day so hopefully I see some of your sunny ass faces in just a little over 12 hours ☀️🖤

•Silly vintage dishware.
•Salty. Unique. Lowbrow.
•Joyful Resistance