Market Day Recap
Monday, September 26th, 2011
Due to summer being INSANELY busy for me, I just got involved with Market Day this year. It’s only a few months late …
My first experience this year was last month. They have an amazing new venue this year — the Kirkwood hotel. It’s bright, clean and has climate control. And all the booths are indoors. On carpet. SUPER fabulous.
Last month I experimented with a new setup. I added shelving, courtesy of my roommates and their video game addiction (normally this shelf houses some of their games — yes, I said some).
Also, I made an epic butt-ton of zippy pouches. Shown here are a small amount of what I had or inventory that day, as well as the last of my wallets. I’m going to be revamping my wallets for next year. Wallets 2.0. There will be zippers or snaps involved. Potentially lace, flowers or rhinestones.
Sadly, I sold this adorable pouch. Well, not sadly. I made a sale (this was not ALL I sold that day, thank you — I actually sold about 60-70% of what I brought that day). I love using selvege edges in my zippy pouches to keep the scrappy look going and because the concept behind the pouches is to use EVERY BIT of fabric scrap possible.
This month’s Market Day was a suitcase showdown (ie. they were only able to reserve the front part of the building). I really enjoyed this idea — for one, I always use a suitcase. Two — I didn’t have ANY time last month to make any new items, so I just brought what I had left from the previous month. Three — I didn’t have to bring a table. Four — it was less expensive for me. And five — I got to network with so many more people. We shared a booth, so there was less pressure to stay at your space the entire time as there was somebody there that could talk about your work and hopefully help sell your stuff as well as their own.
That being said, I sold ONE item — to a coworker. It seemed like that was the general vibe of the day. I don’t think it was due to a change in format. I think it just happens to be a slow month. October and November will be busy, but September is kind of weird because it’s too far away from the holidays and the weather is changing and colder so not as many people were probably out at the Farmers Market (which is where a good portion of our crowd comes from).
I shared a booth with Meg, who makes fabulous needle-felted creations. Although she makes hats and other winter gear, this month she brought home decor. I love that fox pillow. And our stuff meshed so well together!
There was definitely a bird theme at our table.
My friend Kyle, who formerly created White Boy Burritos, had a booth with these really sweet antler decorations. This one was burnt, painted a bit on the end and clear-coated. Sooo pretty!
Here are more of his creations.
This booth had some beautiful wooden art. I didn’t catch the vendor’s name, but I love the green piece in the center.
Best part of the day? As usual, the dogs. Shown here is a long haired doxie WITH A MOHAWK. No, Barney is NOT getting this haircut. Unless one of my roommates is drunk and has the clippers out.
