Market Day

To market, to market

to sell something

rain again, rain again

jiggid'y jig.

All was well at 7.30 am.

Here is a view of my stall from the right.

And here is a view of my stall from the left. My youngest daughter is in the back ground, she actually got up early to halp me after she had a late night.

A close up of the left side of the stall.

A close up of the right side of the stall.

The rains came down and the brellies came up.

My second eldest daughter came along with 2 of my beautiful grandsons.

Not selling much at this point in time, can you see the puddle of water in the plastic?

My grandson Cooper loved the puddles.

I sold 3 beret type hats to an elderly lady, who would have bought more if I had more to suit her.

I sold a hat and neck warmer set, a few single scarves, a single neckwarmer and a few variety items from my bargain box.

I was in profit after I paid for the stall.

There was so much interest in what I was selling, that I couldn't resist booking a stall for the following week.

No body knew what the ice-cream cone or cup cakes were, they were clearly marked, but this is not some thing one see's alot of, here in Australia.

The neck warmers were a first time see for many, I can see that people need to be educated, we wore my product and I had display heads and a picture in a frame of the neck warmers, but people still seemed uaware of their purpose.

I know that I need to specify that what I was selling, was adult wear.

I was impressed with the males who liked the neckwarmer, but alas I did not cater for them.

I am back to the drawing board this week and I will focus on improving certain area's which may help with more sales next Sunday(Weather fore-cast is windy but dry). It was also a fun day, even though we got rained out. The market closed a half hour early and I had my stock covered for an hour previous to that. 3 of my daughters, 2 grandsons and my Husband turned up for support, so it was a wet family fun day.

Crochet Panda Purse and update

The kungfu Panda movie is now showing in Australia.

So with a bit of luck this cute little Panda purse may sell at my stall this Sunday.

YES I GOT A STALL.

This Sunday at the Berwick market.

I'm so excited and I feel prepared.

Of course I'll take photo's and write up a post here about it.

Whether it was good or bad I will let you know.

More Additions For the Market

Cute little dress purse based on my dress Bag pattern

Gotta love those lady bugs

Another cute cup cake purse, with beads

Some more hats

3 Little Bags.

The two on the left took me about 4 leisurely hours to make.

Recycled Crochet Bag

Turn a bottle into a pretty bag

Quick Tutorial

You will need an empty bottle, scissors and hole punch

Cut bottle as above, and hole punch around to crochet in

Choose some yarn to work with.

Make 2 ends of sc inc, in the round, until you get the size you need for the ends of the bottle, then sc attatch ends to bottle.

Sc across centre opening of bottle add a strap and decorate.


And here is a finished recycled bag

New Display Heads and Some Feedback

My new additions for my display heads.

I got this one from the market for $10.00 today.

She 's a little grubby so I ripped her face of her head and I'll give her a good clean.

I think she looks trendy and she will be a good head model.

(does the nose look similar to that, of a very famous singer to you?)

Now I bought 3 polystyrene heads from spotlight yesterday for $13.50 each on special, originally $18.00.

Yes I know it's a bit pricey, how ever I needed display's for my stock, so the initial price may bring me some more sales when I go to the market.

I missed out on a stall for this Sunday, but I am making a phone call first thing in the morning for next Sunday, hope fully I'll get in as they were fully booked when I rang last time.

But I do believe I now have better display items for my stock to present well.

I also caught up with my sister-in-law today which was very exciting!

Why you may ask?

Well she gave me my very first $ order from a co-worker who has seen some of my designs. She wanted to buy the granny blues set, but guess what again?

I gave it away last week!

So now I have to make another and wing it because I make the designs up as I go along. Not to worry I'm half way through it already.

Robyn also gave me tons of new yarn too!

When I saw her today she was wearing a hat and neck warmer I made for her some time ago and it looked great!

I found it hard to believe that I actually made it.

It was a real confidence booster.