And what an awesome market it was!
The day began early, with the cold wind that has appeared over the last few days making things a tad uncomfortable for the outdoor marketeers!
Inside, it was a bit more cozy – but little did we know just how cozy it would get when the crowds started rolling in later! Here’s the indoor marketeers putting the finishing touches on their stalls…
I managed to run around and get a few photos before the day really got underway… here we have the lovely Bec from BeckyBean (Jade was hiding off-camera). (P.S. that is Super-BrisStylette Helen in the background – the woman who made all this possible!)
I also grabbed a shot of SMBoutique – Sandrine came around and had introduced herself to me earlier – I just love her work!
And here is one of my neighbours, My Girl Designs – taken care of by Shannon’s lovely girls!
My other neighbour was Tracey from Denim Days, who very kindly looked after my stall a few times when I wanted to wander off and look around!
So, what about me, then? Well… Nick and I arrived at about 7:30, and we lugged everything inside and began setting up. I hadn’t done a trial run at home, so I wasn’t totally sure how to put it all together…
But by 8:30 we’d gotten it all pretty much storted, and my stand looked like this:
I was really happy with how it worked out – must remember to iron my table-cloth next time, though!! (It was brand-new out of the packet).
Nick hung around until about 10, and then I was on my own apart from a few visits from friends and family – my mum and dad made an appearance, as did a few ‘real-world’ friends. The most exciting visits I got, though, were from people I had only ever met online – it was so awesome to meet them in the real world! Early in the morning I met both Sam (from Jetta’s Nest – a fellow BrisSyler and customer of mine), and Sharon (from Shazzabeth, whom I’ve featured on my blog).
As the market progressed, I met one of my lovely online customers, who introduced herself and promptly bought another pair of earrings she had been eying off! The second was from Liz (hundredsofbuttons)! Liz was one of the previous donors to the Aussie Handmade Giveaway, as well as a DUST friend – it was great to meet her and her cute grand-baby. Finally, I met the Awesome Ange – one of my good mates online (and another fellow DUSTer). You might see her at the next BrisStyle markets, as she has been won over to the BrisStyle side!
Overall, I had a fantastic, though exhausting, day. I made 24 sales, which was just amazing. It was so wonderful to interact with people face-to-face, and actually see my customers enjoying my creations! I was left with a lot less business cards than I started with, so hopefully a few more people will come by and visit Epheriell online, too.
It was so incredibly busy – at one stage it was so packed inside that people had to queue at the door! I couldn’t have asked for a better first market, and you can be sure I’ll be doing all of the BrisStyle markets from now on. So, a big thank you to Helen and all the other BrisStylettes who made the market such a success – and here’s to each market being bigger and better!
(P.S. I made a few purchases too… I’ll show you those another time!)
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So great to meet you finally girl! Your stand looked so awesome, and YES you have won me over to BrisStyle – told the girls it was all your fault! hehehehe
xx (Awesome) Ange xx
Yay! Thanks for sharing that with us:)
So pleased you had a great day!
All that work paid off, Jess! You did a really great job. Congratulations! The market was brilliant! Brisbane certainly has the handmade scene under control!
Hi Jess it was great to meet you yesterday.Your stall was fabulous and your chandelier display stunning!I am glad you first market was a great one!After talking to you I was glued to my stall and wish I could have had been able to wonder more to see so many talented gals!Enjoy your school holidays now 😉
Great photos – It is good to see how others set up there stalls. Congrats on a successful first market.
Great looking stall jess! You did well there! And the apron also matches your spiral range! hehe! I think the black cloth, candlesticks and boards suit your whole palette colour!
Jess, so lovely to meet with you in person. I love my petite ring. Have not taken it off as yet!
Glad to hear your first market went so well.
Thanks everyone! It was so much fun, and I’m looking forward to doing it again!
Jess… Congratulations!…your stall looks great and it sounds like you made some good sales and had a fun day out!
well done, Jess.
It looks like a great market. How often do they have them.
Glad you did so well.
Hi jess,
I to was one of your lucky customers and made a purchase .. love your work and my earrings have had an outing already.
We had a fabulous day as well, so hoping the next market days is as wonderful.
Michelle
glad you did well … i was exhausted after that market! I was sooooooo impressed with the traffic though 🙂
Hi Jess,
Great blog post and photos! Lovely to meet you yesterday too. I think I need to bring a helper along next time to give me more time to browse. Still, there’s always etsy. I just have to narrow down my choice.
Shelley
wow your stand looked great,glads you did well loks like you had fun!
Jess,
What a great post. It is lovely to see the pictures of the stalls before they got ravaged by the masses.
Hi Jess, I came around to say hi and you were so busy with customers!!! Your stall looked really fantastic, and very professional. So glad you had a good day 🙂
XX Bec
Hi Jess, it was great to finally meet you. It was such a great day and I can’t wait to do it all again in December. I’m so glad you had a good day too!
Samantha
Hi Jess. Was great to see you again on Saturday. Such a great day it was… I hope you don’t mind but I borrowed a couple of photos for my blog – I didn’t even get a chance to get my camera out!! Christine xo
Oh! How I wish I was there! I would have loved to have popped in! It looks like a terrific market too and lovely weather for it!
Hi Jess. Sorry I didn’t get a chance to say hello, but it was pretty intense, wasn’t it? Your stall looked wonderful and I hope I can fine more time at the next market to stop by for a chat.