To all of my wonderful followers (all fabulous 4 of you!) I am so unbelievably sorry for the lack of posts over the last – what has it been? 3 months? Let me Check, Nope – ‘last published – May 2, 2011’ so it has been more like 6 months! Yikes. Where has the time gone?
I have been so busy crafting that anything else takes a bit of a second seat. I am being absolutely hammered by the ‘Spring fair’ Season which seems to be September/October so much that I tend to have a fair every weekend (and not enough stock to be worth it!) Just an FYI for my international readers – No I did not mistype that ‘Spring’ – All of the blogs I have been following have mentioned how happy they are that the weather is cooling down and getting ready for beautiful White Christmases – where It is just the opposite for me – Days are getting longer and the weather is already reaching scorching points – even though Summer is nowhere near here yet! When people talk about ‘down under’ they usually forget to mention the back to front part as well! But as much as I complain, I love my Australian Summer and am going to miss it next year when I go to Canada (if I ever get there, that is)
Any ways, I digress – what was I yapping on talking about?
Oh Yes, Markets...
Just this week I had 2 separate market events to go to. One in a beautiful nature reserve that is local to my area – another in a showcase of local handmade items in the middle of a shopping centre! I have been so busy making items for both markets (all all the others I have had over the last 6 months +) that I have made a resolution to spend the first six months of next year crafting and not worrying about attending markets and such, just so I don’t get slammed in the lead up to Christmas as I have been this year.
Turns out I didn’t need to go so crazy as I didn’t end up selling much - disappointed – but it’s all an experience!
Anyways - here are some pics from both markets – sorry about the quality – My point and shoot crapped out on me and I have to make do with my iPhone. It’s not a bad camera – just not the best.
Some photos of my table and products on sale:
Some of my quilled magnets
Some post-it note holders (photo is up-side-down because it was taken from behind the table)
Pic of my Table from the side with some Jewellery pieces
And a pic of the lovely girls, Jenny and Alissa at Moo Maa candles who i shared a stall with. (Jenny: Left, Alissa: Right) Alissa and I started Kindergarten together when we were four years old and are still good friends now - that is almost 20 years of friendship, right there!
And a few of my dad’s plants – He originally started coming to markets with me so he could be my assistant (read: pachyderm) and the dutiful daughter in me allows him to share a table of his wares.
It also helps that I have someone who shares my market obsession and doesn’t roll their eyes every time I talk about the next big thing coming up or the next thing I am working on to sell!
It helps that people seem drawn to the greenery and colour of the plants and come over to our stall to buy stuff - just sayin!
anywho... until next time (which could be goodness knows when!)
- L
