Farmer's Market/Craft Show......

We went to a Farmer's Market/Craft Show the other day in a place called Gravenhurst.  We've been to Gravenhurst before and I will share more photos from there; but in this post I wanted to talk about selling home made crafts.

As many of you know I have done that with my sewing, so I know how much work is involved creating your masterpieces to sell.  I also know first hand, that if you were to charge for all your time, plus materials in creating your items, no one would want to buy them at crazy price.  So I do appreciate it when items are priced fairly.  Finishing off your items to a highest standard is a must in my books, as it's a very competitive market out there.  They must look as professional as possible and I must say there were a couple of vendors at the market where the finished product needed a bit of polishing up to bring it up to standard!

Now onto things I was impressed with.

RedBeard Yarn.  A super nice guy and I just loved all his colours.  The majority of his yarn is $20 a skien, I think he said the mohair was more?  

He told me he is having a giveaway, I am guessing on Instagram?  His Instagram link is here

This hat was knit with his dyed yarn that he calls Skittles.  He didn't have any left in stock.  I was very tempted to buy some yarn, but I haven't done any knitting in ages.  I am sure if I look around I will find some yarn in the house.  However, yarn is like fabric; you can't have enough!!

This lady lake glass/pebble pictures.  The quality was a super, and she does custom orders.  Reflections In Stone.

This lady's Instagram page is @earthen_obsession  I really loved her platters.  You can see more of her items there. And yes, I did pick up the poppy, as everyone knows I adore poppies.  I think it was a brooch?  I talked to her for a bit, as our daughter did a pottery course through parks and recreation and was telling her about that.  I loved the glazes this lady did.

Finally I loved this lady's products and plan on buying some closer to Christmas.  I was very taken with the Fruit Loops soap, and the Unicorn Poop soap...LOL  Here is her Instagram link where you will see more of her products.

If you get a chance check out this people all deserve our custom!

Appleby Lane is now up and running...........

As I mentioned before it is a Facebook only store.  The link to the store is on the side bar, but also here it is.

For the people who do not use Facebook, I will do a post once a week updating what I have added to the shop, and if you are interested in anything just post a comment (I WILL NOT PUBLISH IT) with your email and I will get back to you.

The search for the store you need to search Appleby Lane 64 on Facebook.  I am also on instagram @appleby.lane64  I will say I am very new to instagram and don't fully understand it all, so again a learning curve for me.

As you will no doubt understand this is a work in progress and there will be many updates and changes while I am doing it.

Things will settle down and get back to normal on my blog, hopefully in the next week, as you all must be getting fed up of hearing all about Appleby Lane...LOL

Again, I will say thank you for putting up with me regarding this.  I would love it, if you could pass on the info on my shop to your friends.  I will be holding a giveaway in July to thank everyone for their support.

Appleby Lane, stock for the shop.......

As I mentioned yesterday I wanted to give you a preview of things I have made and will be selling.  I welcome any feedback; both negative and positive😉  One of the first things I will say is that I am going to offer a flat rate shipping for the month of June and July.  After those months I will revisit the situation and go from there.

Flat Rate Shipping:

Canada: $5 (non insured)
USA: $10 (non insured)
Rest of the World: $15
(there will be a couple of exceptions that includes the Knitting Totes and the Lined Totes, and other heavier items)

I am experimenting with trying to get better photos, so this will also be a work in progress.

Cork Credit/Business card holders. $10 each

They have a pocket in the front and one in the back and a larger pocket in the middle.  Would be handy to carry a couple of card, and some cash in the middle.  Good vegan alternative to leather. 

 Cork Key Fobs, larger size approx 4 1/2 inches in length $12 each. (Navy one is regular size, others slightly larger as one offs)

 Cork Key Fob, Small $10 each (approx. 3 1/2 inches long)

Fabric Key Fobs $10 each, (approx 4 1/2 inches long) made with 100% cotton fabric interfaced with heavy duty interfacing.  Will stand up to every day wear and tear.  Make great teacher gifts.

Soup Bowl Cozies $15 per pair (sold by the pair).  Made with 100% cotton material, with 100% cotton batting and 100% cotton thread, so can be put in the microwave.  Fully washable, but I would let them air dry.  Fully reversible, as you can see by the photos.

Blue Birds and Yellow Flowers

 60's Vibe.

 Whales and Fishes

 Birds and Flowers

 Succulents

Some of these fabrics will be one offs, as I am digging into my stash.  If you want more of something, just ask and I will let you know if I can make more.

Payment will be PayPal and/or e-Transfer, something I am setting up, and know nothing about😊 Guess I had better get that figured out fast, eh!!

Finally to answer some of your questions.  The Facebook Store/Page will be called Appleby Lane, so put in Appleby Lane in your search.  I am not going the Etsy route until I see if I can sell anything.  I will be putting links on my front page of the blog directly to the Facebook Store when it is up and running.  There will also be an instagram page called #applebylane64 when dd sets that up as well.

(I will share more photos tomorrow of more of my stock)