Crafty Market in Tilburg

The Crafty Markt in Tilburg is a craft fair that runs for a whole weekend in October. Every stall is packed with handmade goods made by the sellers themselves. I took the plunge in having my first ever craft fair stall here! I spent a lot of time preparing for this weekend, I had no idea how much organization goes into a craft fair stall, but I think I covered everything. The market was located in two places around the textile museum in Tilburg. Unfortunately the weather was not on our side, the Saturday was very cold and the Sunday was wet and windy. I made enough sales to cover my expenses but I do wonder what sales would have been like with better weather. Here are some photos I took just as the market opened on the Saturday.


This is my stall, it was 4 meters wide and I was worried I wouldn't have enough stock to fill it all up. Luckily I managed to spread it out well enough. I think it looks pretty good for a first attempt.


The little stairs my mice are standing on I made myself from wood and then covered them with fabric.

The fair was fun to do, I got to meet some of my fellow Etsy sellers there bndesign.etsy.com and Mirthquake.etsy.com had stalls next to mine. Loads of people walking by picked up my business cards so I hope I will have more sales in Holland now too.

I've been a bad blogger

I know, I know - blogs are supposed to be updated regularly. I claim extreme busyness as my very lame excuse for not blogging for a long while. I have my first ever craft show coming up on October 4th and 5th. Preparing for this is the reason for the extreme busyness!

I'm a bit anxious about the show, having never done one before I am not sure what to expect. I hope it goes well anyway. The craft fair is in Holland, in Tilburg by the textile museum. You can learn more about it here craftymarkt.hyves.nl (if you speak dutch!) If any of you are in the area, come stop by and say hi to me and all my mice!

I promise a nice long posting after the show with photos and everything but for now I will just show you some of the new mice I have been making.

Remote control Helicopter Mouse
(Custom order for a friend of mine)

Wall.e Mouse
(another custom order, Wall.e character from the pixar movie)

Batmouse

Police MouseGhost Mouse

Sinterklaas Mouse
Sinterklaas and Zwarte Piet are charecters from dutch tradition. To learn more about them check out this Wikipedia page


Zwarte Piet Mouse