Warratahstree Art and Creative Inspiration

Last year I started blogging on a weekly basis and made it my goal to talk about all the hints and tips on holding a market stall.   Well, I think I want to start 2014 with stock management, and time management.  How do these 2 things fit together in the scheme of things you ask?                                                                     To take advantage of the Christmas season last year, I booked 5 market stalls in 3 weeks from mid November to mid Dec. That does not sound to bad some of you say.  Well, being a newbie at all this, not having a lot of stock, unsure about my target market, and being a one person show, I was just a TAD over committed!  I started my Christmas stock design and making in Oct.  After each market I was spending the whole time restocking and d...

    Warratahstree is now at North Melbourne Markets .  You may wonder why I have not posted in two weeks. Well, I have been so busy creating new stock for the North Melbourne Markets.   It is Father's day on 1 Sept, 2013 here in Australia. I have been busy creating Father's day cards for the North Melbourne Markets . I was so excited and nervous to be accepted as a stall holder 5 days before The North Melbourne Markets .       It was the only market I was going to have a stall at before Father's day.  So, I spent a whole week making cards, sorting out photos for the market.  I decided that having the framer mount the images was much easier and less stressful.  The framer did such a beautiful job too.   After a bit of a slow day at North Melbourne Markets, I have spent the last week working on some collaboration projects with another artist and a blogger.  WATCH this space.... WhenEngravingMeetsArt Some really exciti...