Early one Spring morning I packed up the car with Little Miss Emma creations whilst Mr M raced around in the dark to check, tag and weigh his newborn calves. We were off to market! Sugar and Spice to be precise.
A leisurely drive across to Woodend, me furiously still hand stitching a few items and getting a bit car sick as a result, found us at St Ambrose Hall. I must say I was quite impressed with the number of people through the doors for a small town, off-main-street location. This is an absolute credit to Ali who runs the market and her promotion of Sugar and Spice.
My stall set up is slowly evolving - this market I had the addition of my new apron I made last week with handy pockets for notepad, pens, pegs, business cards etc. The lovely Mr M made a frame of sorts for my banner which worked brilliantly (and despite his 'complaints' he secretly loves getting his handyman hat out to help me - always first with display ideas!)
New hair clips were a hit, as were the usual favourites: yum vs. yuk bibs and the ever popular cupcake pinafore. It astounds me how every market is so different in what people are drawn to, last weekend at the Yea market it was the felt toys, at previous markets in Melbourne I have sold a lot of minky blankets. At Sugar and Spice nobody even looked at blankets and I made some more felt toys given their popularity at Yea but didn't sell any! So hard to try and predict people's reactions and impulses on market day!
I am quite conscious that Little Miss Emma is a bit of a pink overload and try to highlight the boys products that I do offer - so hung up the popular pirate minky and new road stripe shorts to be prominent.
I must say it wasn't a fantastic day sales-wise (a lot of people doesn't neccessarily mean a lot of sales) but I am still glad I attended and got to see a lot of other fantastic products on offer and have already seen an increase in online sales this week so it is definitely difficult to gauge the actual success of a market.
...and I got to go to an antiques shop in Kilmore on the way home so that's always a bonus right? ;)
4 comments:
Looking lovely Emma! I wish I'd been as busy as you have - all I seem to do lately is wipe noses and dispense Panadol!
well i think it all looks lovely...
Such a beautiful setup!
My little business does fairs too, and you never know what is going to sell from one fair to the next. It is sorta interesting to say the least. They are always fun though. Your booth is looked lovely. Keep it up.
Patti @ The Bib Shoppe
www.bibshoppe.com
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