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 today I woke up and found that the cold I hoped I didn’t have has come about. What is with getting sick as soon as you go on holiday?

Anyways, I had a lovely surprise today when my latest Peppermint magazine arrived in my mailbox! I had been thinking that I wanted to get the latest Frankie mag to read, so the delivery (and feeling meh) clinched my decision to buy some mags to chill out with.

You have two ways to view this post! I was so excited I did a video blog about it…

Or the more traditional text and photos.. (with some witty and intelligent insights that only came to me after filming the vid.. so you should probably read this too!)

Now, I almost NEVER buy magazines. I see most of the mags on the market as a complete waste of time and money. So how happy am I to have found a few gems that are certainly worth both!

First, as I mentioned, Peppermint. Now this is a magazine produced right here in Brisbane, by the lovely Kelley and Ben (whom I met at the Brisbane Stitches and Craft show, and I’ll be seeing Kelley again this Saturday at our Brisbane Indie Designers Market). I have to admit I subscribed sight-unseen to this one, simply based on the ethic of the mag (eco-fashion, handmade, real people..) and the recommendations of a few online friends.

I love it.

There is a gorgeous blend of little snippets and longer feature articles – the best one in this issue is all about the handmade revolution, and it’s more than well worth a read if you can get your hands on a copy (it’s only sold in Aus as far as I know though – sorry international readers!).

My second choice was Frankie – a well established fashion, art, music,  lifestyle and craft magazine with a definite young indie vibe. I have yet to read this one.. but it looks great!

My last pick was based purely on flicking through it at the newsagent – Corduroy. It is completely gorgeous. It is filled with small and longer features on interesting designers, musicians and actors, and a number of stunning photo essays.

Check out just a snippet of the photo essays…

It’s a seamless blend of art and fashion. What struck me was the gorgeous aesthetic of the mag – and it didn’t strike me until I had read the whole thing why it was so coherent. There were no ads throughout. Only on the inside of the front cover and the last two page. The rest was pure content – almost like a gorgeous coffee-table book.

I definitely recommend picking it up!

So, as my cold settles in for a few days, I will have some awesome reading material to curl up with. (Oh, did I mention that I also bought the latest New Scientist? Yes, I am a science geek as well, but you’re not here to read about that, are you… )

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I’m getting excited!

On the 4th of July, I’m going to be selling at my first market! And not just any market – but a boutique market put on by my Etsy Street Team – BrisStyle!

Here are the details….

I’ve also just created a new line of resin and silver jewellery just in time for the market – I’m so loving these at the moment! Here’s a taste of some of my new designs – lots more yet to photograph and list on Etsy – and I’ll have a whole range of these at the market…

What do you think?

If you’re in Brisbane, come down and see us – a nicer bunch of crafty types you’re not likely to meet!

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