Northside Makers Market Wrap up

On Saturday it was such a glorious day, we couldn't have ordered a better day in terms of weather. It was wonderful to have a musician in the courtyard and re-organized the stalls a bit to make room for the kids table near the walk way.

My wonderful hubby was helping out yet again on the Konstant Kaos stand so that I could swan around and say hello to all the stallholders and work out what I wanted to spend my hard earned cash on! Quite a few people took advantage of my 20% off special via my Facebook Fan page .. so join up!! You never know when I am going to spam you with a *special offer*.

Jay's sister was helping out on the kids table, but she had a 4 month old, so the portacot came in handy for tying up balloons. It would have been funny if it had taken off!

Libby from Bootcamp Quilter came along with her kids to say "hello" and I got to meet baby bat!

There was such a gorgeous selection of products on display, but I ended up getting a black jug cover from EmmStarr and a Mini Polly Pratt dress for Tori with a Kookaburra on it!

Mel's jug covers come in all sorts of groovy colours as well .. to match your daquri!

KRin was there with her Pink K Designs stand, although an experienced market goer, this was the first time she had a stall with Northside Makers.

Although this is the last market for the Northside Makers summer series of markets, stay tuned via the blog for the next event. There are also more pictures taken by the very talented Jennie form Mrs Beckinsale on the Northside blog as well.

Northside Makers Market Wrap Up

Now that I have time to think about Saturday ... if you visited the market, give us your feedback on the day. The survey is open until the end of the week.

From a Konstant Kaos point of view, it was a good day. I introduced a number of new products and they did well, adjusted a few prices up and down. It also helped that I could spread all my stuff out and I loved my corner spot.

My button badges were quite popular and almost everyone who visited my stall walked away with at least one on their lapel. Someone actually bought every design, 10 badges! The big question is whether I do another run, or completely new designs ... along with a proper sign!

When I went ahead with the badges, I had Jennie's advice in my mind, to make sure I had a range of products at a range of price points. So whilst not everyone would want to buy a bag, a button badge might lead to customers staying longer at my stall or someone might pick buy a button badge when buying something else to make up a whole number.

I really enjoyed doing the crime scene pillows and I had a few more ideas for home decor in that vein.

The other thing that went well was my little flex wallet pouches and my padded media pockets. So I might make a new batch of them for the next market.

My next gig is next Sunday at the Black Market Garage Sale in Northcote, a little bit more low key than the last one and more of a casual feel with a band playing and a sausage sizzle.

I have organised a marque for this one as well and I am sharing the space with SLAP Cosmetics with Little Cooties contributing her wonderful cat and bat softies to my stall. I'll have Northside Makers application forms there for anyone interested.