Unwrapping after unwrapped…
How do experienced vendors do this all the time? We’re totally exhausted from our first market!
We just want to say thanks to all our friends who turned up to give us that moral support at Unwrapped market! It was super awesome! As first timers, we were so stoked with the positive response and experience from our customers! Thanks to all you crazy strangers who became our Little Mo fan clubbers! You totally made our day! We didn’t expect such great sales for our first range of paper goods.
The most asked questions of the day were:
1. Is Little Mo you?
2. Are you guys selling imported stuff from china?
3. You made these? As in designed everything? But they look really good!
4. Who designed this?
In future, I will put a sign up that says EVERYTHING is designed and illustrated by Helena Tay and professionally printed in Australia. Nothing is from China except my grandfather! Anyway attaching pictures of our stall and the real little mo. Check it out yo!
Will post pictures of the lovely handmade things I bought in my next post.
March 30th, 2009 at 8:39 pm
Whahahaha!
Too freakin funny! but u look like little Mo!:) Its funny to see a picture of u(to see a virtual person in real life)!
—Nothing is from China…except my grandfather! —Do they think ur stuff is from china coz u look asian?? wtf?
And the absolute topper is this one!!
—3. You made these? As in designed everything? But they look really good!
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Shit what an insult!
But its great that u got such a positive response and i guess its a good challenge setting up ur own stall and printing all this iventory!
Well, done ur stall and ur displays are AWESEOME!!:)
March 30th, 2009 at 9:41 pm
Hoooooray!!! So glad that things went well for you ~ though it’s no surprise, you are sooo talented and your work is wonderful. Love the pics, your display looks wonderful and it’s great to see a real pic of you!
March 30th, 2009 at 9:52 pm
awww thanks guys! you rock!
actually i learned alot on how i should display my stuff BETTER next time! I didn’t think of using space at the side of my table or just stacking things up higher. I will do that next time. I should also get coloured table cloth too! lol.
too white eh!
March 30th, 2009 at 11:23 pm
Helena,your stall looks great ! The white cloth sets the work of well, nice, clean, bright and not too busy, but do experiment. Market stalls are fun, it’s wonderful getting positive feedback from people as they look at your work.
A very rewarding experience, even if they are quite exhausting, with all the talking that one does. Well done with your sales as well !!!!! …..Megg
March 31st, 2009 at 3:26 am
Good on you, the stall looks fantastic!
March 31st, 2009 at 6:05 am
Helena…Your stall looks fantastic…I am cracking up at the questions you were asked too..
Your work is so beautiful!
March 31st, 2009 at 7:26 am
Congrats m’dear! Gotta love how much your work shocks, surprises and impresses people. Nothing beats a market for getting direct feedback on your work. People can say what they like but how they really feel shows in their eyes and that is very useful info!!!
Well done!
March 31st, 2009 at 2:17 pm
Looks beautiful Helena! I hope you did so well:)
Yay!
You are beautiful too:) Everything so beautiful:) hehe
March 31st, 2009 at 8:48 pm
Wow it all looks amaaaaazing! The little wrapped gifts, so cute!! I’m glad it went so well, wish I could see it in person.
April 1st, 2009 at 9:46 am
You are sooo beautiful and you display/goods look great; you should be very proud! And I agree, a bold sign to say you handmade them is a great idea! I have that too and it gets rid of most of those comments.
You are SO adorable. Your work is like little windows of within, hehe.
April 1st, 2009 at 11:41 am
Hello! Welcome back
Sorry i missed the market day. Hope you made a killing.
April 1st, 2009 at 7:46 pm
I totally love your stall, it all looks amazing and amazing to see you too.
I loved reading about the questions you were asked, some people are so stupid – but it made for a very funny read.
xx
April 3rd, 2009 at 12:09 am
Hahaha @ grandfather comment and Fran’s post
Geez….little mo is gorgeous!!!!!
xxxxx
April 3rd, 2009 at 11:10 am
Hey… Your hairlong d! U look super sweet!!!!!
April 9th, 2009 at 6:18 pm
hey congrats helena and riche!
but yea so damn funny….you guys sure your stuff aint made in china? lolz
April 14th, 2009 at 11:54 pm
Hi there! I found your blog through Julie’s (We’ve Got Paper) and just had to comment as I just participated in my first show as well. And I can so relate to having to put up a sign that says everything is handmade and illustrated/designed by yours truly (I got asked, “Where’s the handmade in all of these?”)! The way you set up your booth is very nice! Congratulations!
Glad to have found your blog, now I have a new blog read
- Reg
(http://NotebooksEtc.etsy.com)
April 19th, 2009 at 6:57 am
just dropping by to say hi! I love your drawings – they are the cutest things I’ve seen around in a long time. Your booth looks fantastic. Hope you have many more good shows!
April 19th, 2009 at 10:59 pm
The photos of the show are great. You should consider using one of them as one of the photos in your Etsy listings. People love to see the artist and a range of products displayed.
April 19th, 2009 at 11:12 pm
Your display is really beautiful! And people at craft fairs tend to say the stupidest things.
1. Do you have the pattern for this so I could make it?
2. Horrified look at the $25 price tag on a handknitted stuffie
3. Oh I could make that, come on let’s go.
ignore them! Your work is georgeous!