Market Day

Hello!
Well… It was time to get my butt out of bed early and give the market a go to make some space for more soap!!
The weather was slightly iffy but not too tragic looking so I went ahead on Saturday and packed the car and did a mock set up of the gazebo with my new side shelter arrangement:

I thought it might do the job… It really helped with the wind and the little bit of rain we ended up having! (Soap not the best thing to have out in the elements – don’t want to be selling suds)

(I also had to practice setting it up by myself as Jeff was sleeping in prep for a nightshift)

Colourful hey?

Well, you know me well enough by now to know it was a bit of a hassle getting up and functioning at 6am… haha
But I did it and got myself down to the foreshore (in the dark!!) got a spot and started setting up.
We had to fill out a covid-ready form, have hand sanitiser and the market provided us with signs to put up to tell people to basically be sensible.
(Looks like Tassie boarders are going to still be closed until at least 31st August since the mainland is still struggling with new cases)

It was a slow start to selling but eventually people rolled up and bought soap!
I had visits from a few ladies that had done Sharons workshop as well which was really nice!
I tarted up my paper sandwich bags with this cool stamp I got from Japan yonks ago…

I discovered last night though that ink just goes chalky and wipes off!!! Damn.
Will have to find a different decent stamp pad. I rather liked the white.

Anyway, it was worth all the agony of the early morning as I sold over $300 worth of soap, so a good day out in my opinion… and even better, I’ve created some more space in case I want to make some more!!

Sharon and her family popped down to the market which was great – she could see what I’d been up to haha. Plus she got behind the table and helped me sell when I had a bit of a line up at one point and her husband Paul kindly bought the blueberry bushes I wanted to get but couldn’t leave my stall!!
We’ve got snow forecast (I know!!!! What??) so I don’t think I’ll be planting them this week. Its so icy out there this evening.
I stocked up on wood at the back door – planning on cosying (spell check doesn’t like my word but I know what I mean…) myself up in front of the fire tomorrow!

I hope everyone had an awesome weekend – staying safe, staying healthy and not too stir crazy!!
Cheers!

PS -Yonks = A long time