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Showing posts with label craft fairs. Show all posts
Showing posts with label craft fairs. Show all posts

29/11/2015

Hobo Wedding...

Hello All!

How are you?! 

I can not believe its been 2 months since my last blog post! That sounded like a terrible confession but truth be told I've changed my working hours in my day job so Ive been trying to readjust my work-work-life balance & I must admit I've been finding it a touch hard. I work on average 8.5 hours a day with an hour commute there & back so by the time tea and washing/cleaning bathroom/living room/admin is done 9 out of 10 times I'm just pooped! I've also moved out of The Duke Street Bazaar. Sadly it's changed direction as a business & it's just not for me. I say sadly as I loved what the shop was & all the other independents in it but things change and sometimes you just have to roll with it. I'm also not doing The Winter Arts Market in St. Georges Hall this year either. It was the highlight of my business year last year but sadly not to be this year. 

However....changing perspective on a situation is good for the soul. (This blog post has ended up so big I'm spreading it over 2!) I did an amazing little fair yesterday (huge thank you to everyone that purchased from me!) down on Lark lane at The Old Police Station! Its the first time I felt really Christmassy as there where classic Christmas songs playing and the organisers had provided us all with mince pies! I also participated in a collaboration with #findmybox and have firmly had a motivational fire burning beneath me.


So...first amazing positive note!

There's a new kid in the Baltic Triangle block called Hobo Kiosk! My first ever craft fair was with hobo only last November & now I stock their beautiful, quirky, vintage treasure chest of a shop!



Located on Bridgewater Street its a real Liverpool experience open Wednesday - Saturday 11am-6pm. Their opening night was phenomenal, to the point that we had to leave at one point as we could not fit any more people in the shop!

Personal wise my best friends got married.

I was Chief Bridesmaid and my boy was the Best Man. After dress fittings, decoration making, stag and hen-do's, speech writing and everything else that goes into a wedding the day itself was just brilliant!

We sang, we danced out of shoes, ate and drank too much and paid for it dearly the next day! ha ha! 


I did catch the bouquet but I can't hear wedding bells in the near future! 

I'll be sharing more on whats been going on in the next few days but tomorrow is our last craft meet of this year at The Everyman!

27/08/2015

The Crafty Side of The Independent Liverpool Festival...

Last weekend saw Independent Liverpool hold its first Festival & it sold out! 

Set in the wonder that is The Baltic Triangle, Constellations & the new Great Baltic Warehouse where full to the rafters of people enjoying the benefits of our fair cities local independent retailers.




I was also there! Sadly I was largely away from the gin VW bar & the prosecco trolley but I got to hang out with the most amazingly talented bunch in Constellations at the arts & craft fair!





Whilst I was showcasing lots of my new goodies (mega thanks to you purchases & admirers alike) I loved having a good old nose & chat with everyone else! 




This Material Culture where my neighbours for the weekend & great crafty pals so that was a pleasure as always! So where The Soap Empire & At What Cost (fellow Rex retailers in the original store too!) so I already felt right at home.





The best shop companion was in the form of Pip The Tiny Pup brought by Scott Duffey with his & Lucy's amazing prints! 





The guys from One Art where as fabulous as every bringing a huge selection of local artists together in pop up shops! If you haven't heard or seen their collective works, then you are really missing out! 





I bought my Mum some local honey from The Postcode Honey guys who offered free tasters from different areas! Can't get better than that!





In true me & Chelle style we supported our fellow local businesses by making it our mission to fill up on independent cake both days!






The food section was packed out all day & everyone seemed to be having an absolute ball.


La Meme Etoffe



As a stall holder we where looked after fantastically well with complimentary tea & coffee both mornings which was greatly appreciated. The guys from Independent Liverpool personally came round to speak to everyone & to see if we needed anything which was really good of them considering the size of the event.

It was an epic although tiring weekend but I can't wait for next year!

For those of you that are not Liverpool based I have good news! This weekend I'll be launching my Etsy shop finally! Sadly it's going to be later than I had previously hoped due to my lack of photography skills it's taking longer than expected but if you head over to my Facebook & Twitter pages there will be a discount code running for all of my likers & followers of 20% off on Saturday & Sunday as a massive thank you from me for all your continuing support!


Mini fruit

Mini sushi

Mini biscuits

Yeah they are mini!





Did you attend the festival? What did you think? 

09/04/2015

My 1st Business Birthday!

Girl On Purl Action workshops & creations is officially (in the eyes of HMRC!) a whole year old! 



Where has the time gone?!


I'm still not close to having done everything that I want but I have survived my first year in business, although tired. I still have The Duke Street Bazaar to move into, an Etsy shop to launch & my design book is now 3 books with only about 10% made! EEEKK!

I would just like to thank everyone really...

Everyone:


* who has read this blog
* who attends the craft meetings
* who has attended a workshop
* who has helped on one of the many charity drives!
* the venue's that allow me to teach in - Knit Wise in Ormskirk, The Crosby Tea Rooms, Quill's Coffee & The Rare Bear Boutique
* every craft fair that has given me a stall
* everyone who has bought something off me
* everyone who has ordered something custom
* everyone who has just admired/complimented what I do
* special shout out to Hobo Bazaar for giving me my first stall & super crazy amounts of love & support!
* Open Culture for taking a chance on me at last years Winter Arts Market - this was a big highlight for me!
* the brides (now plural!) who have had my work at their super special day!
* Rex for giving me my first shop space
* Duke Street Bazaar for loving my stuff so much they squeezed me into a full shop!


Big amazing thanks have to go to my family & friends for all their support but mainly patience at cancelled plans etc & to The Women's Organisation who enabled me to do this in the first place!


Oscar speech over & there are still so many of you to thank! It is important to realise that the support of others is vital & its always nice to be appreciated! 

Here's to another year of just moving on up!

(Tonight I'm at The Spare Rib Burlesque show & on Saturday I'm at The Woolton Village Craft fair 10-2.30 so come & say hi! Back to the Guest Bloggers on Saturday!)




04/11/2014

Read all about it!!!

I'm sorry I've been so quiet lately I've been so busy!

Lots of commissions on and last weekend I had my first craft fair for The Hobo Bazaar down at Unit 51!

Hobo Bazaar!
It was a wonderful mix of people & I really enjoyed talking to customers & hearing what you want to see from me! It has been heard! 

Many baby hat commissions! 
I thought I should give you all a re-cap of where I am & what's going on!

* Sunday 9th November I'm at Memory Lane's Fairs at The Metropolitan Cathedral 
* Saturday 29th/Sunday 30th November - The Hobo Bazaar at Unit 51
* Saturday 6th December - Winter Arts Market at St. Georges Hall

AND MORE TBC!!

Heart necklaces & mega chunky scarf's!


Totally love my new cable laptop covers! 

One not to miss!


I am a busy bee but I'm really enjoying the self employment part of my life! The self doubt monster is always in the background but I'm finding that all the hard work is paying off!


Hope to see you at one of the upcoming events! 
UPDATE!

NEXT FRIDAY 14th November I will be at Quill's Coffee in REX (Underneath Rapid in Liverpool city centre) doing a pompom decoration drop in session!

The next post will be all about the upcoming workshops!