Aug 3, 2016 | growth, Markets, Your Operations
The first few times (or several times!) I had my own market stall setup at the super-popular Handmade Markets here in Canberra, I was stressed. Even though my setup was simple and easy, I was always low on time, rushing, and had forgotten a bunch of stuff. Starting...
Jul 13, 2016 | Markets, Your Operations
After a long period of not attending any markets (to focus on The Makers’ Hub, which I’ve now closed), I decided to dip my toes back into the market stall game a couple of year ago. In the lead-up, I whipped up a shelving display to use at the Show &...
Jun 6, 2016 | Your Operations
Sometimes, despite our best intentions, the plans for our business can go a bit off track. As creatives, we get ideas that can distract us (LOTS of ideas) and can become unfocused from what we should really be working on day to day. So how do you get back on the...
Feb 9, 2016 | Markets, starter, Your Operations
When I was on maternity leave with Rafa (now in primary school!), I was selling my handmade jewellery regularly in boutiques across Australia, at local markets, and online through Etsy and Madeit. While all these avenues were fairly successful, I found the online...
Feb 2, 2016 | Your Brand, Your Operations, Your Plan
I bet you made a to-do list for your business today or this week (either mentally, digitally or on paper), and it has more than 7 things on it. And I bet all those things are in different areas of your work and life, and do not have a common goal or focus (if they do,...
Nov 9, 2015 | Markets, Your Operations
This is the ninth post (and final for this series!) in a blog series documenting my journey attending market stalls in Canberra, and this post talks about the importance of your stall display to add to the story of your brand. Luckily for me, I documented all this on...