To Market, To Market...
I'm not going to buy a fat pig, but I am going to sell items handmade by The Toffee Tree. Going to a handmade market to sell some of this stuff I
love to make, is something I've thought 'yeah I should do that' but
never really seriously considered until towards the end of last year.
With such supportive, encouraging and just plain wonderful friends and
family urging me, I've decided I'm up for the challenge! I am so utterly pleased that it is often from the people I least expect that I have so much encouragement!! Thank you. Hearing your simple words mean so much.
I barely (don't actually) have enough time to sew the things I've got in my head, let along so much more. Somehow I've convinced my husband (should I start calling him Mr Toffee Tree?...he put my shelves up today) that I will be able to do it. Actually, I don't think I did convince him but he's OK with it. He's even OK with having to 'mind' the kids for a whole day!! No matter how many times I say "looking after your own children is not 'babysitting'", it still is. Perhaps my Mum will make it for the weekend so he wont have to take the kids to visit his own Mum as per usual!
Now that I have the opportunity to set up a stall at the next Perth Upmarket, I will take it. Just like being offered an awesome cream filled biscuit. Wouldn't you take it? Doesn't it look delicious?! It'll be a real treat.
Look out for me, send your friends along, to the Perth Upmarket on 3rd March 2013. It's open from 10am-4pm. So far, my awesome display in my head matches nothing that I actually have - prop-wise, so I'm on the hunt for bits and pieces. I picked up a really great bargain at the swap mart for a lamp stand which will be (in the next 2 weeks) converted into a child size mannequin. Only problem here is I need a small child who will sit still for an hour. I'm not sure that there is such a thing.
At the market you will find me with my...
...personalised placemats...new orders taken after March 3rd...
...See-It Sacks...in various sizes, Keegan calls his the "seeing-in bag", for Lego, blocks, cars, animals, toiletries, hair clips, girls things (I'm not sure what girls like to carry around yet) and anything with small bits that you want to keep together.
...Miss Mary Sun Bonnets...for little girls, in newborn-9mo, 9mo-18mo and 18mo-4yo sizes. I haven't yet made an adult size hat, sorry Amy and Heidi!!
... a few softies and cotton taggies (yep, no poly here, all cotton and silk tag-ribbons...can you think of a cool name for these? Loopies, Loopsy...). I'm still thinking about a softie, something old with a new twist. Maybe we'll have a kangaroo, Blossom the Possum or a sugar glider. The sugar glider's shape would be a great comforter for bub. I even have some organic cotton sherpa that would be wonderfully soft to cuddle up with.
PLUS... a small selection of little boys and girls clothes from 9months to 6 years.
...for the boys...little ties, tuff knee shorts and party pants
...for the girls...toffee apple tunics, pop frocks, a hooded cape, a pinafore or two and some skirts.
If you have an old timber ladder hanging around in your back shed, unused I'd be happy to borrow it or take it off your hands for a while.
I'm also looking for a largish, ornate picture frame, something with fancy edges that I can paint. It doesn't need glass or a back, just a frame.
And some smaller old timber crates. I was scouring Gumtree and EBay for these and later thought that my Grandma's shed would definitely be full of vintage goodness. Pity she's not just around the corner!!
After the Perth Upmarket, you will be able to look for The Toffee Tree on Facebook and Etsy, where I'm sure to give all my loving family and friends and followers very generous discounts :)
Photo courtesy of Elke Dous Photography
I barely (don't actually) have enough time to sew the things I've got in my head, let along so much more. Somehow I've convinced my husband (should I start calling him Mr Toffee Tree?...he put my shelves up today) that I will be able to do it. Actually, I don't think I did convince him but he's OK with it. He's even OK with having to 'mind' the kids for a whole day!! No matter how many times I say "looking after your own children is not 'babysitting'", it still is. Perhaps my Mum will make it for the weekend so he wont have to take the kids to visit his own Mum as per usual!
Now that I have the opportunity to set up a stall at the next Perth Upmarket, I will take it. Just like being offered an awesome cream filled biscuit. Wouldn't you take it? Doesn't it look delicious?! It'll be a real treat.
Look out for me, send your friends along, to the Perth Upmarket on 3rd March 2013. It's open from 10am-4pm. So far, my awesome display in my head matches nothing that I actually have - prop-wise, so I'm on the hunt for bits and pieces. I picked up a really great bargain at the swap mart for a lamp stand which will be (in the next 2 weeks) converted into a child size mannequin. Only problem here is I need a small child who will sit still for an hour. I'm not sure that there is such a thing.
At the market you will find me with my...
...personalised placemats...new orders taken after March 3rd...
...See-It Sacks...in various sizes, Keegan calls his the "seeing-in bag", for Lego, blocks, cars, animals, toiletries, hair clips, girls things (I'm not sure what girls like to carry around yet) and anything with small bits that you want to keep together.
...Miss Mary Sun Bonnets...for little girls, in newborn-9mo, 9mo-18mo and 18mo-4yo sizes. I haven't yet made an adult size hat, sorry Amy and Heidi!!
... a few softies and cotton taggies (yep, no poly here, all cotton and silk tag-ribbons...can you think of a cool name for these? Loopies, Loopsy...). I'm still thinking about a softie, something old with a new twist. Maybe we'll have a kangaroo, Blossom the Possum or a sugar glider. The sugar glider's shape would be a great comforter for bub. I even have some organic cotton sherpa that would be wonderfully soft to cuddle up with.
PLUS... a small selection of little boys and girls clothes from 9months to 6 years.
...for the boys...little ties, tuff knee shorts and party pants
...for the girls...toffee apple tunics, pop frocks, a hooded cape, a pinafore or two and some skirts.
If you have an old timber ladder hanging around in your back shed, unused I'd be happy to borrow it or take it off your hands for a while.
I'm also looking for a largish, ornate picture frame, something with fancy edges that I can paint. It doesn't need glass or a back, just a frame.
And some smaller old timber crates. I was scouring Gumtree and EBay for these and later thought that my Grandma's shed would definitely be full of vintage goodness. Pity she's not just around the corner!!
After the Perth Upmarket, you will be able to look for The Toffee Tree on Facebook and Etsy, where I'm sure to give all my loving family and friends and followers very generous discounts :)
Photo courtesy of Elke Dous Photography
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