Our tripping around this year is not all that busy as we start planning for another big trip next year. And as we had decided we would not go up to Bjelke-Petersen Dam in Sept/Oct, we chose to hop up there for a mini break of just 10 days. Although my sewing machine did not come along, I did take some hand stitching with me. One day whilst the fellas were out fishing I sat out under the awning stitching and gained a new 'Supervisor'.
Silly bird tried to pinch one of my thread bobbins (bright yellow), however he left without it, thankfully.
As mentioned in my previous post I was setting up a production line for making some cute thread bins. Well All came to fruition yesterday when hubby & I set up a stall at the local Trash & Treasure market at the local Uniting Church, just at the bottom of our street - very convenient.
Peter had quite a bit of wood work from himself and a couple of other members of the Woodcrafters group he belongs to.
This is him beginning to set everything up around 6.30am - yes an early start. All the items on the front table were what he had made.
As you can see from this photo, my 'little lot' was confined to the front corner on the left. I had not made a great deal, and I was optimistic that hopefully I would sell some of my little lavender items seeing as it is Mother's Day here next Sunday.
I had lavender pillow stacks (of 3), some lavender parasols, the thread bins and I had also made up some packs of tealight candles. Hanging above these things were some mini throwovers I had made which are really good for just putting over bowls (salad etc) on the table rather than cover the whole table with a big throwover. You can see them hanging in the second photo above.
Although we (ourselves did not do all that well) we had a great time catching up with people we had not seen for a while and possibly meeting new friends. I guess I was a bit deflated that I only sold two items, but realising that perhaps it was not really the right market for this type of thing. Perhaps the market at the end of November (Christmas market) will be a better one, and I will have more time to create a better range of item. Hopefully I will be able to get a bit more table space!
Now to settle down and begin a new project for this year - more about that next time, but for now, time to go put the kettle on for afternoon tea.
Take care,
June
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